nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: The naked festival is regarded as a festival to wish for the productiveness of grain in which adult men go naked and compete with each other.
Japanese: 裸祭とは五穀豊穣を願う祭として成人男性が裸体で競い合う祭とされている。
English: In the agrarian society in Japan where farming equipment had not been modernized, it was the most necessary and important issue for farmer's families to have strong and tough men who worked hard.
Japanese: 農機具などが近代化される前の日本の農耕社会においては、強い働き手となる逞しい男性の存在が農家に最も求められる最重要課題であった。
English: The festival was regarded as the most important event in the village, because the event in which men showed their naked body to the patriarch and women in the village turned into a meeting place for men looking for their future wives and for the parents of young women looking for irimuko (man who is adopted as the husband for a daughter).
Japanese: 裸祭を通じて、男性は裸体を村の長老や女性に披露することで、結婚相手となる嫁や自家への入婿を探す男女の出会いの場として、裸祭は村の行事では最重要の位置付けとされていた。
English: Especially for the second and third sons in a family who could not succeed the family estate, it was an important chance to be invited by the families who were looking for irimuko, and was also the only chance to show their sturdiness.
Japanese: 特に、家督を継げない次男、三男にとっては入り婿先に招かれる重要な機会であるだけに、自己の逞しさを演出する唯一の場であった。
English: The naked festival often involves battles such as a battle over a sacred tree and so on, because the ability to win in such a battle symbolizes the strength and the reproductive capability and such ability suggests that the man can make a better worker in a farmer's family.
Japanese: 裸祭に神木の取り合い等の闘争が多いのも、闘争能力の高さが男性の強さや生殖能力を象徴し、農家でより強い働き手であることを示すものでもある。
English: The naked festival, which includes an event in which men who have performed misogi (a cold-water purification ceremony) fight over the symbol of the festival (such as a sacred tree or a ball) in or outside the main hall of the shrine, is often held around midwinter time when the farmland lies idle.
Japanese: 裸祭は禊（水行）の後、お堂の内外で神木、玉、等、その祭の象徴を奪い合う会陽を始めとして休耕となる真冬を中心に開催されるものが多い。
English: Since there is not much entertainment in winter in agrarian society, the festival was aimed for releasing the pent-up feelings.
Japanese: これは冬場の娯楽の少ない農耕社会で鬱積した気分を解消させることを目的としていた。
English: By evoking men's combative instinct, the festival could keep the young people from rampages.
Japanese: 男性の闘争本能を呼び起こさせることで、地域社会の若者層の暴走を抑えることであった。
English: Also by letting men fight against each other naked in the severe cold weather, they could present themselves as strong.
Japanese: 厳しい冬の寒さの中を裸で立ち向かわせることで、逞しい男らしさを演出させることであった。
English: There are also festivals held in summer such as fishermen carry a portable shrine, or festivals held around spring through fall such as men carry or pull a portable shrine or a festival car (float).
Japanese: また、真夏に、漁師を主体とした神輿を担ぐ祭、春から秋に掛けて神輿や山車を担いだり曳いたりする祭りもある。
English: Some shrines such as Kamisaibara-jinja Shrine in Kagamino-cho (former Kamisaibarason Village), Okayama Prefecture, abolished the traditional naked festival and switched to female sumo wrestling.
Japanese: なお、神社によっては岡山県の鏡野町（旧上齋原村）の上齋原村神社などは裸祭を廃止し、女相撲に変えたところもある。
English: Tegara is a hairdressing cloth to wrap around the topknot of traditional Japanese women's hairstyles.
Japanese: 手絡（てがら）は日本髪を結う際に、髷に巻きつけるなどして飾る布のことをいう。
English: The materials are mostly crepe, brocade for higher-class Samurais, and in the Meiji period a new material appeared which was made with Japanese paper.
Japanese: 素材は、多くは縮緬、高級武士では錦、明治に入ってからは和紙を加工したものも登場した。
English: Although there were no particular rules, young women and wives often wore Tegaras with Kanokoshibori (a kind of tie-dyeing) in bright colors like red and pink, and older women wore plain Tegaras in calm colors like soft lilac and light blue.
