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fandomhigh2021-04-05 04:10 am
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The Art of Japanese Culture through Untranslatable Words; Monday, Fourth Period [04/05].
If there was something in the air that week, then Shunsui mostly didn't notice it, mostly because any effect it had on him was prettty much exactly the same as he usually was on any given day, though there was no denying something about the week had influenced which phrase to cover in this week's class. Sitting at his usual spot with a distant, beatific smile, it might be a moment longer, too, before his mind wandered out of where it had been drifting in consideration of possibilities for the day ahead of him and into the actual classroom where he currently sat.
"Ah ♥." His smile tilted a little as he remembered why he was there. "Yes. Class time~ ♥. Konnichiwa, ducklings~ ♥. Ohayō gozaimasu~~ ♥. Today, we're going to talk about koi. Not the fish, but love. Most specifically, koi no yokan:
koi no yokan
恋の予感
(the feeling that you will soon fall in love with someone you've just met)
"Koi no yokan: the feeling that you will soon fall in love with someone you've just met. You may be thinking, 'ah, but Kyōraku-san! Isn't that essentially just love at first sight?' Ara ara, ducklings, it may seem that way, but there are little nuances and differences that make koi no yokan different ♥. 'Love at first sight' is actually hitomebore in Japanese, and suggests that you have immediately fallen for someone upon that first instance of meeting, which, considering how many beautiful people there are in the world, can sometimes be a frequently occuring occasion on the daily ♥ ♥ ♥. But with koi no yokan, that initial immediate love may not necessarily be there at first, but instead, there is a feeling deep inside that even though you do not know this person at all, there is a tug in your chest, a knowledge of inevitability, that this person is someone you will come to love eventually. It isn't there yet; it may need to be cultivated, fostered, cared for, like a newly budding plant or a shy little kitten, but the seed of love is there and it only needs time to germinate ♥.
"And since koi no yokan is a feeling, something to be experienced, it won't do us any good to sit around in a classroom all day discussing it. So I won't keep you today, not when you could be out there harboring your own koi no yokan with some new lovely stranger out there ♥."
On this week. Of all weeks. It could very well be a great week for koi no yokan indeed!
"So, go, go, go ♥." He gestured his hands in the air as if brushing them away. "Fly off, little ducklings, seek out those seeds of love in the spirit of koi no yokan, and you can report back to me next week on if you were able to do anything to inspire those seeds to grow into vibrant blossoms ♥!"
"Ah ♥." His smile tilted a little as he remembered why he was there. "Yes. Class time~ ♥. Konnichiwa, ducklings~ ♥. Ohayō gozaimasu~~ ♥. Today, we're going to talk about koi. Not the fish, but love. Most specifically, koi no yokan:
恋の予感
(the feeling that you will soon fall in love with someone you've just met)
"Koi no yokan: the feeling that you will soon fall in love with someone you've just met. You may be thinking, 'ah, but Kyōraku-san! Isn't that essentially just love at first sight?' Ara ara, ducklings, it may seem that way, but there are little nuances and differences that make koi no yokan different ♥. 'Love at first sight' is actually hitomebore in Japanese, and suggests that you have immediately fallen for someone upon that first instance of meeting, which, considering how many beautiful people there are in the world, can sometimes be a frequently occuring occasion on the daily ♥ ♥ ♥. But with koi no yokan, that initial immediate love may not necessarily be there at first, but instead, there is a feeling deep inside that even though you do not know this person at all, there is a tug in your chest, a knowledge of inevitability, that this person is someone you will come to love eventually. It isn't there yet; it may need to be cultivated, fostered, cared for, like a newly budding plant or a shy little kitten, but the seed of love is there and it only needs time to germinate ♥.
"And since koi no yokan is a feeling, something to be experienced, it won't do us any good to sit around in a classroom all day discussing it. So I won't keep you today, not when you could be out there harboring your own koi no yokan with some new lovely stranger out there ♥."
On this week. Of all weeks. It could very well be a great week for koi no yokan indeed!
"So, go, go, go ♥." He gestured his hands in the air as if brushing them away. "Fly off, little ducklings, seek out those seeds of love in the spirit of koi no yokan, and you can report back to me next week on if you were able to do anything to inspire those seeds to grow into vibrant blossoms ♥!"