Stairs, Treppe, and 楼梯

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It is fun to climb up, and it t is fun to climb down.

Spanish: escalera

French: escaliers

Portuguese: escada

English: stairs, steps, staircase

Italian: scala,  gradino

Hindi: सीढ़ी[srihi]

Arabic: سلالم ، الدرجات

Dutch: trap

German: Treppe

Russian: лестница

Chinese: 楼梯/樓梯 [lóutī]

Korean: 계단 [gyedan]

Japanese: 階段

Swahili: ngazi

Summary "Market, mercato, and ichiba"

Here is a summary of words meaning "market."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- m --

English: market

Dutch: markt

German: Markt

Danish: marked

Hawaiian: mākeke

Alsatian: d'r Markt

Kannada: maarukatte

Irish: margadh

Manx: margey

Welsh: marchnad

Vannetais Breton: marhad

Breton: marc'had

French: marché

Franco-Provencal: marçhi

Scots: mercat

Corsican: mercatu/marcatu

Latin: mercatus

Italian: mercato

Spanish: mercado

Zamboangueño: mercado

Portuguese: mercado

-- r --

Russian: рынок

Polish: rynek

-- s/sh --

Maltese: suq

Swahili: soko

Arabic: سوق [suːk(un)]

Hebrew: שוק [shook]

Polish: stragan

Chinese: 市场/市場 [shìchǎng]

Korean: 시장 [sijang]

Kannada: santhe

Tamil: சந்தை [Santhai]

-- j --

Usik (conlang): Juki

-- t --

Lithuanian: turgus

Polish: targ, targowisko

Thai : ตลาด (ตะ-หลาด) [talaad]

Zamboangueño: tiangue

Malagasy: tsena

Czech: trh

Slovak: trh/trhovisko

Vietnamese: chợ (𢄂), thị trường (市場)

-- d --

Turkish: dükkan

-- p --

Malay: pasar

Indonesian: pasar

Javanese: pasar, peken

Turkish: pazar (originated from Sogdian language)

Hungarian: piac

Tagalog: Palengke, Pamilihan

-- b --

Hindi: बाजार [bazar]

Nepali: बजार [bajār]

Bangali/Bengali: বাজার [bazar/bajar]

Kazakh: Базар [bazar]

Kyrgyz language: базар [baza:r]

Esperanto: bazaro

Tagalog: Baraka

Turkish: bakkal

-- v --

Hungarian: vásár

Alsatian: d'r Vertràg

-- f --

Latin: forum

-- h --

Alsatian: d'r Hàndel

-- k/q --

Quechua: Qhatu

-- i --

Japanese: 市場（いちば）[ichiba]

-- a --

Greek: αγορά [agorá]

Market, mercato, and ichiba

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A place noisy, cheerful, and full of energy.

English: market

Dutch: markt

German: Markt

Italian: mercato

Spanish: mercado

Portuguese: mercado

French: marché

Russian: рынок

Swahili: soko

Arabic:  سوق [suːk(un)]

Chinese: 市场/市場 [shìchǎng]
 
Korean: 시장 [sijang]

Hindi: बाजार  [bājāra]

Japanese: 市場（いちば）[ichiba]

Society 6: FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING + $5 off each item

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

I now have a shop on Society6 where you can buy 
prints, mugs, phone cases, and more.

http://society6.com/porarap

Society6 is having an Artist promotion event until 
November 9th at midnight PST.

That is, FREE WORLDWIDE SHIPPING + $5 off each item in my shop 
except for Framed Art Prints, Stretched Canvases and Rugs.

Please make sure to use the link below to get the deal.

http://society6.com/porarap?promo=4Y287K3NDP29

Many thanks!

