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japanese:
  - - - pos: verb
        text: ゆく
        dictionary: 行く
      - pos: noun
        text:
          - 河: かは
        dictionary: 川
      - pos: particle
        text: の
      - pos: noun
        text:
          - 流: なが
          - れ
      - pos: particle
        text: は
      - pos: adverb
        text:
          - 絶: た
          - えず
      - pos: particle
        text: して
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 、
  - - - pos: phrase
        text: しかも
        dictionary: 然も
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 、
      - pos: noun
        text: もと
        dictionary: 元
      - pos: particle
        text: の
      - pos: noun
        text:
          - 水: みづ
      - pos: verb
        text: に
        dictionary: ぬ-1
      - pos: verb
        text: あら
        dictionary: 在る
      - pos: verb
        text: ず
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 。
  - - - pos: noun
        text:
          - 淀: よど
          - み
      - pos: particle
        text: に
      - pos: verb
        text:
          - 浮: う
          - かぶ
      - pos: noun
        text: うたかた
        dictionary: 泡沫
      - pos: particle
        text: は
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 、
  - - - pos: adverb
        text: かつ
        dictionary: 且つ
      - pos: verb
        text:
          - 消: き
          - え
        dictionary: 消える
      - pos: adverb
        text: かつ
        dictionary: 且つ
      - pos: verb
        text:
          - 結: むす
          - びて
        dictionary: 結ぶ
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 、
  - - - pos: adjective
        text:
          - 久: ひさ
          - しく
        dictionary: 久しい
      - pos: verb
        text: とどまり
        dictionary: 止まる
      - pos: verb
        text: たる
      - pos: noun
        text:
          - 例: ためし
        dictionary: 例-1
      - pos: adjective
        text: なし
        dictionary: 無い
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 。 
  - - - pos: noun
        text:
          - 世: よ
          - の
          - 中: なか
      - pos: particle
        text: に
      - pos: verb
        text: ある
        dictionary: 在る
      - pos: noun
        text:
          - 人: ひと
      - pos: particle
        text: と
      - pos: noun
        text:
          - 栖: すみか
        dictionary: 住み処
      - pos: particle
        text: と
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 、
  - - - pos: adverb
        text: また
        dictionary: 又
      - pos: adverb
        text: かく
        dictionary: 斯く
      - pos: particle
        text: の
      - pos: verb
        text: ごとし
        dictionary: 如し
      - dictionary: ~
        text: 。
english:
  - The flow of the river never ceases,
  - And the water never stays the same.
  - Bubbles float on the surface of pools,
  - Bursting, re-forming, never lingering.
  - They're like the people in this world and their dwellings.
date: 2025-02-25
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Opening passage of [[方]{ほう}[丈]{じょう}[記]{き}](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hōjōki), written in 1212. [Translation by Matthew Stavros.](https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Hōjōki&oldid=1276844840#cite_note-1)