英語・英会話の情報ランド

★日本的事物の英訳例(5)《編集A.Y.》

尺八

a vertical bamboo flute with four finger holes in the front and one at the back, usually played as accompaniment to traditional songs

しゃぶしゃぶ

a one-pot dish made at the table by cooking thinly sliced beef and vegetables in boiling broth and eaten after being dipped in a special sauce

じゃんけん

the game of 'scissors-paper-stone' played between two or more people to decide who is the winner or who plays first

将棋

a traditional chess-like board game played between two people

障子

a sliding door covered with thin white Japanese paper over a wooden frame, mostly used to separate a room from a porch-like area or a corridor

焼酎

a relatively inexpensive alcoholic beverage distilled from rice, wheat or sweet potatoes

書道

Japanese brush calligraphy

除夜の鐘

temple bells at midnight on New Year's Eve, which are rung 108 times to free people from their 108 earthly desires

しりとり

a Japanese word-chain game in which the players are required to say a word that starts with the last syllable of the word given by the previous player

汁粉

sweet adzuki-bean-paste soup with grilled pieces of rice cake