The artist linked to this post with the following comment:

偶然発見したサイトで自分を見かけたんだけど、画像の手書き文字に翻訳付きって凄い…

How meta is that?

@NWSiaCB: Those etymologies are unrelated, as mentioned earlier in post #2548317.

The kuzu plant is actually quite useful in Japan, where it is used as forage, erosion control, and can be harvested for use in desserts, sauces and medicine (TCM also uses the kuzu, for that matter).

It is also considered an ornamental plant, and is so ingrained in Japanese culture it is often featured in poetry and the arts (as one of the Seven Flowers of Autumn). It is also used as a design motif in historical heraldic emblems.

Note that kuzu only became an invasive weed in the Americas because people deliberately introduced it for forage/ground cover/ornamental purposes. Far from useless, really. Of course, things went out of hand quickly, as it often happens when you introduce foreign plants/animals without proper study (just ask Australia), due to lack of grazers/predators/competitors.

Also, be careful of grammar, such as ながら, も, and the implications of 中.

NNescio said:

@NWSiaCB: Those etymologies are unrelated, as mentioned earlier in post #2548317.

Yes, but I did this one a month before learning that. I tried going back to look at the stuff with Kasumi in it I had done, but I completely forgot about this one because it's not an artist I normally follow.

cirno_goes_in_fridge said:

The artist linked to this post with the following comment:

偶然発見したサイトで自分を見かけたんだけど、画像の手書き文字に翻訳付きって凄い…

How meta is that?

I spotted myself on a site I discovered by chance, but to think there's attached translation of the handwritten lettering in my art—amazing...

NNescio said:

@NWSiaCB: Those etymologies are unrelated, as mentioned earlier in post #2548317.

The kuzu plant is actually quite useful in Japan, where it is used as forage, erosion control, and can be harvested for use in desserts, sauces and medicine (TCM also uses the kuzu, for that matter).

It is also considered an ornamental plant, and is so ingrained in Japanese culture it is often featured in poetry and the arts (as one of the Seven Flowers of Autumn). It is also used as a design motif in historical heraldic emblems.

Note that kuzu only became an invasive weed in the Americas because people deliberately introduced it for forage/ground cover/ornamental purposes. Far from useless, really. Of course, things went out of hand quickly, as it often happens when you introduce foreign plants/animals without proper study (just ask Australia), due to lack of grazers/predators/competitors.

Also, be careful of grammar, such as ながら, も, and the implications of 中.

Oh, oops, watched the comment feed without checking the commentary history.

Moonspeaker said:

Thanks. It is pretty amazing, isn't it?