Explore the World & English #2 Mt. Fuji April 24 th , 2014 Kenji 1/21
Jul 18, 2015
Let’s Listen to a Video Clip This explains Mt. Fuji in British English.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jPBbccjw1rQ
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Japanese have felt a deep affinity with Mt. fuji. Ex.) I feel an affinity with this landscape. People in the States feel an affinity with George Washington. There is a close affinity between island nations such as Britain and Japan.
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The appearance of the mountain varies constantly according to the changing seasons and the passage of time during the course of a day. Ex.) Stage sets became sophisticated in the course of the development of Kabuki. The silk industry played an important role in the course of Japan’s industrialization.
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The reasons for this are related to Mt. Fuji’s location and its conical shape, sweeping upward unbroken from the coastal plain. Ex.) Many of the traditional festivals are related to agriculture. In haiku, it is a rule to include a kigo, a word related to a particular season.
sweep: extend over an area
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cone/conical polyhedron/polyhedral
cube/cubic pyramid/pyramidal prism/prismatic
triangular pyramid
square pyramid
rectangular pyramid
Triangular prism
Rectangular prism
sphere/spherical
hemisphere/ hemispherical
apex
base
vertex
face edge
Right hexagonal prism
cylinder/cylindrical
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Moisture-laden winds blowing off the ocean hit the side of the mountain. 1. filled with a great quantity a tray laden with dishes table laden with food 2. burdened physiologically or mentally laden with grief oppressed by a sense of failure
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Clouds like this that look like a giant bamboo that are known as kasagumo, literally ‘bamboo hat clouds’ Ex.) These cards are called hanafuda, literally ‘flower cards’.. In Japan, the index finger is called the hitosashi-yubi, literally ‘the finger for pointing out at someone’.
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The appearance of Mt. Fuji keeps changing, yet it remains awesome and beautiful at all times. Ex.) The scenery of this area has remained unchanged for a long time. At Byodoin Temple, the only original structure that remains is the Hoo-do.
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These mounds served as substitutes for the real thing. Ex.) Ema votive tablets developed as substitutes for real horses. When a national holiday falls on a Sunday, the following day becomes a substitute holiday. votive:
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Katsushika Hokusai created a series of woodblock prints depicting scenes 1. show in, or as in, a picture
The Scene depicts country life.
2. give a description of 3. make a portrait of