(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?
(Translated by 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.
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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)
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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.
(kurūzu-ya akashikaikyo haruno-shio)
（薫風士）
joyful cruise-lunch
in Akashi Strait_
spring current
(Note)
I supplemented the word "joyful" so that the particle "や" denoting emotion might be reflected in the translation.
These two pictures show pamphlets of the Kobe Cruise lunch we took.
The following are pictures taken by Kunpūshi (L.P. Lovee).
Interestingly, the clouds in the third picture look like a large fish and a baby fish.
白梅や小学校のクラス会
(shiraume-ya shōgakukō-no kurasukai)
（薫風士）
white ume blossoms＿
class reunion of
my elementary school
(Lovee)
(Note)
These pictures show the front hall of Japanese restaurant "Fukudaya", a part of the alcove where a banner is put up for festively indicating the class reunion, and a part of the Japanese delicious course-meal we took.
春めくも雲行き怪し夕日かな
(harumeku-mo kumoyuki-ayashi yūhi-kana)
（薫風士）
evening sun_
sinister movement of clouds
after springlike daylight
(Lovee)
春めきて黄砂に赤き大夕日
(harumekite kōsa-ni-akaki ō-yūhi)
（薫風士）
spring-like evening_
through yellow sand dust
clearly large ruddy sun
(Lovee)
(Note)
This picture shows the sun I saw at JR station 'Ichijima' through yellow sand dust in the late afternoon.
Unfortunately, because of the battery run-down, I failed in taking a picture of such a beautiful setting sun as described in the above haiku.
(harumeku-ya ōmata-aruki oyakozure)
（薫風士）
springlike footpath_
walking in long strides,
a parent and child
(Lovee)
