だいぶ:lengthy (of a book, etc.)/voluminous|most (e.g. most part), だいぶ:considerably/greatly/a lot, 大きい[おおきい]:big/large/great
だいぶ大きくなったね
He's grown so much.
さすが:as one would expect|still/all the same, さすが:dagger, カワイイ:cute/adorable/charming, 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
さすがにもうカワイイって感じじゃないよなぁ
I guess you can't really say he's cute anymore.
相変わらず[あいかわらず]:as ever/as usual/the same
相変わらずだ
He's still the same.
人がいいんだよ この子
He's just a nice pig.
豚[ぶた, ブタ]:pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)|fat person, 豚[とん]:pig/pork, 謙譲[けんじょう]:modesty/humility, 美徳[びとく]:virtue
豚に謙譲の美徳はいらん
Pigs have no need for the virtue of humility!
他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, 押しのける[おしのける]:to push aside/to brush aside, 競争[きょうそう]:competition/contest|to compete, 勝つ[かつ]:to win/to gain victory
他人を押しのけてでも競争に勝て
He should shove others aside if necessary, in order to win the race!
Oh, well...
しょう:workman/artisan|craft, しょう:quotient|dealing/dealer
しょうがねえな
豚丼[ぶたどん, とんどん]:rice covered with pork and vegetables
豚丼 こっち来い
Pork Bowl, come here!
すげえ:incredible/unbelievable, 鼓動[こどう]:beat/palpitation/pulsation, 速い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|
すげえ鼓動速い
Oh, his heart rate's really high...
いっぱい:one defeat, いっぱい:amount necessary to fill a container (e.g. cupful, spoonful, etc.)/drink (usu. alcoholic)|full, 食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||
いっぱい食えよ
Eat up.
Ooezo Agricultural High School Dormitory for Future Agriculture Managers
子供[こども]:child/children, 心拍数[しんぱくすう]:one's heart rate/pulse rate, 速い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|
そういや 人間の子供も心拍数速いっていうしな
Come to think of it,
I think human kids have a fast heart rate, too.
Mom
Are you coming home for summer break?
夏休み[なつやすみ]:summer vacation/summer holiday, 静か[しずか]:quiet|slow|calm, 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, こもる:to shut oneself in (e.g. one's room)/to be confined in|to be filled with (emotion, enthusiasm, etc.), 勉学[べんがく]:study/pursuit of knowledge, 励む[はげむ]:to strive/to endeavour/to endeavor
夏休みは静かな寮にこもって勉学に励みつつ
During summer break,
I'll lead a peaceful country life by holing myself up in the quiet dorm,
豚丼[ぶたどん, とんどん]:rice covered with pork and vegetables, 馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 世話[せわ]:looking after/help/aid, 晴耕雨読[せいこううどく]:working in the field in fine weather and reading at home in rainy weather/living in quiet retirement dividing time between work and intellectual pursuits, 生活[せいかつ]:living/life (one's daily existence)/livelihood
豚丼と馬を世話する晴耕雨読の生活を…
and focusing on my studies, while taking care of Pork Bowl and the horses...
Dorm Closed Over Summer Break [ 7/25 - 8/16 ] The dorm will closed for renovations during this period. Please be sure to account for any valuables. Additionally, please eat all food items by the 24th.
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
そう 閉寮
Yeah, the dorm will be closed.
間[あいだ, あわい]:space (between)|time (between)|span (temporal or spatial)||, 間[ま]:time|space|room, 家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family, 近い[ちかい]:near|close (in time)|close (relationship)||, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 世話をする[せわをする]:to take care of
その間 家が近い先輩たちが馬の世話をしてくれるって
The upperclassmen who live nearby
will take care of the horses for us.
Hachiken-kun, you're not going home over summer break?
夏休み[なつやすみ]:summer vacation/summer holiday, 実家[じっか]:(one's parents') home, 帰る[かえる]:to return|to leave|to get home
八軒君は夏休み実家に帰らないの
Well, um...
Hey, if you don't have anywhere to go, want to come to my place?
ねえ 行くとこないならうち来ない
My parents won't be there.
父さん[とうさん]:father/dad/papa, 母さん[かあさん, かかさん]:mother|wife (used when speaking to or about one's own wife)
父さんと母さんいないの
The hernia in Dad's back got worse...
父さん[とうさん]:father/dad/papa, 腰[こし, コシ]:back/lower back|body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), 腰[ごし]:posture/position/pose, ヘルニア:hernia, 悪化[あっか]:(suffer) deterioration/growing worse/aggravation
父さん 腰のヘルニア悪化させちゃってさ
Ah, so you need labor.
労働力[ろうどうりょく]:labor/labour/manpower
つまり 労働力ね
It's part-time and we'll pay you. What do you think?
バイト代[バイトだい]:earnings from a part-time job
バイト代も出るけど どう
Really?!
マジで 行く 行く
I'll go!
I'll send you the dates and stuff later.
日程[にってい]:schedule/program/programme, 後[あと]:behind|after|after one's death||, 後[のち]:later|future|after one's death|
じゃあ 日程とか後でね
A part-time job, huh?
バイト:work (esp. part time or casual)
バイトかぁ
It'll be my first time working and earning money.
働く[はたらく]:to work|to function|to commit (e.g. a crime)|, 金[おうごん, こがね]:gold, 金[かね, かな]:money|metal, 稼ぐ[かせぐ]:to earn (income)|to score (points, victory)|to work hard (at one's job), 初めて[はじめて]:for the first time|only after ... is it .../only when ... do you ...
