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[Japanease]
Refreshingly washed, clothes for the two of us.I went on a trip with my sweetheart. When the trip became lengthy, we needed to do laundry and I washed his shirts, socks, handkerchiefs, etc. for him. To wash more articles of clothing than I am used to washing only for myself, made me feel that we were really a couple now.During this delightful season, the sky is blue and high, and the air is clear. I felt the happiness of washing clothes, not for someone else, but for the two of us. With the whiteness of washed clothes, I feel refreshed during this season of coolness.
[season word] refreshing One arm around him, and acorns in my pocket.While we were walking together, I noticed some acorns around our feet.Women seem to like little pretty things like acorns and seashells. Especially the acorns I found with him, they are like precious treasure. We started walking after I put them carefully in my pocket. I felt his warmth against my arm, and in my pocket I heard the sound of those little acorns that I picked up with him.
[season word] acorns First cold wave, I pick up last night's dress from the floor.The first cold wave is not cold of midwinter, it is the cold we feel in autumn.I woke up feeling a bit cold this morning. On the floor next to my bed was the dress I wore yesterday, as if it too was tired. I got out of my bed and picked up the dress from the floor. In the morning air that meets the dusk as the darkness turns to white sky, I felt that the dress on the floor told the story of the events of last night. In my room amidst the first cold wave, I was alone and unknown uncertainty crossed my mind about what the winter that is just around the corner might bring.
[season word] first cold wave A long night, train tickets to separate destinations.I enjoyed the trip with my sweetheart who lives far away. At the end of our several days together, it was the night before we were to return to our separate destinations. In our bags there were two return tickets to the places where each of us lived. When the morning came, both of us would have to go back to our own places, and we would not see each other again for a while.As we talked about our trip in retrospect, as we cherished our days spent together, and as we confirmed each other's love, the more reluctant we were to be apart. Although it is said that the autumn evenings are long, for a couple who must be parted the next day, it must feel like a very short evening.
[season word] long night Seeing me off, autumn rain, autumn rain.At the end of the time we spent together, he is seeing me off as I leave for home. It is a lonely thing to see someone off, but it is even lonelier when you are being sent off. In a few minutes we will be apart. And as that moment is getting closer and closer, the autumn rain suddenly begins to fall. As if it is saying it does not want me to leave, or trying to stop me from leaving.The autumn rain gives you a feeling of loneliness as though it seeps into your skin. The autumn rain fell quietly and sadly like our tear drops, or a symbol of our feelings.
[season word] autumn rain, autumn rain translated by Mineko Azuma
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