chihayaburu kamiyo mo kikazu Tatsuta-gawa Kara-kurenai ni mizu kukuru to waI have not heard that, e'en in the age of the Mighty Gods the rivers draped in vivid (literally Chinese) red as is that of Tatsuta.

ureshisa no amari ni naite shimauto cry from an excess of happiness

だが、彼(かれ)の筆(ふで)はたちどころに渋(しぶ)った。

daitōryō e no shinsho'letter' to the president