nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Rather than professing a certain religion earnestly on a daily basis, Japanese people have a remarkable tendency of accordingly participating in religious events personally, or in units of family or group, on each occasion.
Japanese: 日常的に特定の宗教を熱心に信仰するというよりも、事ある毎に個人や家族あるいは団体で、適宜宗教行事として関わるという傾向が顕著である。
English: Very many graves belong to each sect of Buddhism relating to each family; however, the number of irreligious graves is on the rise recently.
Japanese: 墓式に関しては、家族の関わる仏教各宗派に属するものが圧倒的に多いが、最近では無宗教のものも増えている。
English: There is also an example that some religious facilities are the target of prayer as Gongen (avatar) of syncretization of Shinto with Buddhism.
Japanese: 宗教施設の中には神仏習合の権現として参拝の対象になっている例も存在する。
English: Although some of religious events are spiritual (material) benefit gained in this world through observance of the Buddhist teachings, religious events including praying to God are implemented in some temples and shrines, not limited to folk beliefs, and many of these temples and shrines are sightseeing spots at present.
Japanese: また現世利益（世俗）的なものもあるが願掛けなど宗教行為をおこなう所が民間信仰に限らず寺社の中にもあり、これらは観光名所になっている事も多い。
English: There are Christian churches in various regions in Japan, and events including Christmas are familiar to Japanese people.
Japanese: 各地にキリスト教会があり、クリスマスなどの行事は多くの日本人に親しまれている。
English: The Constitution stipulates the 'religious liberty,' and various religions are professed although the number of their believers is small.
Japanese: 憲法において「信教の自由」が唱われており、少数でありながらも様々な宗教が信仰されている。
English: The Japanese language is used in Japanese laws and official documents, and is the official language (Courts Law, Art. 74 stipulates the use of the Japanese language in trials, but there is no other express provisions statutorily).
Japanese: 日本の法律、公文書等には日本語が用いられており、日本語が公用語である（裁判所法第74条に裁判では日本語を使うことが規定されているほかは、法律上の明文はない）。
English: Words used from the ancient times were Yamato-kotoba (words of Japanese origin), but Kango (words of Chinese origin) were also used at high rates because of an influence by China.
Japanese: 古代から使われてきた言葉は大和言葉であるが、中国の影響もあって高い割合で漢語が使用される。
English: In addition, after the Meiji period, Japanese people have often used words of foreign origin such as English, and waseikango (Japan-made Chinese words) which were translated words of foreign origin.
Japanese: そのほか、明治時代以降は英語などの外来語やそれを翻訳した和製漢語も多く使われている。
English: Many Japanese people say that they are not good at English, but commonly use words of foreign origin which come from English (e.g. global standard, etc.), and 'English' specific to Japan which is called waseieigo (Japanese word constructed of elements from one or more English terms) was created.
Japanese: 英会話が苦手だという日本人は多いが、英語に由来する外来語（例：グローバルスタンダードなど）は好んで使われ、和製英語という日本独自の「英語」も生まれている。
English: Due to this historical background and advanced globalization, signs and signboards came to also contain descriptions in English, Korean, Chinese and/or Russian along with Japanese ones.
Japanese: 歴史的経緯や国際化の進展によって、標識や看板などで英語や朝鮮語（韓国語）、中国語、ロシア語などの併記も行われるようになってきている。
English: However, after the standard dialect or common language was developed based on a Tokyo dialect in the Meiji period, traditional dialects have been on a declining trend nationwide including Tokyo due to influence of school education, mass communication, etc.
Japanese: しかし明治時代に東京方言を基盤に標準語・共通語が整備されて以降、学校教育やマスコミ等の影響で東京をも含め全国で伝統的な方言は衰退していく傾向にある。
English: A language spoken in Okinawa Prefecture and the Amami Islands, Kagoshima Prefecture, is called 'Ryukyu dialect' as a dialect of Japanese, and is also called 'Ryukyuan language' as a different language.
Japanese: 沖縄県と鹿児島県奄美諸島で話されている言葉は、日本語の方言として「琉球方言」とも呼ばれるが、違う言語として「琉球語」とも呼ばれている。
English: It is not always clear whether that is a dialect or a language because of researchers' thoughts and political thoughts.
