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Patience means holding back your inclination to the seven emotions: hate, adoration, joy, anxiety, anger, grief, fear.
James Clavell • Shōgun, Part Two (The Asian Saga)
Goh Iromoto
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As the popularity of anime and manga — the comic books from which many anime characters and stories are derived — grow, Japanese studios and the country’s government are increasingly concerned that financial value is disappearing overseas…..While perhaps 90 per cent of gaming sector sales are captured by Japanese companies, for anime studios the
... See moreJiko says that this is an example of the time being. Sound and no-sound. Thunder and silence.
Ruth Ozeki • A Tale for the Time Being: A Novel (ALA Notable Books for Adults)
Megumi Shauna Arai
megumi-arai.comJapanese people have been excellent in perfecting technologies. The standard example was the way they improved on the Chinese abacus which has seven beads, two above, five below, rounded and noisy. The Japanese reduced the seven beads to five, one above, four below, with sharp edges, silent and fast. So too Japanese chopsticks. The pointed ends
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