初夢 First Dream of the New Year

 January 5, 2022 – Wednesday

令和4年1月5日　― 　水曜日　　　寅年（とらどし）

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Dreams -- 今年（ことし）ゆめ　を　見た　こと　が　ありますか。何をみましたか。下の日本語を読んで、英語で書いて下さい。

① 　友達　は　うま　に　のるのが　すき　ですから　うま　の　ゆめ　を　見ました。

② 　猫（ねこ）は　ねずみ　の　ゆめ　を　見ました。

③ 　川の魚は　うみ　に　ついて　ゆめ　を　見ました。

初夢（はつゆめ）　First dream （of the new year）

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“Ichi Fuji, Ni Taka, San Nasubi” (literally: 1 Fuji, 2 hawk, 3 eggplant) is a Japanese proverb relating to hatsuyume. It is said that the best dream to have is of Mount Fuji, followed by a hawk and an eggplant. This belief has been around since the early Edo period. It is also said that these three elements were the favorites of the shogun Tokugawa Ieyasu. There is also a continuation to the proverb – “Yon Sen, Go Tabako, Roku Zatō” (literally: 4 Fan, 5 Tobacco, 6 Blind acupressure). They are, however, not as popular as the first three elements.

 

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In addition to high and sacred symbols, it’s also good to dream of riches, and ‘takarabune’ is a ship full of that!

Hatsuyume was taken so seriously during the feudal period in Japan that people actively tried very hard to make sure they had one of these auspicious dreams. A common practice in the Muromachi period was to put a Takarabune picture – a drawing of a ship of treasures with its sail having the kanji word for treasure on it – under the pillow. The Seven Gods of Fortune are often depicted on the ship. If you still end up getting a bad dream despite placing the Takarabune, you can just negate the effects by throwing it into the river.

A. Wanting to do things –　Verb-stem ＋　たい　です。

　　[The stem is what is left when you take off the ます from a verb in the ます form.]

Examples:

 今年（ことし）私　は　お金の　ゆめ　が　見たい　です。I want to dream of money this year.

学生　は　「ダイヤモンド　の　ゆびわ　が　したい」と言いました。The student said “I want to wear a diamond ring.”

レストラン　で　食べたい　です。Do you want to eat at a restaurant？

What do you want to do this year？　かんがえて、友達におしえて（Tell）下さい。それから、書いて下さい。

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Supplement: Review of previous use of verb-stem

Purpose of "traveling" -- traveling "in order to"

Traveling Verbs -- 行きます、来ます、帰ります、出かけます、旅行（りょこう）します

Note:　Traveling　verbs　have　destinations　に　,　not　direct　objects　を。

たとえば：

きっさてん　に　コーヒー　を　のみ　に　行きます。I　(will)　go　to　the　coffee　shop　to　drink　coffee.

本を読みにとしょかん　に　来た。I　came　to　the　library　in　order　to　read　books/the　book.

B. ドキュメンタリー　が　見たいです。 　　Kasama　

宿題　　しゅくだい　　Homework

A,　above