Japanese: 方言か言語かは、研究者の考えや政治的なものも絡み、必ずしも明確ではない。
English: In present-day Okinawa Prefecture, a new dialect of Japanese language which is called uchina yamatoguchi (Okinawan Japanese) is spoken (except for the Amami Islands).
Japanese: 現在沖縄県においては、ウチナーヤマトグチと呼ばれる日本語の新方言が話されている（奄美諸島は除く）。
English: Therefore, the number of speakers decreased drastically to only several hundreds, and this language is an endangered language (language which has a threat of going extinct).
Japanese: そのため話者が激減し数百名しか話せる人がいない、危機言語（話者がいなくなるおそれのある言語）である。
English: Among many Korean residents in Japan, the majority speak Japanese.
Japanese: 日本に数多く暮らす在日朝鮮人・韓国人は、日本語を使う者が多数派になっている。
English: However, the Korean language spoken in Japan was affected by the Japanese language, and became a Japanized Korean language called Zainichi Korean.
Japanese: しかし、日本で話される朝鮮語は日本語の影響を受け、在日朝鮮語と呼ばれる日本化した朝鮮語になっている。
English: Entertainment, theatrical performance, comical (story, song), "manzai" or a comic dialogue, comic or light-hearted short play, magic (Japanese Style Magic), circus (circus troupe), musical, revue (entertainment), and strip theater
Japanese: 演芸、演劇、お笑い、漫才、コント、手品（和妻）、サーカス（曲馬団）、ミュージカル、レヴュー(演芸)、ストリップ劇場
English: Cabaret club, Fashion-health massage, prostitution, brothel where one can bathe with the prostitutes, telephone club (chat line, dating service), couples cafe, and peep room
Japanese: キャバクラ、ファッションヘルス、デリヘル、ソープランド、テレクラ、カップル喫茶、のぞき部屋
English: Izakaya bar, grilled chicken restaurant and roast pork restaurant, oden (various ingredients, such as egg, daikon, or konnyaku stewed in soy-flavored dashi) restaurant, small restaurant, snack bar (eating and drinking place), club, bar (tavern), and food wagon
Japanese: 居酒屋、焼き鳥屋・焼き豚屋、おでん屋、小料理屋、スナックバー(飲食店)、クラブ、バー(酒場)、屋台
English: Soba restaurant, udon restaurant, gyudon (beef bowl) restaurant, sushi restaurant and "conveyor belt" sushi bar, curry shop, family restaurant, set meal restaurant, okonomiyaki (savory pancake) shop, cafe and teahouse, and restaurant meal delivery service and catering
Japanese: 蕎麦屋、うどん屋、牛丼屋、寿司屋・回転寿司、カレーショップ、ファミリーレストラン、定食屋、お好み焼き屋、カフェ・喫茶店、出前・ケータリング
English: Beanbag, origami (paper folding), cat's cradle, sessesse (traditional children's song with hand performance), Lily-yarn, plamodel, and taketonbo (simple helicopter-like bamboo toy)
Japanese: -お手玉、折り紙、あやとり、せっせっせ、リリアン、プラモデル、竹とんぼ
English: Onigokko (tag), kagome play, hide-and-seek, Kick the Can, Daruma-doll fell down, and Doro-Kei (or Doro-Jun, cops and robbers)
Japanese: -鬼ごっこ、かごめ、かくれんぼ、缶けり、だるまさんがころんだ、ドロケイ(ドロジュン、泥棒と巡査、泥棒と警官)
English: Tree climbing, flower picking, insect collecting (collection of small animals such as turtles, lizards, shimizu kani (freshwater crabs native to China), snakes, etc.), fishing (crayfish and Pseudorasbora purva), expeditions (sewage systems, bomb shelters, and small outer islands), and fort making
Japanese: 木登り、花摘み、昆虫採取（亀、トカゲ、清水蟹、ヘビなどの小動物の採取）、釣り（ザリガニ、クチボソ）、探検（下水道、防空壕、離れ小島）、基地作り
English: Baseball (Triangular Base, a baseball game for children for which a keystone sack is not used; Kick Base, a baseball game for children that is played using a soccer ball; Goro Base, a baseball game for children in which the pitcher rolls a rubber ball along the ground; and Hasami Oni, a game of tag in which the two demons called 'Oni' that are playing catch try to tag out another children that are trying to advance into the Oni's territory), indoor soccer (futsal), basketball (3-on-3 street basketball), and dodgeball
Japanese: 野球（三角ベース、キックベース、ゴロベース、はさみ鬼）、ソフトボールサッカー（フットサル）バスケットボール（ストリートバスケ、3on3）、ドッヂボール
English: After the Meiji period, games such as baseball, tennis, boat, field athletics etc. were mainly introduced in schools due to influences from foreign countries.