Japanese: 色彩には特に規定があったわけではないが、若い娘や若奥様は鹿の子絞りで装飾した赤や桃色の華やかな色、年配の婦人は無地の藤色や浅葱色など落ち着いた色をよく使った。
English: Kire (cloth) tenjin: The outer side of Mage is covered by Tegara vertically, but without Tegara it is called Tenjin Mage.
Japanese: 布天神：髷の外側に上下にかける、手絡がない場合は天神髷と呼んで区別する。
English: Mitsuwa (three rings) Mage/Osafune: the former mostly uses crepe and the latter brocade and those are almost the same style of Mage, but for different women in different positions.
Japanese: 三輪髷・長船：ほぼ同型の髷だが結う身分が違うため、前者では縮緬・後者では錦の手絡を用いることが多い。
English: In the case of festive events related to local guardian deities, ohanadai is presented by the parishioners of each deity, or they are asked for a contribution to cover the operation cost of the event.
Japanese: 祭礼行事においては、祭礼運営のために氏子地域から出される、或いはお願いして分けてもらう。
English: There is a true story which is not a laughing matter: The case in which a person's place of employment or new relocation is known for a famous festival, the person will find it less costly to take paid holidays and make a family trip rather than staying at home during the festival period.
Japanese: 転勤先や赴任先がたまたまその地方の有名な祭礼の開催地であった場合は、有給休暇で祭礼の期間中、家族旅行に出かけた方が出費が安く済む、などといった笑えない実話まである。
English: In some cases, ohanadai takes the form of tradable coupons, such as gift vouchers or beer coupons, or foods and drinks served in front of a house.
Japanese: また、商品券・ビール券などの金券や食事やお酒などを軒先でふるまう場合などもある。
English: Parade (neri or oneri in Japanese) means to transfer a portable shrine (carried in festivals) or a festival car (float) of rites and festivals, to dedicate them to Shinto rituals or to introduce them to audience.
Japanese: 練り(ねり)もしくはお練り（おねり）とは、祭礼の神輿や山車を神事の奉納や観衆への披露のために動かす様子のことをいう。
English: When transferring them during the rites and festivals, it may be described as 'wind through,' or 'march along.'
Japanese: 祭礼中の移動のときは「市中を練り廻す」「参道を練り歩く」などのような表現で用いる場合もある。
English: It also refers to performers marching along (or traveling by boat) with their staff for some distance in traditional performing arts.
Japanese: 伝統芸能において、役者等が一定の距離を関係者らと行列して歩く（あるいは船で航行する）こと。
English: It is based on the fact that when viewers are crowded around them, the situation would be the same as previously described.
Japanese: 見物人が集まることを前提としているため、上記と同じような状態になる。
English: Ajitsuke nori (nori flavored with soy sauce, mirin and seasonings) is a generic term for processed nori (dried laver seaweed) products mainly seasoned with soy-sauce, sugar, and spices.
Japanese: 味付け海苔（あじつけのり）は、主に醤油と砂糖、香辛料などで味付けした加工海苔製品の総称｡
English: Whereas Yakinori (toasted laver seaweed) is sold in size as big as the one before being processed (the entire size: about 21cm by 19cm), Ajitsuke nori is often sold as a set of several small sheets (about five sheets) being cut into eight parts (5cm by 10cm) or twelve parts (3.5cm by 10cm) of the whole nori sheet in a package.
Japanese: 焼き海苔などが、加工前の大きなサイズ（全形、約21cm×19cm）で販売されているのに対して、8切り(5cm×10cm)や12切り(3.5cm×10cm)程度にカットされた小片が複数枚（5枚程度）セットになって包装された状態で販売されていることが多い｡
English: Ajitsuke nori is heated and dried with a crispy touch, and the taste of seasonings comes out through juice such as saliva when eating.
Japanese: 加熱乾燥されており、パリパリとした食感であるが、唾液などの水分により溶け出した調味料が口の中で広がる。
English: Since the moisture absorbency is enhanced by seasonings used for seasoning, compared with unseasoned food, it is recommended to eat it just after opening the package for enjoying its crispy touch.
Japanese: ただし、味付けに用いられている調味料により、調味されていない製品と比較して吸湿性が高まっており、パリパリとした食感を楽しみたい場合には、食べる直前に開封する｡
English: After some time after opening, it would be hard to handle Ajitsuke nori which sticks together or becomes sticky when holding it due to seasonings leaking out after absorbing humidity.
