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One Japanese phrase every day! (・∀・)/ ｲｲﾈ!! No.26 Let’s learn a Japanese phrase from anime/manga every day! (・∀・)ｲｲﾈ!!   I pick up a Japanese phrase from anime/manga (almost) every day to learn Japanese with you all!   I hope this (almost) every-day update post will help you get motivated to learn Japanese.     Today´s phrase is:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypvXMr_xrW4 **Jpn :**  春は夜桜　夏には星　秋には満月　冬には雪　それで十分酒は美味い。   **Phonetic:  Haru wa yozakura, natsu wa hoshi, aki niwa mangetsu, fuyu niwa yuki. Sorede jyubun sake wa umai.**   **Eng: Cherry blossoms at night in spring, stars in summer, full moon in autumn, snow in winter, and those make the sake delicious enough.**   (I have learned everything important in my life from animation/manga) **Sei Shōnagon** (清少納言, c. 966 – 1017 or 1025)  a Japanese author, poet, and a court lady who served the Empress Teishi (Sadako) wrote in her dairy book what she loved the most in each season. And, she worte: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lady-in-waiting https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fujiwara_no_Teishi

春は曙（あけぼの）。 In spring it is the dawn that is most beautiful. 夏は夜。In summer the nights. 秋は夕暮れ。In autumn the evenings 冬はつとめて（早朝）。In winter the early mornings   For me, I love cherry blossom in spring, blue sky and white clouds in summer, falling colorful leaving in fall, and the darkness in winter the most beautiful things in 21st century 😊 █―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█ **Vocabulary** 春（はる）**haru**: noun; spring, springtime は, **wa**: particle; topic marker particle, indicates contrast with another option 夜桜（よざくら）**yozakura**: noun; cherry trees at evening 夏（なつ）**natsu**: noun; summer に, **ni**: particle; at (place, time), in, on, during 満月（まんげつ）**mangetsu**: noun; full moon 冬（ふゆ）**fuyu**: noun; winter 雪（ゆき）**yuki**: noun: snow それで, **sorede**: conjunction; and, thereupon, because of that, 十分（じゅうぶん）**jyubun**: adjective; plently, enough, sufficient, adequate 酒（さけ）**sake**: noun; sake, Japanese rice wine, Japanese alcohol 美味い（うまい）**umai**: adjective; delicious, appetizing, tasty   █―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█―█     **Which anime/manga is the phrase from?** Rurouni Kenshin

**Who said the phrase?** Hiko Seijūrō XIII

**Who is Hiko Seijūrō XIII?** **Hiko Seijūrō XIII**  is the twelfth successor of Hiten Mitsurugi-ryū and the sensei of Himura Kenshin in the anime/manga series *Rurouni Kenshin*. While incognito as a potter, he assumed the alias **Ni'itsu Kakunoshin**. **(Fandom)** https://kenshin.fandom.com/wiki/Hiten_Mitsurugi-ry%C5%AB https://kenshin.fandom.com/wiki/Himura_Kenshin   **Who wrote and illustrated?** Nobuhiro Watsuki

**References** Rurouni Kenshin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rurouni_Kenshin   Hiko Seijuro 13th (Fandom) https://kenshin.fandom.com/wiki/Hiko_Seij%C5%ABr%C5%8D_XIII   Nobuhiro Watsuki https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nobuhiro_Watsuki   YouTube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ypvXMr_xrW4   Sei Shonagon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sei_Sh%C5%8Dnagon　   The Pillow Book https://www.worldhistory.org/The_Pillow_Book/