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Japanese · Lesson 101

Lesson 103

Reading Japan

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Describing a narrow sandbar · Dialogue 1 of 5

A long, narrow sandbar

Two men discuss Amanohashidate and its unusual shape. *どんな 所かね* means "What kind of place is it?"

The answer describes a long, narrow sandbar. Its width and length then make that description exact.

One of three scenic views

*ある。日本 三景 は 皆 見物して まわった* means "Yes. I visited all three celebrated scenic views of Japan." Amanohashidate is one of the three.

*はば は 五十 ないし 百メートル、長さは 約 二千二百メートル* gives a width of 50 to 100 meters and a length of about 2,200 meters.

  1. 1

    きみはあまのはしだてにもいったことがあるそうだなあ。

    I understand you have gone to AMA-NO-HASHIDATE, too, isn’t that right?

    君you
    はtopic
    天の橋立Amanohashidate
    にto
    もtoo
    行っhave gone
    たhave gone
    事experience
    がsubject
    あるhave
    そうI hear
    だis
    なあ。right?
  2. 2

    ある。にほんさんけいはみなけんぶつしてまわった。

    Yes, I have. I went around sightseeing of all of the ’’Scenic Trio of japan”.

  3. 3

    どんなところかね。

    What kind of a place is it?

  4. 4

    そうだなあ、ちょっとせつめいしにくいね。とにかく、ほそながいすだよ。

    Well, it is kind of difficult to explain. Anyway, it is a long and slender sand bar.

  5. 5

    それで、はばやながさは。

    And how about the width and length?

  6. 6

    はばはごじゅうないしひゃくメートル、ながさはやくにせんにひゃくメートル。

    The width is from 50 to 100 meters and the length is about 2,200 meters.

—WA BETSU TO SHITE Following nouns and pronouns, WA BETSU TO SHITE expresses the meaning of ’’exclusive of ----”, ’’apart from --”, ’’with the exception of ----”, or ’’excluding ----”.

Examples:

KISHACHIN WA BETSU TO SHITE, HYAKU-DORU KAKARIMASU. ”It will cost $100.00 excluding the train fare.”

JOODAN WA BETSU TO SHITE, FUKUSHUU O HAJIMEMASHOO. ’’Joking aside, let’s start reviewing.”

ANATA WA BETSU TO SHITE, TAITEI NO BEIKOKUJIN WA NORI O TABEMASEN. ’’Excluding you, most of the Americans don’t eat sea laver.”

KANJI NO MONDAI WA BETSU TO SHITE KYOO WA HANASHI-KATA NO BENKYOO NI TSUITE HANASHIMASHOO. “Apart from the problem of Kanji, let’s talk about the study of conversation today,”
1 AMA-NO-HASHIDATE AMA-NO-HASHIDATE is about three and a half hours from Kyoto by train and it has been famous from ancient times for its beautiful views, which makes it one of the “Scenic Trio of Japan”. The name literally means “Bridge of Heaven”, and is taken from the AMA-NO-UKIHASHI (Floating Bridge of Heaven) on which Japanese mythology relates, Izanagi and Izanami stood while they created the islands of Japan. Actually it is a sandbar, two miles long and some two hundred feet wide, on which grow groves of pine trees which have been bent into fantastic shapes by many wintry storms. The sand bar projects into the Bay of Miyazu southwestward from Fuchu on the north coast of the bay, and thus forms on its west a lagoon called ASO-UMI.