Summary "Railroad, reli, and ferrovia"

Here is a summary of words meaning "railroad."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- f/v --

Portuguese: ferrovia (ferro = iron)

Italian: ferrovia (ferro = iron)

Maltese: ferrovija

Spanish: ferrocarril (hierro = iron)

Esperanto: fervojo (fer (iron) + voj (way))

Hungarian: vasút (vas = iron, út = road/way/path)

-- e --

German: Eisenbahn  (Eisen = iron)

-- i --

Irish: iarnród (iron road)

Alsatian: d'r Isabàhn

-- r --

British English: railway

American English: railroad

Punjabi : reilpatty

Swahili: reli

Hindi:  रेलवे [rēlavē]

Turkish: ray

Tagalog: riles

Indonesian: rel kereta (api)

-- l --

Klingon (conlang): lupwI' mIr

Malay: Landasan kereta api (Landasan =path, Kereta = car, Api = fire)

-- s --

Dutch: spoorweg
 
Arabic: سكة حديدية [sikka(tun) hadiidiya(tun)]
            (حديد  =  iron)

Greek : σιδηρόδρομος [siđiróđromos] (σίδηρος (iron) + δρόμος (road))

-- sh --

French: chemin de fer (fer = iron)

-- z/j --

Russian: железная дорога (железо = iron)

Croatian: željeznica (željezo = iron)

Czech:　železnice (železo = iron)

Slovak: železnice

-- t/ch --

Chinese: 铁路/鐵路[tiělù] (铁/鐵 = iron)
 
Korean: 철도 [cheoldo] (철 = iron)

Japanese: 鉄道(てつどう) [tetsudou] (鉄 = iron)

Choctaw: tʋli hina (iron road)

Uzbek : temir yo'l  (iron way)

-- d --

Turkish: demir (iron) yolu (way, road)

Azerbaijani: demiryolu

Czech: dráha

Vietnamese: đường sắt (road iron)
Vietnamese: đường xe lửa (road vehicle fire)
Vietnamese: đường ray (road "rail")

-- k --

Corsican: caminu di ferru

Kadazandusun: kulitapui

-- h --

Breton: hent(où)-houarn

Cornish: hyns horn (iron path)

-- b  --

Usik (conlang): Boste

My first eBook "6 Pieces Of Time" is published!

Dear blog friends.

I am thrilled to tell you that my first eBook “6 Pieces Of Time” is now available on iBooks.

This is a video of a sample book.



The book took me two years after conception,
and I am glad that it has left me for an adventure, at last.

You can download a free sample or buy the whole book on iBooks.

https://itunes.apple.com/us/book/6-pieces-of-time/id923172407?mt=11&uo=4

A Japanese version is also available.

https://itunes.apple.com/jp/book/liutsuno-shi-jiannokakera/id925249589?mt=11&uo=4

Many thanks,

Pora

Railroad, reli, and ferrovia

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Let's go where the railroad runs.

Portuguese: ferrovia (ferro=iron)

Italian: ferrovia (ferro=iron)

Spanish: ferrocarril (hierro=iron)

German: Eisenbahn  (Eisen=iron)

English: railway

Swahili: reli

Hindi: रेलवे[rēlavē]

Dutch: spoorweg
 
Arabic: سكة حديدية [sikka(tun) hadiidiya(tun)]
                 (حديد = iron)

French: chemin de fer (fer=iron)

Russian: железная дорога (железо=iron)

Chinese: 铁路/鐵路[tiělù] (铁/鐵=iron)
 
Korean: 철도 [cheoldo] (철=iron)

Japanese: 鉄道(てつどう) [tetsudou] (鉄=iron)
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Summary "Teatime, hora do chá, and Teezeit"

Here is a summary of words meaning "tea time."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- t --

English: teatime

Dutch: theetijd

Esperanto: teotempo

German: Teezeit

Swedish: tedags

Hungarian: teaidő

Armenian:  թեյի ժամը [tey jamë]

