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The meaning of long vowels　The five vowel sounds "あ(a), い(i), う(u), え(e) and お(o)" are short vowels in Japanese, but the...

Introduction　This work tells the story of how Buddha, remembering a good deed done by Kandata, an extremely evil man who...

I would like to briefly borrow a corner of the precious pages of this magazine, "Tohoku Bungaku." Why have I chosen to use the pages of this magazine, "Tohoku Bungaku," in particular? There are the following reasons.

Japanese is based on five vowels: あ(a), い(i), う(u), え(e), and お(o). Japanese kana has a length called a "mora" as a unit of pronunciation. All moras have the characteristic that they are pronounced with approximately equal length.