子どもの頃、羽根つきしたのを思い出す。羽根つきは日本の伝統的な正月の遊び。バドミントンに似たスポーツ。バドミントンは、ラケットとシャトルを使う。これに対し羽根つきは、羽子板と羽根（数枚の羽がついた木製の小さく黒い玉）を使う。羽根の玉はムクロジの木の乾燥した種で、非常に硬い。羽子板は木製で、これも非常に硬い。羽根を羽子板で打つと、鋭く澄んだ音がする。その音が好きである。それは羽根つきの間、断続的に続く。
You remember playing hanetuki when you were a child. Hanetuki is a traditional New Year’s game in Japan. It is a sport similar to badminton. The latter uses a racket and a shuttlecock. However the former uses hagoita (a balttledore) and hane (a small wooden black ball with several feathers attached). The ball of hane is made of a dried seed of a tree called mukuroji and so hard. Hagoita is made of wood and also so hard. When you hit hane with hagoita, a shap and clear sound occours. You like to hear the sounds that continues intermittently during hanetuki is played.
You remember playing hanetuki when you were a child. Hanetuki is a traditional New Year’s game in Japan. It is a sport similar to badminton. The latter uses a racket and a shuttlecock. However the former uses hagoita (a balttledore) and hane (a small wooden black ball with several feathers attached). The ball of hane is made of a dried seed of a tree called mukuroji and so hard. Hagoita is made of wood and also so hard. When you hit hane with hagoita, a shap and clear sound occours. You like to hear the sounds that continues intermittently during hanetuki is played.
