Chapter 23 of Kimono is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
A keeper or guardian of historical records and memories.
Chapter XXIII
Chapter 23 of Kimono is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu? Asa-borake Kogi-yuku fune no Ato no shira-nami_. To what shall I compare This world? To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn! When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
Chapter 23 of Kimono is here in full — 264 sentences across 53 reading sections, with audio for every sentence and word.
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the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading “When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.”
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading “To what shall I compare This world?”
plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading “When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.”
wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading “When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.”
past form of “row” — propel with oars
From this reading “To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!”
a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
From this reading “When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.”
the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
From this reading “THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?”
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading “To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!”
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used before a singular noun to mean one of a group, when it is not a particular one
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
used to join words or parts of a sentence that go together
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
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From this reading Asa-borake Kogi-yuku fune no Ato no shira-nami_.
in or near a particular place or position
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
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From this reading Asa-borake Kogi-yuku fune no Ato no shira-nami_.
the season when the leaves fall from the trees
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
from a particular thing or place or position (“forth” is obsolete)
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
at or toward the back of something
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
inflected form of “come” — move toward, travel toward something or somebody or approach something or somebody
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
examine and note the similarities or differences of
From this reading To what shall I compare This world?
the first light of day
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
showing where something starts, or who sent it
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
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From this reading Asa-borake Kogi-yuku fune no Ato no shira-nami_.
the form of “have” used with he, she, it, or a singular noun
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
plural of “holiday” — leisure time away from work devoted to rest or pleasure
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
the person speaking or writing, as the subject of the verb
From this reading To what shall I compare This world?
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From this reading Asa-borake Kogi-yuku fune no Ato no shira-nami_.
primarily temporal sense; being or indicating a relatively great or greater than average duration or passage of time or a duration as specified
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
wood of any of various maple trees; especially the hard close-grained wood of the sugar maple; used especially for furniture and flooring
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
the force of workers available
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
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From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
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From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
a hard malleable ductile silvery metallic element that is resistant to corrosion; used in alloys; occurs in pentlandite and smaltite and garnierite and millerite
From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
not any; not one
From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
being or occurring in fact or actuality; having verified existence; not illusory
From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
past form of “return” — go or come back to place, condition, or activity where one has been before
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
past form of “row” — propel with oars
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
a variable color that is vivid red but sometimes with an orange tinge
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
used with I and we for the future, or to offer and suggest
From this reading To what shall I compare This world?
the native religion and former ethnic cult of Japan
From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
transport commercially
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
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From this reading Asa-borake Kogi-yuku fune no Ato no shira-nami_.
the warmest season of the year; in the northern hemisphere it extends from the summer solstice to the autumnal equinox
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
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From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
used to introduce what somebody said, thought, or felt
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
used before a noun that is already known, already mentioned, or the only one of its kind
From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
belonging to the people or things already mentioned
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
used for a person or thing that is near, or that has just been mentioned
From this reading To what shall I compare This world?
used before the base form of a verb to make the infinitive
From this reading To what shall I compare This world?
plural of “tree” — a tall perennial woody plant having a main trunk and branches forming a distinct elevated crown; includes both gymnosperms and angiosperms
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
moved around an axis or center
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
be awake, be alert, be there
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
used to ask for information about something
From this reading To what shall I compare This world?
at the time that
From this reading When the autumn came and the maple trees turned scarlet, the men returned from their long summer holidays.
a Caucasian
From this reading To the white wake behind A ship that has rowed away At dawn!
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From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
everything that exists anywhere
From this reading To what shall I compare This world?
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From this reading THE REAL SHINTO _Yo no naka wo Nani ni tatoyemu?
Chapter 23 of Kimono by John Paris holds 264 sentences, grouped into 53 reading sections of at most 5 sentences. The text is the source edition, unabridged, and the chapter records which sentences cover which part of the work so that nothing is dropped. Every word can be tapped for its pronunciation and dictionary entry.
Chapter 23 holds 264 sentences of Kimono, unabridged, divided into 53 reading sections.
This page carries chapter 23 of Kimono by John Paris exactly as it stands in the source edition, without abridgement. It runs to 264 sentences, grouped into 53 sections of at most 5 sentences so that a reader can take the chapter in steady, finishable pieces. The chapter also stores a coverage record mapping every one of its sentences to a part of the work, which is how the edition demonstrates that no line was dropped.
Work through the 53 sections in order, replaying any sentence and tapping unfamiliar words for their entries.
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