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I Love You
(The Moon Is Beautiful, Isn’t It?)
月が綺麗ですね | tsuki ga kirei desu ne translates to
“The moon is beautiful, isn’t it?” This phrase is a more poetic way of saying
"I love you."
During You do not have permission to view the full content of this post. Log in or register now. (1867-1916) teaching years,
he supposedly overheard a student translating
“I love you” rather awkwardly into its literal and direct translation: “Ware Kimi wo Aisu.” Soseki believed—as a product of his time and culture in the Meiji period—that this direct translation rejected Japanese sensibility. Thus, this more subtle, nuanced translation of “the moon is beautiful…” was born.
The Moon is Beautiful, Isn’t it?
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