#japan

The subject of Finnish poetry ought to have a special interest for the Japanese student, if only for the reason that Finnish poetry comes more closely in many respects to Japanese poetry than any other form of Western poetry. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#closely #comes #finnish #form #interest

I often imagine that the longer he studies English literature the more the Japanese student must be astonished at the extraordinary predominance given to the passion of love both in fiction and in poetry. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#both #english #english literature #extraordinary #fiction

It is true that short forms of poetry have been cultivated in the Far East more than in modern Europe; but in all European literature short forms of poetry are to be found - indeed quite as short as anything in Japanese. ↗

— Lafcadio Hearn

#been #cultivated #east #europe #european

Clearly, this Sino-Japanese War of more than four years was a considerable burden on Japan's national power and an obstacle to the maintenance of peace in the Pacific. ↗

— Tojo Hideki

#clearly #considerable #four #japan #maintenance

The Japanese actually approach the music on a high level. It's always been on a high level. ↗

— Billy Higgins

#always #approach #been #high #high level

Americans are somehow obsessed with her, and something about me hit a spot with people in Japan. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#her #hit #japan #me #obsessed

And also, I think Japan places great value on the lyrics. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#great #i #i think #japan #lyrics

But in Japanese, there's actually not much of a relationship between the music and the words. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#between #japanese #much #music #relationship

For the version of this CD released in Japan, a translation of the English lyrics is included, but there are lots of places where meanings are lost in the process of translation. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#english #included #japan #lost #lots

It's just that, when I'm in Japan I could foretell to a certain degree what would be accepted, so I certainly don't come up with any crazy arrangements. ↗

— Utada Hikaru

#any #arrangements #certain #certain degree #certainly