Japanese: 明治時代以降、海外の影響を受けて野球、テニス、ボート、陸上などの競技が学校を中心に導入された。
English: Baseball enjoyed much popularity, and Japanese people also enjoy playing sandlot baseball and watching games by professional players.
Japanese: 特に野球は人気が高く、草野球でも楽しまれるほか、プロ競技の観戦も好まれる。
English: Mind sports (these are recognized as hobby or recreation rather than as sport in Japan)
Japanese: マインドスポーツ（日本ではスポーツとしてではなく趣味や娯楽として認識されている。）
English: Grand sumo tournament, professional baseball games, high-school baseball, Japan Professional Football League, and combative sport (professional wrestling, K-1)
Japanese: 大相撲、プロ野球、高校野球、日本プロサッカーリーグ、格闘技（プロレス・K-1）
English: Radio Lessons and TV Lessons, culture center, Lifelong education (social education), and various group activities
Japanese: ラジオ講座・テレビ講座、カルチャーセンター、生涯学習（社会教育）、各種サークル活動
English: Museums, resource centers, art museums, literary museums, historical museums, science museums, aquariums, zoos, and botanical gardens
Japanese: 博物館、資料館、美術館、文学館、歴史館、科学館、水族館、動物園、植物園
English: Chrysanthemum, asagao (common morning glory, Ipomoea purpurea), primula (any flower of genus Primula, which includes primroses, cowslips and cyclamens), Japanese iris, Japanese rhodea (plant of the lily family), alpine accentor (Prunellacollaris), Asian densilepidotula, Spearflower, Ardisia japonica, whisk fern, Dendrobium moniliforme, Neofinetia falcata, Chinese orchids, cherry tree, camellia, etc.
Japanese: キク・アサガオ・サクラソウ・ハナショウブ・万年青・イワヒバ・カラタチバナ・マンリョウ・ヤブコウジ・松葉蘭・長生蘭・富貴蘭・東洋ラン・サクラ・ツバキ…
English: Websites, mail, instant messenger, chat, and electronic bulletin boards
Japanese: ウェブサイト、メール、インスタントメッセンジャー、チャット、電子掲示板
English: Japanese rock, Japanese punk rock, Japanese metal music, Visual kei (visual style rock musicians), techno-pop, and Japanese hip-hop
Japanese: 日本のロック、日本のパンク・ロック、ジャパニーズ・メタル、ヴィジュアル系、テクノポップ、日本のヒップホップ
English: They consist of a pink-colored mochi (rice cake) containing red bean paste, which is covered with a sakura leaf that has been pickled in salt.
Japanese: 桜色に色づけされた生地で小豆餡を包み、塩漬けした桜の葉で包んだ菓子。
English: Made by wrapping red bean paste in a lightly fried skin made from a batter consisting of rice flour or glutinous rice flour mixed with wheat flour like a crepe.
Japanese: -米粉か、白玉粉に小麦粉を混ぜた生地を薄焼きにした皮で小豆餡をクレープのように包む。
English: A skin made from domyojiko consisting of glutinous rice which has been steamed, dried then coarsely ground is wrapped around red bean paste like daifuku mochi.
Japanese: -糯米を蒸かして干し、粗めに挽いた粒状の道明寺粉を用いた皮に、大福のように餡を包んだ桜餅。
English: Generally both types are wrapped in a sakura leaf and have a pink skin representing the color of sakura petals.
Japanese: 概ね、包皮としての桜の葉、及び、桜花の花弁に色彩を模した餅皮の体裁をもつ。
English: In the Kanto area and Sanin region, the former type is simply called 'sakuramochi', while it is the latter type that is referred to as 'sakuramochi' in areas west of the Kinki region, in Hokkaido and in the Hokuriku area.
Japanese: 関東周辺や山陰の一部では主に前者を単に「桜餅」、近畿より西や北海道・北陸では後者を単に「桜餅」と呼ぶ。
English: Conversely, the former type is known as 'Chomeiji mochi' mainly in the Kinki region, while the latter is known as 'Domyoji' or Domyoji mochi' mainly in the Kanto region.
