#japanese

As you can imagine, those who had fallen this far had been so worn down by their tortures in the seven other hells that they no longer had the strength to cry out. ↗

— Ryūnosuke Akutagawa

#japan #japanese #japanese-literature #torture #imagination

Too lazy to be ambitious, I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag; a bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out. ↗

— Ryokan

#buddhist #hermit #japan #japanese #monk

The Japanese invaded Tulagi, in the Solomon Islands, on May 4. ↗

— Jack Adams

#islands #japanese #may #solomon

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them. ↗

— Ralph Bakshi

#anime #better #could #go #had

Many young Japanese were hearing for the first time the words of Native people from the West. ↗

— Dennis Banks

#first time #hearing #japanese #many #native

I just fell in love with his music. I thought Yanni was Japanese. I didn't have any idea what a Yanni was. I just thought I was in love with a Japanese man who wrote beautiful music. ↗

— Linda Evans

#beautiful #beautiful music #fell #his #i

I'm old enough to remember the end of World War II. On Aug. 14, 1946, a year after the Japanese were defeated, most newspapers and magazines had single articles commemorating the end of the war. ↗

— Harry Browne

#articles #defeated #end #enough #had

My life was very Japanese. ↗

— Bryan Clay

#life #my life #very

In the case of the Japanese, they usually commit suicide before they make any apology. ↗

— Chuck Grassley

#apology #before #case #commit #japanese

I shall ask to see whether they want me in dress clothes or in Japanese. ↗

— Sessue Hayakawa

#clothes #dress #i #japanese #me