Japanese: また、開封後しばらくすると湿気を吸って溶け出した調味料により、海苔同士が張り付く、取り上げる際に調味料が手に付くなど扱いにくくなる｡
English: Ajitsuke nori, being seasoned with sweet and salty sauce, goes well with rice.
Japanese: 一般に甘味および塩分の強いたれにより調味されているため米飯との相性は良い｡
English: When eating it with tamago kake gohan (rice with a mixed raw egg put on), a small portion of rice is wrapped by Ajitsuke nori or Ajitsuke nori is rubbed in one's fingers with pieces about 1cm by 1cm sprinkled over and stirred with rice.
Japanese: 卵かけ御飯等とともに食べる際には、小片のまま米飯を包むようにしたり、かき混ぜ易くするために一辺が1センチ程度になるように手で揉みつぶしてふりかけられる。
English: Nori originally seasoned in each area including Ono nori in Tokushima Prefecture or Oyster soy-sauce nori (laver) in Hiroshima Prefecture are sold.
Japanese: 徳島県の大野海苔や広島県のかき醤油海苔など、各地で独自の味付けを施した海苔も販売されている。
English: A product called Korean nori is seasoned with sesame oil and salt, and it has a good flavor of sesame.
Japanese: 韓国海苔と呼ばれる製品はごま油と塩で味付けされており、ごま油の香ばしい香りがする。
English: Seasonings are applied by roller between two drying processes.
Japanese: 調味料は、2回に分けられた乾燥工程の合い間にローラーによって塗布される｡
English: Bogu is protective gear to protect players' body in the Japanese art of fencing, naginata (a long pole with a sharp curving sword), and jukendo (the martial art using the bayonet).
Japanese: 防具（ぼうぐ）とは、剣道やなぎなた、銃剣道で装着する体の保護具のこと。
English: It has became the present design through various improvements in shape and materials after carefully examining portability and mobility of a wearer based on an amour and a kabuto (helmet).
Japanese: 鎧並びに兜を基として、携帯性や着装時の動きやすさを吟味した上で形状・材質等の改良が重ねられてゆき、現在の様式へと変化した。
English: The original model of the kendo implements existed in one of the schools of swordplay such as Jikishinkage-ryu (Jikishinkage school, a school of kendo, the Japanese traditional martial art of swordmanship), from around the middle of the 17th century but it was in the Meiji Period when the bogu was used in the Japanese art of fencing and the design similar to the present one was completed.
Japanese: 剣道具の原形とされるものは17世紀半ば頃から剣術の流派である直心影流剣術などで存在したが、防具が剣道で採用され現在に近い形の防具が完成されたのは明治時代になってからである。
English: The kendo implements consist of four parts: the Men (面), the Kote (籠手, also written as 小手 and 甲手 in Chinese characters), the Do (胴), and the Tare (垂).
Japanese: 剣道具は、面（めん）・籠手（こて。小手または甲手とも表記する）・胴（どう）・垂（たれ）の4種から成る。
English: The protective gear for naginata has the fifth part, the shin guard, and its Kote design is slightly different from the one for Japanese art of fencing.
Japanese: なぎなた防具ではこれにすね当てが加わり5種になると共に、小手の様式が剣道用とは幾分違ったものになる。
English: The face part is protected with metal grids (mengane (a metallic part of kendo-swordmanship's mask)) so that a bamboo sword will not strike in the face.
Japanese: 顔の部分は金属の格子（面金）で保護され、竹刀が顔に刺さらないようになっている。
English: The portion from shoulder to the top of the head is covered with sashiko (an old needlework technology) (menbuton (a cloth hook in the back side of men-mask of kendo swordmanship)).
Japanese: 肩から頭頂部にかけては刺し子（面布団）で覆うような造りになっている。
English: The part to protect the throat is called Tsukidare (a throat cover of men-mask of kendo swordmanship) and made especially robust as it is where a tsuki (thrust) is received.
Japanese: 喉を保護する部分は突き垂と呼ばれ、突きを受ける部分であることから、特に強固に作られている。
English: As the Men alone cannot protect the back of the head and the part where it touches head hair is deteriorated with sweat and grease, a tenugui cotton towel (also called as menshita or men taoru) is also used in combination with the Men to compensate for the weakness.
