Unhappiness. There are all kinds of unhappy people in the world. I suppose it would be no exaggeration to say that the world is composed entirely of unhappy people. But those people can fight their unhappiness with society fairly and squarly, and society for its part easily understands and sympathizes with such struggles. My unhappiness stemmed entirely from my own vices, and I had no way of fighting anybody.
Osamu DazaiStichwörter: dark unhappiness japanese-literature
As much as any contemporary writer, Murakami grasps the bewildering fluidity of commoditized life.
Japan FoundationStichwörter: japan haruki-murakami japanese-literature
He was beneath the waves, a creature crawling the ocean bottom.
Doppo KunikidaStichwörter: melancholy sadness grief ocean waves japanese-literature kunikida-doppo
I don't remember who spoke first, but I do recall the first words between us: "How often we meet among old books!"
This was the start of our friendship.
Stichwörter: friendship japan japanese japanese-literature
I am a lonely man,' Sensei said. 'And so I am glad that you come to see me. But I am also a melancholy man, and so I asked you why you should wish to visit me so often.
Natsume SōsekiStichwörter: loneliness japan japanese japanese-literature
From then on, my thesis hung over me like a curse, and with bloodshot eyes, I worked like a madman.
Natsume SōsekiStichwörter: japan japanese studying japanese-literature
An obstacle which would frighten discreet men is nothing to determined women. They dare what men avoid, and sometimes they achieve an unusual success.
Ōgai MoriStichwörter: women japan japanese japanese-literature
He felt so lost, he said later, that the familiar studio felt like a haunted valley deep in the mountains, with the smell of rotting leaves, the spray of a waterfall, the sour fumes of fruit stashed away by a monkey; even the dim glow of the master's oil lamp on its tripod looked to him like misty moonlight in the hills.
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaStichwörter: japan japanese japanese-literature
People used to say that on moonless nights Her Ladyship's broad-skirted scarlet trousers would glide eerily along the outdoor corridor, never touching the floor.
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaStichwörter: japan japanese japanese-literature
He was said to have survived starvation by eating human flesh, after which he had the strength to tear out the antlers of a living stag with his bare hands.
Ryūnosuke AkutagawaStichwörter: japan japanese cannibalism japanese-literature
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