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my struggle with Japanese volume 4,032

the journal of Michael Werneburg

twenty-seven years and one million words

Kokubunji, 2024.12.22

The word from "sky blue" in Japanese is "mizuiro". The pronunciation and the kanji, literally mean "water color". Not as in the painting medium, but "the color of water".

So remember, the kanji 水色 may literally mean (and be pronounced) "water color", but the actual meaning is "sky blue".

rand()m quote

The way you write science fiction is: you sit down at your writing machine and you open your mind to the first thought that comes through. My first thought was always a cigarette.

—-Frederik Pohl