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World Lit > Finals: The Garden of Woods > Flashcards

Finals: The Garden of Woods Flashcards

1
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The Garden of Words is by

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Makoto Shinkai

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2
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Pathos of Things

-Impermanence

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Mono no Aware

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3
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Subtlety

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Wabi

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4
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Sadness/Rustic Patina

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Sabi

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5
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Profound Grace

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Yugen

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6
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Refined Style

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Iki

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7
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Cutting

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Kire

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8
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something that has acquired rust but also a patina that makes it beautiful

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Rustic patina

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9
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to become desolate

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Loneliness (sabishi)

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10
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In Chinese Philosophy, it may mean dark or mysterious

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Yugen

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11
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Geisha is aka

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Bitai

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12
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Resgination is aka

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akirame

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13
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brave composure i aka

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ikiji

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14
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Refers to the metaphorical death and rebirth

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Kire

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15
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Who are the main characters?

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Yukari Yukino

Takao Akizuki

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16
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Where do Yukino and Akizuki meet?

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Shinjuku National Gyoen Garden

17
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What was Yukino drinking and/or eating when she first met Akizuki?

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Beer and chocolate

18
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What’s the significance of the tanka in the movie?

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The first tanka serves as a foreshadowing, even though it was meant to give Takao a hint as to what is Yukino’s occupation

The reply to the tanka reflects Takao’s feelings for Yukino

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What is the significance of the seasons (kisetsu) in the movie?

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It represents how much time has passed in the story

20
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Why does Akizuki like the rain?

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At first, it makes him feel like the sky was much closer.

But it later becomes a way for him to meet with Yukino

21
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What does Akizuki think of the place he’s in during sunny days?

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On sunny days, he goes to school and:

“I noticed that on sunny days, I was in a terrible, childish place with nothing but impatience”

22
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What is Akizuki’s dream?

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to be a shoemaker

23
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What sparked that interest of his?

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When he first saw the shoes that his mother received for her birthday

24
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After spending time with Yukino, what did Akizuki begin to pray for?

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Rainy days

25
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What does Akizuki think of Yukino?

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A representation of the mysteries of the adult world

26
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What is Yukino’s occupation?

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A Japanese literature teacher

27
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What was Yukino actually doing in the park?

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Practicing how to walk properly on her own

28
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What does Yukino mean when she said she can no longer walk properly?

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She stopped growing as an individual and began being a bystander who just lets things go as they please without putting any effort at all into changing the direction of things

29
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What did Takao do after knowing why Yukino quit?

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He looked for the upperclassmen who bullied Yukino and slapped Aizawa, getting himself into a fight

30
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Why do the scenes focus more on the feet, especially Yukino’s?

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  • theme of “walking”

- Akizuki is Yukino’s support in walking.

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