Spanish: hora del té

Italian: l'ora del the

French: l'heure du thé

Irish: Am tae

Malay: minum teh

Indonesia: saat minum teh, (waktunya minum) teh́,  waktunay)a nge-thé

Khmer: ពេលផឹកតែ

Usik (conlang): Tamja

-- ch/ts --

Portuguese: hora do chá

Zamboangueño: hora de chá

Russian: время чая

Thai: เวลาดื่มชา

Chinese: 下午茶时间/下午茶時間[xiàwǔ chá shíjiān]/喝茶时间

Cantonese: 下午茶 [ha6 ng5 tsa4]
       
Korean: 차 시간       [cha sigan]

Vietnamese: Giờ uống trà (𣇞㕵茶)

Japanese: お茶の時間（おちゃのじかん）[ocha no jikan]

Swahili: wakati chai

Uzbek: Choy vaqti

Hindi:  चाय के समय[cāya kē samaya]

Turkish: cay zamani/çay saati

Azerbaijani: cay zamani

-- sh --

Arabic:　وقت الشاي [waktalshaai]

Amharic: Yeshay Se'at

-- h --

Polish: czas na herbatę

-- a --

Lithuanian: Arbatos valandėlė

-- f --

Swedish: Fika

-- m --

Kapampangan: merienda, minindal

Tagalog: merienda

Ilocano: merienda (snack time)

Zamboangueño Language: merienda (break time)

-- p --

Ilocano: panagkakafe (coffee break), panagiitsa, panagtsatsaa, panagtsatsa (tea break)

Teatime, hora do chá, and Teezeit

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

If you feel like you are bogged down, perhaps it is time for a cup of tea.

English: teatime

Dutch: theetijd

German: Teezeit

Spanish: hora del té

Italian: ora del tè 

Portuguese: hora do chá

French: l'heure du thé

Russian: время чая

Chinese: 下午茶时间/下午茶時間[xiàwǔ chá shíjiān]

   

Korean: 차 시간 [cha sigan]

Japanese: お茶の時間（おちゃのじかん）[ocha no jikan]

Hindi:  चाय के समय[cāya kē samaya]

Arabic:　وقت الشاي [waktalshaai]

Swahili: wakati chai

Summary "ivy, lierre, and 常春藤"

Here is a summary of words meaning "ivy."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- a --

English: ivy

Hindi: आइवी लता [ā'ivī latā]

Thai: ไม้เลื้อยชื่อต้นไอวี่

-- i --

German: Efeu

Danish: efeu

Norwegian: eføy

Romanian: iederă

Spanish: hiedra

-- e --

Italian: edera

Portuguese: hera

Donegal Irish: eidheann

Usik (conlang): Efir

-- h --

Esperanto: hedero

-- u --

Arabic: عُلَّيْق    ['ullaik(un)]

-- k --

Dutch: klimop

Greek: κισσός

Vietnamese: cây thường xuân

-- l --

French: lierre

Arabic: لَبْلاَب[lublaab(un)]

-- ch --

Chinese: 常春藤 [cháng chūnténg]

-- d/t --

Korean: 담쟁이 덩굴 [damjaeng-i deong-gul]

Vannetais Breton: dehial, dehiaù

-- ts --

Japanese: 蔦（つた）[tsuta]

-- s --

Turkish: sarmaşık

-- p --

Russian: плющ

Ukrainian: плющ

-- b --

Czech: břečťan

Croatian: bršljan

Polish: bluszcz

Hungarian: borostyán

-- m --

Finnish: muratti

Swedish: murgröna

Ivy, lierre, and 常春藤

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Strong in the rain

Strong in the wind

Strong against the summer heat and snow

(Quotes from "Strong in the rain," Kenji Miyazawa)

English: ivy

Hindi: आइवी लता [ā'ivī latā]

German: Efeu

Italian: edera

Spanish: hiedra

Portuguese: hera

Arabic:   عُلَّيْق ['ullaik(un)]

Dutch: klimop

French: lierre

Chinese: 常春藤 [cháng chūnténg]

