gannen

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noun In coalmining, a broad heading or incline, down which coal is conveyed in tubs running on rails.

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I'm now writing a story, for a new collection I'm working on, about a samurai who ends up taking the "gannen mono" voyage to Hawaii in 1868, and so have been steeping myself in samurai poetry, haiku, metaphor and proverbs.

Wabi Sabi Bruce Schauble 2007
Wen gannen up en doon th 'shaft, th' paitint caige did threetin

The Row Between the Cages 2000
One section of the class will be devoted to a reading of Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry Mannen gannen futtoboru.

New Museum to Focus on Sexual Slavery 2005
One section of the class will be devoted to a reading of Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry Mannen gannen futtoboru.

Oe and Millenarian Movements 2005
One section of the class will be devoted to a reading of Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry Mannen gannen futtoboru.

Post-Anpo Apostasy 2005
One section of the class will be devoted to a reading of Oe Kenzaburo’s The Silent Cry Mannen gannen futtoboru.

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