Japanese: 一方で前者は主に近畿で「長命寺餅」、後者は主に関東で「道明寺」あるいは「道明寺餅」と呼ぶ。
English: When sakuramochi is made at home on a small scale, regardless of its origins, it is sometimes made using uncolored glutinous that has been hard boiled.
Japanese: 家庭等で小規模に作られる場合には、由来にかかわらず、硬めに炊いた無着色のもち米で代用されることがある。
English: Also, because Domyojiko is relatively expensive, the Kamigata style is often more expensive than Edo style made from wheat flour.
Japanese: また、道明寺粉は比較的高価なため、小麦粉で作った江戸式よりも、上方式が高価な場合が多い。
English: It is said that Edo style sakuramochi dates back to 1717 when Yoshimune TOKUGAWA, the eighth seii taishogun (literally, great general who subdues the barbarians) of the Edo bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) planted cherry trees on the bank of Sumida-gawa River.
Japanese: 江戸の桜餅は1717年（享保2年）、江戸幕府八代征夷大将軍徳川吉宗が隅田川に桜を植えた。
English: At that time Shinroku YAMAMOTO, the gate keeper of Chomei-ji Temple in Mukojima, Sumida Ward, Tokyo started making and selling sakuramochi using the cherry leaves taken from the cherry trees planted on the bank of Sumida-gawa River.
Japanese: 向島(墨田区)長命寺(東京都墨田区)の門番、山本新六がその葉を使った餅を作リ、売ったものが最初とされる。
English: 70% of all of these salted sakura leaves in Japan are produced in Matsuzaki-cho on the Izu Peninsula.
Japanese: この塩漬けの桜の葉は、全国シェアの70%ほどが伊豆半島の松崎町で生産されている。
English: Sakuramochi can be eaten with or without the sakura leaf.
Japanese: 桜餅は桜の葉を取り外して食べても、餅に桜の葉を巻いたまま食べても良い。
English: However, as coumarin is hepatotoxic and not recognized as a food additive, care should be taken not to consume excess quantities of these salted leaves despite their delicious taste.
Japanese: しかし、クマリンは肝毒性があり、食品添加物としては認められていない物質なので、桜の塩蔵葉が美味とはいえ、極端に摂食しすぎることには注意が必要である。
English: Due to the balance between the size of the mochi and its appearance, there is a tendency to use larger leaves in the Kanto region and smaller leaves in the Kinki region.
Japanese: 餅の大きさとの外観上のバランスから、関東では大きめの葉、近畿では小さめの葉を好んで使う傾向がある。
English: Geido refers to the performance of arts and handicrafts in a systematized way that is uniquely Japanese.
Japanese: 芸道（げいどう）は、芸能・技芸を日本独自のかたちで体系化したもののことを指す。
English: This concept can normally be seen in the various Nihon bujutsu (Japanese martial arts) and the Yusoku kojitsu (traditional protocol of the imperial court and samurai families) or reishiki (etiquette) that are derived from the practices and manners observed by court nobles in the Edo period; it can also be seen in fields where skills are passed down from one generation to the next, ranging from performing arts such as Nohgaku, Kabuki, and Ningyo Joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater), Hogaku (traditional Japanese music), Sado (tea ceremony), Kado (flower arrangement), Kodo (traditional incense-smelling ceremony), Shodo (calligraphy), Bontei (tray garden) to traditional handicrafts and classic gardening.
Japanese: 通常は、各種の武芸である日本武術、江戸期の公家家職に由来する有職故実・礼式、そのほか能楽、歌舞伎、人形浄瑠璃などの芸能、邦楽、茶道、華道、香道、書道、盆庭などをはじめとして、伝統工芸的な手工業、古典園芸など、ひろく技術を伝承する分野においてこうした観念が見られる。
English: Originally, the word 'do' (or 'michi') meant 'system' in Japanese and, as shown by the example in which wind and string instruments have been referred to as 'Itotake no michi' since the Dynastic period, it is thought that 'michi' or 'do' first meant simply 'system of art' when used in relation to the arts.
