長く伸びたしべが、ネコのヒゲに似ています。多年草ですが、寒さに弱いので日本で越冬するのは難しいようです。
The long stamen looks like the whiskers of a cat. It is perennial plant, but it seems to be difficult to pass the winter in Japan because this grass is sensitive to cold.
2017年6月30日金曜日
2017年6月29日木曜日
元号 Japanese traditional era name
天皇陛下が在位30年を節目として譲位を希望されました。その故に2019年1月1日に皇太子が天皇になり、同日から新元号になります。
天皇陛下が変わる度に、リセットされる年号表示は何かと不便です。
His Majesty the Emperor considered the 30 years of his reign as a turning point and hoped for abdication. Therefore, Crown Prince becomes the Emperor on January 1, 2019, and the new name of an era is used from the same day.
When His Majesty the Emperor changes, the name of era is changed and the consecutive number is also reset. That is inconvenient in various ways.
天皇陛下が変わる度に、リセットされる年号表示は何かと不便です。
His Majesty the Emperor considered the 30 years of his reign as a turning point and hoped for abdication. Therefore, Crown Prince becomes the Emperor on January 1, 2019, and the new name of an era is used from the same day.
When His Majesty the Emperor changes, the name of era is changed and the consecutive number is also reset. That is inconvenient in various ways.
Princess Michiko |
2017年6月28日水曜日
忘れ物 forget to bring
誰か置き忘れたのでしょうか、ベンチにガマズミの実がありました。
There is a lump of viburnum seeds on a bench, probably someone forgot to bring it home.
There is a lump of viburnum seeds on a bench, probably someone forgot to bring it home.
2017年6月27日火曜日
合歓木 silk tree
そろそろ、ネムノキに花が咲いたかと思い出かけましたがまだ蕾でした。
I thought whether the flowers of the silk tree have bloomed and went out to see the tree, but it was still buds.
I thought whether the flowers of the silk tree have bloomed and went out to see the tree, but it was still buds.
2017年6月26日月曜日
ベニシジミ small copper
開けた草むらでよく見かける小ぶりの蝶です。逃げないようにそっと近づきました。
印象は、視点によって大いに変化します。
We often see this small-sized butterfly at a clear grass field. I approached it slowly and calmly so that it might not fly away.
An impression greatly varies according to a viewpoint.
印象は、視点によって大いに変化します。
We often see this small-sized butterfly at a clear grass field. I approached it slowly and calmly so that it might not fly away.
An impression greatly varies according to a viewpoint.
2017年6月25日日曜日
ペチュニア petunia
普段、ペチュニアと呼んでいるので、和名がツクバネアサガオということは知りませんでした。。名前の通り、花はアサガオに似ています。ペチュニアもアサガオも、分類学上では、ナス目です。
We usually call it a petunia, so I didn't know that the Japanese name is "tukubane-asagao". According as the name, this flower resembles a morning glory. A petunia and the morning glories are classified in same 'order' on the taxonomy.
The English word for "asagao" is "morning glory."
We usually call it a petunia, so I didn't know that the Japanese name is "tukubane-asagao". According as the name, this flower resembles a morning glory. A petunia and the morning glories are classified in same 'order' on the taxonomy.
The English word for "asagao" is "morning glory."
2017年6月24日土曜日
クレナイヤマアジサイ hydrangea serrata 'kurenai'
最近良く見かけるようになったクレナイヤマアジサイです。装飾花は、最初は白く、次第に真紅に変わっていきます。小柄のアジサイです。
It is a hydrangea serrata 'kurenai' and I often see it recently. The ornamental flower gradually turns cardinal red from white. It is a smallish hydrangea.
It is a hydrangea serrata 'kurenai' and I often see it recently. The ornamental flower gradually turns cardinal red from white. It is a smallish hydrangea.
2017年6月23日金曜日
アザミの種 seed of the thistle
見るからに、風に吹かれて飛んで行きそうなアザミの種です。
Just one glance tells you that the seeds of these thistles are wafted easily in the air.
Just one glance tells you that the seeds of these thistles are wafted easily in the air.
