“ Kaguya-hime said, ‘ All I can think is that I should certainly regret it if, in spite of my unattractive looks, I married someone without being sure of the depth of his feelings, and he then proved to be fickle. However grand a person he may be, I should not wish to marry him unless I were sure he was sincere. ’ ”
(Mostly Classical) Japanese Literature: poetry and prose; excerpts, translations, and other drafts of a scholar