(ume-gochi-ya todoke-sekai-ni kono-omoi)
（薫風士）
east wind through ume-blossoms_
deliver to world people
this thought for peace
(Lovee)
(Note)
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(shakkei-no oka-ni-shi-go-rin shimokuren)
（薫風士）
on the background-hill
against my garden,
four or five flowers of Magnolia
(Lovee)
ロボットの運び来たるや春の膳
(robotto-no hakobi-kitaru-ya haru-no-zen)
（薫風士）
dishes of spring season
brought to us
amazingly by a robot
(Lovee)
(Note)
The admiration by the postpositional particle “や（ya）” in the original haiku is expressed by adding the adverb “amazingly” in the above translation.
These pictures show the robot that brought the dishes we took in a coffee shop "Azusa" at Keyakidai of Woody Town in Sanda-city.
(kannon-no iraka-miyaritsu hana-no-kumo)
（芭蕉）
the cherry blossoms
looking like clouds_
the tiled roof of the kannon-temple
（Lovee）
(Note)
It is said that Bashō composed this haiku while he was ill in bed in his hermitage, watching the roof of Sensoji in Asakusa.
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春の夜は桜に明けてしまひけり
(haru-no-yo-wa sakura-ni-akete shimaikeri)
（芭蕉）
the spring night
has turned to dawn,
while viewing the cherry-blossoms
(Lovee)
(Note)
I assume that Bashō omitted real subuject (Bashō himself) in this haiku.
Accordingly, in this translation, the subject "I am" is omitted after the word "while" in the subordinate clause.
(harusame-ni daiku-gasshō ōringu)
（薫風士）
spring drizzle_
on the EXPO's grand-ring
(Lovee)
This picture shows a porton of NHK-TV news broadcast on April 13, 2025.
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散る桜残る桜も散る桜
(chiru-sakura nokoru-sakura-mo chiru-sakura)
（良寛）
falling cherry blossoms_
the remaining blossoms
will also fall in due course
(Lovee)
These pictures show a part of NHK-TV news broadcasting the first cherry blossoms in Hokkaidō on April 20, 2025.
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(ubazakura saku-ya-rōgo-no omoi-ide)
（芭蕉）
ubazakura in bloom_
causing me to think of
life in old age
(Lovee)
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花の雲鐘は上野か浅草か
(hana-no-kumo kane-wa-ueno-ka asakusa-ka)
（芭蕉）
the clouds of cherry blossoms_
the sounds of temple bell
from Ueno, or Asakusa?
(Lovee)
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春潮にたとひ櫓櫂は重くとも
(shunchō-ni tatoi-rokai-wa omoku-tomo)
（虚子）
even if
the oar is heavy
against the spring tide_
(Lovee)
(Note)
Kyoshi composed this metaphorical haiku to encourage Kyoshi's granddaughter (Nakako Bōjō 1928.5.12~2021.8.16) when she took an entrance examination for a nursing school in 1947.
In this haiku, what Kyoshi intended to say as a main clause is omitted because haiku is not a prose.
If you can read the Japanese language, please tap the picture and read the article cotributed by Kunpūshi.
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(Kyoshi-no-ki-ya uchū-no-shiten kakasazu-ni)
（薫風士）
anniversary of
Kyoshi’s death_
never losing universal perspectives
(Lovee)
(nodokeshi-ya ōkawa-beri-no taikyokuken)
（薫風士）
peaceful_
practicing taikyokuken
on the walkway along the Sumida
(Lovee)
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人と船往来のどか隅田川
(hito-to-fune ōrai-nodoka sumidagawa)
（薫風士）
passersby coming along,
ships sailing to and fro,
balmy river the Sumida
(Lovee)
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麗かや老のウオーカー詩を吟じ
(uraraka-ya oi-no-uōkā shi-o-ginji)
（薫風士）
springlike_
an old walker
chanting a kanshi-poem
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “kanshi-poem” means “Chinese poem chanted in Japanese”.
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(banpaku-no ikken-ikan haru-urei)
（薫風士）
EXPO2025＿
worth a seeing?
spring melancholy
(Lovee)
Mr. Takashina, why don't you use your discretion after reading "大阪関西万博21句"of "俳句HAIKU ".
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(seimei-ya yūbekikoto-wa oi-mo-yū)
（薫風士）
day of Seimei_
elderly also may say
what must be said
(Lovee)
(Note)
In the case of above haiku, “Seimei”, which is one of the twenty-four seasonal divisions of a year, is April 4.
In Japanese, the above mentioned word "清明”, which means "clear and bright", and the word "声明”, which means "statement", are synonyms.
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These picture show a potion of NHK-TV news broadcast on April 5 & 4, 2025.
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(shunshū-ya esuesuenu-no otoshiana)
（薫風士）
spring melancholy_
pitfalls of
SNS
(Lovee)
(Note)
Click here and see "折々の俳句《春愁》"(oriori-no-haiku 《shunshū》.
This article is updated on April 23, 2025 to publish these pictures showing some parts of NHK-TV "クロ－ズアップ現代" broadcast on April 23, 2025.
This picture shows a portion of NHK-TV news broadcat on April 4. 2025.
(uraraka-ya inuzure-kozure yukikai-te)
（薫風士）
fine weather_
strollers
with a dog or child
(Lovee)
(shigatsubaka tobaku-wa-iya-yo aiāru)
（薫風士）
April Fools’ Day_
objections against providing
IR for gambling
(Lovee)
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卒業や就活終活孫と我
(sotsugyō-ya shūkatsu-shūkatsu mago-to-ware)
（薫風士）
graduation_
job-hunting; preparation for the end of life:
grandson and me, respectively
(Lovee)
(Note)
This haiku, which is a kind of fictional poem using Japanese homonyms, is composed for the sake of fun.