September 2, 2014 -- Tuesday (Monday was Labor Day)
平成二十六年九月二日　－－　火曜日　｛月曜日はレバー・デーでした。｝



ワーム・ウップ　－－
　　５　Ｘ　日本語　で
　　１　Ｘ　えい語　で

一。ありがとう
ニ。どう　いたしまして
三。ください
四。すみません
五。しゅういち　ばん
六。すわって

　　　　　　　　　　　　　目的　もくてき　Ｏｂｊｅｃｔｉｖｅｓ

　　　　　　　　　　　　　一。ワーム・ウップ  Warm-up
　　　　　　　　　　　　　二。テスト　Test: Ｇｏ　ｏｖｅｒ　ｉｔ
　　　　　　　　　　　　　三。じこ　しょうかい     Self-introduction
　　　　　　　　　　　　　四。レバー・デー    Labor Day, American and Japanese


Ｈａｎｄｏｕｔ：

Labor Day Vocabulary (JapanesePod101)

週末                            祝日                            月曜日                        休暇

しゅうまつ                しゅくじつ                げつようび                きゅうか

weekend                      holiday                         Monday                       vacation

九月                            ピクニック                セール                        ストライキ

くがつ                        PIKUNIKKU              SE-RU                         SUTORAIKI

September                    picnic                           sale                              (labor) strike

旅行                            仕事                            会社員                        運動

りょこう                    しごと                        かいしゃいん            うんどう

travel                            work                            company employee       movement

権利                            労力                            軍事パレード            労働者

けんり                        りょうりょく            ぐんじPARE-DO      ろうどうしゃ

Rights                           labor                            military parade  laborer, worker

労働者の日                            キャリア　    組合                            レーバー・デー　　

ろうどうしゃ　の　ひ　　KYARIA　     くみあい                    RE-BA-  DE-

Labor Day                                career               union                            Labor Day

　　　　

(Wikipedia)

Labor Thanksgiving Day (勤労感謝の日 Kinrō Kansha no Hi^?) is a national holiday in Japan which takes place annually on November 23. The law establishing the holiday cites it as an occasion for commemorating labor and production and giving one another thanks.

Events are held throughout Japan, one such being the Nagano Labor Festival. The event encourages thinking about the environment, peace and human rights.

It is not unusual for early grade elementary students to create drawings for the holiday and give them as gifts to local kōbans, or police stations.

History

Labor Thanksgiving Day is the modern name for an ancient cereals (rice, barley/wheat, foxtail millet, barnyard millet, proso millet, and beans) harvest festival known as Niiname-sai (新嘗祭^?, also read as Shinjō-sai). The Nihon Shoki mentions a harvest ritual having taken place during the reign of the legendary Emperor Jimmu (660–585 BC), as well as more formalized harvest celebrations during the reign of Emperor Seinei (480–484 AD). Modern scholars can date the basic forms of niiname-sai to the time of Emperor Temmu (667–686 AD). Traditionally, it celebrated the year's hard work; during the Niiname-sai ceremony, the Emperor would dedicate the year's harvest to kami (spirits), and taste the rice for the first time.

The modern holiday was established after World War II in 1948 as a day to mark some of the changes of the postwar constitution of Japan, including fundamental human rights and the expansion of workers rights. Currently Niiname-sai is held privately by the Imperial House of Japan while Labor Thanksgiving Day has become a national holiday.

May 1 is also celebrated as Labor Day by many trade unions in Japan, which hold large rallies and marches in Tokyo, Osaka and Nagoya.

*** The Nihon Shoki (日本書紀^?), sometimes translated as The Chronicles of Japan, is the second oldest book of classical Japanese history. The book is also called the Nihongi (日本紀 lit. Japanese Chronicles^?). It is more elaborate and detailed than the Kojiki, the oldest, and has proven to be an important tool for historians and archaeologists as it includes the most complete extant historical record of ancient Japan. The Nihon Shoki was finished in 720 under the editorial supervision of Prince Toneri and with the assistance of Ō no Yasumaro.

宿題　しゅくだい　Homework:


Handout with Labor Day vocabulary and information on Labor Thanksgiving Day in Japan--
一。Summarize the information on the Japanese holiday using English, in 2 paragraphs
二。Write each of    3　Japanese vocabulary words from the handout in a separate Japanese sentence.