Heads Up These sentences are mainly from the Tanaka Corpus and Tatoeaba project. Read more
| When I was in my first years of grade school, my father taught me a haiku and I longed to be a poet. On my Tanabata wish, I also wrote "Please make me a poet". Thirty years have passed and my wish has been granted. I am without doubt an invalid. |
| 小学校低学年の頃、僕は父に俳句を教えられ、俳人に憧れた。七夕の願い事も「はい人になれますように。」と書いた。あれから３０年、願いはかなった。今や僕は紛れもない廃人だ。 |