201209_2_222健康講座_へそのごまは取ってはいけないの？

Name: 201209_2_222健康講座_へそのごまは取ってはいけないの？
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Should I Clean My Navel?

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「へそのごまは取ってはいけない」という話を聞きますが、本当でしょうか？
We hear about things like, "You mustn't take out belly button lint," but is that really true?
おへそは胎児の頃に、お母さんとへその緒で繋がっていました。
Your belly button was connected to your mother through the umbilical cord during the time you were a fetus.
そのため、お腹の中でも一番皮膚が薄くなっています。
For this reason, it also has thinnest skin on the tummy.
へそのごまをほじった時にばい菌が入ると、
If germs enter after digging out belly button lint,
お腹の中の腹膜まで炎症が広がって、お腹が痛くなる可能性があります。
there's a possibility inflammation will spread even to the peritoneum inside the stomach, causing a stomachache.
こうしたことから、おへそをいじらない方がいいという話が広まったのでしょう。
It was probably from such things that talk of not fiddling with one's belly button spread.
ところで、へそのごまの正体は何だと思いますか？
Incidentally, what do you think is the real form of belly button lint?
実は、あれは垢が溜まって黒く見えているのです。
As a matter of fact, it's accumulated grime that looks black.
足や手の爪の間に黒いものが見えることがありますが、それとへそのごまは同じもの。
Sometimes you can see black things in between toenails and fingernails - this is the same thing as belly button lint.
試しに、ごまがあるおへそを指先で優しくこすって、指先を嗅いでみてください。
As a trial, please try gently scraping your belly button when there's lint in it, and sniffing your fingertips.
臭く感じるでしょう？
It's smells bad, doesn't it?
これは垢の匂いです。
This is the smell of grime.
垢が溜まらないように、おへそは清潔にしておきましょう。
In order for grime to not accumulate, let's keep our belly buttons clean!

「へそのごまは取ってはいけない」という話を聞きますが、本当でしょうか？

本当

Truth, reality, actuality, fact; proper, right, correct, official; genuine, authentic, natural, veritable

話

Counter for stories, episodes of tv series, etc

聞き

Hearing, audible sound; rumour, rumor, hearsay, reputation; tasting (alcohol, tea, etc.)

取っ

Emphatic prefix
おへそは胎児の頃に、お母さんとへその緒で繋がっていました。

頃

Qing (chinese unit of land area equal to 100 mu)

お母さん

Mother

へその緒

Umbilical cord

胎児

Fetus, foetus, embryo, unborn child
そのため、お腹の中でも一番皮膚が薄くなっています。

一番

Pair, couple, brace

お腹

Stomach

中

Inside, in; among, within; center (centre), middle; during, while

皮膚

Skin
へそのごまをほじった時にばい菌が入ると、

時

Time, hour, moment; occasion, case; chance, opportunity, season; the times, the age, the day; tense

入る

To enter, to go into; to break into; to join, to enroll; to contain, to hold, to accommodate; to have (an income of); to get, to receive, to score

ばい菌

Germ, germs, bacteria, mold, mould; something harmful, vermin
お腹の中の腹膜まで炎症が広がって、お腹が痛くなる可能性があります。

お腹

Stomach

可能

Potential, possible, practicable, feasible

性

Nature (of a person); sex; gender; -ty, -ity, -ness, -cy

炎症

Inflammation, irritation

腹の中

in the belly; in one's heart of hearts

腹膜

peritoneum
こうしたことから、おへそをいじらない方がいいという話が広まったのでしょう。

方

Direction, way, side, area (in a particular direction); side (of an argument, etc.), one''s part; type, category; field (of study, etc.); indicates one side of a comparison; way, method, manner, means; length (of each side of a square)

話

Counter for stories, episodes of tv series, etc
ところで、へそのごまの正体は何だと思いますか？

何

What; how many; you-know-what, that; whatsit, what''s the expression, what do you call them; what?; hey!

思い

Thought; imagination, mind, heart; desire, wish, hope, expectation; love, affection; feelings, emotion, sentiment, experience

正体

Natural shape, one''s true colors, one''s true colours, true character, identity, true identity; consciousness, one''s senses
実は、あれは垢が溜まって黒く見えているのです。

実は

As a matter of fact, by the way, to tell you the truth, to be honest, frankly

垢

Klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
足や手の爪の間に黒いものが見えることがありますが、それとへそのごまは同じもの。

間

1.818 m (6 shaku); counter used to number the gaps between pillars

見える

To be seen, to be in sight; to look, to seem, to appear; to come

爪

Nail (e.g. fingernail, toenail), claw, talon, hoof; plectrum, pick; hook, clasp

足

Foot; leg; gait; pace; bottom structural component (i.e. radical) of a kanji; means of transportation; money, coin

同じ

Same, identical, equal, uniform, equivalent, similar, common (origin), changeless, alike; (usu. part of a ''nara'' conditional) anyway, anyhow, in either case

黒い

Black; dark; illicit, wicked, underground

手

Hand, arm; forepaw, foreleg; handle; hand, worker, help; trouble, care, effort; means, way, trick, move, technique, workmanship; hand, handwriting; kind, type, sort; one''s hands, one''s possession; ability to cope; hand (of cards); direction; move (in go, shogi, etc.)
試しに、ごまがあるおへそを指先で優しくこすって、指先を嗅いでみてください。

試し

Trial, test

指先

Fingertip, finger; toe tip, toe
臭く感じるでしょう？

感じる

To feel, to sense, to experience
これは垢の匂いです。

匂い

Odour, odor, scent, smell, stench; aura, whiff, smacks of ..., sense, flavour, flavor

垢

Klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)
垢が溜まらないように、おへそは清潔にしておきましょう。

清潔

Clean, hygienic, sanitary; pure, virtuous, immaculate

垢

Klesha (polluting thoughts such as greed, hatred and delusion, which result in suffering)