木の根っこ ２ (Roots of Trees -2-)

　木の根の写真を撮って歩いて、意外に多くの木々が地上に根を這わせていることや、比較的細い木でもかなり遠くまで根を伸ばしていることに気づいた。地下には、地表を上回る多くの根が密かに木の命を支えているのである。まさに、根は「縁の下の力持ち」である。

By walking around to take pictures of roots of trees, I have noticed that relatively large number of trees make crawl some of their roots on the surface of the ground and that even fairly thin threes extends their roots quite far. More roots than seen on the ground are secretly supporting the life of trees. Indeed, the root is what is called en no shita no chikara-mochi (a man who labors unnoticed under the floor) by a Japanese saying.