JUI-HUA HUANG (jhuang@UCLA.EDU)
Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:47:08 -0800
Message-ID: <Pine.3.89.9901210938.B46746-0100000@tau2.ben2.ucla.edu> Date: Thu, 21 Jan 1999 09:47:08 -0800 From: JUI-HUA HUANG <jhuang@UCLA.EDU> Subject: Re: IRIS!!!!
On Wed, 20 Jan 1999, Paul Chi wrote:
> >I don't have Steam Radio Show, unfortunately (it hasn't arrived yet...grrr,
> >I've been waiting for it more than a week). What's a waka?=)
> >
> >-JEB
> >Official Defender of Iris and Kanna!
>
>
> Well, I looked it up on Jeffrey's Japanese<->English Dictionary Server and
> apparently it's a 31-syllable poem. There's a part in Steam Radio Show
> where Sakura recites some poetry, and you have to choose (muliple choice)
> the best phrase to complete the poem. I think that's what was meant by
> "waka". But unfortunately, I don't know any more. Anybody care to elaborate?
Yes, that's correct. What the dictionary didn't tell you is that it is
done in classical Japanese (ahh, the painful college memories ^^;) and
that most Japanese people don't know waka (or classical Japanese for that
matter) and would be impressed at those who know, memorize, and recite
it. ^^;; Along with that, each waka (poem) has some special meaning to
it (could be recounting a historical event, describing the weather,
etc.) I'll have to verify this again as it was about a half a year ago
that my roommate tried to explain it to me.
Sorry about the late reply. I'll be doing some catching up tonite. Been
busy w/a couple of things. Iris' mom scan will be up sometime tonite as
well.
Ja mata,
Ray