Korean: 담쟁이 덩굴 [damjaeng-i deong-gul]

Japanese: 蔦（つた）[tsuta]

Russian: плющ

Summary "Cave, caverna, and grotta"

Here is a summary of words meaning " (limestone) cave."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- c/k --

English: (limestone) cave

Portuguese: (calcário) caverna

French: caverne (calcaire)

Spanish: cueva (de piedra caliza)

Catalan: cova (de pedra calcària)

Esperanto: (kalkoŝtona) kaverno

Ilocano: kueba (ti bato apug)

Basque: (kareharrizko) koba

langue d'oc: cauna (de calcari)

Arabic:  كهف الحجر الجيري 

Usik (conlang): kauni

Tagalog: kweba

-- g --

Italian: (calcare) grotta

Corsican: grotta (di calcariu)

Maltese: grotta (franka)

French: grotte (de calcaire)

Dutch: (kalksteen)grot

Breton: groc'h/groh (grec'hier)

Hindi: (चूना पत्थर ) गुफा[cuna pt'thr gupha]

Nepali: ( चुन ढुङ)्गा ग[chn-dhunga-gufa]

Sindarin (conlang): gath, gathrod, (n)groth

-- h --

German: (Tropfstein)höhle

Vietnamese: hang (đá vôi) (𥧎𥒥𥔦)

Alsatian: d' Hehla/d'Hehl (vu Kàlchänthàltig)

-- m --

Georgian: მღვიმე [mghvime]

Azerbaijani: mağara

-- p --

Swahili: pango (la chokaa mawe)

Russian: (известняк) пещера

Bulgarian: пещера

-- b --

Franco-Provencal: bârma

langue d'oc: balma (de calcari)

Hungarian: barlang

-- f --

Sindarin (conlang): fela

-- d --

Chinese: (石灰岩溶)洞 [shíhuīyán róngdòng]

Korean: (석회)동 [seoghoedong]

Japanese: (鍾乳)洞(しょうにゅうどう) [shounyudo]

-- l --

Finnish: luola

Tagalog: langob

-- r --

Ilocano: rukib (ti bato apug)

-- s --

Corsican: sapara (di calcariu)

-- y --

Slovak: (vápencové) jaskyne

Czech: jeskyně

Polish: jaskinia

Tagalog: yungib

-- u --

Irish: uaimh (aolchloiche)

-- o --

Welsh/Cymraeg: ogof

Cave, caverna, and grotta

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

Drop by drop, it has been shaped.

English: (limestone) cave

Portuguese: (calcário) caverna

Spanish: cueva (de piedra caliza)

Arabic:  كهف الحجر الجيري

Hindi: (चूना पत्थर ) गुफा[cuna pt'thr gupha]

Italian: (calcare) grotta

French: grotte (de calcaire)

Dutch: (kalksteen)grot

German: (Tropfstein)höhle

Russian: (известняк) пещера

Swahili: pango (la chokaa mawe)

Chinese: (石灰岩溶)洞 [shíhuīyán róngdòng]

Korean: (석회)동 [seoghoedong]

Japanese: (鍾乳)洞(しょうにゅうどう) [shounyudo]

Summary "Fruit, frutta, and फल [phala]"

Here is a summary of words meaning "fruit."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- f --

English: fruit

Dutch: vrucht/fruit

French: fruit

Catalan: fruita

Spanish: fruta

Albanian: fruta

Italian: frutta

Portuguese: fruta/fruto

Galician: froita

Danish: frugt

Ilocano: frutas

Vannetais Breton: fréh

Greek: φρούτο

Russian: фрукт

Esperanto: frukto

Arabic: فاكهة [faːkiha(tun)]

Hindi: फल [phala]