働いて金稼ぐのって 初めてだな
本格的[ほんかくてき]:genuine|full-scale|full-fledged, 夏[なつ]:summer, 夏[か]:Xia (dynasty of China; perhaps mythological), 日差し[ひざし]:sunlight/rays of the sun
本格的な夏の日差しが
肌[はだ, はだえ]:skin|body (in the context of intimate bodily contact)|surface|, 焦がす[こがす]:to burn/to scorch/to singe, 様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state
肌を焦がしていく様に
恋焦がれる[こいこがれる]:to yearn for/to pine/to be deeply in love with
私もあなたに恋焦がれる
海[うみ, み]:sea/ocean/waters, ドライブ:drive/trip by car/driving, 運転[うんてん]:operation (of a machine, etc.)|driving|working (capital, etc.)
海へドライブ 運転するよ
横顔[よこがお]:face in profile/profile/face seen from the side, 撫でる[なでる]:to stroke/to caress|to comb (hair), 潮風[しおかぜ]:salty sea breeze/salt wind, 気持ち[きもち]:feeling|preparedness|thanks|
横顔撫でる 潮風が気持ちいいsummer day
la la la summer day
ビーチパラソル:beach parasol/beach umbrella, カラフル:colorful/colourful
ビーチパラソルカラフルだ yeah
砂浜[すなはま]:sandy beach, 咲く[さく]:to bloom, 花[はな]:flower|cherry blossom|beauty||, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
砂浜に咲く 花みたい
KISS YOU あなたの心
もっと:(some) more/even more/longer, 近く[ちかく]:near|nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")|shortly, 感ずる[かんずる]:to feel/to sense
もっともっと近くにいたい 感じたい
私だけ見て
膨らむ[ふくらむ]:to expand/to swell (out)/to get big
KISS YOU ぐっと膨らんだ
胸[むね, むな]:chest|breasts|heart||, 思い[おもい]:thought|imagination|desire||, 唇[くちびる]:lips, のせる:to place on (something)|to give (someone) a ride/to give a lift, 伝える[つたえる]:to convey/to report/to transmit
胸の思い 唇にのせて 伝えたいと
だから KISS YOU
だから さあ KISS YOU
You're going too fast!
飛ばす[とばす]:to fly|to skip over|to run or drive fast||, 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
飛ばし過ぎっす
サービス:service/help/assistance
サービス サービス
You're getting the red carpet treatment!
Wow! The mountains are so close!
Episode 6 Hachiken Stays with the Mikages
山 近えー
Pa, Hachiken-kun's here!
父ちゃん[とうちゃん, とっちゃん]:dad/daddy/papa
父ちゃん 八軒君来たよ
Yo.
初めまして[はじめまして]:How do you do?/I am glad to meet you
初めまして 八軒勇吾です
Nice to meet you.
I am Hachiken Yuugo.
I won't hear of it!
認める[したためる]:to write up, 認める[みとめる]:to recognize|to deem|to approve||
認めんぞ！
Of what?
何を！？
Sorry, Pa thinks you're going to take Aki away from here.
父ちゃん[とうちゃん, とっちゃん]:dad/daddy/papa, 取る[とる]:to take|to steal|to eat||
ごめんね 父ちゃん アキを取られると思ってんだわ
Oh...
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
八軒君は農家の長男かい
Hachiken-kun, are you the eldest son of a farmer?
No, the second son of a salary man.
サラリーマン:office worker/company employee/company man, 家庭[かてい]:home/family/household, 次男[じなん]:second son
いえ サラリーマン家庭の次男です
What was that?
獲物[えもの]:game/spoils/trophy, 狩る[かる]:to hunt (e.g. animals)/to go looking for (e.g. flowers, etc.)/to gather (e.g. mushrooms)
何だろう 今の獲物を狩るような目は
They looked like hunters sighting prey...
ただいま:Here I am/I'm home!|presently
ひいばあちゃん ただいま
Great-granny, I'm home!
This is my classmate, Hachiken-kun, who's come to help.
手伝い[てつだい]:helper/assistant|help, 同級生[どうきゅうせい]:classmate
手伝いに来てくれた同級生の八軒君
Hello.
どうも
She's 107 years old.
歳[さい]:-years-old|ability/gift, 歳[とし]:year|age|past one's prime
１０７歳だよ
What?!
ええっ！
えーと:let me see/well/errr ..., 明治[めいじ]:Meiji era (1868.9.8-1912.7.30), 生まれ[うまれ]:birth/birthplace|born in (country, month, imperial era, zodiac year, etc.)
えーと…明治生まれ
Um, was she born during the Meiji era?
Yeah, a living witness of the times when Hokkaido was still a frontier.
北海道[ほっかいどう]:Hokkaido (island, prefectural-level administrative unit), 開拓[かいたく]:reclamation (e.g. wasteland)/cultivation|pioneering, 時代[じだい]:period|the times|oldness|, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||, 証人[しょうにん]:witness
そう 北海道開拓時代の生き証人
田舎[いなか]:rural area/countryside|hometown, 田舎[でんしゃ, でんじゃ]:country/country home, 料理[りょうり]:cooking/cookery|dealing with something, ばっかり:only/merely|approximately
何だか田舎料理ばっかりで
Sorry it's all country fare.
すごい:terrible/dreadful|amazing (e.g. of strength), うまい:skillful/skilful|delicious, 特に[とくに]:particularly/especially, 米[メートル]:metre/meter|meter (i.e. a gauge), 米[こめ, よね]:(husked grains of) rice|88 years old
いえ すごくうまいっす 特に米
Not at all! It's delicious!
Especially the rice!
親戚[しんせき]:relative/relation/kin, 米[メートル]:metre/meter|meter (i.e. a gauge), 米[こめ, よね]:(husked grains of) rice|88 years old, 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse, 産地直送[さんちちょくそう]:direct from the farm/farm-fresh
親戚が米農家だから 産地直送
One of our relatives is a rice farmer, so we get it direct.
握る[にぎる]:to clasp|to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.)|to seize (power, etc.), おにぎり:onigiri/rice ball (often triangular, sometimes with a filling and wrapped in nori), おいしい:delicious/tasty|attractive
それに人の握ったおにぎりっておいしいよね
And rice balls made by human hands taste great.
