Unrequited love of the abalone on the beach - Isono Abalone's Unrequited Love

Japanese: 磯の鮑の片思い - いそのあわびのかたおもい

(The abalone shell looks like one half of a bivalve, hence the "kata" prefix) It refers to the state of being in love with someone, while the other person is completely indifferent. Unrequited love. *Rakugo: The Professor of Buying Prostitutes (1899) (by the 4th generation Ryutei Saraku) "I'm the one who feels this way about her, but... (omitted) In truth, it's just the unrequited love of an abalone on the beach."

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Japanese:

(あわびの貝は二枚貝の片方のように見えるところから「かた」の序となる) 相手はまったく無関心なのに、こちらだけ恋い慕っている状態をいう。片思い。※落語・女郎買の教授（1899）〈四代目柳亭左楽〉「私の方で此位ゐ思って居るのに〈略〉、真実(ほんたう)に磯の鮑の片思ひだよ」

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