事実、パスポートの写真については、次のような冗談話がある。—本当にパスポートの写真のような顔をしていれば、明らかに休暇が必要だ、というものである。

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事実、パスポートの写真については、次のような冗談話がある。 — 本当にパスポートの写真のような顔をしていれば、明らかに休暇が必要だ、というものである。

English Translation

In fact, there is a joke about passport photos: If you really look like the picture in your passport, you certainly need a vacation!

Furigana

事実(じじつ)、パスポートの写真(しゃしん)については、次(つぎ)のような冗談話(じょうだんばなし)がある。—本当(ほんとう)にパスポートの写真(しゃしん)のような顔(かお)をしていれば、明(あき)らかに休暇(きゅうか)が必要(ひつよう)だ、というものである。

Romanji

Jijitsu, pasupo-to no shashin nitsuite wa, tsugi no yōna jōdanbanashi ga aru. hontōni pasupo-to no shashin no yōna kao o shiteireba, akiraka ni kyūka ga hitsuyō da, toiu mono de aru.

Words

事実 (じじつ)

fact; truth; reality

パスポート (パスポート)

passport

の (の)

indicates possessive; nominalizes verbs and adjectives; substitutes for "ga" in subordinate phrases; (at sentence-end, falling tone) indicates a confident conclusion; (at sentence-end) indicates emotional emphasis; (at sentence-end, rising tone) indicates question

写真 (しゃしん)

photograph; photo; picture; snapshot; snap; movie

に就いて (について)

concerning; regarding; per (e.g. 100 yen per person); for every

は (は)

topic marker particle; indicates contrast with another option (stated or unstated); adds emphasis

次 (つぎ)

next; following; subsequent; stage; station

様だ (ようだ)

(usu. at sentence-end) seeming to be; appearing to be; like; similar to; in order to (e.g. meet goal); so that; indicates hope, wish, request or mild command

が (が)

indicates sentence subject (occasionally object); indicates possessive (esp. in literary expressions); but; however; still; and

有る (ある)

to be (usu. of inanimate objects); to exist; to live; to have; to be located; to be equipped with; to happen; to come about

本当に (ほんとうに、ほんとに、ホントに、ホントーに、ホントウに)

really; truly

顔 (かお、がん)

face; visage; look; expression; countenance; honor; honour; face; influence; notoriety

を (を)

indicates direct object of action; indicates subject of causative expression; indicates an area traversed; indicates time (period) over which action takes place; indicates point of departure or separation of action; indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

為る (する)

to do; to cause to become; to make (into); to turn (into); to serve as; to act as; to work as; to wear (clothes, a facial expression, etc.); to judge as being; to view as being; to think of as; to treat as; to use as; to decide on; to choose; to be sensed (of a smell, noise, etc.); to be (in a state, condition, etc.); to be worth; to cost; to pass (of time); to elapse; verbalizing suffix (applies to nouns noted in this dictionary with the part of speech "vs"); creates a humble verb (after a noun prefixed with "o" or "go"); to be just about to; to be just starting to; to try to; to attempt to

明らか (あきらか)

obvious; evident; clear; plain

に (に)

at (place, time); in; on; during; to (direction, state); toward; into; for (purpose); because of (reason); for; with; by; from; as (i.e. in the role of); per; in; for; a (e.g. "once a month"); and; in addition to; if; although

休暇 (きゅうか)

holiday; day off; furlough; absence (from work)

必要 (ひつよう)

necessary; needed; essential; indispensable; necessity; need; requirement

だ (だ)

be; is; indicates past or completed action; indicates light imperative

と言う (という、とゆう)

called; named; as many as; as much as; all X; every X

者 (もの、もん)

person

或 (ある)

a certain ...; some ...