Welcome to the Department of Dairy Science!
Hokkaido O
Hokkaido Ooezo Agricultu
Hokkaido Ooezo Agricultural High School
酪農[らくのう]:dairy (farm), 科学[かがく]:science, 科[か]:department|course (of study)|(taxonomical) family, 諸君[しょくん]:you (people)|gentlemen/ladies and gentlemen, 入学[にゅうがく]:entry to school or university/matriculation/enrolment (in university, etc.), おめでとう:congratulations!/an auspicious occasion!, おめでとう:Japanese sweets made with glutinous rice and azuki bean paste
酪農科学科の諸君 入学おめでとう
For the next year, you will live in student housing
年間[ねんかん]:years (period of), 全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew, 寮生活[りょうせいかつ]:life in a dormitory/dormitory life, ながら:while/during|while
これから１年間 君たちは全員 寮生活をしながら
pursuing your studies, as well as practicums in agriculture.
勉学[べんがく]:study/pursuit of knowledge, 励み[はげみ]:(act of) encouragement/stimulus/incentive, 農場[のうじょう]:farm (agriculture), 実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on), ことになる:it has been decided (so) that/it has been arranged (so) that|it is the result (of)
勉学に励み 農場実習をすることになる
We have many livestock, so there's no such thing as a holiday on the farm!
様々[さまざま]:varied/various, 様々[さまさま]:our gracious (e.g. Queen)/honorific that attaches to name of a person or thing that has bestowed grace or favour upon you, 家畜[かちく]:domestic animals/livestock/cattle, 扱う[あつかう]:to deal with (a person)|to deal with (a problem)|to operate (e.g. a machine)||
様々な家畜を扱っているので
基本[きほん]:foundation/basis/standard, 農場[のうじょう]:farm (agriculture), 休み[やすみ]:rest|vacation|dormancy (of a silkworm prior to moulting)
基本 農場が休みということはない
Here's the cattle shed!
牛舎[ぎゅうしゃ]:cow shed/cattle barn
ここが牛舎
In Japan, dairy cows are generally kept in enclosures,
日本[にほん, にっぽん]:Japan, つなぐ:to connect/to link together|to tie, つなぐ:rigging, 酪農[らくのう]:dairy (farm), 一般的[いっぱんてき]:popular/typical/general
日本では まだつなぎ飼いの酪農が一般的だが
but here at Ezonoo,
自然[しぜん]:nature|natural|naturally, 近い[ちかい]:near|close (in time)|close (relationship)||, 形[かたち, よう]:form/shape|visage, 形[かた, がた]:shape|collateral|obverse of an old "zeni" coin, 牛[うし, ぎゅう]:cattle (Bos taurus)|beef|Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), 飼う[かう]:to keep (a pet or other animal)/to raise/to have
ここ エゾノーでは より自然に近い形で 牛を飼う…
we have implemented a pasture-based dairy system
Ugh!
平気[へいき]:coolness/calmness|all right
くさーっ 何でみんな平気なんだ
that allows us to keep our cows...
How can you all stand the smell?
It's huge!
でかっ
Oh, sorry.
悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing
あー 悪い 悪い
I was just changing this one's straw bedding.
こっこ:national treasury, 寝[ね, しん]:sleep, 寝[ぬ]:to lie down/to go to bed/to go to sleep, 替える[かえる]:to replace|to exchange|to substitute
今 こっこの寝わら替えてたんだわ
Minami-sensei, can you put him back in his stall?
南[みなみ]:south, 南[ナン]:south wind tile|winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles, 先生[せんせい, せんじょう]:teacher|with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific|previous existence, 先生[シーサン]:boy, そいつ:he/she|that, 寝床[ねどこ]:bed/berth/crib, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||
南先生 そいつ寝床に入れといて
Sure thing.
はいよ
You're just leaving him there?
逃げる[にげる]:to escape/to run away
ほっとくの 逃げないのかな
Aww, so cute.
Won't he run off?
Maybe I should grab a hold of him...
捕まえる[つかまえる]:to catch/to arrest/to seize, 方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||
捕まえといた方がいいんじゃ…
Hey!
こらー
Oh, where'd he run off to?
あれ あいつどこ行った
A student chased him toward the fields.
仔[こ]:young (animal), 追い掛ける[おいかける]:to chase/to run after/to pursue, 農地[のうち]:agricultural land/farmland, 方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||
仔追い掛けて 農地の方へ
What an idiot.
バカでねえの
He would've come along if you held a feeding pail.
哺乳[ほにゅう]:lactation/suckling/mammal, バケツ:bucket/pail, 持つ[もつ]:to hold (in one's hand)|to possess|to maintain||, 勝手に[かってに]:arbitrarily/of its own accord/voluntarily, ついてくる:to follow/to come along with one/to accompany
哺乳バケツ持ってれば 勝手についてくるべさ
Well, he's gone off somewhere.
どっか行っちゃいましたね
Uh-oh, we have a lost one.
迷子[まいご]:lost child/lost person/stray child
あーあ 迷子だ
Blue skies...
青い[あおい]:blue|pale|unripe, 空[から]:emptiness/vacuum/blank, 空[そら]:sky|weather|far-off place||
青い空
The great outdoors...
うなる:to groan/to moan|to roar, 自然[しぜん]:nature|natural|naturally
うなる自然
No cell reception...
通ずる[つうずる]:to be open (to traffic)|to flow (liquid, current)|to be understood||, 携帯[けいたい, ケイタイ]:something carried (in the hand)/handheld|mobile telephone
通じない携帯
A clingy calf...
なれなれしい:over-familiar, 子牛[こうし, こうじ]:calf/small cow
なれなれしい子牛
Where am I?
ここ どこ
Episode 1 Welcome to Ezonoo
この…
Why, you—
It's your fault.
お前のせいだ
All your fault, you jerk!
お前のせいだ この野郎
熊[くま, クマ]:bear (any mammal of family Ursidae), いけにえ:sacrifice (to the gods)|victim/scapegoat, 逃げる[にげる]:to escape/to run away
熊出たら いけにえにして 逃げてやるからな
If a bear shows up, I'll sacrifice you and run!
Hey, did you hear that?
音[おと, ね]:sound|note|fame|
おい 何か 音しなかったか
A... bear?
熊[くま, クマ]:bear (any mammal of family Ursidae)
あっ 熊
Found you!
見つける[みつける, みっける]:to discover|to locate|to be used to seeing
見つけた
Uh, a Horseman of the Apocalypse?!
世紀末[せいきまつ]:end of a century (esp. 19th)/fin-de-siècle, 覇者[はしゃ]:supreme ruler/champion/titleholder
せ…世紀末覇者
Uh, Hachiken-kun, right?
えーと:let me see/well/errr ..., 迎える[むかえる]:to go out to meet|to receive|to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)||
えーと 八軒君だっけ 迎えに来たよ
I've come to get you.
You okay?
大丈夫
A feeding pail?
哺乳[ほにゅう]:lactation/suckling/mammal, バケツ:bucket/pail, 簡単[かんたん]:simple/easy|brief, 方法[ほうほう]:method/process/manner
哺乳バケツ そんな簡単な方法が…
It's that simple?
Animals just run faster when you chase them.
動物[どうぶつ]:animal, 追い掛ける[おいかける]:to chase/to run after/to pursue, 余計[よけい]:too many|unnecessary|abundantly, 逃げる[にげる]:to escape/to run away
動物って 追い掛けると 余計逃げるよ
So that's it...
そういうもんか
But why the horse?
馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop
でも 何で馬
馬術[ばじゅつ]:horse-riding/horsemanship/equestrian art, 借りる[かりる]:to borrow/to have a loan|to rent
馬術部から借りてきたの
I got one from the equestrian club.
I can go anywhere on a horse.
行[ぎょう]:line (i.e. of text)|carya (austerities)|samskara (formations)|, 行[こう]:going|type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)|district (of similar merchants)|
これなら どこでも行けるから
Wow, I'm impressed that you can control such a huge horse.
すげえ:incredible/unbelievable, でかい:huge/big/gargantuan, 馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 乗る[のる]:to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)|to get on (e.g. a footstool)|to reach||, こなす:to digest|to break down/to break to pieces, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
すげえな こんなでかい馬 乗りこなしてるなんて
It's just a plow horse.
農耕[のうこう]:farming/agriculture/cultivation, 馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop
農耕馬だよ
I've been riding since I was little, so I'm used to it.
小さい[ちいさい]:small/little/tiny, 乗る[のる]:to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)|to get on (e.g. a footstool)|to reach||, 慣れる[なれる]:to get used to|to become skilled in|to become tame
小さいころから乗ってるから 慣れてるだけ
My family has a farm with cows and horses.