2017年6月22日木曜日
アジサイと昆虫 a hydrangea and insect
初めて見る昆虫ですが、アジサイの花の上で何をしようとしているのでしょう。
It is the insect which I saw for the first time. What are you going to do on the hydrangea?
It is the insect which I saw for the first time. What are you going to do on the hydrangea?
2017年6月20日火曜日
サツキ Rhododendron indicum
サツキとツツジは似ているので見分けにくい。雄しべが5本あり、この時期に咲いているので、この花はサツキでしょう。
It is hard to distinguish an azalea and a rhododendron indicum, because both flower are similar. This plant is a rhododendron indicum, because each flower has five stamens and has bloomed now.
It is hard to distinguish an azalea and a rhododendron indicum, because both flower are similar. This plant is a rhododendron indicum, because each flower has five stamens and has bloomed now.
2017年6月19日月曜日
金の糸 golden thread
2017年6月18日日曜日
アジサイ'紅風車' hydrangea 'beni-fuusya'
昨日のダンスパーティーと同じヤマアジサイですが、こちらは一重咲きです。
This is also a hydrangea serrata same as the yesterday's dance party, but this is a single flower (single-petaled flower).
This is also a hydrangea serrata same as the yesterday's dance party, but this is a single flower (single-petaled flower).
2017年6月17日土曜日
アジサイ'ダンスパーティー' hydrangea 'dance party'
華麗にバランスよく咲いたダンスパーティーです。日本の土壌は酸性なので、花の色は藤色です。土質をアルカリ性にするとピンク色の花が咲きます。
It is the hydrangea 'dance party' that bloomed in a good balance splendidly. Generally, a color of the flowers is light purple because the type of soil in Japan is acid. A pink flower blooms when the type of soil is alkaline.
It is the hydrangea 'dance party' that bloomed in a good balance splendidly. Generally, a color of the flowers is light purple because the type of soil in Japan is acid. A pink flower blooms when the type of soil is alkaline.
2017年6月16日金曜日
2017年6月15日木曜日
カツラ Cercidiphyllum japonicum
カツラの木の赤紫の花も終わり、葉が茂り始めました。
After the reddish violet flowers of the trees have fallen, young leaves have begun to grow thick.
After the reddish violet flowers of the trees have fallen, young leaves have begun to grow thick.
2017年6月14日水曜日
2017年6月13日火曜日
秋バラに期待 to expect it in autumn
2017年6月12日月曜日
キョウカノコ Japanese meadowsweet
咲き終わったレンギョウの葉の間から赤紫の花が顔を出しました。このレンギョウは、今年のはじめ頃に頂いてきたものです。多分、レンギョウに付いて来たキョウカノコが育って花を咲かせたようです。花が咲くまで、キョウカノコの存在に気が付きませんでした。
Flower of the purplish red emerged from the gap of leaves of forsythia which had finished blooming. I got this forsythia around the beginning of this year. Probably the Japanese meadowsweet which attached to forsythia grew up and bloomed. I did not notice existence of Japanese meadowsweet until the flower bloomed.
Flower of the purplish red emerged from the gap of leaves of forsythia which had finished blooming. I got this forsythia around the beginning of this year. Probably the Japanese meadowsweet which attached to forsythia grew up and bloomed. I did not notice existence of Japanese meadowsweet until the flower bloomed.
2017年6月11日日曜日
柿の実 fruit of persimmon
桃栗3年柿8年。命あるうちに実が成るかと思いつつ、1年ものの柿の苗を、庭に植えました。それから3年。まだ4歳の柿の木ですが、沢山の実をつけ始めました。どうやら間に合ったようです。
Peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, persimmon takes eight.
I planted a one year old sapling of persimmon in my garden, while thinking about whether a tree bears fruit while I live. Three years passed since then, the four years old persimmon has begun to produce many fruits. It seem to achieve that in time.
Peach and chestnut seeds take three years to bear fruit, persimmon takes eight.
