It will also be fun if you know how place names are made.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT245024", "2382810"
地名にはいいものもあれば、かなりバカバカしいものもあることを発見した。
I discovered that some places have rather good names, while others have quite ridiculous ones.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT159030", "2332539"
(1) The master of a vessel, etc. shall submit a report, as prescribed, showing vessel name or registration number, port of departure, ports of call and other matters specified by the Ordinance of the Health, Labour and Welfare Ministry, in order to go through quarantine; provided, however, that for quarantine after the provisional quarantine certificate expired, this shall apply only to cases where the quarantine station chief so demands.〔【出典】日本法令外国語訳データベースシステム 〕
Q 6. 日本で初めて将軍となった源頼朝が幕府を開いた地名は?
Q6. What is the name of the place where Yoritomo Minamoto, Japan's first shogun (military leader) established his shogunate?〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1999年6月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT152028", "2435149"
Q8. Many shopping areas throughout Japan has adopted the name of this well-known shopping area in Tokyo.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1999年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT151028", "2435164"
「記紀」の神話部分には九州地方や出雲地方に実際にある地名などが記されている。
In the part of Kiki that covers mythology, names of places that actually exist in the Kyushu and Izumo regions are mentioned.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2005年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT225022", "2366867"
あなたの友達の地名を入力すると、即座にその地図が現れる(文字は英文)。
Enter the name of the place your friend is from and at once the appropriate map appears on your screen (text is in English).〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT136086", "2290885"
このように、地名にはそれぞれに由来があります。
Thus, each place has its own name-history.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT289040", "2541623"
この改訂版は、常用語に加えて、地名などの固有名詞、略語、商標名、外来語なども収録している。
This revised dictionary includes proper nouns like place names, abbreviations, brand names and loan words, in addition to commonly used words.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2008年10月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT264004", "2536928"
さてEgだが、これは大陸地名辞典でも参照してみよう。」
Now for the 'Eg.' Let us glance at our Continental Gazetteer."〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_SCAND1", "2414920"
Still one must know considerably more characters than this in order to read even the newspapers and ordinary books since the characters for many personal and place names are not included in this limited number, which can be inconvenient."NIPO-241", "2455914"
Still one must know considerably more characters than this in order to read even the newspapers and ordinary books since the characters for many personal and place names are not included in this limited number."NIPO-203", "2455915"
その中には京都や広島など世界的にも有名な地名が含まれています。
They include world-famous locations such as Kyoto and Hiroshima."MB004231", "2526443"
We were only too pleased when some readers sent us comments, saying things like, "In the beginning, I felt somewhat out of place with the names of places and people and it was a little difficult to read, but after the third volume, I felt drawn into it."〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年11月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT169010", "2555139"
それは私が文字通り理解できた最初の漢字の地名だった。
It was the first kanji place name I understood literally.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT159030", "2382243"
それ以後、私は東京のほかの地名がみな何を意味するか知りたくなった。
After this I was keen to know what all the other place names in Tokyo meant.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2000年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT159030", "2237849"
However, the signs that filled the city and the place names that were written on the license plates of the cars were excellent study materials for learning Japanese.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2002年7月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT189022", "2327649"
As an example, we occasionally come across people who, despite writing that they have come to Japan to go sightseeing for 90 days, have only a few ten thousand yen notes on them, are unable to give a place name for where they intend to go sightseeing, and carry only work clothes in their bag.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2003年8月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT202029", "2256211"
アリスは、ハヒフヘホで始まる地名が思い付かずに困っていたところだったのです。
while Alice was still hesitating for the name of a town beginning with H.〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_ALI2-07", "2600340"
Our civilization goes back to 8000 BC, and cities like Urok, Kish, Erido, Ashur, Babylon and later Baghdad, Basrah and Kufa, that were centers of enlightenment and knowledge, are resounding names of Iraq's glorious past.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1998年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT135006", "2427310"
The guidelines also instruct meteorologists to use detailed place names instead of simply saying north or south."MB003550", "2487691"
グローバルな視野から英語圏以外の人名・地名も多数採録されている。
Given global perspective, this also includes many personal names and place names of non English-speaking countries.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT171050", "2304974"
ネロは、アルデンネ(ベルギーの地名)生まれの少年でした。
Nello was a little Ardennois;〔【出典】日英対訳文・対応付けデータ(独立行政法人情報通信研究機構)〕"_DOG01", "2410443"
ボンベイの南に位置するゴアという地名を、耳にしたこともないという人もいるかもしれない。
Some people may never have heard of Goa, which is located south of Mumbai (Bombay).〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2003年3月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT197020", "2453218"
If those names and places don't resonate with Japanese history in your mind now, they will by the end of the book.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1997年5月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT127056", "2351190"
There are also places which have difficult names that I cannot write, like Okachimachi, Kasumigaseki or Uguisudani; these I write down in hiragana.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2001年6月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT176022", "2515830"
人名から会社名、地名にいたるまであらゆるものが短縮されるが、あくまで自然発生的に広まったものだ。
These abbreviations range from personal names and company names to place names, however, there are no definite rules for creating them -- they simply naturally appeared and then spread.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2007年6月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT248024", "2521417"
In order to avoid mistakes like this in future, it would be greatly appreciated if all contributors could write their names and place names in kanji or katakana in their articles.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2004年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT207032", "2362428"
As far as the name "Roppongi" (Six Trees) goes, the most commonly-held theory is that there were, in the past, six large pine trees growing there.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1992年1月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT063014", "2256426"
四島の地名はアイヌ語に由来しています。
In fact, the islands' names originate from the Ainu language.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 1993年2月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT076039", "2361078"
国連地名専門家グループ会合
UN Group of Experts on Geographical Names〔【略】UNGEGN〕
国連地名標準化会議
UN Conference on the Standardization of Geographical Names
地理的に二つの県にまたがった地域に(同じ地名のものが)交付されるのは今回が初めてです。
They are the first to be issued for a geographical area spanning two prefectures."MB004283", "2524378"
Never mind what it means, it's the name of a place."PA-D-029", "2410560"
政府は、日本の地名が中国で商標登録されるのを防止する対策を取り始めました。
The government has begun efforts to prevent Japanese place names from being registered as trademarks in China."MB004231", "2486888"
日本の地名
Japanese place-name
日本人は大抵、外国の地名の発音を理解できるので、英語で答えても大丈夫です。
You can reply in English as Japanese people generally understand the pronunciation of foreign country names.〔【出典】Hiragana Times, 2010年12月号◆【出版社】株式会社ヤック企画 〕"HT290040", "2575241"
The shipper of the arms was Poly Technologies Inc of Beijing China, the delivery address on the shipping documents was the Zimbabwe Defence Force, Harare, and the point of origin on the cargo manifest is Beijing, China.〔【出典】アムネスティ発表国際ニュース(2008年4月23日) 〕