Japanese: 元来「道」という言葉は日本語において「体系」という意味をも持ち、王朝時代から管弦のことを「糸竹の道」と表現するなどの用例があることをみてもわかるように、芸について「みち」もしくは「道」で表現される内容は最初は単純に「芸の体系」というほどの意味であったと思われる。
English: When various arts became systematized from the middle ages to the early modern period, it started to take on more meanings, not simply meaning system of performing arts and techniques, but also including ideas and philosophical backgrounds of arts, and the issue of how these metaphysical problems could be used in ascetic practice and daily life to heighten one's own art, leading to the establishment of the concept of geido.
Japanese: これが中世期から近世期にかけて、さまざまな芸が体系化され伝授の形式を整えてゆくにつれて、単に芸能、技芸の体系というにとどまらず、それをめぐる思想や哲学的背景、さらに修行や日常生活の場においてこうした形而上的な問題をいかに生かし、みずからの芸を高めてゆくかという問題が含められてゆくようになって成立したのが、芸道という観念である。
English: The establishment of Geido is commonly thought to have been greatly influenced by the popularization of esoteric theories and initiation ideas in medieval times, as well as the development of Zen beliefs, according to which mentors are highly regarded.
Japanese: その成立に関しては中世期に盛んになった秘伝説と伝授思想の確立と、師系を重んじる禅の発想が大きな影響を与えたと見るのが通説である。
English: The main characteristic of Geido is the idea that the heightening of one's art should be simultaneously accompanied by a heightening of one's personality because one's ethics and morality are directly revealed in one's art; this is derived from the idea that rather than regarding the performance of arts and techniques as merely a matter of skill, we should merge our everyday lives and the world of art, which is an opportunity to heighten our art and is itself a form of training.
Japanese: 芸能、技芸を技術的な問題としてのみ捉えることをせず、しばしば実生活と芸の世界を混同させて、常住坐臥が芸を高めるための契機であり、修行であると考え、しかのみならず当人の倫理性、道徳性がそのまま芸にあらわれるがゆえに、芸の向上は同時に人格の向上でなければならない、とするところに芸道の特徴がある。
English: It also values the systematic transmission of arts, and prioritizes vertical relationships over horizontal relationships with elements such as great respect for one's predecessors and a particular importance on the direct teacher-disciple relationship.
Japanese: また芸の系統的な伝承を重んじ、先人をうやまうことが厚く、特に直接の師弟関係を大切にするなど、水平方向的なひろがりよりも垂直方向的なつらなりを優先する。
English: On the one hand, this way of thinking had various positive effects such as the establishment of ideas regarding Gei that are peculiar to Japan, respect for artistic views that place special importance on one's feelings and mental state, the correct passing on of arts knowledge from one generation to the next, and the deepening of arts not only through acquisition of its skills but also by speculation; on the other hand, it had a number of negative effects, such as worship of the powerful in the world of arts, mysticism, denial of universality, and development of a uniquely closed nature as represented by tsu (experts at certain arts).
Japanese: こうした考えかたは、日本独自の芸という観念の確立、心境や境地を特に重視する芸術観の尊重、芸系のたしかな伝承、芸が芸にとどまらず思索性を持つことによる内容の深化など、さまざまな効果をもたらしたが、一方で芸の世界における事大主義、神秘主義、普遍性の否定、通に代表される特殊な閉鎖性を生むことにもなった。
English: This idea of Geido, which is peculiar to Japan, seems to interest foreigners, such that when German philosopher Eugen Herrigel was at Tohoku University, for example, he was so impressed by how different the practice of Kyudo (Japanese archery) was from that of western-style archery that he wrote "Zen in the Art of Archery," a book that has been introduced to the Western World through various means.
Japanese: 外国人にはこうした日本固有の芸道観念が興味深くうつるらしく、ドイツ人の哲学者オイゲン・ヘリゲルが、東北大学に在任中、洋弓（アーチェリー）とは違った日本の弓道の修業の仕方に感銘を受けて『弓と禅』をあらわしたのを嚆矢として、欧米世界にさまざまに紹介されている。
English: The word 'geido' was coined as a general term for words such a as 'kendo,' 'kado' and 'sado' which came into use following the creation of the word 'judo.'
Japanese: 芸道という言葉自体は、明治に「柔道」なる新語が登場したのを受けて、剣道、華道、茶道といった造語が相次ぎ、これを総称するために生れたものである。
English: Daikon oroshi is a food made by grating daikon radish with an oroshigane (Japanese grater).
