むかご aerial tuber

オニユリの葉の付け根に黒いムカゴが沢山生っています。昔は、このムカゴを食用にしたそうですが、色が濃いからあるいは、花の名前が恐いからか、食べる気にはなりません。

A lot of black aerial tubers grew at the root of leaves of tiger lilies. I heard that the people of former days ate these aerial tubers. However I don't feel like eating it, probably because of the color or the beast flower name.

向日葵 sunflower

室内に飾られたヒマワリです。太陽が無いと、どっちを向くのでしょうか。

It is genuine sunflowers displayed in doors. If there is no sun, which direction do you face?

熱帯気候 tropical climate

連日の暑さで、大人も子供と一緒に水浴びをしたいほどです。

It's been extremely hot for days. Even an adult wants to bathe with children.

耐踏み抜き性 penetration resistance of the sole

何の抵抗感もなく、砂利の中に立っていた釘が、サンダルを突き抜け足に突き刺さりました。安価で軽便なプラスチックサンダルに潜む危険を思い知りました。

I didn't feel any resistance, but the nail which stood in gravel went through a shoe sole and stuck in my foot. I learned that the convenient cheap plastic sandals have the pitfall.

ヤマユリ gold-banded lily

芳香漂う斜面で暑さも忘れ撮影しました。

At the slope where a strong sweet smell was drifted, I forgot the hotness and devoted myself to photography.

クロアゲハ spangle

大型の蝶は優雅に飛びますが、羽根が傷んでいることが多いです。

The large butterfly flies elegantly, but the feather was usually injured partially.

エイジング aging

蒸留酒であるウイスキーは、樽の中で長期に保存されると、熟成が進みまろやかになりますが、瓶詰めされると熟成は止まるそうです。
一方、醸造酒のワインの中には、瓶詰めして寝かせると、熟成が進む銘柄があります。同じ醸造酒の日本酒は、瓶詰めすると劣化が始まります。
色々なお酒があることは、興味深いです。
なお、日本酒は、なるべく製造年月日の新しいものを求たほうが良いようです。

While the whiskey of the distilled liquor is stored in a barrel for a long term, the aging advances, and it becomes mellow, but it is said that the aging stops when it is bottled.
On the other hand, about the fermented liquor, there are some brands of wines that advance the aging after those are packed in a bottle.
Once bottled, sake of fermented liquor same as wine starts degradation.
It is interesting that there is various liquor.
By the way, when we buy sake, it is better to buy new product of manufacture date.