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Rh [Here I may mention, by the way, that there is a little Japanese song about the matsu no koe, in which the onomatope "zazanza" very well represents the deep humming of the wind in the pine-needles:— Zazanza!

Hama-matsu no oto wa,—

Zazanza,

Zazanza!

Zazanza!

The sound of the pines of the shore,—

Zazanza!

Zazanza!]

There are poets, however, who declare that the feeling produced by the noise of semi depends altogether upon the nervous condition of the listener:—

Mori no semi

Suzushiki koe ya,

Atsuki koe.—Otsushū.

Suzushisa mo

Atsusa mo semi no

Tokoro kana!—Fuhaku.

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