Monday, July 18, 2022
Previous senryu
- 戦争は行かない人がやりたがり
せんそうは・いかないひとが・やりたがり
Those who / seek wars, ain’t / seen one
Notes:
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to @LaVieQ (thank you!) -
The literal meaning, of course, is that “those that don’t go to war, are eager to have them” but I like this more poetic interpretation.
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I corrected a small typo in the reading.
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I just noticed that I’m a few days behind on updating the spreadsheet. Will take care of it now.
Current senryu challenge
Volume: Various settings
- ゲイバーで妻とそっくり酔いがさめ
Well, that’s a setting. 
I’m going to need to research 酔いがさめ.
Remember to please use the spoiler tag with your translation attempts! Also, please include the reading in kana with your submission.
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