[MA-SOC] The firefly as a Japanese symbol

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Lovely article on the firefly as a Japanese symbol, including a reference  to 
GRAVE OF THE FIREFLIES and a link to the kanji for "firefly":
 
_http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa022603a.htm?nl=1_ 
(http://japanese.about.com/library/weekly/aa022603a.htm?nl=1) 
 

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