{"id":160,"date":"2008-06-18T12:48:27","date_gmt":"2008-06-18T19:48:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/?p=161"},"modified":"2008-06-18T12:48:27","modified_gmt":"2008-06-18T19:48:27","slug":"run-melos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.guidetojapanese.org\/blog\/2008\/06\/18\/run-melos\/","title":{"rendered":"Run Forr^H^H^H^H \u30e1\u30ed\u30b9\uff01"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve known about \u9752\u7a7a\u6587\u5eab<\/a> for quite a while but never really had the time to look over it. It’s a large collection of free Japanese text online. The only problem is most of these writings are quite old (old enough for the copyright to expire) and to put it politely, a bit… dry.<\/p>\n

However, I finally took some time to read a story called \u300c\u8d70\u308c\u30e1\u30ed\u30b9\u300d by the famous author: \u592a\u5bb0\u6cbb<\/a>. You can find the version updated to modern Japanese \uff08\u65b0\u5b57\u65b0\u4eee\u540d\uff09 here<\/a> and also read it directly online here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I don’t want to give too much away but \u300c\u8d70\u308c\u30e1\u30ed\u30b9\u300d is a rather touching story about loyalty and trust. It is required reading for most Japanese students (in middle school I believe) so it’s certainly good stuff to know for cultural reasons as well. Here’s the first few lines to get you started.<\/p>\n

\u30e1\u30ed\u30b9\u306f\u6fc0\u6012\u3057\u305f\u3002\u5fc5\u305a\u3001\u304b\u306e\u90aa\u667a\u66b4\u8650\uff08\u3058\u3083\u3061\u307c\u3046\u304e\u3083\u304f\uff09\u306e\u738b\u3092\u9664\u304b\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u3089\u306c\u3068\u6c7a\u610f\u3057\u305f\u3002\u30e1\u30ed\u30b9\u306b\u306f\u653f\u6cbb\u304c\u308f\u304b\u3089\u306c\u3002\u30e1\u30ed\u30b9\u306f\u3001\u6751\u306e\u7267\u4eba\u3067\u3042\u308b\u3002\u7b1b\u3092\u5439\u304d\u3001\u7f8a\u3068\u904a\u3093\u3067\u66ae\u3057\u3066\u6765\u305f\u3002\u3051\u308c\u3069\u3082\u90aa\u60aa\u306b\u5bfe\u3057\u3066\u306f\u3001\u4eba\u4e00\u500d\u306b\u654f\u611f\u3067\u3042\u3063\u305f\u3002<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\u304b\u306e<\/strong>: I haven’t run into this word before but it is apparently used to refer to something or someone else similar to \u300c\u305d\u306e\u300d. See here<\/a> for more details.<\/p>\n

\u90aa\u667a\u66b4\u8650<\/strong>: While not a phrase with much practical use, examining the Kanji for the two words \u90aa\u667a and \u66b4\u8650 gives you a very good idea of its meaning: Evil+Knowledge and Violent+Tyrannize. The kanji itself are useful to know for words like \u300c\u98a8\u90aa\u300d\u3001\u300c\u90aa\u60aa\u300d (used in the same paragraph)\u3001\u300c\u66b4\u529b\u300d\u3001and \u300c\u6b8b\u8650\u300d. \u300c\u667a\u300d\u3001 another version of \u300c\u77e5\u300d is also a great character to know for many names.<\/p>\n

\u738b\u3092\u9664\u304b\u306a\u3051\u308c\u3070\u306a\u3089\u306c<\/strong>: The \u300c\u306a\u3089\u306c\u300d is an old-fashioned version of \u300c\u306a\u3089\u306a\u3044\u300d. You’ll see a lot of \u300c\u306c\u300d instead of \u300c\u306a\u3044\u300d in this story since the text IS old. \u300c\u9664\u304f\u300d is a creative use of the word “remove” here. I leave it to the reader to interpret exactly what is meant by “removing the king”.<\/p>\n

\u4eba\u4e00\u500d\uff08\u3072\u3068\u3044\u3061\u3070\u3044\uff09<\/strong>: This is an interesting expression to me because it means “more than others” but the math doesn’t seem to add up. If \u4e8c\u500d is double, shouldn’t \u4e00\u500d be exactly the same as the original amount? Well if you consider that \u4e00\u500d is one share and \u4eba\u4e00\u500d as an extra person’s share, I guess it makes sense. It’s an expression anyway so who cares right?<\/p>\n

Have fun with the rest of the story because it is quite long. If anybody knows of other good literature in the free \u9752\u7a7a\u6587\u5eab collection, please let me know in the coments with links!!!<\/b><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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