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The word for fate in Mandarin is ming-yun, literally ‘life-luck’ or ‘command-turn’. But ‘fate’ in my mother’s native tongue of Taiwanese is the other way round: ūn-miā. It belies fatalism, putting luck in front of life, suggesting you can
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The Tokyo Weekender Book Club We focus on books either by Japanese authors or set in Japan. April 2023 Beautiful Star by Yukio Mishima Translated by ...more
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