I found noteworthy article on Japan Visitor.
Mark Brazil reported this story.
If any bird deserves the accolade, then the crane should be considered the fashion model of the bird world: tall, slim, long-legged, and always elegant. The Red-crowned, or Japanese, Crane is a potent icon. In symbolic form, Tancho, as it is known in Japanese, is the bird of happiness and long life (in fable it lives for a 1,000 years). It is such a popular icon that it defines Japan, almost as boldly as do images of sacred snow-capped Mt Fuji, or the blazing sun on the white background of the national flag. From airlines to sake bottle labels, from wedding kimonos to elevator doors and chopsticks, so many different things are decorated with them. Meanwhile Japan's innumerable shrines are frequently draped with thousands of origami cranes, like colourful lei.Statement analysis
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- If any bird deserves the accolade, then
- the crane should be considered the fashion model of the bird world:
- tall, slim, long-legged, and always elegant.
- The Red-crowned, or Japanese, Crane is a potent icon.
- In symbolic form,
- Tancho, as it is known in Japanese,
- is the bird of happiness and long life
- (in fable it lives for a 1,000 years).
- It is such a popular icon
- that it defines Japan,
- almost as boldly as do images of sacred snow-capped Mt Fuji,
- or
- the blazing sun on the white background of the national flag.
- From airlines to sake bottle labels,
- from wedding kimonos to elevator doors
- and chopsticks,
- so many different things are decorated with them.
- Meanwhile
- Japan's innumerable shrines are frequently draped
- with thousands of origami cranes,
- like colorful lei.
Word vocabulary - English
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deserve
accolade
praise for someone who is greatly admired, or a prize given to them for their work
crane
a tall water bird with very long legs
elegant
1
2
potent
1 having a very powerful effect or influence on your body or mind
icon
1
2
symbolic
1 important but not having any real effect
2
3
fable
define
2 to explain exactly the meaning of a particular word or idea
3 to show the edge or shape of something clearly
bold
1
2
3 very strong or bright so that you notice them :
4written or drawn in a very clear way :
5printed in letters that are darker and thicker than ordinary printed letters :
4
5
sacred
1
2
snowcapped
snow-capped mountains are covered in snow at the top
blazing
1
2
decorated
1
2
meanwhile
1
2
innumerable
very many, or too many to be counted
shrine
1 a place that is connected with a holy event or holy person, and that people visit to pray
2
frequently
draped
1 to put something somewhere so that it hangs or lies loosely
2 to cover or decorate something with a cloth
origami crane
It is a design considered the most classic of all Japanese origami. It is a representation of the Japanese red-crowned crane which has a special significance in Japanese culture. It is often used as a ceremonial wrapper or restaurant table decoration. A thousand orizuru strung together is called senbazuru, meaning "thousand cranes".
Thousand Origami Cranes (Senbazuru)
It is a group of one thousand origami paper cranes held together by strings. An ancient Japanese legend promises that anyone who folds a thousand origami cranes will be granted a wish by a crane. Some stories believe you are granted eternal good luck, instead of just one wish, such as long life or recovery from illness or injury.
colorful
1
2 interesting, exciting, and full of variety
lei
A wreath of flowers or other objects such as shells, nuts, and feathers, worn especially around the neck.
Word vocabulary - Japanese
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deserve
dizə́ː[r]v
【自動】（報い・賞などを受けるに）ふさわしい、値する
【他動】～を受けるに値する［足る］、～の価値がある、～にふさわしい
【＠】ディザーブ、デザーブ、【変化】《動》deserves | deserving | deserved、
【分節】de・serve
accolade
ǽkəlèid
【名-1】称賛、絶賛、賛美、栄誉、褒め言葉
【名-2】表彰式
【名-3】ナイトの爵位授与（の儀式）
【変化】《複》accolades、【分節】ac・co・lade
crane
kréin
【名-1】《鳥》ツル、鶴に似た鳥
【＠】クレイン、【変化】《動》cranes | craning | craned
elegant
éləɡ[ə]nt
【形】優雅な、上品な、洗練された、気品のある、素晴らしい、的確な、簡潔な
◆【反】inelegant◆【名】elegance
【＠】エリガント、【分節】el・e・gant
potent
póut[ə]nt
【形-1】勢力のある、有力な、影響を及ぼす、人を納得［承服・心服］させる
【形-2】強力な、（酒などが）強い
【形-3】効き目のある、良く効く、効能がある
【＠】ポウテント、ポテント、【分節】po・tent
icon
áikɑn
【名-1】像、肖像、偶像、聖像
【名-2】偶像視される人、あこがれの俳優［女優］
【名-3】（熱愛や崇拝の対象となる）商品
【＠】アイコン、【変化】《複》icons、【分節】i・con
symbolic
simbɑ́lik
【形】象徴する、象徴となる、象徴の、記号による、象徴主義の、象徴的な、象徴化されている◆【反】presentive
【＠】シンボリック、【分節】sym・bol・ic
fable
féibl
【名】（動物）寓話
【＠】フェイブル、【変化】《複》fables、【分節】fa・ble
define
difáin
【他動-1】～を定義する、～の意味を明確［明らか］にする、～を特徴づける、（内容を）明示する
【他動-2】（責任・立場・役割などを）明確にする
【他動-3】（範囲を）決める、規定する
【他動-4】輪郭を示す
【＠】デファイン、ディファイン、
【変化】《動》defines | defining | defined、【分節】de・fine
boldly
bóuldli
【副】大胆に、はっきりと、平気で、正々堂々と、力強く、果敢に
【＠】ボールドリ、ボウルドゥリ、ボルドリー、【分節】bold・ly
sacred
séikrid
【形】神聖な、宗教的な
【＠】セイクリッド、セイクレッド、【分節】sa・cred
snowcapped
【形】雪を頂いた
blazing sun
しゃく熱の太陽
decorated
【形】装飾された
meanwhile
míːn[h]wàil
【副】それまでの間、その間に、それまでは、一方では、その一方で、ところで、逆に
【＠】ミーンホワイル、ミーンワイル、【分節】mean・while
innumerable
in[j]úːm[ə]rəbl
【形】数えきれないほどの、無数の、無限にある
【＠】イニュメラブル、【分節】in・nu・mer・a・ble
shrine
ʃráin
【名-1】聖堂
【名-2】（日本の）神社、社
【名-3】聖地
【名-4】聖体容器
【＠】シュライン、【変化】《複》shrines
frequently
fríːkwəntli
【副】しばしば、高い頻度で、頻繁に、たびたび、やたらに、しきりに、足しげく
【＠】フリークウェントゥリ、フリークウェントリ、フリークエントリ、
【分節】fre・quent・ly
draped
【形-1】（布などを）かけた、覆った
origami crane
折り鶴
colorful
kʌ́lə[r]fl
【形-1】色彩に富んだ、色とりどりの、色彩豊かな、色鮮やかな
【形-2】（人の性格や話の内容などが）興味深い、華やかな、変化に富んだ
【形-3】生き生きした
【＠】カラフル、【分節】col・or・ful
lei
léi
【1-名】レイ、花輪
【＠】レイ
Reference
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Mark Brazil. (2015). Japan's Natural History: Red-crowned Crane.
Available: http://www.japanvisitor.com/japan-nature/red-crowned-crane
Last accessed Jan 1, 2016.
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