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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 9th, 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.
18 Responses to “Audio Blog #89 - Sakasa Fuji”
Wednesday at 6:30 pm
みなさんこんにちは、美樹のブログです。 日本といえば富士山のイメージがあると思います。頂上に雪をかぶった姿はとてもきれいですね。 私は先日、富士山の見える宿に泊りおふろからふじさんをみることができました。てんきのいいひにろてんぶろにはいれば、めのまえにみずうみをはさんでふじさんがみえます。 すべての部屋とお風呂から富士山を見ることができます。天気のいい日に露天風呂に入れば、目の前に湖をはさんで富士山が見え、とてもきれいです。湖の水面には富士山が逆さまに映っています。このように湖に写った逆さまの富士山のことを逆さ富士と言います。この逆さ富士は日本の紙幣の千円札の裏にも描かれていますよ。 逆さ富士の他にも、硬貨や紙幣に書かれている絵はその国らしさがあっておもしろいですね。紙幣には有名人の肖像画が描かれているし、硬貨には桜や菊などの日本を代表する花や歴史的な建物が描かれています。また、2000年に新しく発行された二千円札には沖縄の守礼の門と源氏物語が描かれています。しかし二千円札はあまり流通していないので、もし見る事ができたらラッキーですよ! みなさんの国のお金にはどんな特徴がありますか? それではまた来週!
Wednesday at 9:30 pm
hi there , that’s a beautiful picture
Thursday at 12:09 am
yes, the picture looks awesome!
Thursday at 3:23 am
I have to say that I was caught off guard by the alternate text attached to the photo… is that the imperative form?
Thursday at 4:18 am
EUの中にはユーロを使って、札はどの国にも同じだが、銭の特徴は国によって違っています。
札は5ユーロ、10ユーロ、20ユーロ、50ユーロ、100ユーロ、200ユーロと500ユーロで、一側には橋とユロッパの地図があって、反対側は歴史の大切な建築様式の例えが描かれています。
銭は一側だけが違って、フランスには木、種をまいている女の子とフランスの表彰のMarianneが描かれています。
Thursday at 4:39 am
「逆さ富士」の写真はすばらしいですよ!
さて、ヨーロッパの大部分では、ユーロだけ流通しています。
イタリアでもユーロを使うからイタリアの札は特徴がありません。
しかし、硬貨の表はヨーロッパの各国で同じですが、硬貨の裏は国々によって違います!
カルロ
Thursday at 6:40 am
アメリカの紙幣はほとんどデニムでできている。百ド–ラー紙幣にBenjamin Franklin の肖像がが描かれていますので時々”Benjamin” と呼ばれています。
Thursday at 9:22 am
Sasquatchuaさん、
not sure i understand your question about the “imperative form.”
ktkr is a japanese internet abbreviation for キタこれ which means something like “the thing i like showed up!” or “this is cool!”
and yeah, it’s a niiiice picture, idn’t it?
Thursday at 10:16 am
私は、ちがう の 惑星 から来た。 土星 から 来た。
I’m from a different planet. I’m from Saturn.
土星のすべてのお金は私の肖像かが飾っています
All the money on Saturn has my (Spidey) portrait on it.
Saturn = どせい = 土星
それとも、多くの借用 もうを使用します。
We also use lots of IOUs.
IOU = しゃくよう = 借用
Thursday at 12:25 pm
Hahaha Spidey = 面白い!
Thursday at 12:47 pm
プチクレアさん
コメントありがとうございます!とても勉強になりました。EUの国はユーロをとてもよく使うんですね。
へー
あと、Marianneはフランスのsymbolということですか?表彰より、「シンボル」というと良いと思いますよ。フランスのシンボルはMarianneなんですね
Carloさん
ユーロは本当によく流通しているんですね!でも、硬貨の裏だけ違うということは知りませんでした!ヨーロッパに行って、いろいろな硬貨を集めてみたいです
コメントありがとうございます
Thursday at 12:51 pm
仁居流さん
アメリカのお札は、デニムの生地(きじ)なんですか?!あの、ジーパン(jeans)の生地のことですよね?知りませんでした!

あと、面白いですね!!日本と同じように、100ドル札のことをBenjaminと言うんですね
じゃあ、100ドル札2枚あったら、two Benjamins と言いますか?
日本のお金 1000円札→野口(のぐち)
10000円札→諭吉(ゆきち)
Thursday at 12:52 pm
Spideyさん
spideyさんは、宇宙人(うちゅうじん)ですか?
面白いですね!
Thursday at 11:23 pm
マーキースター
I was just joking that it seems to be instructing specifically a… um, particular subset of 二本の女の人 to get on up there.
Thursday at 11:25 pm
Stupid IME… that was supposed to be 日本の女の人
Friday at 9:14 am
i still don’t get it…
it just means “the upside down mt. fuji picture is cool.”
what is the reference to girls?
教えてください!
oh, and by the way, listener bob liederbach sent this photo he took of fuji-san from the roadside in hakone!
どうもありがとうございます!
Friday at 2:21 pm
Yuichi says:
July 10th, 2008 at 12:52 pm
Spideyさん
spideyさんは、宇宙人(うちゅうじん)ですか?
はい、宇宙人です。 土星 (どせい)(Saturn) のライフスタイル…

だけどここでは面白い
Monday at 6:16 am
カナダでは紙幣は5ドル、10ドル、20どる、50ドル、100ドルがふつうです。 ほかの国々と同じく有名は人々の肖像画が描かれています。小銭は1,5,10,25セント、1ドル、2ドルです。$1には水潜り鳥(英語で”loon”)の絵が描かれていて”loonie”(ルーニー)って呼ばれています。$2は”two loonie” (2x$1)で、”twonie” (ツーニー)って呼ばれています。
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