キツネとツル
キツネとツル
A fox and Craneキツネが平たいお皿にマメのスープを入れて、ツルにすすめました。
A fox offered bean soup in a flat plate to a crane.ツルが困っているのを見て、キツネは笑いました。
The fox laughed at the crane which looked so annoyed.スープが水っぽくて、ツルの細い口には入らないからです。
The soup was so watery that there’s no way for the crane to sip with the long and thin mouth.ところが今度はツルがキツネを食事に呼んで
One day, the crane invited the fox to dinner細長いくびのびんにごちそうを入れて出しました
and served food in a bottle with the long and thin neck.ツルは楽に口を突っ込んで食べましたが
Though the crane ate it putting his mouth into the bottle easily,キツネの口は細長いくびのびんには入らない為、どうしても食べる事が出来ません
the fox couldn't eat it because he couldn't put his mouth into the bottle with the long thin neck.キツネに仕返しをしたツルは、困っているキツネを見て笑いました
The crane, who succeeded getting back at the fox, laughed at the fox in trouble.こんな風に、学者たちが食事の時に難しい理屈の問題を持ち出すと
Thus, if scholars bring up difficult subjects to talk about at meal times,それがわからない普通の人々は退屈しますし
ordinary people would be bored not knowing what to say to respond.反対に普通の人々がバカげた話を持ち出すと、学者たちは嫌な顔をします
Oppositely, if ordinary people raise a foolish topic to talk about, scohlars would be unpleasant.立場の違う人たちが食事をすると、こう言う事になる事を、このお話しは教えています
This story tells us that if people in different positions from each other have meals together, they wouldn't enjoy.食事は気の合った仲間と、楽しく食べたいですね
It’s always better to have meals with your good friends.キツネとツル
キツネ
fox
キツネが平たいお皿にマメのスープを入れて、ツルにすすめました。
キツネ
fox
皿
Plate, dish, platter, disc; serving, helping, course; kanji radical 108 (at the bottom)
スープ
(western) soup
入れる
To put in, to let in, to take in, to bring in, to insert, to set (a jewel, etc.), to ink in (e.g. a tattoo); to admit, to accept, to employ, to hire; to accept, to comply, to grant, to adopt (a policy, etc.), to take (advice, etc.), to listen to, to pay attention to; to include; to pay (one''s rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax), to call
平たい
Flat, even, level, simple; plain (speech, etc.), simple
ツルが困っているのを見て、キツネは笑いました。
キツネ
fox
笑う
To laugh; to smile; to sneer, to ridicule; to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted
見る
To see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe; to look over, to look on, to assess, to examine, to judge; to look after, to keep an eye on, to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try, to try out; to see that..., to find that..
困る
To be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to be embarrassed, to be stumped
スープが水っぽくて、ツルの細い口には入らないからです。
スープ
(western) soup
入る
To enter, to go into; to break into; to join, to enroll; to contain, to hold, to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get, to receive, to score
口
Mouth, speech; counter for people or implements
細い
Thin, slender, fine; unlucky (billiards slang)
水っぽい
Watery, soggy; racy, titillating, sexy, suggestive
ところが今度はツルがキツネを食事に呼んで
キツネ
fox
今度
Now, this time, next time, another time
食事
Meal; to eat
呼ぶ
To call out (to), to call, to invoke; to summon (a doctor, etc.); to invite; to designate, to name, to brand; to garner (support, etc.), to gather; to take as one''s wife
細長いくびのびんにごちそうを入れて出しました
入れる
To put in, to let in, to take in, to bring in, to insert, to set (a jewel, etc.), to ink in (e.g. a tattoo); to admit, to accept, to employ, to hire; to accept, to comply, to grant, to adopt (a policy, etc.), to take (advice, etc.), to listen to, to pay attention to; to include; to pay (one''s rent, etc.); to cast (a vote); to make (tea, coffee, etc.); to turn on (a switch, etc.); to send (a fax), to call
出す
To take out, to get out; to put out, to reveal, to show; to submit (e.g. thesis), to turn in; to publish, to make public; to send (e.g. letter); to produce (a sound), to start (fire); to serve (food); to begin ..., to start to ..., to burst into ..
