浮世絵で知ろう「明治時代の合コン事情」（プTV）

Name: 浮世絵で知ろう「明治時代の合コン事情」（プTV）
Channel: プープーテレビ（毎日20時公開）

How Did He and She Meet in Meiji?

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皆さんは明治時代にも合コンがあったのをご存知でしょうか？
Everyone, did you know that there were matchmaking parties in the Meijji era too?
しかし、現在のように男女平等の世の中ではなかったため、女性に合コン参加権は認められていなかったのです。
But, as it wasn't a world like now where man and women were equal, women's right to participate in matchmaking parties was not recognized.
それじゃ、今日は盛り上がっていきましょう！イエイ！
Well then, let's have fun today! Yay!
早速、席替えしましょうか？- どういう風に分ける？
Shall we change the seating arrangement right away? -How will we split up?
うーん...- 髭あり、髭なし、髭あり、髭なしで交互に座ろう。
Hmm... -Let's sit alternately like this - with beard, no beard, with beard, no beard.
それじゃ改めまして、乾杯！- そろそろゲームでもやろうか？- 山手線ゲーム！
Well then, once again, cheers! -Isn't it about time we played a game or something? -The Yamanote train line game!
古今東西、古今東西、鉄道の駅の名前。
All ages and places, all ages and places, the name of train stations.
品川。- 横浜。- ずるいよ、こんなテーマ。
Shinagawa. -Yokohama. -This theme isn't fair!
それじゃ続いて、古今東西、古今東西、総理大臣の名前。
Well then, next... All ages and places, all ages and places, the names of prime ministers.
伊藤博文。- 伊藤博文。- 伊藤博文。- 伊藤博文。- つまんないから、もう止めようか。
Itou Hirobumi. -Itou Hirobumi. -Itou Hirobumi. -Itou Hirobumi. -This is borning, so let's stop it.
このように、今一つ合コン人気が高まらなかったため、明治時代には政略結婚やお見合い結婚が多かったそうです。
Like this, the popularity of matchmaking parties didn't increase, so during the Meiji Era, many marriages were political or arranged.

皆さんは明治時代にも合コンがあったのをご存知でしょうか？

時代

Period, epoch, era, age; the times, those days; oldness, ancientness, antiquity; antique, period piece

皆さん

All, everyone, everybody

合コン

Joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges), combined party, mixer, two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

明治

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)
しかし、現在のように男女平等の世の中ではなかったため、女性に合コン参加権は認められていなかったのです。

女性

Woman, female; feminine gender

平等

Equality, impartiality, evenness

世の中

Society, the world, the times

現在

Now, current, present, present time, as of

参加

Participation

権

Right (to do something); authority, power

男女

Masculine woman, mannish woman; feminine man, effeminate man; intersexual, hermaphrodite

認め

Approval, final seal (of approval), acceptance

合コン

Joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges), combined party, mixer, two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party
それじゃ、今日は盛り上がっていきましょう！イエイ！

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays
早速、席替えしましょうか？- どういう風に分ける？

席

Seat; location (of a gathering, etc.), place; position, post

分ける

To divide (into), to split (into), to part, to separate, to divide up, to classify, to sort out, to divide out; to share, to distribute, to deal out, to dish out; to distinguish, to discriminate, to differentiate (between); to break up (a fight), to mediate; to call a draw, to tie; to push one''s way through (a crowd); to sell

早速

At once, immediately, without delay, promptly

風

Method, manner, way, style; appearance, air; tendency; folk song (genre of the shi jing); wind (one of the five elements)

替え

Change, alteration, substitute, spare, proxy; rate of exchange
うーん...- 髭あり、髭なし、髭あり、髭なしで交互に座ろう。

髭

Moustache, beard, whiskers; extremely short pulse appearing on an electrical signal

交互

Mutual, reciprocal, alternate

うーん

Hmm, well
それじゃ改めまして、乾杯！- そろそろゲームでもやろうか？- 山手線ゲーム！

線

Line, stripe, stria; line (e.g. telephone line), wire; ray (e.g. x-ray), beam; line (e.g. of a railroad), track, route, lane; outline, contours, form; level; division; line (of action), position, approach, policy, principle; impression one leaves, air one gives off

そろそろ

Slowly, quietly, steadily, gradually, gingerly; soon, momentarily, before long, any time now

ゲーム

Game

乾杯

Toast, drink (in celebration or in honor of something); drinking one''s glass dry; cheers

改め

Former (e.g. name), previous, changed

山手

Place near the mountains; hilly section of a city (e.g. tokyo, kobe, yokohama)
古今東西、古今東西、鉄道の駅の名前。

鉄道

Railroad, railway, rail transport

東西

East and west; orient and occident, east and west; ladies and gentlemen!, your attention, please!, roll-up, roll-up

駅

Station

名前

Name, full name; given name, first name

古今

Ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present
品川。- 横浜。- ずるいよ、こんなテーマ。

テーマ

Theme, topic, subject matter, motif, project, slogan

こんな

Such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker), like this

横浜

Yokohama (city)
それじゃ続いて、古今東西、古今東西、総理大臣の名前。

大臣

Cabinet minister

東西

East and west; orient and occident, east and west; ladies and gentlemen!, your attention, please!, roll-up, roll-up

名前

Name, full name; given name, first name

総理

Prime minister (as the head of a cabinet government), premier; leading, overseeing, leader, overseer, president

古今

Ancient and modern times, all ages, past and present
伊藤博文。- 伊藤博文。- 伊藤博文。- 伊藤博文。- つまんないから、もう止めようか。

つまんない

Dull, boring
このように、今一つ合コン人気が高まらなかったため、明治時代には政略結婚やお見合い結婚が多かったそうです。

時代

Period, epoch, era, age; the times, those days; oldness, ancientness, antiquity; antique, period piece

人気

Sign of life, human presence; humanity, humaneness

結婚

Marriage

合コン

Joint party (e.g. by students from several colleges), combined party, mixer, two or more groups, esp. female and male students, combining for a party

明治

Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30)

見合い

formal marriage interview, marriage meeting

今一つ

one more, another, the other; not quite, not very good, lacking

政略

politics, political manoeuvre, political maneuver