1 In the narrow inlet between the tip of the sand bar and Monju on the opposite coast, there is a small island. The sand bar, the island, and Monju are connected by bridges. The best view of AMA-NO-HASHIDATE is obtained from a height. The entire district around AMA-NO-HASHIDATE and Miyazu is a fashionable summer resort for Kyoto, Osaka, and Kobe residents.
君
suffix to a name, Mr. (See cult. notes)
は
leaves
天の橋立
P.N.
に
on (See Gram. Notes)
が
but (See Gram. Notes)
ある
certain, some
そう
numerical counter for ships
だ
to be (informal equivalent of DESU. See Grammar Notes)
三
three
し
city
どんな
what kind of; what sort of
所
address, place
か
either--or-- (See Gram. Notes)
ね。
isn't it (See Grammar Notes)
ちょっと
a little
説明
explanation
とにかく、
at any rate; any how
細長い
long and slender
す
sand bar
で、
--is and -- (See Grammar Notes)
はば
width
や
and---among others (See Gram. Notes)
五十
50
ないし
from ---- to
百
100
メートル、
meter
二千
2,000
二百
200

How the sandbar formed · Dialogue 2 of 5

Sand carried by water and wind

The speakers explain how the sandbar formed. *潮流や 風によって 運ぱんされた砂で 出来ている* means "It is made of sand carried by tidal currents and wind."

Pines cover the sandbar, which resembles a bridge from a distance. It extends south from Ejiri toward Monju, with a channel at Monju.

Kanji: 潮, 砂, 側

New kanji in these lines. Read down: the kanji, its reading, then the words it makes.

Kanji: 流, 岸

New kanji in these lines. Read down: the kanji, its reading, then the words it makes.

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    それはめずらしいね。しおのながれによってすながうんぱんされてできたんだろうかね。

    That’s unusual, isn’t it. Do you suppose it is made of sand that is carried by a tidal current?

  2. 8

    そうなんだ。ちょうりゅうやかぜによってうんぱんされたすなでできている。

    That’s right, it is made of sand that is carried by a tidal current and wind.

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    それではそのほそながい、しろいすなのすがあおいうみにつきでているのだね。

    Then, that long and slender, white sand bar is jutting out into the blue sea, isn’t that right?

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    そればかりではないんだ。そのうえにまつがいちめんにはえていて、とおくからみると、はしのようにみえるので、あまのはしだてというんだ。

    That isn’t all. Besides that, pine trees are growing all over it, and when you look at it from a distance, it looks like a bridge.

  5. 11

    それではそのすはりょうはしがきしについているのかね。

    So it is called ”AMA-NO-HASHIDATE” Then, are both ends of that sand bar connected to the shore?

  6. 12

    いや、そうじゃない。みやづわんのきたがわのえじりからみなみにのびて、わんのみなみにあるもんじゅというところまできている。でも、そこにはすいろがある。

    No, it isn’t so. It extends to the south from EJIRI on the northern side of MIYAZU Bay, and comes as far as MONJU on the south side of the bay. But there is a channel there.

潮
tide
の
See Grammar Notes
流れ
current; flow
砂
sand
な
I wish, I hope, huh
だ。
to be (informal equivalent of DESU. See Grammar Notes)
潮流
tidal current
で
--is and -- (See Grammar Notes)
いる。
to need (See Gram. Notes)
細長い、
long and slender
海
sea, ocean
ばかり
about
一面
all over
い
stomach
遠く
distant (place)
から
from (See Gram. Notes)
と、
and (See Gram. Notes)
橋
bridge
見える
to be visible, can see (v.i.)
言う
to say
岸
shore; bank
つい
just; only
いや、
no
湾
bay
北側
north side
江尻
P. N.
南
south
文珠
P. N.
まで
as far as, to (See Gram. Notes)
そこ
there
水路
waterway, channel

Crossing the sandbar bridge · Dialogue 3 of 5

A bridge across the channel

The speakers discuss crossing the sandbar. *文珠から 江尻へ 歩いて 行ける様になった* means "It became possible to walk from Monju to Ejiri."

A new bridge spans the channel. The magazine photograph appears to show the view from a mountain behind Ejiri, which has a cable car.

Kanji: 昔

New kanji in these lines. Read down: the kanji, its reading, then the words it makes.

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    では、あまのはしだてのうえをさんぽすることもできるんだね。

    Then, you can take a walk on "AMA-NO-HASHIDATE”, right?

  2. 14

    そう。いまではそのすいろにはしがかかったから、もんじゅからえじりへあるいていけるようになった。

    Yes, you can. Now a bridge spans the channel, so you can walk from MONJU to EJIRI now.

