swastika 復習

　メイン州のゴルフ場で、破壊されたコースのグリーンに旧ナチスの紋章でもあるまんじの模様が彫られているのが発見されました。
Swastika found on green of vandalized golf course

Authorities say vandalism at a Maine golf course will be investigated as a possible hate crime because of a swastika that was found carved into the green on the course's first hole.

Police suspect the damage at Cobbossee Colony Golf Course in Monmouth was done by teenagers sometime late Sunday or early Monday. They say they have at least one suspect, but have been unable to definitively link them to the crime.

The Kennebec Journal reports the attorney general will look at the case as a potential hate crime. Course owner Bill Sylvester says he is not Jewish. He doesn't know why someone would draw the symbol on the green.

Police estimate the cost of the damage between $2,000 and $3,000, not counting lost income as the course is repaired.

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/swastika-found-green-vandalized-golf-50481193

　取り上げる単語は見出しにも出ている"swastika"です。ジーニアス英和辞典』第４版（大修館）で調べてみると、サンスクリット語で「まんじ（卍）、かぎ十字（旧ナチスドイツの紋章）」とありました。LDOCEでは、"a sign consisting of a cross with each end bent at 90º, used as a sign for the Nazi Party in Germany"と定義されています。ヘイトクライムの可能性が高いとされていますが、犯人と思われる少年はユダヤ教ではないらしく、原因は未だ解明されていません。(Akim)

swastika 復習 - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森からswastika - 田邉祐司ゼミ 常時英心：言葉の森から