It's because they're made with love!
愛[あい]:love/affection|attachment, 愛[まな]:beloved/dear, 込める[こめる]:to load (a gun, etc.)|to put into (e.g. emotion, effort)|to include (e.g. tax in a sales price)|
愛が込めてあるからよ
年季[ねんき]:period of an apprentice's contract (usu. ten years)|apprenticeship|one-year period, 握る[にぎる]:to clasp|to make (nigirizushi, rice ball, etc.)|to seize (power, etc.), 効く[きく]:to be effective|to do its work|to be possible to use
年季入ったばあさんが握ったから だしが効いてるんだべ
It's well-seasoned because they were made by a seasoned granny!
そうだ 八軒君
Oh, Hachiken-kun.
実家[じっか]:(one's parents') home, 電話番号[でんわばんごう]:telephone number, 教える[おしえる]:to teach|to tell|to preach, ちょうだい:receiving/reception|eating, ちょうだい:very long/great length
ご実家の電話番号教えてちょうだい
Please tell me what your home phone number is.
I should say hello to your parents.
一言[ひとこと, いちげん]:single word/a few words/brief comment, 両親[りょうしん, ふたおや]:parents/both parents, 挨拶[あいさつ]:greeting|polite set phrase used to express apology, sympathy, congratulations, etc.|speech (congratulatory or appreciative)||
一言ご両親に挨拶しとくわ
あっ いや いいっす いいっす
Oh, uh, that's not necessary!
Um, I've already told them, so...
えーと:let me see/well/errr ...
えーと もう俺から言ってあるんで
But, still...
そうは言ってもねぇ
えーと:let me see/well/errr ...
あぁ えーと…この時間 うち誰もいないんで
Oh, um...
No one's home this time of day.
Really?
そうかい？
はい 大丈夫です
Yes, so it's okay.
Going to work part-time on a friend's farm over summer break. Can't come home.
Unable to Send Message
No Signal
Okay, I'm going to take Pa to the hospital.
父ちゃん[とうちゃん, とっちゃん]:dad/daddy/papa, 連れる[つれる]:to lead/to take (a person), 病院[びょういん]:hospital, 行ってくる[いってくる]:I'm off/see you later|to go (and then come back)
それじゃ 父ちゃん連れて病院行ってくるから
Look after things for a bit, okay?
しばらく:little while/short while|a while, よろしく:well/properly|best regards
しばらくよろしくね
Okay!
はーい
いってらっしゃい
Have a safe trip.
手ぇ出すなよ！
Keep your hands off!
何に！？
Off what?!
Well, let's have you get right to work.
早速[さっそく]:at once/immediately/without delay, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
さて 早速仕事してもらおうかな
Hachiken-kun!
八軒君
あぁ…はい
Um, okay!
This time of day, take him out to the exercise pen,
運動場[うんどうじょう, うんどうば]:sports ground/playing field/playground, 昼[ひる]:noon|daytime|lunch, 厩舎[きゅうしゃ]:barn/stable, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||
今の時間は運動場に出して 昼ごろ厩舎に入れる
then take him back into the stables around noon.
馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 出し[だし, ダシ]:dashi (Japanese soup stock made from fish and kelp)|pretext/excuse
それまでに馬ふん出しだな
You'll have to muck out the stables before then.
I'm taking care of this big one?
でかい:huge/big/gargantuan, 世話[せわ]:looking after/help/aid
このでかいの世話するのか
He's still only two, so he'll get even bigger.
歳[さい]:-years-old|ability/gift, 歳[とし]:year|age|past one's prime, でかい:huge/big/gargantuan
これでも２歳だから まだでかくなる
He's got a long and lean neck and back,
首[くび, クビ]:neck|head|dismissal, 首[しゅきゅう, しるし]:decapitated head of an enemy, 胴[どう]:trunk|plastron (in kendo)|frame (of a drum, etc.), 尻[けつ]:ass|rear|acupuncture point|, 尻[しり]:buttocks|undersurface|last place|
首と胴がすっとして尻がきゅーっと長い
and his rump's nice and long.
He'll grow up to be a great horse!
馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 育つ[そだつ]:to be raised (e.g. child)/to be brought up/to grow (up)
いい馬に育つぞ
ホルスタイン:Holstein/German cow race, 同じ[おなじ, おんなじ]:same/identical|(usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway
ホルスタイン部と同じ目をしてる
He has the same look in his eye as those Holstein Club guys...
博労[ばくろう, はくらく]:cattle or horse trader/good judge of horses or cattle
おっ 言ってるそばから博労さんだ
Oh, speak of the devil, it's the horse buyer.
馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop
いい馬いないか 見に来たんだべ
He's here to see if we have any good ones.
Hey, Prez!
社長[しゃちょう]:company president/manager/director
社長 どうも
毎度[まいど]:each time/always|thank you for your continued patronage
おう 毎度
Hey, good to see you.
Hello!
こんにちは:hello/good day (daytime greeting)
こんにちは
あれ？
Oh?
高校[こうこう]:senior high school/high school, 婿[むこ]:husband/groom|(one's) son-in-law, つかまえる:to catch/to arrest/to seize
アキちゃん 高校行ってもう婿さんつかまえてきたんかい
Aki-chan, did you already catch a husband at high school?
He's a friend who's helping us out part-time.
バイト:work (esp. part time or casual), 友達[ともだち]:friend/companion
バイトに来てくれてる友達ですよ
Aki-chan, you're the heir! You have to catch a good husband, stat!
後継ぎ[あとつぎ]:heir/successor
アキちゃん 後継ぎなんだから
早い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|, 婿[むこ]:husband/groom|(one's) son-in-law
早いとこいい婿さんつかまえとかんと
大丈夫だぁ
It's fine!
