Re: Japanese text and email

[ikko-@example.com (Kazuyuki Okamoto)]

Hi, all;
At 18:49 10/05/96 +0900, Andrew N. Nishigaya wrote:
>At 12:53 PM 10/5/96 +0900, you wrote:
>> Is the following readable?
>>
>>子どもらよいざ出でいなむ伊夜日子の岡のすみれの花にほひ見に
>
>Yes, it is quite readable.  "kodomorayoiza deteinamu kimi..." Or should I
>say the characters are readable... the Japanese is quite incomprehensible :)
This Japanese is poem; 5+7+5+7+7 style, Tanka.
"kodomorayo izaideinamu iyohineno okamosumireno hananihoimini"
It (maybe) means "Children, get out to see a violet flower at iyohine's 
hill, now."
And this poem is old Japanese in Tanka style. Because it is pretty 
difficult for native Japanese.

Thank you.
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