Japanese: 面単体では後頭部を保護できず、また頭髪に接する部分が汗や脂によって劣化しやすくなるため、それらの弱点を補う目的で手拭（面下、面タオルなどとも称する）が併用される。
English: The space between the 6th and the 7th from the top of the mengane (yokogane (a horizontally-set metallic bar of kendo-swordmanship's mask)) (Men for a boy is between the 5th and 6th) is called Monomi and the space of yokogane is slightly wider than others.
Japanese: 面金（横金）の上から6本目と7本目の間（少年用の面では5本目と6本目の間）の位置は物見と呼ばれ、横金の間隔が他の部分よりもわずかに広くなっている。
English: In addition, inside of the Men, there is a bank-like part (uchiwa) that surrounds around the mengane.
Japanese: また、面の内側には、面金を取り巻くように土手状になった部分（内輪）がある。
English: When wearing the Men, players put their lower jaws on the lower part of the uchiwa and adjust their eye level to the monomi.
Japanese: 面を着装する際は内輪の下端に下顎を載せ、さらに目の高さを物見の位置に合わせる。
English: There are two ways to tie this men himo string: one from the both sides and the other is from the top of the head.
Japanese: 面紐の取り方は2通りあり、一つは両側面から取られているものと、もう一つは面の頭頂部から取られているものとがある。
English: How to tie the men himo string depends on players of Japanese art of fencing and the latter is popular among players in the Kansai and Kyushu areas.
Japanese: 剣道をする人によって、それぞれだが、後者の取り方は関西から九州にかけて多い取り方である。
English: Iron or German silver (nickel silver) were once used for the primary materials of the mengane, but light alloy such as duralumin has been started to be used from the point of view of lighter weight.
Japanese: 面金の材質はかつて鉄や洋銀（洋白）が主流であったが、後に面の軽量化の観点からジュラルミンなどの軽合金が広く使われ始めた。
English: However, the light alloy Men is not strong enough, so the titanium alloy Men that has comparatively lower specific gravity and is excel in all aspects such as strength, corrosion resistance, and aesthetic sense has been used for the protective gear for general adults who need higher impact resistance.
Japanese: ただし軽合金製面金は強度的に十分とはいえないため、より高い耐衝撃性を必要とする一般成人向け防具には、比較的低比重ながら強度・耐蝕性・美観のすべてに優れるチタン合金製面金が使われるようになった。
English: In 1997, a new-type of Men of which several mengame (yokogane) nearby monomi are removed and the part is covered with a transparent polycarbonate resin board (product name: Mujumen) was commercially manufactured by Hasegawa Chemical Industry Co., Ltd.
Japanese: 1997年には、物見を中心にして数本の面金（横金）を省略し、その部分を透明なポリカーボネート樹脂板で覆った構造の面（商品名：武楯面（むじゅんめん））が長谷川化学工業から商品化された。
English: This gear has features that it can ensure a wider visual field and the face of the player can be seen from the outside and it has now been officially-recognized for matches.
Japanese: 着装時の視野が広く確保できること、また着装した選手の顔が外から見えることが特徴で、現在では試合用としても公認されている。
English: It has a structure that consists of a main part of a kotebuton (an arm cover of glove for kendo swordmanship) made of sashiko and a kotegashira (a fist cover of glove for kendo swordsmanship) made of moccasin or artificial leather and a strong connecting portion called Tsutsu (a wrist cover of glove used for kendo swordsmanship).
Japanese: 刺し子で作られた小手布団（腕を保護）と、シカ皮革または合成皮革などで作られた小手頭（拳部分を保護）とを主部とし、その両者を筒と呼ばれる強固な部分でつないだ構造を持つ。
English: The palm side (te-no-uchi) of the kotegashira is made of thin leather so that a player can hold a bamboo sword or a naginata.
Japanese: 竹刀や薙刀を握れるように、小手頭の掌側（手の内）は薄い革でできている。
English: The portion to put in a thumb is independently separated from other parts at the top of the kotegashira (For a naginata kote, the index finger portion is also separated).
