[pirate787]

That may be the greatest understatement ever written!

[ekianjo]

the English translation is. In Japanese its not surprising to talk in this way.

[ForOldHack]

Hirohito spoke in a very very rare way that very few humans speak. It took years of a friend who got a masters in 'Peace and conflict studies' to get me to understand, and in the decade since, and after reading Hirohito's book it still takes a significant intellectual effort to distinguish the listening.

[prmph]

Beat me to it. That's exactly what I was going to say