牛[うし, ぎゅう]:cattle (Bos taurus)|beef|Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), 馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 飼う[かう]:to keep (a pet or other animal)/to raise/to have, 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse
うちは 牛と馬飼ってる農家でさ
I thought I might carry on the family business,
後を継ぐ[あとをつぐ]:to succeed (someone)/to take over from/to pick up the torch, 学校[がっこう]:school
後を継ごうかなーと思って この学校に来たんだ
so I came to this school.
What was your name again?
名前 何さんだっけ
I'm your classmate, Mikage.
同じ[おなじ, おんなじ]:same/identical|(usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway, クラス:class, 御[ご]:honorific/polite|honorific suffix, 御[ぎょ]:honorific affix|honorific prefix, 影[かげ]:shadow|reflection|ominous sign||
同じクラスの御影だよ
Mikage Aki. Nice to meet you.
御影[ごえい, みえい]:image (esp. of a deity, buddha, royal, noble, etc.), 御影[みかげ]:divine spirit/spirit of the dead, よろしく:well/properly|best regards
御影アキ よろしくね
Dairy Science
Welcome, students!
入学[にゅうがく]:entry to school or university/matriculation/enrolment (in university, etc.), おめでとう:congratulations!/an auspicious occasion!, おめでとう:Japanese sweets made with glutinous rice and azuki bean paste
入学おめでとう
I'm your homeroom teacher, Sakuragi.
担任[たんにん]:in charge (of something)|class teacher/homeroom teacher, 年間[ねんかん]:years (period of), よろしく:well/properly|best regards
担任の桜木だ ３年間よろしくな
We'll be together for the next three years.
You've been living in the dorms,
寮生活[りょうせいかつ]:life in a dormitory/dormitory life, 互い[たがい]:mutual/reciprocal, 顔合わせ[かおあわせ]:meeting together/introduction
もう 寮生活に入ってるから お互い顔合わせしてると思うけど
so you probably know each other already.
But let's have everyone introduce themselves.
あらためて:another time/again|formally, 自己[じこ]:self/oneself, 紹介[しょうかい]:introduction/presentation/referral, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
あらためて 自己紹介してもらおうかな
I'm Aikawa Shinnosuke, from Makubetsu East Junior High.
東[あずま, あづま]:eastern Japan (esp. Kamakura or Edo, from perspective of Kyoto or Nara)|east|six-stringed Japanese zither|, 東[ひがし, ひむかし]:east
幕別東中から来ました 相川進之介です
I want to become a vet.
獣医[じゅうい]:veterinarian, 目指す[めざす]:to aim at/to have an eye on|to go toward
獣医 目指してます
Komaba Ichirou, from Shimizu First Junior High!
清水[しみず, せいすい]:spring water|clear (pure) water, 第[だい]:prefix for forming ordinal numbers, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 出身[しゅっしん]:person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school), 駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies)
清水第一中 出身 駒場 一郎
I'm gonna carry on the family dairy business once I graduate!
卒業後[そつぎょうご]:after graduation, 実家[じっか]:(one's parents') home, 酪農[らくのう]:dairy (farm), 継ぐ[つぐ]:to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
卒業後は 実家の酪農 継ぐつもりです
I'm in the baseball club!
部活[ぶかつ]:club activities, 野球部[やきゅうぶ]:baseball club (i.e. baseball team of a university, corporation, etc.), 目指す[めざす]:to aim at/to have an eye on|to go toward
部活は野球部 甲子園 目指します
We're gonna try for the nationals!
I am Inada Tamako, from Obihiro Kawanishi Central Junior High.
川[かわ, がわ]:river/stream|the .... river, 稲田[いなだ]:paddy field/rice field
帯広川西中央中から来ました 稲田 多摩子
I'd like to study agribusiness management
農業[のうぎょう]:agriculture, 経営[けいえい]:management/administration/operation, 学ぶ[まなぶ]:to study (in depth)/to learn/to take lessons in, 世界[せかい]:the world|sphere|renowned|, 負ける[まける]:to lose|to succumb|to be inferior to||, 目指す[めざす]:to aim at/to have an eye on|to go toward
農業経営を学んで 世界に出ても負けない農業を目指します
and set up a world-class farm.
I'm Tokiwa Keiji!
常盤 恵次
From Nakasatsunai South Junior High!
南[みなみ]:south, 南[ナン]:south wind tile|winning hand with a pung (or kong) of south wind tiles, 出身[しゅっしん]:person's origin (e.g. city, country, parentage, school)
中札内南中 出身
I'm gonna take up my family's poultry farm!
実家[じっか]:(one's parents') home, 継ぐ[つぐ]:to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance), 鶏[にわとり, とり]:(domestic) chicken|chicken (meat), 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse
実家継いで 鶏農家やるっす
Yoshino Mayumi, from Shimourahoro Junior High.
まゆみ:Japanese spindle tree (Euonymus sieboldianus)
下浦幌中 吉野まゆみ
I want to start up a cheese business using
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 実家[じっか]:(one's parents') home, 牛乳[ぎゅうにゅう]:(cow's) milk, チーズ:cheese, 工房[こうぼう]:workshop/studio/atelier, 立ち上げる[たちあげる]:to start (something)/to start up/to boot (a computer)
将来は実家の牛乳を使って チーズ工房を立ち上げたいです
milk from my family's dairy farm.
What's with these guys?
何なの こいつら
Next, Hachiken.
次[つぎ]:next/following|stage, 次[じ]:next|hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)|order
次 八軒 八軒
Hachiken!
Oh, okay!
あっ はい
Hey, it's that guy who got lost during the campus orientation tour.
場内[じょうない]:in-house/(on) the grounds/(in) the premises, 見学[けんがく]:inspection/study by observation/field trip, 会[え]:gathering (esp. Buddhist, festive, etc.), 会[かい]:meeting/assembly|association, 迷子になる[まいごになる]:to get lost/to become lost/to go astray
あっ この前の場内見学会で迷子になってたやつだ
Oh, you're right.
ホント:truth/reality/actuality
ホントだ
I'm Hachiken Yuugo, from Shin Sapporo Junior High.
新札幌中から来ました
八軒 勇吾です
Um, nice to meet you all.
えーと:let me see/well/errr ..., よろしく:well/properly|best regards, 願う[ねがう]:to desire|to beg|to have something done for oneself
えーと よろしくお願いします
Shin Sapporo Junior High?
新札幌中？
Isn't that a prep school?
すげえ:incredible/unbelievable, 進学校[しんがくこう]:school centred on preparing students to get into university|high-level school a person has entered
すげえ進学校じゃね
About Practicums Forming Teams
We're now going to split the forty of you up into eight teams.
クラス:class, 班[はん]:group/party|squad, 分ける[わける]:to divide (into)|to share|to distinguish||
これから このクラス４０名を８班に分ける
Each team will work together on chores like
朝夕[あさゆう, ちょうせき]:morning and evening/from morning until night/constantly, 家畜[かちく]:domestic animals/livestock/cattle, 舎[しゃ]:hut/house|(in the ancient Chinese army) one day's march (approx. 12.2 km), 実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on), 班[はん]:group/party|squad, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something, ことになる:it has been decided (so) that/it has been arranged (so) that|it is the result (of)
朝夕の家畜舎実習などを この班でやってもらうことになる
the AM-PM barn practicum.
Girls
Boys
You'll draw straws to form five-person teams.
くじ引き[くじびき]:lottery/drawn lot, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 組[くみ]:set (of items)|group (of people)|typesetting, つくる:to make/to produce|to prepare (food)
くじ引きで ５人一組を つくるからな
Be nice to your teammates for the next three years.
年間[ねんかん]:years (period of), 仲良く[なかよく]:on good terms with/on cordial terms with|to make friends with
３年間 仲良くしろよ
Ooezo Agricultural High School Dormitory for Future Agriculture Managers
Here, eat this.
食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||
これ 食ってけよ
You've still got a ways to go until breakfast.
朝飯[あさめし, あさはん]:breakfast
朝飯まで 時間あるから
Thanks.
あんがと
G'luck. Night!
頑張る[がんばる]:to persevere|to insist that|to remain in a place, おやすみ:holiday/day off|sleep
頑張れよ おやすみ
I'm sleepy...
眠い[ねむい]:sleepy/drowsy/somnolent, 寒い[さむい, さぶい]:cold (e.g. weather)|uninteresting (esp. joke)/lame
眠い 寒い
Cold...
Man...
たまる:to collect/to gather/to save, たまる:to be saved up (e.g. money)
たまんないね
The livestock practicum lasts for a whole week, right?
