Japanese Kotowaza: 一期一会 (ichigo ichie)

Japanese Kotowaza: 一期一会 (ichigo ichie) – Review Notes

Today we learned another Japanese ことわざ (kotowaza – proverb): 一期一会 (ichigo ichie). Learn all about it below!

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ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese Proverbs:

★　Last time we learned about ことわざ (kotowaza) – Japanese proverbs.

★　We learned that many Japanese proverbs have English equivalents. Today we learned that there are also many Japanese proverbs that don’t quite translate.

★　一期一会 (いちごいちえ – ichigo ichie) literally means “one time, one meeting” or“once in a lifetime encounter.”

★　It means that you should cherish each encounter as if it were a once-in-a-lifetime occurrence. Treat every meeting like it is the first and the last, and enjoy every encounter to the fullest because it may not come to you again.

★　This proverb originated with traditional Japanese tea ceremony.

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