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1. Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-2020 06:56:57 JST Wim ????

   I set myself the task of creating a textual version of low-res GIF of the original Japanese version of the Nobel lecture of Yasunari Kawabata.

   https://www.nobelprize.org/prizes/literature/1968/kawabata/25542-yasunari-kawabata-nobel-lecture-1968/

   It takes of course ages but is very instructive.

   I came across another very compact Japanese word, a Buddhist term "onri" or "enri", 厭離, meaning "Departing from this world in disdain."

   厭 means "to get tired of, to dislike"離 means separation

   • とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash） (toneji@minohdon.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-2020 06:56:55 JST とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash）

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     @wim_v12e Great!Enjoy it.

   • Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-2020 06:56:56 JST Wim ????

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     And it's done! The entire original Japanese text of the Nobel lecture of Yasunari Kawabata in HTML, complete with furigana and a different font for the quotes.

     I'll publish it tomorrow.

     Now I can actually start to read it in Japanese. And then I can write an article about it.

   • とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash） (toneji@minohdon.jp)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-2020 19:07:21 JST とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash）

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     @wim_v12e No, I haven't.But this text is very famous. I know it's title " 美しい日本の私." Perhaps it was written when Yasunari Kawabata was awarded a Nobel Prize.

   • Wim ???? (wim_v12e@octodon.social)'s status on Tuesday, 22-Dec-2020 19:07:22 JST Wim ????

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     • とねぢ ＠Minoh-don（ash）

     @toneji Thank you. Have you read it?