This week's challenge is a haiku by Bashō written in 1680.
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japanese:
- - - pos: noun
text: ばしょう
dictionary: 芭蕉
- pos: verb
text:
- 植: う
- ゑて
dictionary: 植える
- - - pos: adverb
text: まづ
dictionary: 先ず
- pos: verb
text:
- 憎: にく
- む
- pos: noun
text:
- 荻: おぎ
- pos: particle
text: の
- - - pos: noun
text:
- 二: ふた
- 葉: ば
- pos: particle
text:
- 哉: かな
english:
- By my new banana plant
- the first sign of something I loathe—
- a miscanthus bud!
title: ばしょう[植]{う}ゑてまづ[憎]{にく}む[荻]{おぎ}の[二]{ふた}[葉]{ば}[哉]{かな} by Bashō
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