細長い
Long and narrow
ツルは楽に口を突っ込んで食べましたが
楽
Comfort, ease; raku pottery
突っ込む
To thrust (something) into (something), to cram; to plunge into, to go into deeply; to get involved with, to meddle, to poke one''s nose into; to riposte, to retort, to quip
口
Mouth, speech; counter for people or implements
食べる
To eat; to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
キツネの口は細長いくびのびんには入らない為、どうしても食べる事が出来ません
キツネ
fox
為
Good, advantage, benefit, welfare; sake, purpose, objective, aim; consequence, result, effect; affecting, regarding, concerning
事
Thing, matter; incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis; circumstances, situation, state of affairs; work, business, affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..; alias, aka, nickname, alternative name, also known as
出来る
To be able (in a position) to do, to be up to the task; to be ready, to be completed; to be made, to be built; to be good at, to be permitted (to do); to become intimate, to take up (with somebody); to grow, to be raised; to become pregnant
入る
To enter, to go into; to break into; to join, to enroll; to contain, to hold, to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get, to receive, to score
口
Mouth, speech; counter for people or implements
食べる
To eat; to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
細長い
Long and narrow
キツネに仕返しをしたツルは、困っているキツネを見て笑いました
キツネ
fox
笑う
To laugh; to smile; to sneer, to ridicule; to be dumbfounded, to be flabbergasted
見る
To see, to look, to watch, to view, to observe; to look over, to look on, to assess, to examine, to judge; to look after, to keep an eye on, to take care of; to view (e.g. flowers, movie); to try, to try out; to see that..., to find that..
困る
To be troubled, to be worried, to be bothered, to be embarrassed, to be stumped
仕返し
Being even with, reprisal, tit for tat, retaliation, revenge
こんな風に、学者たちが食事の時に難しい理屈の問題を持ち出すと
食事
Meal; to eat
学者
Scholar
時
Time, hour, moment; occasion, case; chance, opportunity, season; the times, the age, the day; tense
風
Method, manner, way, style; appearance, air; tendency; folk song (genre of the shi jing); wind (one of the five elements)
こんな
Such (about something or someone close to the speaker (including the speaker), or about ideas expressed by the speaker), like this
難しい
Difficult, hard, troublesome, complicated, serious (disease, problem, etc.); fussy, particular, fastidious, hard to please, displeased; gloomy, glum, sullen, serious (look); dirty, unclean, filthy, detestable; unpleasant, uncomfortable, creepy, spooky
問題
Question (e.g. on a test), problem; problem (e.g. societal, political), question, issue, subject (e.g. of research), case, matter; question (i.e. doubt); public discussion, controversy; trouble, problem, inconvenience, difficulty
理屈
Theory, reason
持ち出す
To take out, to carry out, to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something, to broach a topic, to bring up (a subject), to raise (an issue), to mention
それがわからない普通の人々は退屈しますし
普通
General, ordinary, usual; normally, generally, usually; train that stops at every station
退屈
Tedium, boredom
人々
Each person, people, men and women, everybody
反対に普通の人々がバカげた話を持ち出すと、学者たちは嫌な顔をします
反対
Opposition, resistance, antagonism, hostility, objection, dissension; reverse, opposite, vice versa, contrast
普通
General, ordinary, usual; normally, generally, usually; train that stops at every station
学者
Scholar
嫌
Disagreeable, detestable, unpleasant, reluctant
話
Counter for stories, episodes of tv series, etc
顔
Face, visage; look, expression, countenance; honor, honour, face; influence, notoriety
人々
Each person, people, men and women, everybody
持ち出す
To take out, to carry out, to bring out from where it belongs; to mention something, to broach a topic, to bring up (a subject), to raise (an issue), to mention
立場の違う人たちが食事をすると、こう言う事になる事を、このお話しは教えています
食事
Meal; to eat
事
Thing, matter; incident, occurrence, event, something serious, trouble, crisis; circumstances, situation, state of affairs; work, business, affair; after an inflectable word, creates a noun phrase indicating something the speaker does not feel close to; nominalizing suffix; pretending to ..., playing make-believe ..; alias, aka, nickname, alternative name, also known as
立場
Standpoint, position, situation
人
Person
言う
To say, to utter, to declare; to name, to call; to go (e.g. "the alarm went ping"), to make a noise
教える
To teach, to inform, to instruct
違う
To differ, to be different; to run counter to; to change (into something out of the ordinary)
食事は気の合った仲間と、楽しく食べたいですね
合う
To come together, to merge, to unite, to meet; to fit, to match, to suit, to agree with, to be correct; to be profitable, to be equitable; to do ... to each other, to do ... together
気
Seeming, giving the appearance of, giving one the feeling of
食事
Meal; to eat
仲間
Company, fellow, colleague, associate, comrade, mate, group, circle of friends, partner; member of the same category
楽しい
Enjoyable, fun
食べる
To eat; to live on (e.g. a salary), to live off, to subsist on
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