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the good taste of the rice — the blue, blue sky

meshi no umasa ga aoi aoi sora

1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)

Notes

The good taste of rice eaten outdoors becomes, just as it is, the blue, blue sky. Tastiness and blueness are joined directly by the single particle ga, leaving no gap for reason to slip in. A single bowl eaten under the sky — that is all of happiness.

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