• 甘い過ぎる偽の桜も散りぬるか?
    Amai sugiru nise no sakura mo chirinuru ka?
    Do those sickly-sweet false cherry blossoms fall and fade too?
    Note: There's a tree that looks just like a cherry blossom tree, but the petals are bright sweet pink. These petals seem to last longer.

    俳句など、まったく要らない。紙の無駄。
    Haiku nado, mattaku iranai. Kami no muda.
    I have no need for things like haiku. A waste of paper.