Natsume

American  

[nah-tsoo-me] / ˈnɑ tsuˌmɛ /

noun

1. Soseki Kinnosuke Natsume, 1867–1916, Japanese novelist.

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Example Sentences

Natsume Soseki taught literature at the University of Tokyo after studying abroad in London, and, when he later became an author, he brilliantly sublimated those very conflicts in his novels.

From New York Times

At the age of 27, he won the Gunzo Literary Prize, a prestigious Japanese literary prize, for a probing essay on Natsume Soseki, who is regarded among his compatriots as the first major fiction writer of modern Japan.

From New York Times

The biggest conflict in “Drifting Home” is between former best friends Kosuke and Natsume, who have been chilly to each other ever since they both moved away from the same apartment complex that’s now become their oversized life raft.

From Los Angeles Times

The film follows Kosuke and Natsume, sixth graders and longtime friends who were raised together in the same apartment complex, and whose relationship has been tense ever since Kosuke’s grandfather died.

From New York Times

Natsume sneaks back to the building where they once lived, which is set to be demolished.

From New York Times