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== Example ==

== Example ==

===Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku===

===Matsuo Bashô: Frog Haiku===

  ''Furu ike ya''

<blockquote>''Furu ike ya''<br />

  ''kawazu tobikomu''

''kawazu tobikomu''<br />

  ''mizu no oto''

''mizu no oto''</blockquote>

This is one of the most translated Japanese haikus<ref>[http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm Translations of Basho's Frog]</ref>

This is one of the most translated Japanese haikus<ref>[http://www.bopsecrets.org/gateway/passages/basho-frog.htm Translations of Basho's Frog]</ref>

One translation of this poem by Lafcadio Hearn is:

One translation of this poem by Lafcadio Hearn is:

  Old pond

<blockquote>Old pond<br />

  frogs jumped in

frogs jumped in<br />

  sound of water.

sound of water.</blockquote>

In this case, the frog is the season word which references late spring.<ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/~daikoku/haiku/meguri/kuhi-2.htm Analysis of Basho's frog]</ref>  Here, the translator decided to work to preserve the essence of the Japanese rather than enforce a strict pattern to it.

In this case, the frog is the season word which references late spring.<ref>[http://www.xs4all.nl/~daikoku/haiku/meguri/kuhi-2.htm Analysis of Basho's frog]</ref>  Here, the translator decided to work to preserve the essence of the Japanese rather than enforce a strict pattern to it.