JLPT N5 • GENERAL

「まるで風呂屋のペンキ画のようだ」「俗で間が抜けている」という悪口

The view of Mount Fuji from the second floor of Tenkachaya was immense, but Dazai, contrarian as ever, criticized the public's uniform adoration of it as 'beautiful' and 'sacred,' complaining that it was 'just like a public bathhouse paint-job' and 'vulgar and spacing out.' However, no matter how much sarcasm he spat, he could not avert his eyes from Mount Fuji, which towered with an overwhelming presence right before his eyes whenever he opened the room.

Practice Question

宿の二階から堂々と見える富士に対し、へそ曲がりの太宰は「風呂屋のペンキ画だ」「俗で、間が抜けている」と悪態をつきますが、その存在感に圧倒されます。
Explanation

宿の二階から堂々と見える富士に対し、へそ曲がりの太宰は「風呂屋のペンキ画だ」「俗で、間が抜けている」と悪態をつきますが、その存在感に圧倒されます。

English Explanation

Dazai dismissively described Mount Fuji as a cheap bathhouse painting: 'あまのじゃくな太宰は(だざいは)「まるで風呂屋の(ふろやの)ペンキ画の(ぺんきがの)ようだ」「俗で(ぞくで)間が抜けている(まがぬけている)」と悪口を(わるくちお)叩いた(たたいた)...'.

日本語解説

文章の中に「あまのじゃくな太宰は『まるで風呂屋のペンキ画のようだ』『俗で間が抜けている』と悪口を叩いた」とあります。

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