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    むかしははしはなかったんかね。

    Was there no bridge in the olden days?

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    ずっとまえにはあったが、きのはしでしゅうせんご、ながいあいだこわれていたとか、いまではあたらしいのができている。

    I understand there was a bridge long ago, but it was a wooden bridge and it was broken for a long time after the war. Now a new bridge is constructed.

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    いつだったかライフというざっしにあまのはしだてのしゃしんがでていた。たかいところからとったしゃしんらしかった。

    I don’t remember when, but the pictures of AMA-NO-HASHIDATE came out in the Life magazine. It seemed they were pictures taken from the high ground.

  6. 18

    それはえじりのうしろにあるやまからのながめだろう。そのやまにはケーブルカーがある。

    Those were probably views from the mountain behind EJIRI. That mountain has a cable car.

は、
leaves
を
particle denoting direct object (See Pattern Drill)
出来る
to be manufactured; to be produced (v.i.)
そう。
numerical counter for ships
から、
from (See Gram. Notes)
へ
to (See Gram. Notes)
ずっと
by far; very much
前
before, front
木
tree, wood
間
between
と
and (See Gram. Notes)
いつ
when?
ライフ
Life (magazine)
山
mountain
ながめ
view (n)

Upside-down views and directions · Dialogue 4 of 5

The view through the legs

The speakers describe *まためがね*, the custom of bending over and looking between the legs. *またの間から のぞいて見ると 特によい* means "The view is especially good when seen between the thighs."

The viewer is upside down, which changes the impression. The thighs function as large spectacles or a picture frame.

Two train changes

The route from Kyoto requires travel by train. *と中で 乗り 換えが 二度ある* means "There are two transfers on the way."

Those transfers make the journey inconvenient.

Kanji: 印

New kanji in these lines. Read down: the kanji, its reading, then the words it makes.

Kanji: 象, 換

New kanji in these lines. Read down: the kanji, its reading, then the words it makes.

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    そこからのながめはゆうだいだというね。

    They say that the view from there is spectacular, isn’t that so?

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    まためがねでみるとかいって、またのあいだからのぞいてみるととくによい。

    It is especially good if you peep through between your thighs. They call it ’’look through with thigh glasses’*.

  3. 21

    さかさになるからだろう。

    They probably call it so, because you are upside down.

  4. 22

    またがおおきなめがねかがくぶちのやくをするんだね。それにさかさだから、ちょっといんしょうがちがうんだな。

    The thigh functions as a large eyeglass or a picture frame. Furthermore, since you are upside down, the impression will be slightly different.

  5. 23

    それで、はしだてへはどういくんかね。

    How do you get to AMA-NO-HASHIDATE?

  6. 24

    きょうとからきしゃでいくんだが、とちゅうでのりかえがにどあるから、めんどうだ。

    You will be going from Kyoto by train, but since you have to transfer twice on the way, it is very complicated.

また
thigh
めがね
eyeglasses; spectacles
よい。
good (See Gram. Notes)
さかさ
upside down; inversion
大きな
big, large (See Gram. Notes)
印象
impression
な。
I wish, I hope, huh
二
two

Visiting the coastal sandbar · Dialogue 5 of 5

Close but inconvenient

Amanohashidate is close to Kyoto, but its location on the Japan Sea limits opportunities to visit. One speaker still strongly wants to go.

*舞鶴に 行く人は 別として* means "excluding people going to Maizuru." The phrase sets those travelers apart from the general statement.

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    きょうとからはとおくはないんだろう。

    It is not far from Kyoto, is it?

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    うん、ちかいんだが、にほんかいにめんしているので、いくついでがないんですね。まあ、まいづるにいくひとはべつとして。

    No, it is close, but since it is facing the Sea of Japan, there is no opportunity to go. Excluding, of course, the people who go to Maizuru.

  3. 27

    そうか。しかし、ぜひいってみたいもんだ。

    Is that so? However, I starely would like to go there by all means.

