年末大掃除2 The end-of-year clearning2

昨日[きのう]の写真[しゃしん]は、障子[しょうじ]です。障子[しょうじ]は、ご覧[らん]の通[とお]り(= as you can see)、木[き]の枠[わく](= frame)に和紙[わし](= traditional Japanese paper)を張[は]ったものです。和紙[わし]は丈夫[じょうぶ](= robust)ですが、そのうち破[やぶ]れます(= to tear)。破[やぶ]れた和紙[わし]を取[と]り除[のぞ]いて(= to get rid of)、新[あたら]しい和紙[わし]をはると、障子[しょうじ]がきれいになります。12月の大掃除[おおそうじ]で、この障子[しょうじ]の張[は]り替[か]えをすることが多いです。

The photo that appeared here yesterday showed Shoji, which is an indoor-sliding door made of wooden frame and traditional Japanese paper called Washi. Washi is quite robust, but as you can imagine, it does not last forever. To repair damaged shoji, we get rid of old torn paper and replace it with new paper. People often change paper for shoji in December.

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[は]り替[か]えのためには、まず古[ふる]い和紙[わし]を取[と]り除[のぞ]きます。そして。。。

The first thing we have to do is to get rid of old paper completely. And…

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