100Poems having it up my watch for Android

11 things about 100Poems having it up my watch

1. As you imagine, in order to find the right one faster than anyone, you must not only recall a lower phrase but also know where the right card is put on the floor as soon as an upper phrase is read by the reader.

2. Japanese people not only enjoy reading 100 poems but also enjoy playing with these poems using KARUTA that is a Japanese playing card on which these poems are written.

3. During these phrase are read, competitors try to find the card the reader has just read, on which the lower phrase is written.

4. To play KARUTA game, the first thing to do is put 100 cards, on which lower phrase is written, on a floor at random.

5. I hope that the app may help you to memorize 100 poems, so that you would be able to immerse yourself in Japanese literature and enjoy KARUTA game as well.

6. These poems basically depict a natural landscape through a change of four seasons or a romantic interest that swings subtly between joy and sadness, which has been said to manifest a Japanese aesthetic feeling.

7. The upper phrase is written on the one card and the lower phrase is written on the other card.

8. The wording of these poems is not that easy even for people in Japan today though; I hope that you might be interested in Japanese poem by reading or writing phrases through this app.

9. Then, the reader, who sits out a game, reads an upper phrase at first and then reads a lower phrase.

10. I gave this app the name of 100 poems though; these 100 Japanese poems (WAKA) are known as 百人一首(ひゃくにんいっしゅ [Hyaku ninn issyu]) in Japan.

11. This anthology of these poems are also known as 小倉百人一首 (おぐらひゃくにんいっしゅ [Ogura Hyaku ninn issyu]), because he has been known to compile these poems at his cottage that was located in the mountain called Mt.