  4. 28

    うん、ぜひいくべきだよ。

    Yes, you should go by all means.

うん、
Yes, all right.
近い
near, close
が、
but (See Gram. Notes)
いる
to need (See Gram. Notes)
ついで
opportunity
です
to be (See Gram. Notes)
まあ、
Well! Oh, my!
人
people
か。
either--or-- (See Gram. Notes)
しかし、
however, but
ぜひ
by all means

Excluding people and expenses · Perception drill

One person excluded

*あなたは 別として、大抵の 米国人は さしみを 食べませんね* means "Excluding you, most Americans do not eat sashimi."

The statement about most Americans does not include *あなた*, "you."

What the statement leaves out

A noun or pronoun before *は 別として* names what the rest of the statement excludes.

*食料は 別として、まあ 百八十ドルぐらい かかるでしょうね* means "Excluding food, it will probably cost about 180 dollars." Food is outside that total.

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    まいづるへいくひとはべつとして、あまのはしだてにいくついでがない。

    Excluding those who go to Maizuru, people have no opportunity to go to AMA-NO-HASHIDATE.

  2. 30

    あなたはべつとして、たいていのべいこくじんはさしみをたべませんね。

    Excluding you, most of the American people don’t eat SASHIMI, do they?

  3. 31

    たべればすきになるのでしょうが、たいていのひとはみただけでたべたくないのですね。

    They probably would come to like it if they would eat it, but most of the people just simply look at it and don’t want to eat it,

  4. 32

    このがっこうのせいとはかんじをいくつぐらいならうのですか。

    About how many Kanji do the students of this school learn?

  5. 33

    ところのなまえなどはべつとして、はっぴゃくぐらいかんじをならいます。

    Excluding place names, they learn about 800 Kanji.

  6. 34

    いっけんやをかりると、どのぐらいのひようがかかりますか。

    If you rent a house, about how much expense does it incur?

  7. 35

    しょくりょうはべつとして、まあひゃくはちじゅうドルぐらいかかるでしょうね。

    Excluding food, well, I think it’ll cost about $180.00.

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    にほんへにしゅうかんぐらいあそびにいくと、どのぐらいかかるでしょうかね。

    About how much do you think it will cost, if you go to Japan for a pleasure trip for about two weeks?

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    そうですね。かいものにつかうおかねはべつとしてまあにせんドルぐらいいるでしょうね。

    Well, let me see. Not including the money that you are going to spend for shopping, I think it will cost about $2,000.00.

  10. 38

    ジョンズさんはべつとして、こんどのあたらしいくみのせいとはみなよくできますね。

    All of the students of this new class do well, with the exception of Mr. Jones, don’t they?

  11. 39

    ええ、ジョンズさんはみみがわるいらしいですね。

    Yes. It seems Mr. Jones has bad ears.

さしみ
thinly sliced raw fish dish
好き
to like, be fond of (See Grammar Notes)
でしょう
probably (See Gram. Notes)
だけ
only, just (See Grammar Notes)
ぐらい
about
など
and so forth, etc.
八百
800
ます。
trout
一
one
けん
numerical counter for houses (See Gram. Notes)
家
house, home
どの
which (pre-substantive) (See Notes)
まあ
Well! Oh, my!
八十
80
ドル
dollar
かかる
to consult, to contract, to be attacked by
買物
shopping
使う
to use, employ
金
gold
今度
this time, next time
組
class
よく
well, skillfully
ええ、
Yes

Costs aside from essentials · Pattern 1 1 of 2

An exception before the main point

*まあ、じょうだんは 別として、今週末の パーティーの 事は どうしますか* means "Joking aside, what about the party this weekend?"

Here, *は 別として* sets joking aside before the speaker discusses the party. *出来るか 出来ないかは 別として* sets aside whether something is possible.

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    べいこくからにほんへあそびにいくのにしょくりょうのひようはべつとして、にせんドルぐらいかかります。

    Aside from the cost of food, it costs about two thousand dollars to travel from the United States to Japan for pleasure.