Japanese: また、小手頭の先端部は、親指を入れる部分が他の部分から独立して分かれている（なぎなた用ではさらに人差し指部分も分かれている）。
English: Except for the kote for boys, the namako (a connection between a fist cover and a wrist cover of glove used for kendo swordsmanship) or a portion called kera is added to protect the wrist.
Japanese: 少年用などの小手を除いては、手首を保護する目的から、小手頭と筒との間に生子（なまこ）もしくはケラと呼ばれる部分が作られている。
English: There are two types of kote with one tier of namako or two tiers of namako but it is said there is little difference in functions between them.
Japanese: 小手によってこの部分が1段のものと2段のものがあるが、機能的には両者ともさほど変わらないとされる。
English: There are also a kote of which finger portion is divided into five like a glove, or a kote that can be washed with water from the aspect of good hygiene.
Japanese: 手袋と同じように指部分が5つに分かれた小手や、衛生面を考慮し水洗いできる材質で作られた小手などもある。
English: The chest cover part (domune) has a structure that a hard core material covered with leather, and the abdomen and axillary parts (dodai) where players receive strikes to the Do is made of very strong materials such as plastic, bamboo, or vulcanized fiber (layers of paper board compressed with special method. Simply it is called fiber).
Japanese: 胸部分（胴胸）は硬い芯材を革で覆った構造を持ち、胴打撃を受け止める腹・腋下部分（胴台）はプラスチックや竹、バルカナイズドファイバー（英：vulcanizedfiber、板紙を重ね合わせて特殊工法で圧縮したもの。単にファイバーとも称する）などの非常に丈夫な素材で作られている。
English: The bamboo dodai is generally made by putting cow skin or sharkskin on the surface and coating layers of urushi (Japanese lacquer) to look beautiful.
Japanese: 竹製の胴台の場合、表面に牛や鮫の皮革を張り、その上に漆を塗り重ねて美麗に仕上げるのが一般的である。
English: The surface coating of the dodai has a wide variety in both the color tone and the finishing method and many are painted in black (roiro: black japan) or dark brown (tameiro) and given a luster by brushing it up.
Japanese: 表面の塗りは色調・仕上げ方法共に多種多様であるが、黒（呂色、ろいろ）または濃茶色（溜色、ためいろ）に塗り、磨きをかけて光沢を出したものが最も多く作られている。
English: In addition, there are also other dodais such as the one with no urushi coating on the leather (kijido) and the one with urushi coated directly on the bamboo surface.
Japanese: その他、革張りの上に漆をかけないもの（生地胴）、竹の表面に直接漆を塗って仕上げるものなどがある。
English: The plastic dodai or the fiber dodai are copy models of leather and urushi finished dodais.
Japanese: なお、プラスチック製やファイバー製の胴台は、革張り・漆塗り仕上げの胴台の様式を模したものとなる。
English: The Dodai also has traditional embroidered patterns called kumogata (cloud form) or shokko (lattice pattern with rectangles or octangles, it is sometimes written as 曙光 in Chinese character) (Shokko is also embroidered on the Tsukidare of the Men).
Japanese: 胴胸にはしばしば、雲型や蜀紅（しょっこう。蜀江や曙光と記す場合もある）などと呼ばれる伝統的な文様の刺繍が施される（蜀紅については面の突き垂にも施される）。
English: Recent years, 'tensashi' (also called 'betasashi') that avoid eye-catching patterns or color, are preferred.
Japanese: 近年は目立つ文様や色遣いを避けた「点刺し」（「ベタ刺し」とも）が好まれる傾向にある。
English: This protective gear, different form other gear, does not receive direct strokes so the entire portion is made of sashiko and cloth knit from strong materials (leather is also used for decoration materials).
Japanese: 他の防具と異なり直接打撃を受けないことから、強固な材質は使われず、全体が刺し子及び布地である（装飾部材としては皮革も含まれる）。
English: In the Odare at the center, a name tag called a Tare name, namely a square piece of cloth with the name of the group a player belongs to it is inserted.
Japanese: なお、中央の大垂には、垂ネームという、自分の所属団体や名前を示す布製のゼッケンがはめられる。
English: It has a structure where several bamboo sticks are connected with a string, and is used to twist around the shin of both legs.
Japanese: 数本の竹材をひもで連結した構造のもので、これを左右両脚のすね部に巻き付けて使用する。
English: The kendo implements are worn in order of the Tare, the Do, (tenugui), the Men, the left Kote, and the right Kote.