しっかり者[しっかりもの]:person of firm character/stable person/gutsy person
アキはしっかり者だから
Aki's got a good head on her shoulders,
安心[あんしん]:relief/peace of mind, 安心[あんじん]:obtaining peace of mind through faith or ascetic practice, 牧場[ぼくじょう, まきば]:farm (livestock)/ranch (US)|pasture land, 任せる[まかせる]:to entrust (e.g. a task) to another|to passively leave to someone else's facilities|to leave to take its natural course||
安心して牧場任せられるわ
so we can safely leave the ranch to her.
No Signal
駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|
くそ ここも駄目か
Damn, nothing here, either.
向ける[むける]:to turn towards/to point, 圏外[けんがい]:(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles)/(being) out of contention/(being) beyond influence
どこに向けても圏外か
No signal... in any direction...
Damn it!
こん…にゃろ…
実家[じっか]:(one's parents') home, 連絡[れんらく]:to contact|contacting|connection|, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||
実家に連絡入れてないでしょ
You haven't told your family yet, have you?
You should tell them before it gets complicated.
ちゃんと:diligently/seriously|perfectly, 話す[はなす]:to talk|to tell|to speak (a language), 方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||
ちゃんと話した方がいいよ
こじれる:to get complicated/to grow worse/to turn sour
こじれちゃう前に
Well, I tried to text them, but there's no signal.
メール:email, 圏外[けんがい]:(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles)/(being) out of contention/(being) beyond influence
いや メールで言おうと思ったら圏外でさ
Well, Icchan's place is higher up, so you might get a signal there.
方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||, 高い[たかい]:high/tall|expensive
なら いっちゃんちの方が高いから
つながる:to be tied together/to be connected to|to lead to, やすい:cheap/inexpensive|calm, やすい:easy|likely to .../have a tendency to ...
つながりやすいかも
Oh, Komaba's place is close by?
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies), 近く[ちかく]:near|nearly (e.g. "it took nearly one year")|shortly
駒場んち近くだっけ？
It's the first place you see after hanging a right out of here...
十字路[じゅうじろ]:crossroads, 右に曲がる[みぎにまがる]:to turn right/to turn to the right, 軒[のき]:eaves|narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building, 軒[けん]:counter for buildings (esp. houses)|suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc.
うちの前の十字路右に曲がって１軒目なんだけど
止まる[とまる]:to stop (moving)|to stop (doing, working, being supplied)|to alight, 止まる[とどまる]:to remain/to abide|to be limited to
八軒君 手ぇ止まってるよ
Hachiken-kun! You're idling!
バイト代[バイトだい]:earnings from a part-time job, 出す[だす]:to take out|to put out|to submit (e.g. thesis)||
そんなんじゃバイト代出せないよ
We can't pay you for that!
Oh, okay!
あぁ…はい！
搾乳[さくにゅう]:milking (a cow), 休憩[きゅうけい]:rest/break/recess
八軒君 搾乳時間まで休憩していいぞー
Hachiken-kun, you can take a break until milking time!
Okay!
搾乳[さくにゅう]:milking (a cow), 何時[いつ]:when/how soon, 何時[なんじ, なんどき]:what time?
はい 搾乳何時ですか
When is that?
5:30.
時半[じはん]:about an hour/short time|half past (the hour)
５時半だぁ
No Signal
Um, I think I'll take a walk around the neighborhood.
辺[へん]:area|side|circumstances, 辺[へ, べ]:surrounding area|shore (of the sea)|suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc., 散歩[さんぽ]:walk/stroll, してき:historic/historical, してき:pointing out/identification
あの その辺散歩してきます
おう いってらっしゃい
Okay, take care.
熊[くま, クマ]:bear (any mammal of family Ursidae), 気を付ける[きをつける]:to be careful/to pay attention/to take care
熊出るから 気を付けろよ
Watch out for bears!
Okay!
搾乳[さくにゅう]:milking (a cow), 戻る[もどる]:to turn back (e.g. half-way)|to return|to recover (e.g. something lost)|, 戻る[もとる]:to go against/to act contrary to/to deviate from
はい 搾乳までには戻ります
I'll be back by milking time.
軒[のき]:eaves|narrow aisle surrounding the core of a temple building, 軒[けん]:counter for buildings (esp. houses)|suffix for a pen name, stage name, etc., 離れる[はなれる]:to be separated|to leave|to leave (a job, etc.)|
１軒目って 何キロ離れてんだよ
"The first place"...
How many kilometers away is that?
Crap!
ヤバッ
There it is.
あった
Caution: Bears
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies)
これ…駒場んちじゃないよな…
This... can't be Komaba's place...
So cold...
寒[かん]:midwinter/cold season/coldest days of the year, 寒[さむ, さぶ]:cold
寒っ
What're you doing here?
何やってんだ
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies)
駒場
Komaba!
お前んち行こうと思ったら
I was trying to get to your place, but it's taking forever!
全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely, たどりつける:to arrive at (after a struggle)/to finally reach/to find one's way to
全然たどりつけないんだもんよ
バイト:work (esp. part time or casual)
そういや お前 アキんとこでバイトしてんだよな
Oh, right. You're working at Aki's place.
用[よう]:business|use|for the use of ...|
うちに何か用か
You need something from me?
Mikage thought my cell might get a signal at your place.
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, 駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies), 携帯[けいたい, ケイタイ]:something carried (in the hand)/handheld|mobile telephone, つながる:to be tied together/to be connected to|to lead to
御影が駒場んちなら携帯つながるかもって
メール:email, 送る[おくる]:to send (a thing)|to take or escort (a person somewhere)|to bid farewell (to the departed)||
その メール送りたくて
I wanted to send a text.
圏外[けんがい]:(being) out of range (e.g. mobile network, radar, missiles)/(being) out of contention/(being) beyond influence
うちも圏外だぞ
We don't get a signal, either.
チクショー
Damn it!
Let's see.
どれ
Oh, there's a signal.
