Sample newspaper article

キスをすることでアレルギー反応が低減すると発表した日本人医師が、今年の「イグ?ノーベル賞」を受賞した。授賞式は9月17日、米マサ チューセッツ州ケンブリッジのハーバード大学で開かれた。大阪府で クリニックを経営する木俣肇さん（62）は、キスの医学的な効果を研究した３人のスロバキアの科学者と共に受賞した。日本人のイグ? ノーベル賞受賞は９年連続。木俣医師の実験では、スギ花粉やその他の物質によるアトピー性皮膚炎とアレルギー性鼻炎の患者それぞれに、やさしい音楽を聴きながら恋人や配偶者と30分間キスをしてもらった。その結果、キスをする前に比べ、血液中のアレルギー反応は大幅に 抑えられたという。 (Sept. 18)

Words and phrases

アレルギー反応 (arerugii han’ō) allergic reactions; 低減する (teigen-) reduce; 発表した (丑补辫辫测ō-) revealed; 日本人医師 (nihonjin ishi) Japanese doctor; 今年の (kotoshi-) this year’s; 受賞した (箩耻蝉丑ō-) won; 式 (shiki) ceremony; 大学 (daigaku) university; 開かれた (hira-) held; 大阪府 (?saka-fu) Osaka Prefecture; クリニック (kurinikku) clinic; 経営する (keiei-) runs; 医学的な (igakuteki-) medical; 効果 (办ō办补) effects; 研究した (办别苍办测ū-) studied; スロバキアの (Surobakia-) Slovakian; 科学者 (kagakusha) scientists; 共に (tomo-) jointly; 連続 (renzoku) consecutive; 実験 (jikken) experiment; スギ花粉 (sugi-kafun) cedar pollen ; 物質 (busshitsu) substances; アトピー性 (atopii sei) atopic; 皮膚炎 (hifuen) dermatitis; 鼻炎 (bien) rhinitis (nasal inflammation); 患者 (kanja) patients; 音楽 (ongaku) music; 聴きながら (ki-) while listening; 恋人 (koibito) lovers; 配偶者 (丑补颈驳ū蝉丑补) spouses; 結果 (kekka) results ; 血液 (ketsueki) blood; 大幅に (ō丑补产补-) drastically; 抑えられた (osa-) reduced

Sample radio or television report

Kisu-o suru koto-de arerugii han’ō-ga teigen-suru-to 丑补辫辫测ō-shita Nihonjin ishi-ga kotoshi-no Igu Nōberu-shō-o 箩耻蝉丑ō-shimashita. Jushōshiki-wa 9-gatsu 17-nichi, Bei Masachūsettsu-shū Kenburijji-no Hābādo Daigaku-de hirakaremashita. ?saka- fu-de kurinikku-o keiei-suru Kimata Hajime-san, 62-sai-wa, kisu-no igakuteki 办ō办补-o 办别苍办测ū-shita san-nin-no Surobakia- jin kagakusha-to tomo-ni 箩耻蝉丑ō-shimashita. Nihonjin-no Igu Nōberu-shō 箩耻蝉丑ō-wa 9-nen renzoku desu. Kimata ishi-no jikken -de-wa, sugi kafun-ya sonohoka-no busshitsu-ni-yoru atopii sei hifuen-to arerugii sei bien-no kanja sorezore-ni yasashii ongaku-o kikinagara koibito-ya 丑补颈驳ū蝉丑补-to sanjuppun-kan kisu-o shite moraimashita. Sono kekka, kisu-o suru-mae-ni kurabe, ketsuekichū -no arerugii han’ō-wa ō丑补产补-ni osaerareta-sō-desu.

Translation

A Japanese doctor won this year’s Ig Nobel medicine prize for a study that revealed kissing could reduce allergic reactions in humans. The prizes award ceremony was held on Sept. 17 at Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Hajime Kimata, 62, who runs a clinic in Neyagawa, Osaka Prefecture, was awarded the prize jointly with three Slovakian scientists who also studied the medical effects of kissing. It is the ninth straight year for Japanese to receive an Ig Nobel prize. In Kimata’s experiment, Japanese atopic dermatitis patients allergic to cedar pollen and other substances and those with allergic rhinitis kissed with their lovers or spouses freely during 30 minutes alone while listening to soft music. As a result, comparing blood samples before and after the test, Kimata found that their allergic reaction was drastically reduced after kissing.

Conversation between acquaintances

A: Kotoshi-mo mata Nihonjin-no kagakusha-ga Igu Nōberu-shō-o 箩耻蝉丑ō-shita-sō-desu-yo.

(I heard that a Japanese scientist won an Ig Nobel prize this year again.)

B: Kore-de Nihonjin-no kagakusha-no 箩耻蝉丑ō-wa 9-nen renzoku desu-ne.

(It is the ninth straight year that a Japanese scientist has received an award, isn’t it?)

Conversation between a husband and wife

H: Kisu-o suru koto-de arerugii han’ō-ga teigen-suru-sō-da.

(I heard that kissing can reduce allergic reactions.)

W: Sore hontō-nano?

(Is that really true?)

(No. 1277)