Japanese: 剣道具は、垂・胴・（手ぬぐい）・面・左小手・右小手の順に身に着ける。
English: Hari (needle)-kuyo is an event to hold a memorial service for broken sewing needles and offer them to a shrine nearby.
Japanese: 針供養（はりくよう）は、折れた縫い針を供養し、近くの神社に収める行事。
English: The event is mainly held at temples that have Awashima-do Hall which enshrines Awashima-jinja Shrine or Awashima-no-kami.
Japanese: 主に淡島神社（粟島神社）または淡島神を祀る堂（淡島堂・粟島堂）がある寺院で行われる。
English: People hold the service by offering broken needles to a shrine or sticking them in soft materials such as tofu or konnyaku (a gelatinous food made from devil's-tongue starch) and pray that their sewing will become proficient.
Japanese: 折れた針を神社に納めたり、豆腐や蒟蒻のようにやわらかいものに刺したりすることで供養し、裁縫の上達を祈った。
English: Shihandai (assistant instructor) is an instructor in an art field and an assistant of Shihan (grand master).
Japanese: 師範代（しはんだい）とは芸道分野の指導者であり、師範の次席にある者。
English: Or, it is a job grade, license, and title granted to teachers who instruct students from school or Dojo (training hall).
Japanese: またはその流派や道場から門下生を指導教授する者に対して与えられる職位または免許・称号のこと。
English: The license of shihandai enables one to instruct students or younger members; it depends on the school or Dojo.
Japanese: 流派や道場にもよるが、師範代の免許を有することではじめて門下生・後進の指導に参画することができるとされる。
English: To obtain permission for opening a Dojo under the school, the license of shihan is often required.
Japanese: なお、流派の傘下としての道場を開くことを許されるには師範の免許が必要な場合が多い。
English: Kayariki (a mosquito repellent stick holder) is a device to steady a burning repellent stick and to facilitate the post-cleaning of it, keeping ashes from flying off, by burning a mosquito repellent stick in or on it.
Japanese: 蚊遣器（かやりき）は、蚊取り線香を燃やす際、その上や中で香を燃やすことで線香を安定して燃焼させ、灰の飛散を防いで後処理を容易にする道具。
English: Kayariki (a mosquito repellent stick holder) vary in shape or color, and exquisite (or simple) ceramic kayariki is one of the summer features.
Japanese: その形や色は様々で、陶器などで精巧に（あるいは素朴に）作られたものは、夏の風物詩の一つ。
English: Kayariki is small, but it deals with fire; it is made of materials with fire resistance and are flame resistant such as ceramic or metal.
Japanese: 線香という小さいながらも火を扱うものであるため、陶器・金属など耐火性が高く耐燃性の素材で製造される。
English: Among various kayariki, a ceramic kayariki is the most common, 'kayaributa' (a mosquito repellent stick holder in the shape of a pig) is one of well-known designs including Banko-yaki (Banko ceramic ware) in Yokkaichi-juku Station (Yokkaichi City, Mie Prefecture).
Japanese: 中でも陶器で作られたものが古くから一般的であり、ブタを模った「蚊遣豚（かやりぶた）」がその代表的な形状の一つで、三重県四日市市の萬古焼のものなどがある。
English: Apart from ceramic kayariki, a simple metal plate as a base exists, while kayariki made of glass fiber with fire resistance also exist.
Japanese: 他の素材では、最近ではガラス繊維などを利用して耐火性を確保するものも存在する一方、ただ単に金属の皿一枚を基盤として作成された単純なものもある。
English: When repellent sticks in bulk are purchased from a supplier, such metal kayariki may be given as a free gift.
Japanese: 蚊取り線香をまとめて複数購入する際に販売業者から無料で、そのような金属製の蚊遣器がサービスされることもある。
English: During the period when no means other than kayariki were available for extermination of mosquitoes, kayariki played an important role, but their role has been shrinking as well as the use of incense at home, as electric mosquito repellent heaters have become widely used.
Japanese: 駆除を手段とした蚊よけが蚊取り線香のみであった時代には重要な役割を果たしていたが、電気蚊取り機の普及以降、線香と共に一般家庭における役割を縮小している。
English: However, it is still appreciated and used for outdoor activities such as camp in summer.
