The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.
The word 'anime' (アニメ) is a Japanese shortening of the English word 'animation', a gairaigo, or foreign loanword.


In the spring of the 11th year of the Showa era, 20-year-old Natsumi receives a marriage proposal to Takiaki Masashi, who works for the Imperial Navy. Suddenly, she is married to a Navy husband. Their (fairly) inexperienced in house matters, as well as in the affairs of men and women, begin their life as a couple in the highest degree of purity! When the sea breeze blows, I think of you. A story of a couple living in prewar Japan, spring, summer, fall, and winter, humble but gentle.
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