This is a famous phrase from the Battle of Tsushima in the Russo-Japanese war.
It is used in modern times such as by Shinzo Abe after he called a snap
election a couple of years ago.

You can research it and get more examples I am sure.

Anyway, I am having difficulty in finding the original Japanese. I can guess
it would be something like

```

    今日の天気はいいですけど、なみが高いです
    
```

but I bet it is more poetic than my child's Japanese :)

Does anybody know it?
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phrases culture
"weather today fine but high waves" - what is the Japanese for this?
According to these pages
([1](http://englishmaxims.seesaa.net/article/430181878.html),
[2](https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%97%A5%E6%9C%AC%E6%B5%B7%E6%B5%B7%E6%88%A6#.E9.80.A3.E5.90.88.E8.89.A6.E9.9A.8A.E5.87.BA.E6.92.83)),
it seems like the original Japanese is:

> 本日天気晴朗ナレドモ浪高シ
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