Japanese: しかし電気が使えない夏のキャンプなどアウトドアにおける活動には未だに重宝される。
English: Although kayariki has been used less often as a practical item, it still has value as a summer feature; various kayariki with ornamental purpose such as kayaributa have been created and are used even today.
Japanese: また実用品としての利用が少なくなったとはいえ、夏の風物詩としての価値はなくなっておらず、鑑賞用として現在でも蚊遣豚など、様々な蚊遣器が作成、使用されている。
English: Kayariki is a device for burning mosquito repellent sticks, and it needs to secure stable burning of such sticks.
Japanese: 蚊遣器は蚊取り線香を燃やす道具であり、まず線香の安定した燃焼を確保しなければならない。
English: For that reason, many kayariki are with a structure enabling provision of sufficient oxygen, and kayariki fix only the end of a repellent stick in kayariki to keep the other part of the repellent stick from contacting with the main unit of kayariki.
Japanese: このため多くの蚊遣器は線香に十分な酸素を供給できる構造になっている他に、線香がその中に設置される際、線香の一端のみを固定し、その他の線香の部位が蚊遣器本体に接触しないように保持している。
English: If the burning part of a repellent stick is in contact with ceramic with high specific heat capacity or metal with high heat conductivity, the heat required for burning would transfer to the contacted part, resulting in burning out.
Japanese: これはもし線香の燃焼部位が比熱容量の高い陶器や熱伝導性の高い金属と接触してしまうと、燃焼に必要な熱がそちらに移動して火が消えてしまうからである。
English: As an exception, kayariki using glass fiber with low heat conductivity would not cause such trouble to a repellent stick even if the ignited part is in contact with the main unit of the kayariki.
Japanese: 例外として、熱伝導性の低いガラス繊維等を利用したものではこの心配はなく、着火部位が蚊遣器本体に接触しても消火されない。
English: To take advantage of this property, a portable kayariki that can be used on a slope or in a place with vibrations is available; clipping an ignited repellent stick by glass fiber nets on both sides.
Japanese: この性質に着目して、着火した蚊取り線香をガラス繊維の網で両端から挟み込み固定することで、傾斜や振動に対応し、蚊取り線香を容易に持ち運び可能にしたものも存在する。
English: A portable kayariki for outdoor activities has claps for hanging kayariki from a belt or etc.
Japanese: 野外での作業時に携帯できるよう作られた蚊遣器には、ベルトなどに蚊遣器を引っかけるための金具がついている。
English: In addition, a repellent stick of kayariki is clipped by the internal side of the kayariki, and the kayariki is in a net-like cover on the external sides, so that it would not be too hot when it is hung in use.
Japanese: また、そのように蚊遣器をぶら下げた時にも熱くないように、蚊取り線香を挟み込む面の外側に網状の覆いがついている。
English: Inuoumono is one of the manners of the art of Japanese archery that started from the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 犬追物（いぬおうもの）は鎌倉時代から始まったとされる日本の弓術の作法の一つ。
English: A flat space of about 132㎡ is prepared and is used as 'umaba' (a horse-riding ground).
Japanese: 競技場として40間四方の平坦なスペースを準備し、そこを「馬場」とする。
English: 36 horsemen (one unit consists of 12 horsemen), 2 judges (called 'kenmi' an inspector), and 2 people for calling, and 150 dogs also enter the umaba, and horsemen compete each other how many dogs they shoot at within a given time period.
Japanese: その馬場に36騎の騎手（12騎を1組とする）、2騎の検分者（「検見」といわれる）、2騎の喚次、150匹の犬を投入し、所定の時間内に騎手が何匹犬を射たかで争う。
English: However, they did not actually harm dogs but used specially designed arrows called 'inuuchihikime' arrow (an arrow for dog-shooting).
Japanese: しかし実際に犬を打ち抜くことは無く、「犬射引目」（いぬうちひきめ）という特殊な矢を使用した。
English: It was not merely about shooting at dogs but there were many techniques according to how to shoot or what part of the dog an arrow hit, such as winning moves in sumo.
Japanese: ただ単に犬に矢を当てればいいと言う物ではなく、相撲の決め手のように打ち方や命中した場所によっていくつもの技が存在した。