日本の住宅と北米の住宅の違い
- 日本と北米の住宅には、サイズだけでなく新しさに関する考え方の違いがあります。
- 日本では、約30年以上経った家やマンションは古いと考えられています。
- 一方、北米では、家の材料が木ではなく、レンガなどのより丈夫な材料で作られているため、家の年齢にあまり気を使いません。
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Besides the size of homes, ideas about newness are another difference. In Japan, a house or apartment building that is older than about 30 years is considered old. This is partly because the traditional material for building Japanese houses is wood, which has a short life span. Another reason is that Japanese tend to put a greater emphasis on new things compared to North Americans. This need for new things may come from the Buddhist idea that nothing is permanent, or perhaps it originated with Shinto ideas about purity. As a result, homes more than about 30 years old are usually destroyed and replaced by new ones. North Americans are less concerned about the age of their homes. This is because they are often made of more solid materials such as brick, which lasts a long time. In fact, older homes are often made of better quality materials than new homes. Naturally, the interior goes out of date, so many owners renovate the inside of their homes. In this way, some houses last for more than 100 or 200 years. Another major difference involves the behavior of people towards their homes. Japanese have had a long tradition of cleanliness. IN the third century, Chinese travelers to Japan commented on the cleanliness of the Japanese. Early European travelers made similar comments. In the home, Japanese have some rather unique characteristics related to cleanliness. For instance, no one wears shoes inside, an important part of Japanese culture related to group identity. On the other hand, North Americans often wear shoes in the house, even in the bathroom and bedroom. Another difference that shows the cleanliness of Japanese is the separation of the toilet and the bathroom. In North America, they are usually in the same room. ※renovate「更新する」 make a distinction 「～を区別する」
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<和訳例> 家の規模以外に、新しさについての考え方も、もう一つの違いです。日本では、築後約30年以上の古い家やアパートは、老朽化している思われます。これは一つには、日本の家を建築するための伝統的な材料が木材であって、その寿命が短いためです。もう一つの理由は、日本人が北米人と比べて新しいものをより尊重する傾向があるということです。この新しいものに対する需要は、永遠に変わらぬものは何もない（諸行無常）という仏教の思想から来ているのかもしれません、あるいは、もしかすると、不浄感（穢れの無さ）についての神道の考えに始まったのかもしれません。その結果、築後約30年以上の家は、通常、取り壊され、新しい家に建て替えられるのです。北米人は、彼らの家の築年数にはあまり関心を持ちません。これは、それらが、より長持ちのする、レンガのようなより頑丈な材料でしばしば作られているからです。実際、古い家の方が、新しい家より上質の材料でしばしばできています。当然、内装は古くなるので、多くの所有者は、彼らの家の内部を改装します。このようにして、100年、200年以上の間長持ちのする家もあるのです。 もう一つの大きな相違は、人々の自分の家に対する態度に関わっています。日本人は、綺麗好きの長い伝統を持ってきました。３世紀に日本を訪れた中国の旅行者は、日本人の綺麗好きに言及しました。初期のヨーロッパからの旅行者も、類似した言及をしています。家屋内で、日本人は、清潔さに関わるいくつかのかなり独特の特徴を持っています。たとえば、誰も屋内では靴を履きません。このことは、集団としてのアイデンティティに関して日本文化の重要な一部となっています。他方、北米人は、家の中でしばしば靴を履いています、浴室や寝室でさえ履いている場合があります。日本人の綺麗好きを示すもう一つの違いは、トイレと浴室を分けていることです。北米では、それらは、通常、同じ部屋にあります。
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sayshe です。訂正です。第１段落中ほどの この新しいものに対する需要は、永遠に変わらぬものは何もない（諸行無常）という仏教の思想から来ているのかもしれません、あるいは、もしかすると、【不浄感 ⇒ 清浄感】（穢れの無さ）についての神道の考えに始まったのかもしれません。 を【 】内を変更して下さい。失礼しました。
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