アンテナ:antenna, 立つ[たつ]:to stand|to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)|to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
あっ アンテナ立った
真ん中[まんなか, まなか]:middle/centre/center, 押す[おす]:to push|to apply pressure from above|to stamp (i.e. a passport)||
この真ん中の押せばいいのか？
I just gotta press the middle button?
友[とも]:friend/companion/comrade, 電波塔[でんぱとう]:radio tower
友よ 俺の電波塔よ
Dear friend... my signal tower...
But what are you going to do?
しかし どうすんだ お前
真っ暗[まっくら]:total darkness/pitch dark|bleak future
もう真っ暗になるぞ
It'll be pitch black soon.
あっ ヤベえ
Oh, crap...
I totally missed work.
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, とっく:a long time ago|quickly/swiftly, とっく:special ward|special economic zone (China), 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close
仕事とっくに終わっちゃってるよなぁ
Man, they'll be so mad.
怒る[おこる, いかる]:to get angry|to tell someone off|to be angular
怒られる
アホか！
Idiot!
なまる:to speak with an accent/to be corrupted (of word)/to mispronounce, なまる:to become blunt/to grow dull|to become less capable, 心配[しんぱい]:worry/concern|care
みんななまら心配してるべ
They've got to be worried about you!
取りあえず[とりあえず]:first of all/at once|for now, 電話[でんわ]:telephone call/phone call|telephone (device)
取りあえず うち来て電話しろ
Just come over and call them!
Komaba Ranch
Sorry!
ホント:truth/reality/actuality, 夕方[ゆうがた]:evening/dusk, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, サボる:to be truant/to play hooky/to skip school
ごめん ホントごめん 夕方の仕事サボっちゃって
I'm really sorry!
I didn't mean to ditch the evening chores!
そんなのどうでもいいよ
That's not the point!
心配[しんぱい]:worry/concern|care
すっごい心配したんだから
We were so worried...
Gramps, Hachiken-kun's at Icchan's place.
じいちゃん 八軒君 いっちゃんちにいるって
おー よかったなー
Oh, good!
We'll come get you once we're done with the barn work.
牛舎[ぎゅうしゃ]:cow shed/cattle barn, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, 迎えに行く[むかえにいく]:to go to meet somebody
牛舎の仕事終わったら迎えに行くから
Oh... Okay.
サンキュー:thank you
ごめん サンキューな
Sorry.
Thanks.
Are you our brother's friend?
兄ちゃん[あんちゃん]:(my) older brother|sonny (with a nuance of suspicion)/lad, 兄ちゃん[にいちゃん]:familiar form of "older brother", 友達[ともだち]:friend/companion
兄ちゃんの友達
こんばんは:good evening
こんばんは
Hello!
Hi.
こんばんは:good evening
こんばんは
えっと:let me see/well/errr ..., 駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies), 妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend
えっと…駒場の妹？
Um, are you Komaba's little sisters?
I'm Nino.
私 二野
私 三空
I'm Misora.
I can't tell them apart...
区別がつく[くべつがつく]:to tell X from Y/to distinguish/to know (one thing) from (another)
区別がつかん
二野 三空
Nino, Misora!
Hurry up with the hay!
早い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|, 牧草[ぼくそう]:pasture/grass
早く牧草やっちゃえ
はーい
Okay!
I was able to contact Mikage-san's place!
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, 家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family, 連絡[れんらく]:to contact|contacting|connection|
御影さんの家に連絡つきました
Thank you so much!
ありがとう:Thank you/Thanks, ござる:to be
ありがとうございました
No problem. Sorry I couldn't do more.
お構い[おかまい]:entertainment/hospitality|banishment (Edo period)
何も お構いできなくてごめんねぇ
Not at all!
いえ
Oh, she's such a klutz with her feet! Jeez!
足癖[あしくせ]:one's manner of walking, 悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing
足癖悪いんだから もう
Is your mom always handling it alone?
いつもおばさん１人でやってんの？
雇う[やとう]:to employ|to hire/to charter, 金[おうごん, こがね]:gold, 金[かね, かな]:money|metal
おう 人を雇う金ねえし
Yeah, we don't have the money to hire help.
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||, ぎりぎり:just barely/only just/at the very limit, ぎりぎり:grinding (sound)/grating|forcefully, 管理[かんり]:control/management (e.g. of a business)
２０～３０頭だから ぎりぎり１人で管理できるしな
We only have about twenty or thirty cows,
which is about what one person can manage.
I'll help, too.
手伝う[てつだう]:to help/to assist|to contribute to
俺も手伝うよ
Thanks, but we can't pay you.
バイト代[バイトだい]:earnings from a part-time job
ありがてえけど バイト代出ねえぞ
受け取る[うけとる]:to receive/to get|to take
そんなん受け取れないよ
There's no way I can accept money.
I just have to give this to the grown-up cows?
親[おや]:parent|dealer (in cards, mahjong, etc.)|founder|, 親[しん]:intimacy|close relative|pro- (e.g. pro-American, pro-Japanese, etc.)
これ 親牛にやればいいのかな？
You're going to help?
手伝う[てつだう]:to help/to assist|to contribute to
手伝ってくれるの？
助[じょ]:help/rescue/assistant, 助[すけ]:assistance/help|babe
助かるー
Thanks!
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work
２人ともいつもこんな仕事してんの？
Are you guys doing this kind of work all the time?
Do you know about labor laws?
労働基準法[ろうどうきじゅんほう]:Labor Standards Act
労働基準法って知ってる？
And there's something called the
国連[こくれん]:United Nations/UN, 子供[こども]:child/children, 権利[けんり]:right/privilege, 条約[じょうやく]:treaty/pact
あと 国連の子供の権利条約というのがあってだね
United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child...
知らない
Nope, don't know!
お兄さん[おにいさん]:older brother/elder brother|(vocative) young man, インテリ:intellectual/egghead
お兄さん インテリだね
You're a real nerd, Mister!
Don't tell them things they don't need to know!
