"Persimmon hanging wind" signals late autumn The right time to dry persimmon (2020/11/14)- Easy News

晩秋告げる「柿すだれ」　枯露柿づくり最盛期(2020年11月14日)

"Persimmon hanging wind" signals late autumn The right time to dry persimmon (2020/11/14)

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山梨県甲州市では特産の枯露柿づくりが最盛期を迎えています。
In Koshu city, Yamanashi prefecture, specialty production, dried persimmons, is at the most appropriate time.
枯露柿は渋柿の皮をむいた後、3週間ほど天日に干すことで渋が抜け、甘みが蓄えられるということです。
After peeling persimmons, they are dried in the sun for 3 weeks to remove the acrid and keep the sweetness.
今年は7月の長雨の影響や柿の病気もあり収穫量は例年の5割程度ですが、
This year, due to the influence of the long rain in July and the disease on persimmon trees, the yield decreased about 50% compared to every year,
仕上がりは上々だということで、年末年始の贈答品として全国に送られます。
however, due to the high quality of the product, it will be sent nationwide as a year-end and New Year gift.

山梨県甲州市では特産の枯露柿づくりが最盛期を迎えています。

市

City

迎え

Meeting, greeting, welcome

県

Territory (pre-taika: under the yamato court; heian: under a provincial governor, etc.); countryside

特産

Specialty, special product

期

Period, time; age; term (e.g. in office), period; session (e.g. of parliament); stage (e.g. disease)

山梨

Wild nashi (pyrus pyrifolia var. pyrifolia), wild japanese pear
枯露柿は渋柿の皮をむいた後、3週間ほど天日に干すことで渋が抜け、甘みが蓄えられるということです。

後

After

皮

Skin, hide, pelt, fur; rind, peel, husk, bark; shell, sheath, wrapping; mask (hiding one''s true nature), seeming

週間

Week, weekly

干す

To air, to dry, to desiccate; to drain (off); to drink up; to deprive of a role, job, etc. (usu. in the passive)

渋

Astringent (puckery) juice (of unripe persimmons)

蓄え

Store, reserve, stock, savings

渋柿

astringent persimmon

天日

the sun, sunlight
今年は7月の長雨の影響や柿の病気もあり収穫量は例年の5割程度ですが、

量

Quantity, amount, volume, portion (of food)

影響

Influence, effect; to influence, to affect, to have an influence on, to impact, to have an effect on

収穫

Harvest, crop, ingathering; fruits (of one''s labors), results

月

Monday

程度

Degree, amount, grade, standard, of the order of (following a number), about, approximately

割

Rate, ratio, proportion, percentage; profit; assignment; 10%, unit of ten percent; match, schedule of matches; diluted with (of drinks), mixed with

今年

This year

病気

Illness, disease, sickness

柿

Kaki, japanese persimmon (diospyros kaki)

例年

Average (normal, ordinary) year; every year, annually

長雨

long spell of rain
仕上がりは上々だということで、年末年始の贈答品として全国に送られます。

送る

To send (a thing), to dispatch, to despatch, to transmit; to take or escort (a person somewhere), to see off (a person); to bid farewell (to the departed), to bury; to spend (time), to live one''s life; to pass (down the line); to affix okurigana

品

Elegance, grace, refinement, class, dignity; article, item; counter for items (of food, etc.), counter for dishes or courses (at a restaurant)

全国

Countrywide, nationwide, whole country, national

上々

The best, great, superb

として

As (i.e. in the role of), for (i.e. from the viewpoint of); apart from... (used to change the topic); even (e.g. "not even a single person"); thinking that..., trying to..

仕上がり

Finish, end, completion

年末年始

New Year's holiday, period encompassing the close of the old year and the start of the New Year

贈答

exchange of presents