家畜[かちく]:domestic animals/livestock/cattle, 実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on), 週間[しゅうかん]:weeks (period of), 続く[つづく]:to continue|to continue (without a break)|to occur again and again||
家畜実習って １週間 続くんだよね
Yeah...
Uh, you're...
えっと:let me see/well/errr ...
えっと
Aikawa. Aikawa Shinnosuke.
相川 相川 進之介
Nice to meet you, Hachiken-kun.
よろしく:well/properly|best regards
よろしく 八軒君
Same here.
よろしく:well/properly|best regards
よろしく
You want to be a vet, right?
獣医[じゅうい]:veterinarian, 目指す[めざす]:to aim at/to have an eye on|to go toward
獣医 目指してるんだっけ
Yeah.
It's my childhood dream.
小さい[ちいさい]:small/little/tiny, 夢[ゆめ]:dream, くじける:to be disheartened/to lose heart|to be sprained
小さいころからの夢 もう くじけそうだけど
I'm already about to give up, though.
What about you?
八軒君は
If you came from Sapporo to a high school way out in the boonies,
札幌[さっぽろ]:Sapporo (city), わざわざ:expressly/specially/doing something especially rather than incidentally, 田舎[いなか]:rural area/countryside|hometown, 田舎[でんしゃ, でんじゃ]:country/country home, 高校[こうこう]:senior high school/high school, 目的[もくてき]:purpose/goal/aim
札幌からわざわざこんな田舎の高校に来たってことは目的あるんでしょ
you must have a reason.
Because it's a boarding school...
寮[りょう]:hostel/dormitory|bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system), 寮[つかさ]:office|chief|(Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies, 帰る[かえる]:to return|to leave|to get home, 済む[すむ]:to finish|to merely result in something less severe than expected|to feel at ease|
寮があるから 帰らなくて済むから
I don't have to go to home.
Get help!
集める[あつめる]:to collect/to assemble/to gather
人 集めてこいよ
What about nets?
網[あみ]:net/netting|web, 網[もう]:network
網は
Nah! Just get help!
頼む[たのむ]:to request|to call|to entrust to|
いい 人を頼む
Oh, is something going on?
何かあったんすか
Oh, first-years?
男子[だんし]:youth/young man, 手伝う[てつだう]:to help/to assist|to contribute to
おう １年か 男子 手伝ってくれ
Guys, help us out!
The chickens intended for a practicum got loose!
実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on), 用[よう]:business|use|for the use of ...|, 鶏[にわとり, とり]:(domestic) chicken|chicken (meat), 逃げる[にげる]:to escape/to run away
実習用の鶏が逃げちゃってよ
Oh, uh... Okay, I'll help!
あっ はい やります
But what about our practicum?
実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on)
でも 実習が…
All right, let's catch 'em quick!
捕まえる[つかまえる]:to catch/to arrest/to seize
よし ちゃっちゃと捕まえるべ
Wha?!
I'll let the instructor know.
先生[せんせい, せんじょう]:teacher|with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific|previous existence, 先生[シーサン]:boy, 伝える[つたえる]:to convey/to report/to transmit
先生には伝えておくわ
Don't hold them back.
まとい:target shooting (with bow & arrow), なさる:to do
足手まといに ならないようにしなさいよ
Hey, Tamako!
てめえ:you (used by young males)|oneself
おい 多摩子 てめえ
You—
Whew, thank god!
助かる[たすかる]:to be saved|to escape harm|to be helped, ありがと:Thank you, 坊[ぼう, ぼん]:bonze|monk's dwelling|(vocative) boy||
いやー 助かった ありがとな １年坊
Thanks, first-years!
Sure...
いえ…
We should thank you.
お礼[おれい, おんれい]:thanks|manners|bow||
お礼しなきゃな
スモーク:smoke, チキン:chicken, 食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||
スモークチキン できたら食わせてやるよ
We'll give you some smoked chicken when it's done!
Yeah!
Which dorm room are you in?
寮生[りょうせい]:boarder/boarding student, 号室[ごうしつ]:suffix for room numbers
寮生 何号室 名前は
What're your names?
Chicken Coop
Good morning!
おはようございます:good morning
おはようございます
Hey! Great work, right off the bat!
おう
初っぱな[しょっぱな]:the very beginning, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work
初っぱなから いい仕事したじゃねえか
All right, come right in.
早速[さっそく]:at once/immediately/without delay
じゃ 早速 中に入ってくれ
It's gonna be like this for three years?
年間[ねんかん]:years (period of)
こんなのが ３年間…
Ugh, it stinks...
臭う[におう]:to be fragrant|to stink|to glow|
臭っ
すげえ:incredible/unbelievable
って すげえ
Wow!
It's like an egg factory!
まるで:quite/entirely|as if, 卵[たまご]:eggs|hen egg|(an expert) in the making|, 卵[かい, かいご]:egg/eggshell, 工場[こうじょう, こうば]:factory/plant/mill
まるで 卵工場だ
Hachiken, Tokiwa, collect the eggs.
卵[たまご]:eggs|hen egg|(an expert) in the making|, 卵[かい, かいご]:egg/eggshell, 集める[あつめる]:to collect/to assemble/to gather
八軒と常盤は 卵を集めてくれ
Okay!
へーい
You're good at this.
手際[てぎわ]:performance/skill/tact
手際いいな
My family runs a poultry farm.
鶏[にわとり, とり]:(domestic) chicken|chicken (meat), 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse
うち 鶏農家だもーん
But I didn't know the chicken coop was so systematic.
鶏舎[けいしゃ]:poultry house, すごい:terrible/dreadful|amazing (e.g. of strength), システマチック:systematic
しかし 鶏舎って すごいシステマチックなんだな
It's only for chickens to eat feed and lay eggs.
餌[えさ, え]:(animal) feed/fodder|bait, 食わす[くわす]:to feed|to provide|to inflict|, 卵[たまご]:eggs|hen egg|(an expert) in the making|, 卵[かい, かいご]:egg/eggshell, 産む[うむ]:to give birth/to bear (child)|to produce, スペース:space (room, area, outer space)
餌 食わされて 卵 産まされるだけのスペースって
But these kinds of efficiency-first coops that aren't kind to the chickens
効率[こうりつ]:efficiency/efficacy/performance, 優先[ゆうせん]:preference/priority/precedence, 鶏[にわとり, とり]:(domestic) chicken|chicken (meat), 優しい[やさしい]:tender/kind/gentle, 鶏舎[けいしゃ]:poultry house
でも こういう 効率優先で 鶏に優しくない鶏舎は
are criticized in the West.
欧米[おうべい]:Europe and America/the West, 非難[ひなん]:criticism/blame/censure
欧米とかだと非難されんだぜ
For me, when it's this efficient, it's just impressive.
効率的[こうりつてき]:efficient, 逆[ぎゃく]:reverse|converse (of a hypothesis, etc.)|inverse (function), 逆[さか]:inverse/reverse, 感心[かんしん]:admiration|admirable|astonishment
ここまで効率的だと 逆に 感心するけど
U-Um...
あ…あのさ
Yeah?
鶏[にわとり, とり]:(domestic) chicken|chicken (meat), 卵[たまご]:eggs|hen egg|(an expert) in the making|, 卵[かい, かいご]:egg/eggshell, 生まれる[うまれる]:to be born
鶏の卵って どっから生まれるの
Where do chicken eggs come from?
Where?
肛門[こうもん]:anus
どこって 肛門だろ
The anus, of course.
The same as poop?!
一緒[いっしょ]:together|at the same time|same
うんこと一緒
Intestines
Ovary
Oviduct
To be more precise, it's called the cloaca,
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 総[そう]:whole/all/general, 総[ふさ]:tuft|bunch (of grapes, etc.)|section (of an orange, etc.), 排泄[はいせつ]:excretion, 腔[こう]:cavity, 卵管[らんかん]:fallopian tube/oviduct, 出口[でぐち]:exit/gateway/way out, 直接[ちょくせつ]:direct/immediate/personal, 腸[ちょう, はらわた]:guts/bowels/intestines, つなぐ:to connect/to link together|to tie, つなぐ:rigging
正しくは総排泄腔といって 卵管の出口と直接腸がつなが…
and the oviduct opens directly into the intestine—
A-Aren't these dirty, then?
汚い[きたない]:dirty|disordered|indecent (language, etc.)||
汚くないのか これ
Well, that's why we're giving them a good scrub by hand.