余計[よけい]:too many|unnecessary|abundantly, 吹き込む[ふきこむ]:to blow into|to inspire|to record (music, video, etc.)
余計なこと吹き込むな！
Whoa!
The cows here are super friendly, aren't they?
牛[うし, ぎゅう]:cattle (Bos taurus)|beef|Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), やたら:indiscriminately/blindly|indiscriminate, 懐っこい[なつっこい]:amiable/affable/likable
ここの牛やたら人懐っこいなぁ
They're all old, so they're used to people.
年寄り[としより]:old people|trustee of the Japan Sumo Association|senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)|, 牛[うし, ぎゅう]:cattle (Bos taurus)|beef|Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), ばっか:only/merely|approximately
年寄り牛ばっかだから 人間なれしてんだ
年寄り[としより]:old people|trustee of the Japan Sumo Association|senior statesman (of the Tokugawa shogunate)|
年寄り？
Old?
おふくろ:one's mother
おふくろがかわいがってるから
Mom cares about them,
そっと:softly/gently|secretly, そっと:face of the earth, 故障[こしょう]:breakdown|damage|objection, 処分[しょぶん]:disposal|punishment|putting down (e.g. diseased animal)
ちょっとやそっとの故障じゃ処分しねーんだわ
so we don't get rid of them unless we really have to.
経済[けいざい]:economics/business/finance, 動物[どうぶつ]:animal, 処分[しょぶん]:disposal|punishment|putting down (e.g. diseased animal)
経済動物ってそういうのすぱっと処分するのかと思ってた
I thought farm animals just got processed without a second thought.
処分[しょぶん]:disposal|punishment|putting down (e.g. diseased animal), 線引き[せんびき, せんひき]:delineation/demarcation|(measuring) ruler, 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse, それぞれ:each/respectively
処分の線引きは農家によってそれぞれだろ
Each farm decides for itself.
Know anything about Tamako's family farm?
多摩子んち知ってるか？
No.
いや…
It's a giant farm that's really systematic.
巨大[きょだい]:huge/gigantic/enormous, ファーム:farm, すげえ:incredible/unbelievable, システマチック:systematic
巨大ファームですげえシステマチックにやってんだ
牛乳[ぎゅうにゅう]:(cow's) milk, 生産[せいさん]:production/manufacture, 生産[せいざん]:live birth, 工場[こうじょう, こうば]:factory/plant/mill, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 見事[みごと]:splendid|praiseworthy act|utter (esp. defeat)
牛乳生産工場みたいで見事なもんだぞ
That farm is like a milk factory—rather impressive.
You should ask her if you can visit sometime.
一度[いちど, ひとたび]:once|temporarily|one degree, 見学[けんがく]:inspection/study by observation/field trip, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me)
一度見学させてもらえよ
Like the chicken coop?
鶏舎[けいしゃ]:poultry house, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
鶏舎みたいなのか…？
Hachiken-kun, thanks for your help!
手伝う[てつだう]:to help/to assist|to contribute to, ありがと:Thank you
八軒君 手伝ってくれてありがとねぇ
Please stay for dinner.
ご飯[ごはん]:cooked rice|meal, 食べる[たべる]:to eat|to live on (e.g. a salary)/to live off
ご飯食べてって
Oh, please don't mind me!
お構い[おかまい]:entertainment/hospitality|banishment (Edo period)
いえいえ お構いなく
Girls, come help make dinner!
ご飯[ごはん]:cooked rice|meal, 支度[したく]:preparation/arrangements, 手伝う[てつだう]:to help/to assist|to contribute to
２人とも ご飯の支度手伝って
Okay!
はーい
支度[したく]:preparation/arrangements
これから支度？
They're starting now?!
Um, I've been thinking...
何かさ… 俺 思ったんだけど…
Isn't it strange to run a business this way?
経営[けいえい]:management/administration/operation, しかた:way/method/means, おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
こういう経営のしかたっておかしくねえ
You're torturing yourself 365 days a year,
体[からだ]:body|torso|build||, 体[たい]:body|shape|substance||, いじめる:to tease/to torment/to persecute
３６５日体いじめて
働く[はたらく]:to work|to function|to commit (e.g. a crime)|, 金になる[かねになる]:profitable/lucrative, 当たり前[あたりまえ]:natural/reasonable|usual, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
働いても働いても金になんないのを当たり前みたいに…
when no matter how much you work, it won't bring you any money,
like it's just the thing to do...
八軒
Hachiken!
Sorry! I said too much!
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
ごめん 言い過ぎた
Come with me.
付き合う[つきあう]:to associate with/to keep company with|to go along with
ちょっと付き合えや
What's this?
何これ
ブルペン:bull pen
ブルペン
A bull pen. Like the name implies, it's a pen for cows.
文字[もじ, もんじ]:letter (of alphabet)/character|literal, 通り[とおり]:avenue|coming and going|flow (of water, air, etc.)||, 通り[どおり]:in accordance with|roughly|Street, 牛[うし, ぎゅう]:cattle (Bos taurus)|beef|Chinese "Ox" constellation (one of the 28 mansions), 囲い[かこい]:enclosure/paling|castle, 場[ば]:place|field|occasion||
文字通り牛の囲い場だな
おふくろ:one's mother, こっこ:national treasury, 放す[はなす]:to release/to let go|to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc.
おふくろがこっこ放してたりするから
Mom likes to let the calves roam here.
何でこんなもんが？
Why do you have this?
Dad built it.
親父[おやじ, ろうや]:one's father/old man/one's boss, 造る[つくる]:to make|to prepare (food)|to raise||
親父が造ってくれた
バッターボックス:batter's box, 立つ[たつ]:to stand|to find oneself (e.g. in a difficult position)|to depart (on a plane, train, etc.)
八軒 バッターボックスに立ってくれ
Hachiken, can you go stand in the batter's box?
Here?
ここ
Yeah, hold a bat.
