Enjoying the coolness in the bamboo grove’s shade as mosquitoes bite me hard
藪陰に涼んで蚊にぞ喰はれける
yabukage ni suzunde ka ni zo kuwarekeru
(Natsume Sōseki 夏目漱石)
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Full moon of autumn; on the tatami mat—a pine-tree shadow
名月や畳の上に松の影
meigetsu ya tatami no ue ni matsu no kage
(Kikaku 其角)
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Meigetsu, literally “famous moon,” refers to the full moon of mid-autumn—the one on the eighth month according to the lunar calendar (which roughly corresponds to the modern month of September).
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With the boundless ocean in front of me—taking a leak
はてしない海を前にして尿する
hateshinai umi o mae ni shite bari suru
(Santōka 山頭火)
Nippoem 