-- v --

Croatian: voće

-- p --

Filipino: prutas

Tagalog: prutas

Ilocano: prutas

Cebuano: prutas

Urdu: پھل

-- b --

Indonesia: buah

Malay: buah

Tagalog: bunga, bungang kahoy

Ilocano: bunga

Cebuano: bonga

-- m --

Swahili: matunda

Lingala: mbuma

Shona: muchero

Dari: میوه

Scottish/Gàidhlig: meas

Uzbek language: meva

-- h --

Finnish: hedelmä

-- k/g --

Japanese: 果物（くだもの） [kudamono]

Korean: 과일 [gwail]

Vietnamese: (hoa) quả

Hungarian: gyümölcs

-- o --

German: obst

Polish: owoc

-- sh --

sesotho: shanaphola

Chinese: 水果 [shuǐguǒ]

-- j --

Mongolia: jims

-- t --

Swazi: titselo

Burma: သစ္သီး[thit tee]

Vietnamese: trái (cây),

Donegal Irish: toradh

-- n --

Kachin:  နမ္ဆီ[namsi]

Fruit, frutta, and फल [phala]

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A gift from the earth.

English: fruit

Dutch: fruit

French: fruit

Spanish: fruta

Italian: frutta

Portuguese: fruto

Russian: фрукт

Arabic: فاكهة [faːkiha(tun)]

Hindi: फल [phala]

Japanese: 果物（くだもの） [kudamono]

Swahili: matunda

German: obst

Korean: 과일 [gwail]

Chinese: 水果 [shuǐguǒ]

Summary "Countryside, campo, and 시골"

Here is a summary of words meaning "countryside."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

- c/k --

Italian: campagna

French: campagne

Portuguese: campo

Spanish: campo

Catalan: camp [kam]

Indonesian: kampung (a group of houses in a village), kampung halaman (homeland)

Tagalog: Kabukiran, Kaparangan

Cymraeg/Welsh: cefn gwlad

English: countryside

Bosnian: krajolik

-- h --

Dari:  حومهء شهر

-- d/t --

Hindi: देहात [dehat]

Chinese: 田园/田園 [tiányuán]

Donegal Irish: an tuath

-- s/c --

Bosnian: selo

Russian: сельская местность

Korean: 시골[sigol]

Chinese: 鄉下 [xiāngxià]

-- l --

German: Landschaft, Land, die Lande

-- r --

Arabic: ريف [riːf(un)]

-- n --

Swahili: nchi

Vietnamese: Nông Thôn

-- m --

Kapampangan: Marangle

Vannetais Breton: er mézaou

Vietnamese: miền quê

-- b --

Usik (conlang): bausi

-- p --

Dutch: platteland

Afrikaans: platteland

Indonesian: pedesaan (villages and surroundings), pinggiran kota (suburb, rural area)

Bosnian: priroda

-- v --

Czech: venkov

Slovak: vidiek

Hungarian: vidék

Vietnamese: vùng quê

-- i --

Japanese: 田舎（いなか）[inaka]

-- a --

greek: agros

Countryside, campo, and 시골

--To read this post in Japanese, click here.

A place to refill my energy.

Italian: campagna

French: campagne

Portuguese: campo
                                                           
Spanish: campo

English: countryside

Dutch: platteland

Hindi: देहात [dehat]

Chinese: 田园/田園 [tiányuán], 鄉下 [xiāngxià]

Russian: сельская местность

Korean: 시골[sigol]

Swahili: nchi

German: Landschaft, Land, die Lande

Arabic: ريف [riːf(un)]

Japanese: 田舎（いなか）[inaka]

Summary "Cake, торт, and bolo"

Here is a summary of words meaning "cake."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- k/c --

English: cake

Hindi:  केक [kek]

Korean: 케이크 [keikeu]

Japanese: ケーキ [keːki]

Persian: [kejk]

Swahili: keki　

Nepali: kek

Malay: kek

Sorani Kurdish: kek

Shona zimbabwean: Keke

Arabic: كعكة [ka'aka(tun)] كيكة [kiːka(tun)]

