Nihongo no Tane 134: セントオーガスティンの旅その一 Saint Augustine part one | Japanese Immersion podcast

にほんごのたね Nihongo no Tane with Yumi

This time Yumi went to a trip to St. Augustine, a city she usually goes with her family to the beach. But this time she made a different kind of trip. In this first part of Saint Augustine’s trip story, she tells us about the history of the fortress located there, San Marcos, among other things.

KEY VOCABULARY:

1. 昔(むかし)ながらの unchanged as old time; as it was in the past [a fixed phrase]
2. 日(ひ)帰(がえ)り day trip
3. ～ばかりの頃(ころ) around the time when ~ [～ばかり (just doing ~); 頃(ころ) (approximate time period; around the time)]
4. 砦(とりで)/要塞(ようさい) fort；fortress [slightly differs from each other in definition but basically “fort”]
5. 詰(つ)まった packed [past of 詰(つ)まる (to be packed; to be clogged)]
6. 石灰(せっかい)石(せき) lime stone [石灰(せっかい) (lime); 石(せき) (stone)]
7. 遡(さかのぼ)りますと going back (in the history) [遡る (to date back); と (when; if)]
8. 取(と)り戻(もど)す take back; regain
9. 牢(ろう)屋(や) jail; prison
10. 脱走兵(だっそうへい) defector; deserter [脱走(だっそう) (escape; desertion); 兵(へい) (solider)]
11. 投獄(とうごく)されていた were imprisoned; were incarcerated [投獄(とうごく)される (to get imprisoned); (て) いた indicates a situation or state]
12. 入(いり)江(え) inlet; cove; bay
13. 合流(ごうりゅう)する merge; come together
14. 狙(ねら)い撃(う)ち sniping; snipe attack [狙(ねら)い (aim); 撃(う)ち (shooting)]
15. 領(りょう)土(ど)争(あらそ)い territorial dispute [領(りょう)土(ど) (territory); 争(あらそ)い (dispute; conflict)]
16. 翻弄(ほんろう)された was trifled with; was tossed around
17. 凄(すさ)まじさ ferocity; savagery [noun form of 凄(すさ)まじい (horrible; terrible)]
18. 愚(おろ)かさ　foolishness; absurdity [noun form of 愚(おろ)か (foolish)]
19. 感慨(かんがい)にふけってしまいました was absorbed in deep emotion [感慨(かんがい)にふける (to be overcome with emotion; to be sunk in thought); 感慨(かんがい) (deep emotion which arises from deep thought or introspection)]
20. 目的(もくてき)を果(は)たす accomplish the goal; fulfill the objective [目的(もくてき) (goal; purpose); (を)果(は)たす (to fulfill)]

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