初めて日本に来た時の驚きと感動
- 初めて日本に来た時の感動と驚きを述べた話。
- 現地の言葉が分からず、お辞儀を交わす二人が不思議に思えた。
- フランス人の旅行者から「domo」という表現が「ありがとう」を意味すると教えてもらい、使い方についても学んだ。
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【1】 At last l was in Japan. l stepped out of the plane into the Narita Airport building for the first time. l was walking towards immigration when １ saw it. It was the first time in my life. Two Japanese were standing in front of each other bowing, bowing, and bowing. They seemed to bow for even There was something else though - something very shocking. They ｗｅre saying many things, but I could not understand. For the first time, l was in ａ country where I could not even guess ａ single word of the local language. To me, whatever those two people were saying to each other, it just sounded like noise. However, I could pick up one of the sounds very clearly. It was DOMO. On the way out of the airport, I could hear again and again that same domo l had to find out what it was. Walking right beside me was ａ French businessman on his second tｗｏ-day trip to Japan. He looked like an expert on things Japanese. “Well” he said, “my experience has taught me that it means something like thank you." Then he went on explaining:. "Whenever you want to thank anyone for anything and be polite at the same tune. just say ‘domo and it will be all right. And don*t forget. You have to bow every time you say thank you.* On hearing that I said to myself‘Oh, this is a very useful expression. I must remember it”
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ついに私は日本についた。私は飛行機を降りて、成田空港のビルに初めて入った。私がそれを見たのは、私が入管の方へ歩いていた時だった。私の人生でそれは初めてのことだった。二人の日本人が互いに向き合って立って、何度も何度もお辞儀をしていた。彼らは他に何かあってもお辞儀をするようだったーとてもショッキングなことだった。彼らは多くのことを言っていたが、私は理解できなかった。始めて、私は、その土地の言葉を一言も推測できない国にいた。私にとって、その二人の人がお互いに何を話そうと、それは雑音の様に聞こえた。しかし、私はその音の中から一つとてもはっきりと聞きとることができた。それは「どうも」だった。 空港を出る時、私は何度も何度もまたあの「どうも」を聞いた。私は、それは何なのか調べなくてはならなかった。私のすぐ隣を歩いていたのは、日本へ二度目の旅行になるフランス人のビジネスマンだった。彼は、日本のことに関する専門家の様に見えた。「そうだね」と彼は言った「私の経験で知ったんだが、それはありがとうのようなことを意味しているんだよ」 それから、彼は説明を続けた。「誰かに何かについてお礼を言いたい時はいつも、同じ調子で礼儀正しくして、「どうも」と言いさえすれば、それでいいんだ。それから、忘れちゃだめだよ。ありがとうをいうたびにお辞儀をしなくてはいけない。それを聞いた途端、私は、「あぁ、これはとても役に立つ表現だ。覚えておかなくっちゃ」と思った。
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When I arrived at the dormitory, a professor from the university was waiting for me. I wanted to make a good impression So I bowed and said something like "blah blah blah domo blah blah domo domo domo" I took great care to say the domo very clearly. The rest was in a very small and impossible-to-understand voice. Just the sounds. Notice that I said the last domo three times. I wanted to sound very polite. In English it would sound very strange saying thank you, thank you, thank you, so many times, but in Japanese it did not sound bad at all. Anyway, I didn't know what I was saying. The professor looked at me and smiled, "Oh! You speak Japanese very well." I was very happy. Only a few hours in the country and I was already learning the rules of Japanese politeness. Later the same day I met another professor. I bowed and again the same unrecognizable sounds and the dear domes. It worked well. This professor, too, smiled and congratulated me on the perfect Japanese I could speak. The French businessman was right. A bow and a domo, and everybody is happy.
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