全部[ぜんぶ]:all/entire/whole, 丁寧[ていねい]:polite/courteous|careful, 洗う[あらう]:to wash|to inquire into|to purify (one's heart)|, 磨く[みがく]:to polish/to shine|to refine (e.g. a skill)
だからこうして 全部丁寧に洗って磨いてんだろ
Each egg's full of the farmer's tender, loving care! Delicious!
卵[たまご]:eggs|hen egg|(an expert) in the making|, 卵[かい, かいご]:egg/eggshell, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 個[こ, コ]:counter for articles|counter for military units|individual, 個[か, カ]:counter for the ichi-ni-san counting system (usu. directly preceding the item being counted)/a noun read using its on-yomi, 生産者[せいさんしゃ]:manufacturer/producer, 気持ち[きもち]:feeling|preparedness|thanks|, こもる:to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room)/to be confined in|to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.)
卵一個一個に 生産者の気持ちがこもって うんまいぞ
But...
でも でも
But it's like poop!
一緒[いっしょ]:together|at the same time|same
うんこと一緒じゃねー
Poop...
Ooezo Agricultural High School Dormitory for Future Agriculture Managers
It's time for breakfast.
朝食[ちょうしょく, あさげ]:breakfast
朝食の時間です
All students, please report to the dining hall.
寮生[りょうせい]:boarder/boarding student, 全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew, 食堂[しょくどう]:dining room/dining hall|restaurant, 食堂[じきどう]:dining hall (at a temple), 集まる[あつまる]:to gather/to collect/to assemble, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
寮生は全員 食堂に集まってください
繰り返す[くりかえす]:to repeat/to do something over again, 朝食[ちょうしょく, あさげ]:breakfast
繰り返します 朝食の時間です
I repeat, it's time for breakfast.
寮生[りょうせい]:boarder/boarding student, 全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew, 食堂[しょくどう]:dining room/dining hall|restaurant, 食堂[じきどう]:dining hall (at a temple), 集まる[あつまる]:to gather/to collect/to assemble, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
寮生は全員 食堂に集まってください
All students, please report to the dining hall.
Wonder what's on the menu.
メニュー:menu
メニュー な～にかな
It's a silver spoon.
銀[かね, かな]:money|metal, 銀[ぎん, しろがね]:silver (Ag)|silver coin|silver medal||, 匙[さじ, しゃじ]:spoon
銀の匙だね
Is there a meaning behind it?
意味がある[いみがある]:to have meaning/to be meaningful
何か意味があるのかな
In Europe, they give a newborn child a silver spoon.
ヨーロッパ:Europe
ヨーロッパじゃ
生まれてくる[うまれてくる]:to be born/to come into the world, 銀[かね, かな]:money|metal, 銀[ぎん, しろがね]:silver (Ag)|silver coin|silver medal||, スプーン:spoon, 贈る[おくる]:to give (as a gift)/to present|to confer
生まれてくる子に 銀のスプーンを贈るんだって
It's to ensure that they never go hungry.
一生[いっしょう]:whole life/a lifetime|(the only, the greatest, etc.) of one's life, 食べる[たべる]:to eat|to live on (e.g. a salary)/to live off, 困る[こまる]:to be troubled/to be worried/to be bothered
その子が一生 食べるのに困らないようにって
All right, let's eat...
飯[めし]:cooked rice|meal|one's livelihood, 飯[まんま, まま]:cooked rice
さあ 飯 飯
Let's eat!
いただく:to receive/to get|to eat
いただきまーす
What's wrong? It'll get cold.
冷める[さめる]:to become cool (e.g. from a high temperature to room temperature)/to come down (fever)|to cool down (interest)
どうした 冷めるぞ
I'll let you have this...
これ やるよ
...to thank you.
さっき:some time ago/just now, さっき:thirst for blood/bloodlust/determination to kill, 返し[かえし]:reversal|return gift|barb (on a fishing hook)|
さっきのお返し
Really?
ホント:truth/reality/actuality
ホント やったー
Yay!
The anus...
肛門[こうもん]:anus
肛門
Looks delicious!
おいしい:delicious/tasty|attractive
おいしそー
Wait a minute...
ちょっと待て…
Wait a minute!
ちょっと待て！
うおおお ちょっと待て
Wait a minute!
That came from the anus...
肛門[こうもん]:anus
それは 肛門から…
The anus!
肛門[こうもん]:anus
肛門からー！！
It's tasty because it's fresh!
やっぱり:too/also|still, 新鮮[しんせん]:fresh, おいしい:delicious/tasty|attractive
やっぱり 新鮮だから おいしいわね
Forget Tamako!
多摩子は どうでもいい
What's the matter?
どうした
This school's hard on your nerves...
学校[がっこう]:school, 精神[せいしん]:mind/soul/heart, 攻撃[こうげき]:attack/strike|criticism, 過ぎる[すぎる]:to pass through|to pass (i.e. of time)|to have expired||, 過ぎる[よぎる]:to go by/to cross/to pass by
この学校 精神攻撃が多過ぎて
Is it?
後[あと]:behind|after|after one's death||, 後[のち]:later|future|after one's death|, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic
そうか この後 数学あんだろ
But math's coming up.
General subjects are harder on my nerves.
一般[いっぱん]:general/universal|ordinary, 教科[きょうか]:subject/curriculum, 方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||, つらい:painful/bitter|tough
俺は 一般教科の方がつらいけどな
Revised Edition Mathematics I
Finally, time for normal high school stuff!
やっと:at last/at length|barely, まとも:the front|honesty/uprightness, 高校[こうこう]:senior high school/high school, 生活[せいかつ]:living/life (one's daily existence)/livelihood
やっと まともな高校生活の時間がきたか
Revised Edition Mathematics I
さすが:as one would expect|still/all the same, さすが:dagger, 農業[のうぎょう]:agriculture, 高校[こうこう]:senior high school/high school, 薄い[うすい]:thin|pale|watery||, 過ぎる[すぎる]:to pass through|to pass (i.e. of time)|to have expired||, 過ぎる[よぎる]:to go by/to cross/to pass by
って さすがは農業高校 薄過ぎだろ
But wow, I'm at an agricultural high school, all right.
It's way too thin!
The content's sparse, too.
中身[なかみ]:contents/interior/substance, すかすか:hollow|sharply/cleanly (of cutting), 楽勝[らくしょう]:easy victory
中身も すかすかだし これなら楽勝
I'm gonna ace this for sure!
The true enemy is...
真[しん]:truth|seriousness|logical TRUE||, 真[ま]:just|pure|truth, 敵[かたき]:rival|revenge|spouse, 敵[てき]:opponent/rival|menace
真の敵は…
I'm Yachiyo, in charge of livestock science.
畜産[ちくさん]:animal husbandry, 担当[たんとう]:being in charge (of an area of responsibility)/being responsible (for a work role, etc.), 八千代[やちよ]:eternity/thousands of years
畜産担当の八千代です
I'll start with the basics.
家畜[かちく]:domestic animals/livestock/cattle, 基本[きほん]:foundation/basis/standard, 教える[おしえる]:to teach|to tell|to preach
まず 家畜の基本を教えていきます
Livestock Science
But, because this area has a lot of dairy farms,
地区[ちく]:district/section/sector, 酪農家[らくのうか]:dairy farmer
とはいっても この地区は酪農家が多い
the class will emphasize dairy cows.
やはり:too/also|still, 乳牛[ちちうし, にゅうぎゅう]:milk cow/dairy cattle/milch cow, 寄り[より]:pushing back one's opponent while locked in close quarters|having a tendency towards/being close to, 授業[じゅぎょう]:lesson/class work/teaching, よろしく:well/properly|best regards
やはり 乳牛寄りの授業になるけど よろしくな
Okay.
I took advantage of spring break and already studied the textbook.
春休み[はるやすみ]:spring break/spring vacation, 利用[りよう]:use/utilization/utilisation
春休みを利用して
畜産[ちくさん]:animal husbandry, 教科書[きょうかしょ]:textbook/coursebook/schoolbook, 読み込む[よみこむ]:to read thoroughly|to express (e.g. emotion in poetry)|to read (extra meaning) into (something)|, 死角[しかく]:blind spot/dead space
畜産の教科書を読み込んだ俺に 死角なし
Nothing will stop me!
数値[すうち]:numerical value/numerics|reading (on a meter, etc.), もろもろ:all kinds of things/various things/large number of people, 頭[とう]:counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), 頭[あたま, かしら]:head|hair (on one's head)|mind||, たたき込む[たたきこむ]:to drive into/to throw into/to hit into, 済み[ずみ, すみ]:arranged/taken care of/settled
数値もろもろ 頭にたたき込み済みだ
I've already memorized all the numbers!
