Prince Akishino and his wife attend the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations (2023/09/22)- Easy News

秋篠宮ご夫妻外交関係50年の記念式典に出席(2023年9月22日)

Prince Akishino and his wife attend the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations (2023/09/22)

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ベトナムを訪問している秋篠宮ご夫妻が日本と外交関係を結び、50年を記念する式典に出席されました。　
Prince Akishino and his wife, who are visiting Vietnam, attended the celebration of the 50th anniversary of diplomatic relations with Japan.
式典で、秋篠宮ご夫妻はベトナムの子どもたちの合唱などを鑑賞されました。
At the ceremony, Prince Akishino and his wife enjoyed the Vietnamese children's choir.
「今日の両国の友好関係は、1000年以上の長い交流の歴史の中で培われてきました」　
“Today's friendly relationship between Japan and Vietnam has been cultivated through a long history of exchanges over 1,000 years.”
秋篠宮さまはさらに、「歴史に思いをはせながら、日本とベトナムとの交流の歩みに触れることができれば」と挨拶されました。　
Prince Akishino continued to address the audience: “I hope you will be able to experience the process of exchange between Japan and Vietnam while thinking about previous history.”
これに先立ち、ご夫妻は第二次世界大戦で駐留した元日本兵が戦後、現地に残してきたベトナム人の家族らと面会されました。　
Prior to this, the couple met with Vietnamese families of former Japanese soldiers stationed there during World War II who left behind after the war.
面会を終えた家族らは、秋篠宮ご夫妻が「困難を乗り越えるよう励ましてくれた」などと話しました。
After the visit, family members said Prince Akishino and his wife encouraged them to overcome difficulties.

ベトナムを訪問している秋篠宮ご夫妻が日本と外交関係を結び、50年を記念する式典に出席されました。　

関係

Relation, relationship, connection; participation, involvement, concern; influence, effect; sexual relations, sexual relationship; related to ..., connected to ..

出席

Attendance, presence, appearance; to attend, to be present, to appear

日本

Japan

訪問

Call, visit

外交

Diplomacy; selling (e.g. door-to-door), canvassing

記念

Commemoration, celebration, honoring the memory of something, turning something into a memento, memory

夫妻

Man and wife, married couple

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

結び

Ending, conclusion; join, union, connecting; knot, knotting; rice ball

式典

Ceremony, rites
式典で、秋篠宮ご夫妻はベトナムの子どもたちの合唱などを鑑賞されました。

鑑賞

Appreciation (e.g. of art), aesthetic sense

夫妻

Man and wife, married couple

合唱

Chorus, singing in a chorus

式典

Ceremony, rites
「今日の両国の友好関係は、1000年以上の長い交流の歴史の中で培われてきました」　

以上

Not less than, ... and more, ... and upwards; beyond ... (e.g. one''s means), further (e.g. nothing further to say), more than ... (e.g. cannot pay more than that); above-mentioned, foregoing; since ..., seeing that ..; this is all, that is the end, the end

関係

Relation, relationship, connection; participation, involvement, concern; influence, effect; sexual relations, sexual relationship; related to ..., connected to ..

歴史

History

今日

Today, this day; these days, recently, nowadays

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

交流

(cultural) exchange, interchange, interaction, (inter-) mingling, (social, etc.) networking, intercourse; alternating current, ac

友好

Friendship

年

Year; many years; age; past one''s prime, old age

長い

Long (distance); long (time), lengthy

両国

Both countries; ryougoku (area of tokyo)
秋篠宮さまはさらに、「歴史に思いをはせながら、日本とベトナムとの交流の歩みに触れることができれば」と挨拶されました。　

歴史

History

日本

Japan

挨拶

Greeting, greetings, salutation, salute, polite set phrase used when meeting or parting from somebody; polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc; speech (congratulatory or appreciative), address; reply, response; revenge, retaliation; a fine thing to say (used as part of a sarcastic response to a rude remark); dialoging (with another zen practitioner to ascertain their level of enlightenment)

触れる

To touch, to feel; to experience, to come in contact with, to be emotionally moved (by), to perceive; to touch on a subject, to allude to; to be in conflict (with), to violate (law, copyright, etc.); to proclaim

交流

(cultural) exchange, interchange, interaction, (inter-) mingling, (social, etc.) networking, intercourse; alternating current, ac

歩み

Walking; progress, advance

思い

Thought; imagination, mind, heart; desire, wish, hope, expectation; love, affection; feelings, emotion, sentiment, experience
これに先立ち、ご夫妻は第二次世界大戦で駐留した元日本兵が戦後、現地に残してきたベトナム人の家族らと面会されました。　

世界

The world, society, the universe; sphere, circle, world; renowned, world-famous, well-known outside of japan; realm governed by one buddha, space

日本

Japan

元

Unknown (e.g. in an equation); element (of a set); yuan (monetary unit of china); yuan dynasty (china)

大戦

Great war, great battle

夫妻

Man and wife, married couple

第

Ordinal

人

Person

現地

Actual place, local, on-site

家族

Family, members of a family

次

Next, following, subsequent; stage, station

二

Two

面会

Meeting (face-to-face), interview

兵

Warrior, soldier; courageous person, strong person

戦後

Postwar period, period after second world war

先立ち

Before

駐留

stationing (e.g. of troops), garrison
面会を終えた家族らは、秋篠宮ご夫妻が「困難を乗り越えるよう励ましてくれた」などと話しました。

困難

Difficulty, distress

夫妻

Man and wife, married couple

家族

Family, members of a family

乗り越える

To climb over, to get over, to ride across; to surmount, to overcome; to surpass, to overtake

面会

Meeting (face-to-face), interview

励まし

Encouragement (as an abstract concept), stimulation