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an animal is a moving thing

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2021.02.16

Today's word in Japanese is 動物, or doubutsu, or animal. It literally means "moving (動) thing (物)".

rand()m quote

The wise are instructed by reason, average minds by experience, the stupid by necessity and the brute by instinct.

—Marcus Tullius Cicero