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Elevator(erebeetaa)
***** Location: Japan
***** Season: Non-seasonal Topic
***** Category: Humanity
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Explanation
erebeetaa エレベーター elevator
shookooki しょうこうき【昇降機】
esukareetaa エスカレーター escalator
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An elevator (or lift)
is a vertical transport equipment that efficiently moves people or goods between floors (levels, decks) of a building, vessel or other structure. Elevators are generally powered by electric motors that either drive traction cables and counterweight systems, or pump hydraulic fluid to raise a cylindrical piston.
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question
What is red and goes up and down?
answer
A tomato in an elevator.
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Worldwide use
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Things found on the way
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HAIKU
The Danger of Escalators
November 7th, 2005
Those escalators, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!
Watch out, your feet might get caught,
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!
Ouch! That’s gotta hurt! Yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah!
source : Palu Davidson
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昇降機しづかに雷の夜を昇る
shookooki shizuka ni rai no yo o noboru
the elevator
rises quietly in a night
with thunder
Saito Sanki (Saitoo) 西東三鬼, 1940
Saito uses these metaphors
elevator, the uplifting of the Communist Party in Japan
rai no yoru, a night where the conditions in Japan are insecure
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