バット:bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.), 持つ[もつ]:to hold (in one's hand)|to possess|to maintain||
そう バット持って
Hey, is this how you hold a bat—
バット:bat (in baseball, cricket, etc.), 握り[にぎり]:grasping|handful|handle||
なあ バットの握りって これで…
Oh, it's better practice when there's an actual batter.
やっぱ:too/also|still, バッター:batter, 方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||, 練習[れんしゅう]:practice/practising
やっぱバッターいた方が練習になるな
Try to take a swing while you're at it!
ついで:next/secondly/subsequently, ついで:opportunity/occasion, 振る[ふる]:to wave|to sprinkle|to cast (actor)||, 振る[ぶる]:assuming the air of .../behaving like ...|to put on airs, みてくれ:appearance/outward show
ついでに振ってみてくれや
No way, no way!
無理[むり]:unreasonable|impossible|forcible||, 打つ[うつ]:to hit|to strike (noon, etc.)|to beat (rhythmically, e.g. pulse, waves, etc.)||, 打つ[ぶつ]:to hit (a person)/to strike/to beat
無理 無理 無理 打てねーって！
I can't hit it!
We're just getting warmed up!
ウオーミングアップ:warming-up
まだウオーミングアップだ
Just give it a try.
振る[ふる]:to wave|to sprinkle|to cast (actor)||, 振る[ぶる]:assuming the air of .../behaving like ...|to put on airs
いいから振ってみろって
Yeah, like that!
そうそう:so long/so often|oh, yes!, そうそう:funeral/burial rites|attendance at a funeral
そうそう
Wait, why're you practicing after working all day?!
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, 後[あと]:behind|after|after one's death||, 後[のち]:later|future|after one's death|, 練習[れんしゅう]:practice/practising, どういう:somehow/how/in what way
つーか 一日中仕事した後に練習ってどういうことだよ
くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that, 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)|
こんくらいやらねえと 甲子園行けねえべ
If I don't do at least this much, I can't go to nationals!
ことし:this year, 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)|
そういやことしは行けなかったな
Oh, right. You couldn't go this year.
I'll go to nationals and, if I'm lucky, I'll go pro.
甲子園行って
うまい:skillful/skilful|delicious
うまくいったらプロ入って
Weren't you going to take over the family business?
家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family, 継ぐ[つぐ]:to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
家継ぐんじゃないのかよ
I will!
継ぐ[つぐ]:to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance)
継ぐぞ
I'll renovate the barn with the contract money,
契約金[けいやくきん]:down payment/contract money, 牛舎[ぎゅうしゃ]:cow shed/cattle barn, 新しい[あたらしい]:new/novel/fresh
契約金で牛舎新しくして
おふくろ:one's mother, 楽[らく]:comfort/ease|raku pottery
おふくろに楽させて
and let Mom take it easy!
引退[いんたい]:retire, 継ぐ[つぐ]:to succeed (someone in a business or inheritance), もっと:(some) more/even more/longer, でかい:huge/big/gargantuan, 農場[のうじょう]:farm (agriculture)
引退したら俺が継いでもっとでかい農場にする
Once I retire,
I'll carry on the business and make it a much bigger farm!
どいつ:who?, 夢[ゆめ]:dream, 持つ[もつ]:to hold (in one's hand)|to possess|to maintain||, きらきら:glittering/sparkling/glistening, やがる:verb suffix indicating hatred and contempt, or disdain for another's action
どいつもこいつも夢持ってきらきらしやがって
Everyone's so into their shining dreams, damn it.
腹立つ[はらだつ]:to get angry
腹立つ！
What're you getting angry at us for?
逆ギレ[ぎゃくギレ, ぎゃくぎれ]:being angry at someone who would normally be angry at you/situation wherein the offender is angry at the victim
何逆ギレしてんだよ
Baseball and farming?
野球[やきゅう]:baseball, 農家[のうか]:farmer/farming family|farmhouse, 夢[ゆめ]:dream
野球と農家の夢２つって
欲張り[よくばり]:greed/avarice/covetousness, 過ぎ[すぎ]:past/after|too (much)
欲張り過ぎなんだよ この野郎
You're too greedy, you bastard!
What's wrong with being greedy?!
欲張り[よくばり]:greed/avarice/covetousness, 悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing
欲張りで何が悪い
I'm going to reinvigorate... our business!
経営[けいえい]:management/administration/operation, 立て直す[たてなおす]:to rally/to make over/to rearrange
うちの経営は俺が立て直す
I hit it!
当たる[あたる]:to be hit|to touch|to be equivalent to||, 当てる[あてる]:to hit|to expose|to apply (e.g. patch)||
当たった 当てたぞー
I hit it!
本気[ほんき]:seriousness/earnestness/truth
野郎 俺を本気にさせてくれたな
Bastard... Now I'm serious!
こんばんは:good evening
こんばんは
Hello!
It's Aki-chan!
アキちゃんだ
Yo.
Oh?
あれ？
練習[れんしゅう]:practice/practising, 付き合う[つきあう]:to associate with/to keep company with|to go along with, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
練習に付き合ってもらってた
He helped me practice.
練習[れんしゅう]:practice/practising, 付く[つく]:to be attached|to remain imprinted|to bear (fruit, interest, etc.)||, 付く[づく]:to become (a state, condition, etc.), 駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|
いっちゃんの練習に付き合わせちゃ駄目でしょ
You shouldn't force people help you practice, Icchan.
My back... my arms...
腰[こし, コシ]:back/lower back|body (of hair, noodle, paper, etc.), 腰[ごし]:posture/position/pose, 腕[うで]:arm|skill/efforts, 腕[かいな]:arm (esp. upper arm)|counter used to measure the thickness of round objects
腰が… 腕が…
Hey there, Komaba-san.
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies)
ど～も 駒場さん
いらっしゃ～い
Welcome!
