Now it’s your turn!

 

Let’s Explain Japanese Things!

 

Part 1

What’s this?
次の英文を読んで、それが何を表しているか、下の語群から選んでみよう。

 

No.1 It is the highest mountain in Japan .  It is between Shizuoka and Yamanashi,

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near the center of Japan.
No.2 In Japan all the children begin it at age 6.

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No.3 It is a New Year’s greeting card.  It is just like the western Christmas cards.

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No.4 Japanese people love public baths.  We wash ourselves with soap outside the

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bathtub, not inside.
No.5 This is a kind of board game like chess.  The player who takes the other’s king is

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the winner. 

 

ア 将棋    イ 小学校    ウ 富士山    エ 銭湯    オ 年賀状 

 

Part 2

It’s Your Turn!  Please explain some Japanese words in English!

 

Kimono(着物)
 
 
 
 
Key Word: cloth, put on, celebration(お祝い), New Year’s Day, obi(おび)

 

Senbazuru(千羽鶴)or Orizuru(折り鶴)
 
 
 
 
Key Word: world peace, wish, paper crane(鶴), fold(折る)

 

〈自分で好きなものを考えてみよう〉
 
 
 
 
 

 

 Let’s Check! の答え

Q-A      No.1  A    No.2  B    No.3  B     No.4 B     No.5  @

T-F      No.1  F      No.2  F     No.3  F      No.4  T     No.5  T

 

《このページのPart Tの解答》

 1ウ   2 イ   3 オ   4 エ   5