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This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008 at 6:30 pm and is filed under Advanced Audio Blog 1 . You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
13 Responses to “Audio Blog #69 - Kappa & Tengu”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
みなさんこんにちは、美樹のブログです。
みなさんは寿司を食べたことがありますか?
私は寿司が好きなので、よく食べます。寿司の店は高級な店が多くありますが、一皿100円で食べられる店もあるので、学生の私でも気軽に食べられてうれしいです。
寿司ネタにはたくさんの種類がありますが、みなさんは「かっぱ」というきゅうりの寿司を知っていますか?「かっぱ」というのは想像上の生き物の名前です。「かっぱ」は緑色の肌をしていて川に住んでいます。泳ぐのが得意で、頭の上に皿を乗せているのが特徴です。
「かっぱ」には「河童の川流れ」ということわざがあります。これは、泳ぎが得意なかっぱでも、失敗することがあるという意味です。
日本には「かっぱ」の他に「天狗」という想像上の生き物がいます。「天狗」は赤い顔と体をしていて、山に住んでいます。ピノキオのような長い鼻をしているのが特徴です。
「天狗」には「天狗になる」という表現があります。これは、うぬぼれているという意味です。
「かっぱの川流れ」と「天狗になる」を両方使うと例えば、「そんなに天狗になっていると、かっぱの川流れになるよ」という風に言うことができます。これは「そんなにうぬぼれていると、失敗するよ」という意味になります。
みなさんの国には想像上の生き物はありますか?
それでは、また来週!
Wednesday at 9:48 pm
If anyone is interested in putting a face to a voice, or if anyone’s interested in Korean, have a look at today’s KoreanClass101.com lesson, with a special cameo appearance by JapanesePod101.com’s 마기선셍님 (Marky先生)
http://www.koreanclass101.com/2008/01/23/korean-culture-class-8-dining-out-with-the-boss/#comments
Wednesday at 11:04 pm
お久しぶりね、美樹さん!あけおめことよろ!
先年、東京にいた時合羽橋通りに行きました。たくさんカッパの彫像を見ました。
あいかわらず写真があります!
http://wwshiawase.co.uk/jpod/kappa/
アイルランドにLeprechaun(レプレコン、小妖精)や Banshee(バンシー・アイルランドの民話に出てくる泣き叫ぶ姿をした妖精)がいます。
レプレコンを捕まえば、望みを上げなければなりません。レプレコンは虹の先に黄金入りのつぼを地中に埋蔵します。
バンシーは酷く不運です。バンシーの泣き叫びを聞いたら、だれか亡くなりますよ!
Wednesday at 11:11 pm
oops! おっと
url は
http://www.shiawase.co.uk/jpod/kappa/
です。
すみません。
あのぉ、adminさん、editをしてくれませんか? そしてこのコメンットを消すでしょう。
Thursday at 2:11 am
フランスには”Dahu” (ダフ”)という想像上の生き物がいます。Dahuは右側の足が左側の足より短いです. 山の斜面に住んでいますから…
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Thursday at 3:01 am
美樹先生、質問があります!どうして河童は頭の上に皿を乗せていますか?
Thursday at 5:50 am
「かっぱ」のことでもう知っていましたが、「天狗」という想像上の生き物が一度だけ聞くことがあります。
美樹さんの説明のおかげで勉強になりました!
ことわざも表現も面白いですよ!
カルロ
Thursday at 7:44 am
Hello Miki san , very interesting topic today
i heard about kappa while watching a jdorama a while ago but i didnt know
he was crazy about cucumbers , i would prefer sushi
in my home country there are a lot of stories about strange monsters and most of them live near rivers but i dont think they like cucumbers
ciao
Thursday at 10:38 am
*A Mexican serenade mariachi band singing*
“Perdoname, perdoname, perdoname si hay algo que quiero eres tu”
Miki-san please forgive me 「謝ってください)。I am like the tengu type of person or the troll type of creature.
I haven’t ate sushi recently and I’m not sure if we have that kind of stories in Mexico or USA so I can’t say but my friend Rigo-san knows better than me.
Well thank you for your time and please excuse me!
S_R_C
Thursday at 4:50 pm
河童の好物は何でしょうか?刺身?昆虫?
Thursday at 8:07 pm
河童はキュウリを食べると思いますが。。。
Friday at 11:51 am
今日はと〜〜〜〜っても寒いです。ニュースではこの冬一番の寒さになると言っていました。
一昨日は東京にも雪が積もりました。早く春になってほしい
>Beltonさん
Beltonさんは日本旅行の「通」ですね 
おかえりなさい!今年もよろしくおねがいします
Beltonさん、相変わらず良い写真がいっぱいありますね!
合羽橋に行ったんですね。たくさんの道具が売っていたでしょう
アイルランドには妖精がいるんですね。バンシーには会いたくないです
>プチクレアさん


左右の足の長さが違うのは面白いですね
平らな道は歩けないんでしょうか
河童はどうして頭の上に皿を乗せているのか。。う〜ん私にも分かりません、ごめんなさい
私がわかるのは河童の弱点は皿だということです。頭の上の皿が乾いたり、割れたりすると河童は死んでしまいます!
Friday at 12:24 pm
>Carloさん

使う機会があれば、これらの表現を使ってみてください
河童も天狗も日本のとても有名な動物です
ミイラもありますが、残念ながらそれらは偽物であると言われています
>rigo さん

Thank you for your comment
Because kappa loves cucumbers, cucumber sushi named kappa
What does your countrys strange monstar love?
>Sindyさん
sorry.i like parson type of tengu too.
If you has a chance,please try cucumber sushi
>Bob1さん
カッパの好物はきゅうりです
そのため、きゅうりの寿司をカッパ巻と言います
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