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    このがっこうのせいとは、かんじはべつとして、あたらしいことばをまいにちにじゅうぐらいならわなければなりません。

    Aside from kanji, the students at this school have to learn about twenty new words every day.

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    ところのなまえはべつとして、ことばをさんぜんぐらいならいます。

    Aside from place names, we learn about three thousand words.

  4. 43

    まあ、じょうだんはべつとして、こんしゅうまつのパーティーのことはどうしますか。

    Well, joking aside, what shall we do about the party this weekend?

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    きしゃちんはべつとして、ひようはみんなじぶんではらわなければならない。

    Aside from the train fare, you have to pay all the expenses yourself.

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    あなたはべつとして、こんばんはみなくるのがおそいですね。

    Aside from you, everyone is late coming tonight, aren’t they?

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    サービスりょうはべつとして、ごドルいただきます。

    Aside from the service charge, that will be five dollars.

  8. 47

    できるかできないかはべつとして、これだけおしえることになっています。

    Whether you can do it or not aside, it has been decided that we will teach this much.

  9. 48

    いえちんはべつとしてまいつきのひようがにひゃくドルです。

    Aside from the rent, my monthly expenses are two hundred dollars.

  10. 49

    このがっこうのせいとはまいにちがっこうでなんじかんぐらいべんきょうするのですか。

    About how many hours do the students at this school study at school every day?

毎日
Mainichi Newspaper Co.
二十
20
三千
3,000
じょうだん
joke, jest
今週
this week
みんな
all
自分
self
なら
if it is (See Gram. Notes)
おそい
be late
サービス
service
五
five
時間
hour, time

Exceptions in daily routines · Pattern 1 2 of 2

Exceptions to a routine

*National holiday は 別として、一年に 二十六日間の 休かを もらいます* means "There are 26 days of leave a year, apart from national holidays."

Here, *は 別として* excludes national holidays from the count.

*日曜日は 別として、一日に 三度 食べます* gives three meals a day apart from Sundays. Sundays have only two.

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    おひるのじかんにべんきょうするのはべつとしてろくじかんべんきょうしなければなりません。

    Aside from studying during lunchtime, we have to study for six hours.

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    あなたがたはいちねんになんにちぐらいのきゅうかをもらうのですか。

    About how many days of leave do you get each year?

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    ナショナルホリデーはべつとして、いちねんににじゅうろくにちかんのきゅうかをもらいます。

    Aside from national holidays, we get twenty-six days of leave a year.

  4. 53

    あなたがたはまいにちきまったじかんしごとにつとめなければならないのですか。

    Do you have to work set hours every day?

  5. 54

    ええ、ひるやすみのじかんはべつとして、まいにちはちじかんつとめなければならないのです。

    Yes, aside from the lunch break, we have to work eight hours every day.

  6. 55

    あなたはいちにちになんどたべますか。

    How many times a day do you eat?

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    にちようびはべつとして、いちにちにさんどたべます。にちようびはにどだけです。

    Aside from Sundays, I eat three times a day. On Sundays, I eat only twice.

  8. 57

    のみものはべつとして、いっかげつのしょくりょうはどのぐらいかかりますか。

    Aside from beverages, how much does a month’s food cost?

  9. 58

    まあ、ひゃくごじゅうドルぐらいかかりますね。

    Well, it costs about one hundred fifty dollars.

六
six
年
year (See Grammar Notes)
もらう
to receive (tangible things)
昼休み
noon recess
八
eight
一日
first day of the month (See Grammar Notes)
飲み物
things to drink, beverages

Sandbar size and formation · Reading Selection 1 of 2

The sandbar and its formation

The questions cover Amanohashidate's location, dimensions, pine-covered sand, formation, and channel.

*この 細長い 土地は どうして 出来たのでしょうか* means "How was this long, narrow strip of land formed?" The answer identifies sand carried by currents and wind.

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    あまのはしだてはどこにありますか。

    Where is Amanohashidate?

  2. 60

    ながさはどのくらいですか。

    How long is it?

