how everything looks good enough to eat — the shop window
nanto umasōna mono bakari ga shōwindō
1939 · The last long journey
Sōmokutō · Heart for the Road (Tabigokoro)
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The shop window is lined with nothing but things that look so good to eat. He is a man who can only gaze from outside at the feast a single pane of glass away. An honest exclamation, free of any grudge, that is both comic and poignant.