Tuesday, July 26, 2022
Previous senryu
- 湯の旅の疲れをいやす家の風呂
ゆのたびの・つかれをいやす・いえのふろ
Cure for the / hot-spring-trip’s fatigue: / Home’s hot tub.
Notes:
The key to this one was realizing that 湯の旅 meant a trip to hot water, i.e. a trip to an onsen or hot spring most likely!
@LaVieQ pointed out something interesting that was new to me: 「家の風」 means “family tradition.” It seems likely that this is why お風呂 contains the character for “wind.”
Current senryu challenge
Volume: Husbands
- 晴天がやけに空しい月曜日
Welp. This one has me completely mystified.
I always find it kind of delightful when I’m able to guess the meaning of a 塾語 like 青天 while being far less certain of the reading. Usually it’s the other way around.
Still, I’m totally unsure of the meaning. Maybe it’s just that Monday’s are supposed to be cloudy and gloomy? But why an “awfully empty Monday”?
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