I planted a one year old sapling of persimmon in my garden, while thinking about whether a tree bears fruit while I live. Three years passed since then, the four years old persimmon has begun to produce many fruits. It seem to achieve that in time.
2017年6月10日土曜日
シャクヤク herbaceous peony
切り花をいただきました。
シャクヤクの花は、ボタンとよく似ていますが、シャクヤクは草、ボタンは木、という違いがあります。「立てばシャクヤク、座ればボタン・・・」とは、女性の姿を花に例えた言葉ですが、花の姿形をよく表した表現だと思います。
This is cut flowers that I got from my acquaintance.
The flower of the herbaceous peony resembles the flower of the peony, but there is a difference between them, a herbaceous peony is a grass and a peony is a tree.
"Standing style is as herbaceous peony, sitting as peony,..." is the phrase that liken the figure of the woman to a flower. I think that it is good expression to describe figures of these two flowers.
In English, They merely call both of them "peony". To classify these two I put a word of "herbaceous" on the grass.
herbaceous peony |
peony |
2017年6月9日金曜日
2017年6月8日木曜日
ギンリョウソウ monotropastrum humile (D.Don) H.Hara
白色をした不思議な物体は、葉緑素を持たない寄生植物で、別名ユウレイタケとも呼ばれます。
This white mysterious object is a parasitic plant which does not have chlorophyl, and is called a ghost mushroom as another name in Japan.
This white mysterious object is a parasitic plant which does not have chlorophyl, and is called a ghost mushroom as another name in Japan.
2017年6月7日水曜日
米ヌカ除草 herbicide effect of rice bran
田植えの直後に、水田に米ヌカを撒くと、雑草の成長を抑えることができるそうです。
その理由は次の二つです。
・米ヌカが太陽光を遮る
・米ヌカが腐敗し、土壌表面が酸欠状態になる
なお、肥料としての効果は期待できないそうです。
It is said that scattering rice bran into paddy field right after rice transplanting inhibits the growth of weed.
There are two reasons for that.
・Rice bran blocks the light of the sun.
・Decaying of rice bran make topsoil oxygen-deprived.
In addition, it does not seem to be able to expect effect as manure.
その理由は次の二つです。
・米ヌカが太陽光を遮る
・米ヌカが腐敗し、土壌表面が酸欠状態になる
なお、肥料としての効果は期待できないそうです。
It is said that scattering rice bran into paddy field right after rice transplanting inhibits the growth of weed.
There are two reasons for that.
・Rice bran blocks the light of the sun.
・Decaying of rice bran make topsoil oxygen-deprived.
In addition, it does not seem to be able to expect effect as manure.
2017年6月6日火曜日
2017年6月5日月曜日
2017年6月4日日曜日
カモメ seagull
カモメは本来群れをなす鳥ですが、単独で飛ぶ姿には孤高を貫く気高さを感じます。
Originally, a gull is a flocking bird, but I feel that there is dignity of independence in the situation of a gull flying alone.
Originally, a gull is a flocking bird, but I feel that there is dignity of independence in the situation of a gull flying alone.
2017年6月3日土曜日
ゼニアオイ mallow
毎年、道端の同じ場所に生えてきます。野生化しているのでしょう。
Mallows grow in the same place of the roadside on its own every year. I think these grass have escaped.
Mallows grow in the same place of the roadside on its own every year. I think these grass have escaped.
2017年6月2日金曜日
霧につつまれた森 forest wrapped in mist
ピークからの遠望はきかないけれど、このくらいの霧は、自分の独立性がより保たれるような気がして心地がよい。
Though I can not see wide view from the peak, but it is pleasant for me to be in fog like this degree, because I feel that I become more independent.
Though I can not see wide view from the peak, but it is pleasant for me to be in fog like this degree, because I feel that I become more independent.
2017年6月1日木曜日
ミネザクラ Japanese alpine cherry
周囲の雰囲気に溶け込むように咲いているみごとな一本桜です。
It is a wonderful cherry tree blooming alone and is adapting to neighboring atmospheres.
It is a wonderful cherry tree blooming alone and is adapting to neighboring atmospheres.
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