  3. 61

    はばは？

    How wide is it?

  4. 62

    このしろいすなのうえにはなにがはえていますか。

    What is growing on this white sand?

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    このほそながいとちはどうしてできたのでしょうか。

    How was this long, narrow strip of land formed?

  6. 64

    えじりとわんのみなみのきしのもんじゅのあいだにはなにがありますか。

    What is there between Ejiri and Monju on the southern shore of the bay?

ます
trout
くらい
dark
土地
land, lot

Bridges, viewpoints and train changes · Reading Selection 2 of 2

The visit and the journey

The questions cover the bridge, the mountain photograph, the inverted view, and the train journey from Kyoto.

*なぜ 汽車で行くのは めんどうですか* means "Why is it troublesome to go by train?" The answer gives two transfers on the way.

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    このすいろにはなにがありますか。

    What is there over this waterway?

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    えじりからもんじゅまであるいていけますか。

    Can you walk from Ejiri to Monju?

  3. 67

    いちどライフにでたしゃしんはどこからとったものですか。

    From where was the photograph that once appeared in Life taken?

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    まためがねでみるというのはどういうことですか。

    What does it mean to view it through your legs?

  5. 69

    あまのはしだてへはきょうとからなんでいくのですか。

    How do you get to Amanohashidate from Kyoto?

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    なぜきしゃでいくのはめんどうですか。

    Why is it troublesome to go by train?

もの
things (tangible)
なぜ
why?

A sandbar between shores · Questions

A complete description

*どんな 所ですか* means "What kind of place is it?" The answer is a connected description rather than one fact.

It identifies the sandbar's location, dimensions, formation, bridge, viewpoint, viewing custom, and train access.

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    あまのはしだてはきょうとふのほくぶにあって、みやづわんのきたがわのえじりというところからわんのなかにつきでているほそながいすで、ながさはやくにせんにひゃくメートル、はばはごじゅうないしひゃくメートルぐらいです。そのとちのしろいすなのうえにあおいまつがいちめんにはえていて、とおくからみると、はしのようにみえるので、あまのはしだてといわれています。たぶんちょうりゅうやかぜによってうんぱんされたすなでできたものでしょう。えじりとわんのみなみのきしのもんじゅのあいだにはすいろがありますが、いまではそのすいろにはしがかかっているから

    Amanohashidate is in the northern part of Kyoto Prefecture. It is a long, narrow sandbar that extends into Miyazu Bay from a place called Ejiri on the north side of the bay, and is about 2,200 meters long and 50 to 100 meters wide. Green pine trees grow all over the white sand, and because it looks like a bridge when seen from a distance, it is called Amanohashidate. It was probably formed from sand carried by the tidal currents and wind. There is a waterway between Ejiri and Monju on the southern shore of the bay, but now a bridge spans that waterway, so

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    もんじゅまであるいていけるようになっています。いちどライフというざっしにあまのはしだてのしゃしんがでたことがありますが、これはえじりのうしろにあるやまからとったしゃしんで、そこからのながめはゆうだいです。ここからまためがねでみるととくによいながめだそうです。まためがねでみるというのは、またのあいだからのぞいてみることで、またがおおきなめがねかがくぶちのやくをするのです。あまのはしだてへはきょうとからきしゃでいくのですが、とちゅうでのりかえがにどもあるので、たいへんめんどうだそうです。

    it is possible to walk as far as Monju. A photograph of Amanohashidate once appeared in a magazine called Life; it was taken from a mountain behind Ejiri, and the view from there is magnificent. They say the view is especially good when you look at it through your legs from here. Looking through your legs means bending over and peering between them, with your legs serving as a large pair of spectacles or a picture frame. You go from Kyoto to Amanohashidate by train, but it is said to be very troublesome because you have to change trains twice along the way.

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    どんなところですか。

    What kind of place is it?

北部
the north, northern part
です。
to be (See Gram. Notes)
でしょう。
probably (See Gram. Notes)
ここ
here
よい
good (See Gram. Notes)

Sand, currents and landforms · Word list 1 of 4

Sand and moving water

These words describe the sandbar and its formation. *す* means "sand bar", while *砂* means "sand."