I'm gonna get the top score on the next exam—
次[つぎ]:next/following|stage, 次[じ]:next|hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)|order, テスト:test
次のテストは
Okay, about all the reference stats in this textbook.
ぶっちぎり:establishing a large lead over one's competitors/breaking away (from the field), 学年[がくねん]:academic year/school year|year in school, 番[ばん]:number (in a series)|(one's) turn|watch|, 番[つがい]:(one) pair (e.g. of birds)/brace|joint
ぶっちぎりで 学年１番を…
教科書[きょうかしょ]:textbook/coursebook/schoolbook, 諸々[もろもろ]:all kinds of things/various things/large number of people, 資料[しりょう]:materials/data/document, 数値[すうち]:numerical value/numerics|reading (on a meter, etc.)
えー この教科書にある諸々の資料数値ですが
They're based on the national average.
全国[ぜんこく]:countrywide/nationwide/whole country, 平均[へいきん, へいぎん]:average/mean|balance, 割り出す[わりだす]:to calculate/to compute/to infer
全国平均から 割り出したものです
The cows in Hokkaido are big, so those numbers don't fit.
北海道[ほっかいどう]:Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit), 牛[うし, ぎゅう]:cattle (Bos taurus)|beef|Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), でかい:huge/big/gargantuan, 当て[あて]:aim|expectations|something that can be relied upon||
北海道の牛はでかいので 当てになりません
Livestock Science
So we'll use another reference text in class.
なので
授業[じゅぎょう]:lesson/class work/teaching, 資料[しりょう]:materials/data/document
授業では 別資料を使います
Dammit...
チクショー
Campus Motto Defy Logic Cooperation Diligence
Hachiken!
八軒
You're smart, right?
頭[とう]:counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), 頭[あたま, かしら]:head|hair (on one's head)|mind||
お前 頭 いんだべ
Huh? Not really—
えっ 別に
Teach me math!
数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 教える[おしえる]:to teach|to tell|to preach
数学 教えてくれ
I'm already lost at page one!
ページ:page, 訳[わけ]:conclusion from reasoning, judgement or calculation based on something read or heard/reason/cause, 訳[やく]:translation/version (e.g. "English version")
もう１ページ目から 訳分からん
But this is junior high stuff.
中学[ちゅうがく]:middle school/junior high school, レベル:level/standard/amount, じゃん:isn't it
こんなん 中学レベルじゃん
No, I totally sucked back then, too!
中学[ちゅうがく]:middle school/junior high school, ダメダメ:entirely useless/completely worthless
いやぁ 俺 中学でも ダメダメだったの
Besides, I got in here because I was recommended for being a farmer's son.
だいたい:outline/main point|general, だいたい:battalion, 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse, 長男[ちょうなん]:eldest son (may be the only son)/first-born son
だいたい 農家の長男ってだけで
推薦[すいせん]:recommendation/referral/endorsement, 入学[にゅうがく]:entry to school or university/matriculation/enrolment (in university, etc.)
推薦入学だもん
Really?
マジで
Despite scoring one out of five in math, I got in without taking the entrance exam.
万[ばん]:many/all, 万[まん, よろず]:10,000|myriad|everything|, 数学[すうがく]:mathematics/arithmetic, 入試[にゅうし]:entrance examination, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||
万年数学１でも 入試なしで入れちゃったし
We got in through referral, too,
推薦[すいせん]:recommendation/referral/endorsement, ひどい:cruel/heartless|violent
俺らも推薦だけど そんなにひどくねーぞ
but we weren't that bad!
Don't make us sound bad.
一緒にする[いっしょにする]:to unite/to join|to confuse with
一緒にすんな
My best grade was a three!
最高[さいこう]:most/highest|best
俺 最高 ３
What, on a ten-point scale?
段階[だんかい]:grade/level/stage, 段階[きざはし, きだはし]:stairs|stairs at the front of a noh stage, 評価[ひょうか]:valuation|to value|to appreciate
１０段階評価？
No, five!
段階[だんかい]:grade/level/stage, 段階[きざはし, きだはし]:stairs|stairs at the front of a noh stage
５段階
Me, too! I always got twos in English.
英語[えいご]:English (language)
俺も俺も 英語はいつも２
Oh, same here.
一緒[いっしょ]:together|at the same time|same
あっ 一緒
Man, they're so dumb.
レベル:level/standard/amount
フッ レベル低っ
Yeah?
んだよー
All right...
基本[きほん]:foundation/basis/standard
じゃあ 基本からやる
Want to start with the basics?
Don't underestimate how dumb I am, though!
頭[とう]:counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), 頭[あたま, かしら]:head|hair (on one's head)|mind||, 悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing, なめる:to lick|to taste, なめる:to be slippery/to be slimy|to behave charmingly
けど 俺の頭の悪さ なめんなよ
No problem.
付き合う[つきあう]:to associate with/to keep company with|to go along with
いいよ できるまで付き合うよ
I'll stick with you till you get it.
Really? Thanks!
感謝[かんしゃ]:thanks/gratitude
マジ 感謝
If this is what my classmates are like,
周り[まわり]:circumference/girth|surroundings, 学年[がくねん]:academic year/school year|year in school, 番[ばん]:number (in a series)|(one's) turn|watch|, 番[つがい]:(one) pair (e.g. of birds)/brace|joint, 余裕[よゆう]:surplus/margin|composure, こりゃ:hey there/I say/see here
周りがこんなんなら 学年１番は余裕だな こりゃ
I guess I'll be the top student in my class, no problem.
First, take X...
まずは このｘを…
What's "X"?
ｘって何
Huh?
Aikawa, you want to be a vet?
獣医[じゅうい]:veterinarian, 志望[しぼう]:wish/desire/ambition
相川 お前 獣医志望だって
Yeah.
そうだよ
What's the deal with somatic cell cloning research these days?
体細胞[たいさいぼう]:somatic cell, クローン:clone, 研究[けんきゅう]:study/research/investigation
体細胞クローンの研究って 今はどうなってんの
Once TPP kicks into gear,
波[なみ]:wave, 波[ぽ]:Poland
ＴＰＰの波がきちゃったら
Japan won't be able to compete with imported agricultural products
高品質[こうひんしつ]:high quality, 農産物[のうさんぶつ]:agricultural produce, 低コスト[ていコスト]:low cost, 大量[たいりょう]:large quantity/massive (quantity)/mass (e.g. mass production, mass transit, mass destruction), 作る[つくる]:to make|to prepare (food)|to raise||
高品質の農産物を低コストで大量に作らなきゃ
unless it can grow high-quality produce in large quantities at low cost.
海外[かいがい]:foreign/abroad/overseas, 農産物[のうさんぶつ]:agricultural produce, 戦う[たたかう]:to make war (on)|to compete (against)|to struggle (against adversities, etc.)
海外農産物と戦えなくなるべ
Japan won't be able to insist on not cloning beef cattle anymore.
肉牛[にくぎゅう]:beef cattle, クローン:clone, 駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|, なくなる:to die, なくなる:to be lost (e.g. luggage)/to be missing|to be used up
もう肉牛クローンは駄目とか 言ってらんなくなるっしょ
Hey, I'm interested in that topic.
話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 興味[きょうみ]:interest (in something)/curiosity (about something)/zest (for)
あら そういう話なら 私も興味あるわ
うーん:hmm/well, 研究[けんきゅう]:study/research/investigation
うーん ちょっと前の研究だと
Well, if we're talking recent research...
Cloning cows from somatic cells is a really complicated process,
体細胞[たいさいぼう]:somatic cell, クローン:clone, 牛[うし, ぎゅう]:cattle (Bos taurus)|beef|Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), 作製[さくせい]:manufacture, 過程[かてい]:process/course/mechanism, 複雑[ふくざつ]:complex/complicated/mixed (feelings)
体細胞クローン牛の作製過程って 複雑だから
so the success rate is really low.
いまだ:as yet/hitherto|not yet (with negative verb), 成功率[せいこうりつ]:success rate, 低い[ひくい]:low (rank, degree, value, content, quality, etc.)|low (position)|short (height)|
いまだに成功率が低くて
More and more research institutes are giving up.
研究[けんきゅう]:study/research/investigation, やめる:to stop (an activity)/to cease|to cancel, やめる:to resign/to retire/to quit, 機関[からくり]:mechanism|trick|mechanical doll, 機関[きかん]:engine|agency|system, 増える[ふえる]:to increase/to multiply
研究をやめちゃってる機関が 増えてるんだ
They say clones have a shorter lifespan,
The genetic blueprint gets reset during the early developmental stages following insemination,
本来[ほんらい]:originally|essentially|proper, 受精[じゅせい]:fertilization/fertilisation/impregnation, 初期[しょき]:early (days)/initial stage|initial, 発生[はっせい]:outbreak|generation (e.g. of power or heat)|ontogeny, 分化[ぶんか]:specialization/specialisation/differentiation, ゲノム:genome, 情報[じょうほう]:information/news|information
本来 受精初期発生で分化したゲノム情報が…
but a study found that Dolly was actually an exception.