Donegal Irish: cáca

Norwegian: kake

German: Kuchen

Esperanto: kuko

Latvian: kūka

Hebrew: עוגה

Indonesian: kue

Bosnian: kolac(h)

Vannetais Breton: katèuen

-- g --

French: gâteau

-- d --

Chinese: 蛋糕 [dàngāo]

Czech: dort

-- t --

Italian: torta

Spanish: torta

Bosnian: torta

Venezuela: Torta

Russian: торт

Romanian: tort

Polish (polski): Tort (for birthday cake)

Dutch: taart

Swedish: tårta

Cornish : Tesen

-- ch --

Polish (polski): Ciasto

-- n --

Georgian: ნამცხვარი [namtskhvari]

-- b --

Manx: Berreen

Portuguese: bolo

Spanish: bizcocho

-- p --

Spanish: pastel

Romanian: prăjitură

-- r --

Javanese: roti

Cake, торт, and bolo

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No one can resist this.

English: cake

Hindi: केक  [kek]

Korean: 케이크 [keikeu]

Japanese: ケーキ [keːki]

Swahili: keki　

Arabic: كعكة [ka'aka(tun)]

German: Kuchen

French: gâteau

Chinese: 蛋糕 [dàngāo]

Italian: torta

Dutch: taart

Russian: торт

Portuguese: bolo

Spanish: pastel

Summary "Grass, erba, and pul"

Here is a summary of words meaning "grass."

Thanks to those who have commented on the Facebook page.

-- h --

Arabic: حٌَشِيش [hashish]

Maltese: ħaxix

French: herbe

Franco-Provencal: Hérba

Valencian-Catalan: herba

Latin: herba

Catalan: herba

Spanish: hierba

-- e --

Italian: erba

Corsican: erba

langue d'oc: èrba

-- a --

Corsican: arba, arbi

-- i --

Rwandese: ibinyantsi

Kirundi: Ivyatsi

-- y --

Aure Gascon: yèrbo

Lao: ຫຍ້າ[yar]

Vannetais Breton: iaut [jo:t]

-- o --

Turkish: ot

-- u --

Arabic:  عُشٌْْبٌ  ['ushbun]

-- g --

Dutch: gras

English: grass

German: Gras

Afrikaans: gras

Alsatian: s' Grààs

Icelandic: gras

Danish: Græs

Welsh: glaswellt (blue/green straw)

Breton: geot

West-Frisian: gers (n)

Catalan: gespa (lawn)

Nepali: Ghaas

Hindi:  घास   [ghāsa]

Bengali: ঘাস [ghās]

Odia (india): ghasa

Greek: γρασίδι

Latin: gramen

Portuguese: grama

Mexican Spanish: grama (rare)

-- k --

Japanese: 草（くさ）[kusa]

Latin: cespes

Latin: cacumen

-- f --

Irish: féar

Scottish Gaelic: feur

Hungarian: fű

-- s/sh --

Kadazandusun (north borneo): sakot

Cebuano: sagbot

Javanese: suket

Mexican Spanish:  cesped

Kazakh: Sheop

-- z --

Latvian: zāle

Lithuanian : žole

Mexican Spanish: zacate

kreyol Haiti: zèb

-- j --

Sundanese: jukut

-- c/ts --

Hausa: ciyawa

Chinese: 草 [cǎo]

Cantonese: 草 [cou2]

Vietnamese: cỏ

-- t --

Russian: трава

Slovak: tráva

Czech: tráva

Bosnian: trava

Croatian: trava

Polish: trawa

Macedonian: трева [treva]

-- d --

Tagalog: damo

Kapampangan: dikút

-- r --

Malay : rumput

Indonesian: rumput

Minangkabau: rumpuik

-- n --

Swahili: nyasi

-- m --

Swahili: majani

-- p --

Korean: 풀 [pul]

Mexican Spanish: pasto (polite)

-- b --

Cebuano: Balili

Valencian-Catalan: brossa

Tsez: бих (bix)