美しき過ち utsukushiki ayamachi Beautiful Mistakes

美しき過ち leaves the mistake unnamed, so it can hold the one you mean. It can be the error you learned from, the wrong turn you chose, or the love you should not have had. The English words carry the same range, and the Japanese keeps it open without choosing. That overlap is what makes Master Takase's translation a good one. Whether it is for a happy accident or for something harder is yours.

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