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Natsume

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[nah-tsoo-me] / ˈnɑ tsuˌmɛ /

noun

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


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The road-building scenes interrupt a series of stories: a dream from the work of the writer Natsume Soseki; a traditional Noh play; the butterfly dream from the text Zhuangzi.

From New York Times • Jul. 14, 2021

Natsume says the Lightpack is specifically slightly smaller than a CD-ROM, so people won’t mistake it for a CD player.

From The Verge • Aug. 8, 2018

Chef Natsume Aoi, executive pastry chef at Morimoto in Manhattan, loads up on dried fruit for long drives, especially coconut shards and purple yam, which reminds her of her childhood in Japan.

From Washington Post • Jul. 19, 2018

Discussing the golden age of Japanese modernist fiction, she introduces us to Natsume Soseki, who penned the novel Sanshiro in 1909, 41 years after the Meiji Restoration opened Japan to the West.

From Slate • Jan. 9, 2015

For the benefit of those who may not know the original, it must be stated that "Botchan" by the late Mr. K. Natsume was an epoch-making piece of work.

From Botchan (Master Darling) by Morri, Yasotaro

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