実[じつ, じち]:truth|sincerity|content|, 実[み]:fruit|seed|(in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.|, 例外[れいがい]:exception, 研究[けんきゅう]:study/research/investigation
実は例外だったっていう 研究が出てて
and as cells proliferate and differentiation continues...
You need to select good genetic markers, then do a blastocyst biopsy to...
良質[りょうしつ]:good quality/fine quality/superior quality, マーカー:marker, 遺伝子[いでんし]:gene|genetic
良質なマーカー遺伝子を…
By silencing the XIST gene on the X-chromosome, they've improved...
染色体[せんしょくたい]:chromosome
Ｘ染色体のイグジストを…
As for what will happen to the epigenetics of the recipient's cloned embryos...
Are they speaking in code?!
呪文[じゅもん]:spell/charm/incantation
呪文
Isn't that college-level science?
レベル:level/standard/amount
あれ 大学レベルだよね
Oh, our knowledge is really skewed, so it's nothing to be proud of.
知識[ちしき]:knowledge/information, すごい:terrible/dreadful|amazing (e.g. of strength), 偏る[かたよる]:to be one-sided/to incline/to be partial
いやぁ 僕らの知識って すごい偏ってるから
威張る[いばる, えばる]:to put on airs/to act big/to throw one's weight about
威張れたもんじゃないよ
All right, line up, first-years!
よーし:alright/all right/right on, 年生[ねんせい]:pupil in ... year/student in ... year, 並べる[ならべる]:to line up|to enumerate|to be equal (to)
よーし １年生 並べ
本日[ほんじつ]:today, 体力[たいりょく]:stamina/endurance|strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential), 測定[そくてい]:measurement, マラソン:marathon/long-distance race
本日の体力測定は マラソンです
We'll test your endurance with a marathon today.
What?!
コース:course (route, trail, course of study, course of action, plan, option), 学校[がっこう]:school, 敷地[しきち]:site/plot/lot, 周[しゅう]:Zhou (dynasty of China)|perimeter|counter for laps or circuits
コースは学校の敷地１周です
One lap around the school campus!
Let's start with warm-ups!
準備運動[じゅんびうんどう]:warming (limbering) up/warming-up exercises
まずは 準備運動
One lap?
周[しゅう]:Zhou (dynasty of China)|perimeter|counter for laps or circuits, 意外[いがい]:unexpected/surprising, 楽ちん[らくちん, ラクチン]:pleasant|easy-going/easy life
１周 意外と楽ちんだね
That's not so bad.
Oh, and by the way...
ちなみ:association/link|pledge (esp. for marriage)
え～ ちなみに
Our campus, which includes fields and forest used in practicums,
校[こう]:school|proof (of a book, document, etc.)/counter for proofs, 実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on), 農地[のうち]:agricultural land/farmland, 農林[のうりん]:agriculture and forestry, 含める[ふくめる]:to include (in a group or scope)|to instruct|to include (a nuance)||, 敷地[しきち]:site/plot/lot, 面積[めんせき]:square measure/size (e.g. of land)/area
わが校の実習農地 実習農林を含めた敷地面積は
is the largest in the nation for a high school.
高校[こうこう]:senior high school/high school, 全国[ぜんこく]:countrywide/nationwide/whole country, 一[いち]:one|best|first||
高校では 全国一でありまして…
One lap covers twenty kilometers.
周[しゅう]:Zhou (dynasty of China)|perimeter|counter for laps or circuits
１周 ２０ｋｍあります
I... want to quit this school already.
学校[がっこう]:school, 辞める[やめる]:to resign/to retire/to quit
もう この学校 辞めたい
Hey! No slacking!
ちんたら:dilatorily/sluggishly|to take a lot of time, 走る[はしる]:to run|to travel (movement of vehicles)|to hurry to||
こらー ちんたら走るな
夕方[ゆうがた]:evening/dusk, 家畜[かちく]:domestic animals/livestock/cattle, 当番[とうばん]:being on duty, 実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on), 始まる[はじまる]:to begin|to happen (again)|to date (from)
ほら 夕方の家畜当番実習 始まっちまうぞ
Hey, the evening livestock practicum's about to start.
Gimme a break.
勘弁[かんべん]:pardon/forgiveness/forbearance
勘弁しろよー
If we don't get this done quickly, I'll miss club practice.
早い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, 部活[ぶかつ]:club activities
早く終わらせねえと 部活終わっちまうからよ
You're still up for that?
やる気[やるき]:willingness (e.g. to do something)/eagerness/motivation
まだ やる気かよ
Komaba-kun, you already joined a club?
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies), 部活[ぶかつ]:club activities
駒場君 もう部活やってんだ
I've been training with them since spring break.
春休み[はるやすみ]:spring break/spring vacation, 練習[れんしゅう]:practice/practising, 参加[さんか]:participation
春休み中から練習に参加してる
Want to join me in the baseball club?
野球部[やきゅうぶ]:baseball club (i.e. baseball team of a university, corporation, etc.)
お前らも 野球部どうよ
I don't like sports...
スポーツ:sport/sports, 嫌い[きらい]:dislike|suspicion|distinction, 嫌い[ぎらい]:dislike/hatred/fear
俺 スポーツ嫌い
Neither do I.
苦手[にがて]:poor (at)/weak (in)|dislike (of)
僕も苦手だなー
Actually,
学校[がっこう]:school
つーか 何で この学校は
why the hell does this school have two baseball fields, anyway?
野球[やきゅう]:baseball, グラウンド:sports ground/sports oval, 面[おもて, おも]:face|surface|mask (esp. a noh or kyogen mask), 面[つら]:face|surface|surrounding area|
野球グラウンドが ２面もあるんだよ
This school isn't short on space, that's for sure.
土地[とち, どおじ]:plot of land/lot|locality, 無駄[むだ]:futility/uselessness/pointlessness, 学校[がっこう]:school
土地だけは無駄にあるからな この学校
Hey!
お～い
You've joined a club, too, Aki?
部活[ぶかつ]:club activities
アキも もう 部活やってんのかよ
"Aki"?
「アキ」？
春休み[はるやすみ]:spring break/spring vacation
うん 春休みから
Yeah, from spring break.
You two seem like good friends.
仲[なか]:relation/relationship, 仲[すあい, すわい]:broker/brokerage/brokerage fee
２人 仲いいんだね
We went to the same junior high.
同じ[おなじ, おんなじ]:same/identical|(usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway, 中学[ちゅうがく]:middle school/junior high school, 家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family, 隣[となり]:neighbor (neighbour)/next to (esp. living next door to)
同じ中学 家も隣だし
We're next-door neighbors, too.
Don't bring a horse all the way here.
所[ところ, とこ]:place|address|district||, 所[しょ]:counter for places, 馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 連れる[つれる]:to lead/to take (a person)
お前 こんな所に馬連れてくんなよ
I borrowed him from the neighboring university, so I'm just moving him.
隣[となり]:neighbor (neighbour)/next to (esp. living next door to), 借りる[かりる]:to borrow/to have a loan|to rent, 移動[いどう]:movement/transfer|mobile
隣の大学から借りてきて 移動中なの
These two are close, huh...
仲[なか]:relation/relationship, 仲[すあい, すわい]:broker/brokerage/brokerage fee
この２人 仲いいのか
Hachiken-kun, did you choose a club already?
部活[ぶかつ]:club activities, 決める[きめる]:to decide|to clinch (a victory)|to persist in doing||
八軒君はもう部活決めたの
Huh?
特に[とくに]:particularly/especially
えっ いや 俺は特に…
No, I might not join any...
いいかな
It's a requirement to join one, you know?
学校[がっこう]:school, 部活[ぶかつ]:club activities, 必須[ひっす, ひっしゅ]:indispensable/required
この学校 部活は必須だよ
What? Seriously?
嘘[うそ, ウソ]:lie|mistake|unwise move|
嘘 マジ
There are no cultural clubs, either!
ちなみ:association/link|pledge (esp. for marriage), 文化[ぶんか]:culture/civilization|Bunka era (1804.2.11-1818.4.22), 全部[ぜんぶ]:all/entire/whole, 運動部[うんどうぶ]:sports club (e.g. at school)/sports department (e.g. in a newspaper)
ちなみに文化部はない 全部運動部
It's all athletics!