Japanese: 大根おろし（だいこんおろし）は、ダイコンの根部をおろし金を用いてすりおろした食品。
English: Also, as daikon oroshi can aid digestion, it goes nicely with dishes that are considered as heavy such as tempura (Japanese deep-fried dish), fried food and meat dishes.
Japanese: また大根おろしは消化を助けるはたらきをすることもあり、天ぷらをはじめ油物や肉料理等、一般的に胃に重いとされる料理との相性もよい。
English: Daikon radish contains large amount of digestive enzymes such as amylase, protease and lipase.
Japanese: 大根にはアミラーゼ、プロテアーゼ、リパーゼなどの消化酵素が豊富に含まれている。
English: However, as these enzymes are sensitive to heat, they cannot be effectively utilized if cooked.
Japanese: これら酵素は熱に弱いため、加熱をともなう調理法では有効に利用できない。
English: It is only when daikon radish is grated raw that the digestive effects can be exploited.
Japanese: 大根おろしとして生のまますりおろすことで消化を助ける効果をはじめて得ることができる。
English: It is more of a sweetness than a pungency that can be tasted when daikon radish is eaten raw in the form of a vegetable stick.
Japanese: 野菜スティック等で生の大根をそのまま食べても、辛みよりむしろ甘みを感じる。
English: The pungency of daikon oroshi derives from the pungent component allyl isothiocyanate (mustard oil).
Japanese: 大根おろしの辛みは、辛み成分アリルイソチオシアネート（芥子油）によるものである。
English: Isothiocyanate is only produced from a chemical reaction when the cells of the daikon radish are broken by grating or cutting them.
Japanese: イソチオシアネートは大根をすりおろしたり切ることで、細胞が壊れると初めて化学反応により生成される。
English: More specifically, the pungency is produced by the chemical reaction when the precursor substances (glucocinolate and mustard oil glycoside) of isothiocyanate and an enzyme called myrosinase, which exist separately inside a daikon radish, are mixed by the breaking of the cells.
Japanese: そもそも大根中の別々の場所に存在していたイソチオシアネートの前駆物質（グルコシノレート、芥子油配糖体）とミロシナーゼと呼ばれる酵素が、細胞が壊れることにより混ざりあい、イソチオシアネートを生成する化学反応を起こすことによる。
English: The tip of the daikon radish contains approximately ten times as much of these isothiocyanate precursors than the part close to the leaves.
Japanese: イソチオシアネートの前駆物質は根の先端部分ほど含有量が多く、葉に近い部位の約10倍にもなる。
English: In order to obtain the pungency mentioned above, it is necessary to break the cells of daikon radish effectively.
Japanese: 上述のように大根おろしの辛みを得るためには、細胞を効率良く壊すことが必要である。
English: The traditional saying that "Daikon oroshi becomes more pungent if grated while angry." is probably true.
Japanese: 『怒りながら大根をおろすと辛くなる』という昔ながらの伝承は、的を射ているといえるであろう。
English: The pungency of daikon oroshi reaches its peak at five minutes after being grated, after which it decreases.
Japanese: さらに、おろしてから5分程度経過したら、辛みがピークに達しその後減少する。
English: Conversely, in order to reduce pungency, it is best use the bottom section and slowly grate it in a circular motion beginning with the long side of the round slice.
Japanese: 逆に辛味を減らしたい場合は、くびの方を使い、輪切りにした側面からゆっくりと円を書くようにすりおろすとよい。
English: As mentioned above, the skin is more pungent, so it is possible to reduce the pungency by using only the core of the daikon radish.
Japanese: 前述の皮の方に辛みがあるのでさらに芯の部分を使用すると辛みは減少する。
English: The sweetness of daikon oroshi can be brought out by heating it straight after grating, and heating for ten minutes will double its sweetness.
Japanese: さらに甘みを生かす為にはおろしたあと即加熱することで10分程度で加熱前より2倍程甘みが増す。
English: Because isothiocyanate is volatile, the pungency decreases if daikon oroshi is left to stand after being grated.
Japanese: イソチオシアネートは揮発性のため、おろしてからしばらくおいておくと辛みが減少する。
English: As attested to by the old saying 'Daikon oroshi keeps the doctor away.', daikon oroshi is considered beneficial to many aspects of health.
