五月場所強い大関大の里
(gogatsubasho tsuyoi-ōzeki ōnosato)
（薫風士）
Grand Sumō-tournament in May
strongest!
ōzeki Ōnosato
(Lovee)
These pictures show some parts of NHK-TV news scenes, in which Kunpūshi wrote his comments.
(Note)
Ōnosato will be promoted from "ōzeki" to "yokozuna" on May 28, 2025.
The term "ōzeki" means "sumō wrestler of second highest rank".
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(gogatsu-byō manpo-haiku-de tsutsuganaku)
（薫風士）
May depression syndrome_
free from it,
thanks to manpo-haiku
(Lovee)
This picture shows a part of an article contributed by Osaka Medical Association on a WEB site concerning mental disease which people tend to have in May.
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(hashirizuyu gakuensai-o furimawashi)
（薫風士）
the campus festival
at the mercy of
early rainy season
(Lovee)
(shidōsha-ni kakasenu-rinri hashirizuyu)
（薫風士）
essential to leaders,
morals_
early rainy season
(Lovee)
This picture shows a part of an article of HuffPost Japan.
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(kunpū-ya seishinminami tomo-no-uta)
（薫風士）
balmy breeze_
singing voices of my friends
at Seishinminami
(Lovee)
(Note)
“Seishinminami” is a name of subway-station and its neighborhood in Kobe City.
The following pictures show some karaoke display scenes at Michi, which is a kind of karaoke-cafe that L.P. Lovee visited with his friends (山下&出羽).
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（薫風士） (Lovee)
balmy breeze_
like celebrating my birthday,
various piano music
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（薫風士） (Lovee)
俳句的多彩なピアノ初夏の演
(haikuteki tasaina-piano shoka-no-en)
various piano playing
haiku-like pieces_
early summer performance
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(ama-eki-ya higasa-no-futari shiroato-e)
（薫風士）
ama-station_
two women under parasols
toward the castle garden
(Lovee)
(Note)
“Ama” is a nickname of Amagasaki City.
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初夏のアマ駅前やポップ聞く
(hatsunatsu-no ama-ekimae-ya poppu-kiku)
（薫風士）
early summer_
listening to pop music,
I walk around ama station square
(Lovee)
This picture shows a street singer singing a self-made sorrowful pop music.
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(dentō-no haiku-taikai shoka-no ama)
（薫風士）
traditional haiku event_
at “Ama”
in early summer
(Lovee)
(Note)
“Ama” is a nickname of Amagasaki City.
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(shorōme-no shoka-no-kōrasu tsuyayaka-ni)
（薫風士）
women of early old age_
still lustrous
early summer chorus
(Lovee)
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初夏の宴よき後輩に恵まれて
(shoka-no-en yoki-kōhai-ni megumare-te)
（薫風士）
early summer party_
blessed with
younger colleagues
(Lovee)
This picture shows some brochure pages of Sumitomo Electric Industries, Ltd., in which L.P. Lovee (Kunpūshi) used to work.
（薫風士） (Lovee)
薫風や花の同期に恵まれて
（kunpū-ya hana-no-dōki-ni megumare-te）
balmy breeze_
blessed with
contemporary friends
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（薫風士） （Lovee） Click here and see "まんぽ俳句を楽しもう！".
愛犬とまん歩をするや初夏の丘
(aiken-to manpo-o-suru-ya shoka-no-oka)
early summer hill_
manpo walk
with my beloved dog
(Note)
The word “manpo”（まん歩）, which is coined by Kunpūshi for use in haiku, is a pun using homonyms in the meaning of "ten thousand steps"（万歩） and “ramble” （漫歩）.
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母の日や父は得てして蚊帳の外
(hahanohi-ya chichi-wa-eteshite kaya-no-soto)
（薫風士）
Mother's Day_
father often being left
in the dark
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word "kayanosoto" literally means "outside the mosquito net".
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草の戸の粽に蛍来る夜かな
(kusa-no-to-no chimaki-ni hotaru-kuru-yo-kana)
（子規）
thatched cottage
a firefly comes to chimaki
this evening
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
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(chimaki-toku nikai-mo-miyuru sumidagawa)
（一茶）
unwrapping a chimaki
on a second floor, also visible_
Sumida-river
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
It seems that Issa expressed the broadness of Sumida-river or crowdedness around the Sumida by the words “second floor also visible”, whereas generally a first floor only is visible from a small river.
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(shiro-kemuri konkurābe-ya shoka-no-sora)
（薫風士）
conclave 2025_
white smoke rising to
the sky in early summer
(Lovee)
These pictures are some parts of NHK-TV news which L.P. Lovee watched on May 9, 2025.
It seems that "conclave 2023" in the last picture is a mistake, which should be corrected to "conclave 2025".
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(hana-wa-ha-ni sofutopawā-no-shi-wa-yukite)
（薫風士）
advocating soft-power,
professor emeritus demised_
blossoms now turned to new leaves
(Lovee)
This picture shows a part of web-news of Mainichi Shinbun, which Lovee saw on May 8, 2025.
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(chimaki-yū katate-ni-hasamu hitai-gami)
（芭蕉）
tying a chimaki,
while another hand tucking
hair hanging down the forehead
(Lovee)
(Note)
The word “chimaki” means a kind of rice-dumpling wrapped with a bamboo grass leaf.
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