Kiwi Yamabushi

Kiwi Yamabushi

It’s a shame about your face

And the sumo-wrestling monkey

Mar 23, 2026
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Before. You can make out the faint red spot above my right eye (your left). There’s also the scar I got when I was punched in the face playing water polo when I was 16 just along my eyebrow.

I can still clearly remember the phrase I used to learn relative pronouns in Japanese way back in high school:

相撲をする猿

sumo wo suru saru

The sumo-wrestling monkey.

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