異文化ディスカッション (58) Martial Arts

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ニュージーランド出身のAnnaと、アメリカ出身のMatteenをゲストに迎えた「異文化ディスカッション」の２回めをお届けします。今回のテーマは「世界の格闘技」です。



「異文化ディスカッション」では、広島大学に学ぶ留学生をゲストに招き、東広島での学生生活や、身近な話題について、英語で話してもらいます。



聞き手：Joe Lauer（広島大学外国語教育研究センタ―）

（中級〜上級向け）



Image credit: (C) John Lamonica via Wikimedia CC BY-SA 3.0.



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pretty much

= a relatively large amount, kind of a lot



strictly

= only, in one way



a pedestrian

= a person walking on and next to streets



a lack of

= not having enough of



obviously

= of course, clearly



to stare

= to look at for a long time



to be annoying

= to be irritating, 腹立たしい



to stick out

= to stand out, to be easily noticed because different



Brazilian jiu-jitsu

= a self-defense system that includes a lot of fighting techniques while lying on the ground.



to severely maim (someone)

= to badly injure (someone)



kung fu

= unarmed Chinese martial arts, resembling karate



A: So, you never broke any bones?

B: No.

Note that, in contrast to Japanese, to agree with a negative sentence, the second person needs to say "No."

Example 1:

A: It's not snowing outside now?

B: No. It's warm outside.

Example 2:

A: You are not French?

B: No, I'm Japanese.



a bunch of

= a lot of



taekwondo

= a Korean form of fighting, using techniques from China and Japan



goujyu-ryu

= 剛柔流, karate using hard and soft techniques



Gichin Funakoshi

= 船越儀珍 (1868-1957), often called “the father of modern karate”



showy

= flashy, 派手な、人目をひく



a strike

= a hit, a punch or kick



the hips

= the waist, 腰



whether… or…

= …か（または…か）



to sway

= to swing



craftsmen

= people who make things with their hands



momentum

= movement and energy, 勢い



however

= no matter how



to redirect

= to change the direction of



to beat… up

= ひどい目に合わす、傷つける



ground work

= wrestling on the ground



if you ever happen to be

= if you ever are by chance



like a fish flopping around

= imagine a fish out of water on the ground, helplessly trying to save itself



to adapt

= to change, to modify



Palo

= the name of Anna's teacher



cuddly

= comfortable, you want to hug it, 抱きしめたいような、とてもかわいい



flowing

= smoothly moving



insight

= clear and new ideas



a term

= an expression or word



once

= when, after



a stunt

= （映画の）スタント, 離れわざ



multiple

= many, various



to be at a plateau

= at a high flat area, not improving



gear

= equipment



to settle down

= to stop moving around, to live in one place



to get in shape

= to become physically strong and not fat