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[Japanease]
Fragrant breeze, the wedding gown has a wide-cut neckline.All women dream of the wedding gown they would like to wear on their wedding day. When a woman sees a wedding gown in a show window or in a magazine, she will stop and look at it even though she has no immediate plans to get married.One fragrant breezy day, the dress she happened to see was of a daring design with a wide-cut neckline. Through the wide-cut neckline, the bride's beautiful white collarbones were showing and she looked very healthy. It seemed to symbolize the youth and beauty of brides. In the bright sunlight of May, a cool breeze, fragrant of new leaves, blew gently through the pure white wedding gown, as though, blessing the future of the young couple.
[season words] fragrant breeze New leaves, once upon a time tennis tied a knot of love.Karuizawa is Japan's prominent resort. We understand that the current Emperor and Empress had met and fell in love in Karuizawa.Love that begins at sea seems to fade with the memory of summer, but love that begins on the high plateau seems pure and slowly nurtured. Here is the bright sunlight of early summer, fresh clean air, singing birds, and the fresh green leaves that have just awakened. I wonder how many loves have been born while chasing tennis balls and waiting for sweat to dry under the cool new leaves in Karuizawa.
[season words] new leaves Camera lens that caught you in early summer.Many young men and women in love drive to the sea and mountains as the cool breezes of May call to them.With a new roll of film in his camera, the first picture he took was not of the sea or mountains, but of his beloved sweetheart. She was as lovely and innocent as a child playing in the bright sun, picking up sea-shells, playing in the waves and picking wild flowers. Her unguarded smile as she turned around, her girlish frowning face, and her face in profile; these are some of her expressions that he captured in his camera lens. She allows him to see these faces because she has complete confidence in him. They are her special expressions that only he knows.
[season words] early summer Orange blossoms, father waves welcome at the train station.My home town is Yugawara-city, in Kanagawa Prefecture which is famous for its oranges.In the middle of May, the whole city is filled with orange blossoms and their fragrance. During this orange blossom season, somehow, unexpectedly, I have a chance to go visit my parents. Every time I go home my father is waiting at Yugawara Station to welcome me. When he finally sees me among all the people, he calls out, "Madoka!" and waves his hand. When I find him there in the midst of the fragrance of orange blossoms, I know that I am home. To me, the orange blossoms and my father are the symbols of my home.
[season words] orange blossoms New love begins,changing my perfume.When something new begins, or when a woman wants to refresh her feelings, she will often change her hair style or rearrange her room. To change her perfume is another way to begin anew. With new perfume a woman feels different, as if a new self.In order to create my new self, I broke the seal on a new bottle of perfume. In that moment, a man's image flashed across my mind. Will he notice this perfume? Will he turn and look at me? Will this perfume make me more charming? Transformed from yesterday, today I found a new love. It is as if the sweet suggestive fragrance of a new perfume spread like the prologue of a new love story.
[season words] perfume translated by Mineko Azuma
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