*潮流* means "tidal current." Other entries describe transport, a long narrow shape, and land jutting out.

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    ほそながい

    long and slender

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    す

    sand bar

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    ないし

    from ---- to

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    しお

    tide

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    しおのながれ

    tidal current

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    ながれ

    current; flow

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    すな

    sand

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    うんぱんする

    transport (v.t.)

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    ちょうりゅう

    tidal current

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    つきでる

    jut out

潮の流れ
tidal current
運ぱんする
transport (v.t.)
つき出る
jut out

Shores, bays and bridges · Word list 2 of 4

Around the bay

These words locate the sandbar and its endpoints. *岸* means "shore" or "bank", and *宮津湾* means "Miyazu Bay."

*ケーブルカー* means "cable car." The mountain behind Ejiri has one.

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    いちめん

    all over

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    はし

    end; extremity; edge

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    きし

    shore; bank

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    みやづわん

    Miyazu Bay

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    きたがわ

    north side

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    のびる

    extend; stretch (v.i.)

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    えじり

    P. N.

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    もんじゅ

    P. N.

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    ライフ

    Life (magazine)

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    ケーブルカー

    cable car

はし
chopsticks
宮津湾
Miyazu Bay
のびる
to grow tall, grow long, stretch
ケーブルカー
cable car

Upside-down viewing words · Word list 3 of 4

An upside-down view

These words describe looking between the thighs. *まためがね* names this viewing custom, and *さかさ* means "upside down."

*役をする* means "function as." In the description, the thighs function as spectacles or a picture frame and change the impression.

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    ゆうだい

    magnificent; spectacular

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    まためがね

    bending and looking through between legs (See Cult, Notes)

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    また

    thigh

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    のぞいてみる

    peep through; look down

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    のぞく

    peep (v.t.)

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    さかさ

    upside down; inversion

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    めがね

    eyeglasses; spectacles

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    がくぶち

    picture frame

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    やくをする

    function as; do the work of

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    いんしょう

    impression

ゆう大
magnificent; spectacular
まためがね
bending and looking through between legs (See Cult, Notes)
のぞいて見る
peep through; look down
のぞく
peep (v.t.)
がくぶち
picture frame
役をする
function as; do the work of

Coasts, chances and exceptions · Word list 4 of 4

Travel and exceptions

These words describe the destination and the chance to visit it. *日本海* means "Japan Sea", and *ついで* means "opportunity" or "occasion."

*---は別として* means "excluding." Other entries name a wish to visit, the northern part, and the space between two places.

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    にほんかい

    Japan Sea

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    ---はべつとして

    excluding (See Gram. Notes)

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    いってみたいもんだ

    I would like to go and see

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    ついで

    opportunity; chance; occasion

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    サービスりょう

    tip

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    ほくぶ

    the north, northern part

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    あいだ

    between

Guide for Free Conversation

1 Topic Titles;

1a Talk about AMA-NO-HASHIDATE.

1a(1) Why it is called AMA-NO-HASHIDATE.

1a(2) How far is it from Kyoto?

1a(3) How is it formed? etc,

2 Visual Cues;

2a Look at the picture on Page 253 and talk about it
Homewor k

1 Memorize the Dialogue and the vocabulary.

2 Study the Grammar Perception Drill.

3 Study the Pattern Practice and do the exercise given.

4 Learn to read and write new Kanji.

5 Read the Explanatory Notes.

6 Read the Guide for Free Conversation and do the exercises given.
日本海
Japan Sea
---は別として
excluding (See Gram. Notes)
行って見たいもんだ
I would like to go and see
サービス料
tip

The particulars

The course
Defense Language Institute, Japanese Basic Course, 1967 to 1971. Public domain. The teaching pages and the narration are ours.
Reading aloud
Digital narration, directed by 1732 Studios.
The book
Botchan, the work this course leads to, free to read here.
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