Japanese: 昔から「大根おろしに医者いらず」との格言があるように、大根おろしは様々な面から体に良い食品とされている。
English: It is also said that gargling with daikon oroshi juice is effective for the treatment of inflammations within the mouth including stomatitis, dental caries and gingivitis.
Japanese: さらに大根おろし汁でうがいをすると口内炎や虫歯、歯肉炎など口の中の炎症に効くとも言われている。
English: Daikon oroshi mixed with honey and drunk is also known as a folk remedy said to be good for coughs, sore throats, hoarseness and hangovers.
Japanese: 蜂蜜を加えて飲むと咳や喉の痛み、声枯れ、二日酔いによいとする民間療法も知られている。
English: In this case, however, it is not a good combination for eating at the same time because both daikon radish and carrot destroy each other's nutrients.
Japanese: ただしこの場合、にんじんと大根がお互いの栄養素を破壊するため、食べあわせがよくない。
English: Because of it appearance, the names associated with mizore (sleet) or shirayuki (white snow) are given to dishes.
Japanese: その見た目から、しばしば雪を意識したみぞれ、白雪等の料理名がつけられる。
English: Zenzai refers to stewed red beans sweetened with sugar that are served in a bowl with mochi (sticky rice cake), shiratama dango (dumplings made of sticky rice flour called shiratamako), and chestnuts stewed in sugar.
Japanese: ぜんざい（善哉）は、主に小豆を砂糖で甘く煮て、この中に餅や白玉団子、栗の甘露煮などを入れた食べ物である。
English: In the meantime, in the eastern part of Japan, the zenzai using tsubuan (the azuki bean paste with azuki chunks in it) is called "shiruko."
Japanese: もっとも、東日本などの地域では、粒餡を使用したぜんざいを汁粉（しるこ）と呼んでいる。
English: One theory relates the word with the Buddhist term 'Zenzai' (the kanji characters of which can also be pronounced as yokikana, meaning "good things.").
Japanese: 1つは仏教用語である「善哉（ぜんざい、よきかなとも読む）」にちなんだ説である。
English: According to this theory, Ikkyu Sojun alleged to be the first person who ate the zenzai was so impressed with how tasty it was that he could not help shouting 'Zenzai.'
Japanese: 一休宗純が最初に食べたとされ、あまりの美味しさに「善哉」と叫んだとする説。
English: Another theory holds that the word derives from 'Jinzai (meaning "gods exist") Mochi' originated in the Izumo region.
Japanese: もう1つは出雲地方の「神在（じんざい）もち」に起因すると言う説である。
English: In the Izumo region, it is believed that October is the month when gods from all of the country gather in the area, and accordingly, the month is called 'Kamiari zuki,' meaning the month in which gods exist.
Japanese: 出雲地方では10月に全国から神様が集まるとされることから、この月を「神在月（かみありづき）」と呼ぶ。
English: Events called 'Jinzai Matsuri' are held at the Izumo- taisha Shrine in the first half of the month and at the Sata-jinja Shrine in the second half of the month.
Japanese: 前半は出雲大社、後半は佐太神社で「神在祭」と呼ばれる行事が執り行われる。
English: This is mentioned in the Gion Tale as 'People talk about the Jinzai Mochi in the Izumo Province,' with a description that 'it is a dish of stewed red beans with mochi in it,' suggesting that the Jinzai Mochi was something similar to the current zenzai.
Japanese: このことは祇園物語にも「出雲国に神在もちひと申事あり」と記されており、また「赤豆をにて－餠（もち）を入まいらせ」と、現在のぜんざいと同種の料理であったことを示す記述がある。
English: By the way, 'Jinzai' is pronounced as 'Zunzai' with the Izumo accent (In the Izumo region, the zu-zu dialect in which vowels are modified and pronounced as "u" is common. And the sound "zu" is not articulated).
Japanese: ちなみに出雲弁で「じんざい」は「ずんざい」（出雲地方は、ずーずー弁。また“ず”の音ははっきりと発音しない）のような発音になる。
English: It is believed that people from other regions misheard 'zunzai' for 'zenzai', and this usage then spread to Kyoto.
Japanese: だが、これを他の地方の者が「ぜんざい」と誤って聞き、そのまま京都に伝わったのではないかとされている。