[LAW Document 72 Hours] Gently
A major difference between other languages and Japanese.
Is it the large variety of characters, such as kanji, katakana, hiragana, and sometimes romaji?
Using different characters depending on the situation.
It can be said that it is a rare language in the world.
In particular,
"hiragana"
and
"katakana"
were man'yogana derived from kanji, weren't they?
Because they were born from the "Man'yoshu",
"Man'yoshu"
which sang of the Japanese heart, one can feel a gentleness that softly nestles up to the human heart (^^)
The reason I feel that way is that although I usually write horizontally, I write poems as if water were flowing smoothly.
That must also be related to the softness of the vertical lines of the brush, right?
When it becomes
"hiragana",
even with the same meaning, the word becomes
"yanwari" (gently) (*),
and even the characters drawn have an elegance like a willow swaying in the wind (^^)
"The color of the flowers has faded, while I have spent my time in vain, watching the long rains fall." (Ono no Komachi)
The power of Waka poetry lies in its ability to subtly convey the poignant thought that the beauty of both flowers and people is not eternal.
Perhaps it is the work of the
"gently"
vague expressions unique to hiragana.
Heartwarming
Vague
Absent-minded
Cool/Chilly
Scuttling
Tottering
Smiling
Sluggish
Limp/Weak
.
.
.
When you line up onomatopoeic and mimetic words like these, don't you feel that there are many things in the world that don't need to be made clear? (^^)
Even we, who are usually like kanji, use words differently depending on the situation, so
■ Sometimes like hiragana
■ Sometimes like katakana
I believe that if more Japanese people had that "gentle" feeling and could convey things "gently," it would become an even more wonderful country. (^^♪
*:
Seisenban Nihon Kokugo Daijiten: Meaning, reading, example sentences, and synonyms for "yanwari"
Yanwari Yanhari
[Adverb] (Often used with "to") A word expressing a soft state. Softly. Gently. Quietly. Yaawari. Yawari.
[First appearance example] "Gently pushing back with a reply regarding the blockage" (Source: Zappai, Kuchiyosegusa (1736))
"The wind that blows occasionally hits the face lightly enough to cool the heat of the sunlight" (Source: Tajotakon (1896) <Koyo Ozaki> Part 1)