Like many parts of the northern hemisphere, the leaves are just starting to change colour in my area. This autumn-related phrase is a well-known Japanese 4-character idiom. 一 = one 葉 = leaf 知 = to know 秋 = autumn This phrase is about understanding the essence, changes, or decline of things from noticing slightContinueContinue reading “一葉知秋 (ichi-yō-chi-shū) “from just one leaf one can know that autumn has come””
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