Damn jock school!
筋肉[きんにく]:muscle/sinew, 筋肉[すじにく]:sinewy meat, 学校[がっこう]:school
筋肉学校め
If you haven't decided,
決まる[きまる]:to be decided/to be settled|to look good in (clothes), 馬術[ばじゅつ]:horse-riding/horsemanship/equestrian art
決まってないなら 馬術部に入らない
how about the equestrian club?
Horses are so cute!
馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, カワイイ:cute/adorable/charming
馬 カワイイよ
Cute?
カワイイ:cute/adorable/charming
カワイイ？
So, come check us out sometime!
今度[こんど]:this time|next time|recently, 見学[けんがく]:inspection/study by observation/field trip, いでる:to go/to come
ねっ 今度見学においでよ
Okay, I will at some point.
うん そのうち…
All right, off we go to the practicum.
実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on)
ほら 実習行くぞ
Hey, be careful!
おーい:hey!/oi!|I, 気を付ける[きをつける]:to be careful/to pay attention/to take care, 大事[だいじ, おおごと]:important/valuable|safe (Tochigi dialect), 商品[しょうひん]:commodity/article of commerce/goods
おーい 気を付けろよ 大事な商品だぞ
They're a valuable product!
Hachiken, you're exhausted.
疲れる[つかれる]:to get tired|to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects)|to starve
八軒 疲れてんなー
And you're fine, Tokiwa?
平気[へいき]:coolness/calmness|all right
常盤は平気なのか
Sure, I'm tired,
そりゃ:very/extremely|that is, 疲れる[つかれる]:to get tired|to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects)|to starve, 教科書[きょうかしょ]:textbook/coursebook/schoolbook, 実習[じっしゅう]:practice/practising/training (esp. practical and hands-on), 方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||, 断然[だんぜん]:firmly/absolutely/definitely
そりゃ疲れるけど 教科書より実習の方が断然いいね
but I totally prefer practicums over studying textbooks!
Komaba, you don't look tired at all.
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies), 全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely
駒場は全然だよな
I get lots of sleep during class!
授業[じゅぎょう]:lesson/class work/teaching, たっぷり:full/in plenty/ample, 寝る[ねる]:to lie down|to go to bed|to sleep (lying down)||
俺は授業中 たっぷり寝てるからな
Don't be proud of that!
威張る[いばる, えばる]:to put on airs/to act big/to throw one's weight about
威張んな！！
Feed Store Room (Biological Production Association: Practicum Room)
White
This... is the last of 'em.
最後[さいご]:last|no sooner than|one's final moments
これで最後だ
All right, all done!
よーし:alright/all right/right on, 作業[さぎょう]:work/operation/manufacturing, 終わり[おわり]:the end
よーし 作業 終わり
You can go home!
帰る[かえる]:to return|to leave|to get home
帰っていいぞー
Thanks.
う～っす
I'm starving!
腹[はら]:abdomen|womb|one's mind||, 減る[へる]:to decrease (in size or number)/to diminish/to abate
腹 減ったー
Dinner will be awesome.
ご飯[ごはん]:cooked rice|meal, おいしい:delicious/tasty|attractive
ご飯 おいしいだろうなぁ
The wind's really blowing!
風[ふり]:swing|appearance|pretence (pretense)||, 風[かぜ]:wind|manner|cold, 強[きょう]:a little over/a little more than|powerhouse
風 強っ
Hey!
おーい:hey!/oi!|I, ニワトリ:(domestic) chicken, 先生[せんせい, せんじょう]:teacher|with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific|previous existence, 先生[シーサン]:boy
おーい ニワトリ先生
Chicken-sensei!
Can I borrow some of your students?
生徒[せいと]:pupil, 借りる[かりる]:to borrow/to have a loan|to rent
生徒 借りてっていいかな
What's the matter?
どうしました
The greenhouse got damaged by the sudden gust.
突風[とっぷう]:squall/sudden gust, 園芸[えんげい]:horticulture/gardening, 温室[おんしつ]:greenhouse/hothouse/conservatory, 壊れる[こわれる]:to be broken/to break|to fall through
突風で 園芸の温室壊れちゃってさ
There's supposed to be a cold front tonight.
今晩[こんばん]:tonight/this evening, 寒波[かんぱ]:cold wave, 全部[ぜんぶ]:all/entire/whole, 枯れる[かれる]:to wither (of a plant)/to be blasted|to mature (of one's personality, abilities, etc.)
今晩寒波来るっていうし このままじゃ 全部枯れちゃうよ
We could lose our crops to frost!
We can't allow that!
そりゃ:very/extremely|that is, ヤバい:dangerous|awful|terrific, 全員[ぜんいん]:all members (unanimity)/all hands/the whole crew, 出動[しゅつどう]:sailing/marching/going out
そりゃヤバい 全員出動
All hands on deck!
Hey!
こら～！
Get a firm grip on it, Aikawa!
ちゃんと:diligently/seriously|perfectly, 押さえる[おさえる]:to pin something down|to seize|to gain control of something|
ちゃんと押さえんか 相川
うっ はい
Okay!
Hey, pull harder!
もっと:(some) more/even more/longer, 引っ張る[ひっぱる]:to pull|to string (lines)|to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)||
そっち もっと引っ張れ
Tamako, don't tell me you're getting blown away by the wind!
体重[たいじゅう]:body weight/one's weight, 飛ばす[とばす]:to fly|to skip over|to run or drive fast||
多摩子 お前その体重で 飛ばされてんじゃねえ
Hachiken, go help her!
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
八軒 助けてこい
Why me?
何で 俺が
Damn it...
この…
Crap!
チクショー！！
I... I'm starving.
腹[はら]:abdomen|womb|one's mind||, 減る[へる]:to decrease (in size or number)/to diminish/to abate
は…腹 減った…
It's seven.
うわっ ７時かよ
We totally won't make it to the dining hall in time.
寮[りょう]:hostel/dormitory|bureau (government department beneath a ministry under the ritsuryo system), 寮[つかさ]:office|chief|(Yaeyama Islands in Okinawa) person (usually a woman) whose duty it is to officiate at religions ceremonies, 食堂[しょくどう]:dining room/dining hall|restaurant, 食堂[じきどう]:dining hall (at a temple), 完璧[かんぺき, かんべき]:perfect/complete/flawless, 間に合う[まにあう]:to be in time for|to serve (suit, meet) the purpose/to be good enough
寮の食堂 完璧間に合わねえべ
Nice work!
疲れ[つかれ]:tiredness/fatigue
お疲れ
You've been a huge help.
ホント:truth/reality/actuality, 助かる[たすかる]:to be saved|to escape harm|to be helped
ホント助かったよ
You guys must be starving!
腹[はら]:abdomen|womb|one's mind||, 減る[へる]:to decrease (in size or number)/to diminish/to abate, 飯[めし]:cooked rice|meal|one's livelihood, 飯[まんま, まま]:cooked rice, 食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||
腹減ったろ 飯食ってけ
Eat up!
Although, it's whatever we managed to find.
つっても
寄せ集める[よせあつめる]:to put together/to gather/to collect
寄せ集めたもんしかないけどよ
The pickles are from the gardening instructor.
たくあん:pickled daikon radish, 園芸[えんげい]:horticulture/gardening, 先生[せんせい, せんじょう]:teacher|with names of teachers, etc. as an honorific|previous existence, 先生[シーサン]:boy
たくあんは 園芸の先生から
The eggs are from me!
卵[たまご]:eggs|hen egg|(an expert) in the making|, 卵[かい, かいご]:egg/eggshell, 差し入れ[さしいれ]:insertion|things sent to a prisoner|supply of provisions, refreshments, etc. to someone carrying out a task
卵は うちからの差し入れだ
Let's eat!
いただく:to receive/to get|to eat
いただきまーす
Gimme the soy sauce!
しょうゆ:soy sauce/shoyu, 早い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|, よこす:to send/to forward|to hand over (e.g. money)
しょうゆ 早くよこせ
Wait, wait.
待て 待て
黄身[きみ]:egg yolk, つぶす:to smash/to crush|to shut down
こう 黄身をつぶしたところに ざざっと…
Break the yolk, then pour it over!
C'mon, gimme!
よこす:to send/to forward|to hand over (e.g. money)
ほら よこせ
Not yet. It tastes even better when you pour it on.
まだまだ:still some way to go before the goal/still more to come/much more
まだまだ
もっと:(some) more/even more/longer, 掛ける[かける]:to hang (e.g. picture)|to sit|to take (time, money)||, うまい:skillful/skilful|delicious
もっと掛けると うまいんだ
You already did.
