The 'kotowaza' files have been taken from the 'kotowaza of the day' posted
in usenet a long ago; but changed to fortune format and the explanations
not included.
Here is the original README file; at the ftp sites listed below you
should be able to get the whole archive with the explanations of
each kotowaza.


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This directory contains the collected (and corrected) idioms and proverbs
from the ``Nihon-no-kotowaza'' articles posted to nihongo@mitvma.mit.edu 
and sci.lang.japan

	nnk010.txt	Articles 1 to 10
	nnk020.txt	Articles 11 to 20
	nnk030.txt	Articles 21 to 30
	nnk040.txt	Articles 31 to 40
	current.txt	Current articles (not yet corrected)
	kotowaza.euc	The whole lot in EUC code (use binary to transfer)

The program used to generate ascii representations for kanji (kbanner2.tar.gz)
is also available here.

This series of articles is currently archived on the following sites:

        USA: ftp.uwtc.washington.edu [128.95.202.40] pub/Japanese/Kotowaza
        AUSTRALIA: ftp.cc.monash.edu.au [130.194.1.106] pub/nihongo/kotowaza
        EUROPE: kuso.shef.ac.uk [143.167.25.1] pub/japanese/kotowaza
        UK: aiai.ed.ac.uk [192.41.105.5] timd/kotowaza

I have used several sources for these kotowaza: the three books below;
my wife Hitomi; and Mariko and several other freinds who are good enough
to put up with my questions. Of course I still manage to make mistakes
sometimes, but they are my responsibility!

	"Even Monkeys Fall from Trees" and other Japanese Proverbs
	by David Galef. Published: Charles E. Tuttle, 1987
	ISBN: 0-8048-1625-5

	101 Japanese Idioms
	by Michael and Senko Maynard.
	Published: Passport Books, 1993
	ISBN: 0-8442-8496-3

	A Dictionary of Japanese and English Idiomatic Equivalents
	by Charles Corwin. Published: Kodansha International, 1968 
	ISBN: 0-87011-1116


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