さっき:some time ago/just now, さっき:thirst for blood/bloodlust/determination to kill, 掛ける[かける]:to hang (e.g. picture)|to sit|to take (time, money)||
さっき 掛けたろ
Just three more drops...
いやいや:no!/no no!/no, not at all, いやいや:unwillingly/grudgingly|shaking head in refusal (to children), 滴[しずく]:drop (of water)/drip, 滴[たらし]:dripping/drop
いやいやいや あと３滴
It's all black now.
真っ黒[まっくろ]:pitch black
真っ黒じゃねえか
Nah, it needs even more.
いやいや:no!/no no!/no, not at all, いやいや:unwillingly/grudgingly|shaking head in refusal (to children), もっと:(some) more/even more/longer
いやいや もっと もっと もっと
Super tasty!
超[ちょう, チョー]:super-/ultra-|over (after a number or counter)
超うめえぇぇぇ！！
Damn you, anus...
肛門[こうもん]:anus
肛門のくせに…肛門のくせに…
Damn you!
Shut up!
総[そう]:whole/all/general, 総[ふさ]:tuft|bunch (of grapes, etc.)|section (of an orange, etc.), 排泄[はいせつ]:excretion, 腔[こう]:cavity
うるせえ 総排泄腔だっつ～の
I told you it's the cloaca.
肛門[こうもん]:anus
常盤 肛門からこんなうめえもんが…
Tokiwa, how can something so tasty come out of an anus?
Chickens are amazing.
鶏[にわとり, とり]:(domestic) chicken|chicken (meat)
鶏って すげえぇぇ
I'm glad you think that... but kind of mad, too!
うれしい:happy/glad/pleasant, 腹立つ[はらだつ]:to get angry
うれしいけど 何か腹立つな
Amazing!
すげ～よ～！
Ooezo Agricultural High School Dormitory for Future Agriculture Managers
Nishikawa Hajime Hachiken Yuugo Beppu Tarou
I'm beat.
疲れる[つかれる]:to get tired|to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects)|to starve
疲れた
I'm tired inside and out.
心身[しんしん, しんじん]:mind and body, 共[ども]:first-person plural (or singular)|second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to), 共[とも]:together with|same|both|, 疲れる[つかれる]:to get tired|to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects)|to starve
心身共に疲れた
Oh, are you down for the count already?
グロッキー:groggy
あれ もうグロッキー
Since you came all the way out here from a big city like Sapporo,
札幌[さっぽろ]:Sapporo (city), みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 都会[とかい]:city|Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, わざわざ:expressly/specially/doing something especially rather than incidentally
札幌みたいな都会から わざわざ来たんだから
you must've wanted to come to this school, right?
学校[がっこう]:school
入りたくて この学校入ったんだろ
Let's tough it out together till graduation.
卒業[そつぎょう]:graduation/completion (e.g. of a course)|outgrowing something, 一緒[いっしょ]:together|at the same time|same, 頑張る[がんばる]:to persevere|to insist that|to remain in a place
卒業まで 一緒に頑張ろうぜ
Nishikawa, Beppu, what're you guys' goals?
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 目標[めじるし]:mark/sign/landmark, 目標[もくひょう]:mark/objective/target
西川と別府は 将来の目標とかあんの
My family has a farm, so I signed up
畑作[はたさく]:dry field farming/dry field crop, 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse
うち 畑作農家だから
for agricultural sciences to carry on their business.
継ぐ[つぐ]:to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance), 農業[のうぎょう]:agriculture, 科[か]:department|course (of study)|(taxonomical) family, 科[しな]:article|quality|flirtatiousness
継ぐために 農業科に入ったんだもん
Our potatoes are awesome.
芋[いも]:tuber/taro|yokel, うまい:skillful/skilful|delicious
うちの芋 うまいぜ
I signed up for food science because I want to make good food!
食[しょく]:meal/(one's) diet|eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), 作る[つくる]:to make|to prepare (food)|to raise||, 食品[しょくひん]:food/food products/foodstuffs, 科[か]:department|course (of study)|(taxonomical) family, 科[しな]:article|quality|flirtatiousness
俺はいい食いもん作りたいから 食品科に入った
What's with this whole "you're a loser if you don't have a dream" vibe?
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 夢[ゆめ]:dream, 持つ[もつ]:to hold (in one's hand)|to possess|to maintain||, 駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 空気[くうき]:air|mood|someone with no presence
何だ この将来の夢持ってなきゃ 駄目人間みたいな空気は…
Huh? What was that?
何か言った
Nothing.
何でもない
Hey, it's bath time!
風呂[ふろ]:bath|bathroom|room for drying lacquerware|, 急ぐ[いそぐ]:to hurry/to rush/to hasten
あっ 風呂の時間だ 急げ～
Hurry!
Why do we only get fifteen minutes each to wash up and change clothes?!
着替える[きがえる, きかえる]:to change one's clothes, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||, おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
着替え入れて １人１５分って おかしいだろが
Is this a prison?
ムショ:prison
ムショか
Here!
しょう:workman/artisan|craft, しょう:quotient|dealing/dealer, 人数[にんずう, ひとかず]:the number of people|many people/a large number of people
しょうがないだろ 人数多いんだから
What else can they do? There're too many of us!
Hey, hurry up!
早い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|, 次[つぎ]:next/following|stage, 次[じ]:next|hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)|order, 班[はん]:group/party|squad
おら 早く出ろ 次の班入るぞ
The next team's waiting!
That's too fast!
早[はや]:already/now/by this time, 早[はよ]:early
早えよ もうちょっと入らせろ
Give us a bit more time!
Shut up!
自由時間[じゆうじかん]:free time/time at leisure, 少ない[すくない]:few/a little/scarce
うるせえ 自由時間が少なくなるだろ
It'll cut into our free time!
Whatever, just wait!
いいから待ってろっつ～の
ちょっ 入ってくんなって！
Hey, don't come in!
I'm really exhausted...
ホント:truth/reality/actuality, 疲れる[つかれる]:to get tired|to be worn out (e.g. of well used objects)|to starve
ホント疲れた…
たまに:occasionally/once in a while, 手紙[てがみ]:letter, 書く[かく]:to write/to compose|to draw
たまには手紙を書いてみようよ
ポストカード:postcard, でもある:to also be (formal, literary)/implies that as well as the earlier stated this is also the case|to be ... or something
どっかにポストカードでもあったけ
懐かしい[なつかしい]:dear/desired/missed, 顔[かお, がん]:face|look|honor|, 顔[かんばせ]:countenance/visage|face
懐かしい顔に見けて
ほんの:mere/only/just, 数[しばしば]:often/again and again/frequently, 数[かず]:number/amount, 行[ぎょう]:line (i.e. of text)|carya (austerities)|samskara (formations)|, 行[こう]:going|type of classical Chinese verse (usu. an epic)|district (of similar merchants)|, ノスタルジー:nostalgia
ほんの数行ノスタルジーを
調子[ちょうし]:tune|vein|condition||
調子はどうですか
忙しい[いそがしい, せわしい]:busy/occupied|restless, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother
忙しくしていますか
無我夢中[むがむちゅう]:being absorbed in/losing oneself in, 探しまわる[さがしまわる]:to search about for/to hunt around for/to look high and low for
無我夢中で探しまわってた
夢[ゆめ]:dream, 具合[ぐあい]:condition/state/manner, どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.)
あの夢の具合はどんなだい
気分転換[きぶんてんかん]:change of pace/change of mood/(mental) break (e.g. going for a walk), くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that
気分転換くらいのノリで
一緒[いっしょ]:together|at the same time|same, 歌う[うたう]:to sing|to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.)/to compose a poem
一緒に歌わないか
無我夢中[むがむちゅう]:being absorbed in/losing oneself in, 探しまわる[さがしまわる]:to search about for/to hunt around for/to look high and low for
そして無我夢中で探しまわってた
夢[ゆめ]:dream, 続き[つづき]:sequel/continuation/(also suffix) continuation (in time and space), 語り合う[かたりあう]:to talk together
あの夢の続きを語り合おうよ
明日[あした, あす]:tomorrow|near future, 頑張る[がんばる]:to persevere|to insist that|to remain in a place
明日は頑張ろうぜ
未来[みらい]:the future (usually distant)|future tense|the world to come
今はそこにある未来へ
駆け出す[かけだす]:to run off/to break into a run/to start running
駆け出して さぁ 行こう
This story is a work of fiction. The people and groups are fictitious, but the themes relating to food and life are firmly based in reality. Visiting the places and facilities used as models can be dangerous and may result it contracting diseases from the animals. Please enjoy this story as a work of fiction.