バイト:work (esp. part time or casual), 迷惑[めいわく, べいこく]:trouble/bother/annoyance, 掛ける[かける]:to hang (e.g. picture)|to sit|to take (time, money)||
うちのバイトが迷惑掛けちゃって
Sorry our part-timer caused trouble.
It's fine!
いいんですよぉ
He helped us out, too!
手伝う[てつだう]:to help/to assist|to contribute to, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something, 助かる[たすかる]:to be saved|to escape harm|to be helped
手伝ってもらって助かったし
本当にすみませんでした
I'm so sorry for the trouble...
Oh, Hachiken-kun, are you hungry?
腹[はら]:abdomen|womb|one's mind||, 減る[へる]:to decrease (in size or number)/to diminish/to abate
おっ 八軒君 腹減ってるのか
ちょうど:exactly/precisely|as if, ちょうど:supplies/furniture/fixtures, 土産[みやげ]:present/souvenir, 土産[どさん, とさん]:product of the land|present/souvenir
ちょうどいい土産があるぞ
I've got just the thing.
Oh? Something tasty?!
土産[みやげ]:present/souvenir, 土産[どさん, とさん]:product of the land|present/souvenir, うまい:skillful/skilful|delicious
土産？ 何かうまいもの
Deer.
鹿[しか, かせぎ]:deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), 鹿[しし]:beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)|hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
鹿
We hit one on our way here.
途中[とちゅう]:on the way/en route|in the middle of
来る途中ではねちまってよ
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies), 半分[はんぶん]:half, 半分[はんぷん]:half minute, 置く[おく]:to put|to leave (behind)|to establish (an organization, a facility, a position, etc.)||
駒場さんちに半分置いてくわ
I'll leave half of it with you guys.
鹿肉[しかにく]:venison/deer meat, 鹿肉[かのしし]:deer meat|deer
わ～い 鹿肉
Yay, venison!
What, you don't like venison?
鹿肉[しかにく]:venison/deer meat, 鹿肉[かのしし]:deer meat|deer, 嫌い[きらい]:dislike|suspicion|distinction, 嫌い[ぎらい]:dislike/hatred/fear
どうした 鹿肉嫌いか
Well, it's not whether I like it or not.
好き嫌い[すききらい]:likes and dislikes/pickiness (about food)/choosiness, 問題[もんだい]:question (e.g. on a test)|problem (e.g. societal, political)|question (i.e. doubt)||
いやね…好き嫌いとかの問題じゃなくてね…
デリカシー:delicacy/tact/considerateness
デリカシーとかそういうね…
It's more about my sensibilities...
Well, let's get this cleaned up.
片付ける[かたづける]:to tidy up|to settle (problem)|to finish||
ど～れ ちゃっちゃと片付けるべ
Hachiken-kun, want to try butchering it?
八軒君
解体[かいたい]:demolition/disassembly|dissection (i.e. postmortem), 作業[さぎょう]:work/operation/manufacturing, やってみる:to have a go/to try and do (something)/to take a chance with something
解体作業やってみるか？
はい？
Butcher the deer, and get it ready to eat.
解体[かいたい]:demolition/disassembly|dissection (i.e. postmortem), 肉[にく, しし]:flesh|meat|the physical body (as opposed to the spirit)||
解体して肉にするべ
俺がやるんすか？
Me?
Yeah, give it a try.
うん やってみな
いやいや:no!/no no!/no, not at all, いやいや:unwillingly/grudgingly|shaking head in refusal (to children), 無理[むり]:unreasonable|impossible|forcible||
いやいやいや…無理っす！
No, no, I can't!
I've never learned how to butcher deer, either.
だいたい:outline/main point|general, だいたい:battalion, 鹿[しか, かせぎ]:deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), 鹿[しし]:beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)|hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.), 解体[かいたい]:demolition/disassembly|dissection (i.e. postmortem), なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 習う[ならう]:to take lessons in/to be taught/to learn (from a teacher)
だいたい鹿の解体なんて習ったことないし
八軒君よぉ
Hachiken-kun.
Are you going to learn everything about life at school?
人生[じんせい]:(human) life (i.e. conception to death), 全部[ぜんぶ]:all/entire/whole, 学校[がっこう]:school, 習う[ならう]:to take lessons in/to be taught/to learn (from a teacher)
君は人生全部学校で習うんかい？
はねる:to jump/to leap|to break up, はねる:to hit (e.g. to have a car hit someone)/to run into|to reject, 血抜き[ちぬき]:letting out blood prior to cooking/draining blood from meat, fish, etc.
はねてすぐ血抜きしたから大丈夫だぁ
I drained the blood right after we hit it, so it should be fine!
腹[はら]:abdomen|womb|one's mind||, 開く[ひらく]:to open|to bloom|to open (for business, e.g. in the morning)||, 開く[あく]:to open (e.g. doors)|to open (e.g. business, etc.)|to be empty||, 大して[たいして]:(not so) much/(not) very, 血[ち]:blood/consanguinity
腹開いても大して血出ねえべ
Even if you gut it, there shouldn't be a lot of blood.
ど…どうやれば…
H-How should I...
First, you insert the knife like this into the gut,
最初[さいしょ]:beginning/outset/first, 腹[はら]:abdomen|womb|one's mind||, 包丁[ほうちょう]:kitchen knife/carving knife|cooking, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||
最初にこう腹に包丁入れて
切る[きる]:to cut|to sever (connections, ties)|to turn off (e.g. the light)||
すっと切ってどばっと出して ひゃ～っと
slice it across like this,
then dump them out,
and splat!
That doesn't help at all.
さっぱり:feeling refreshed/feeling relieved|neat
さっぱり分かりません
Right...
豚丼[ぶたどん, とんどん]:rice covered with pork and vegetables, 比べる[くらべる]:to compare/to make a comparison|to compete, 赤[あか]:red|red-containing colour (e.g. brown, pink, orange)|Red (i.e. communist)||, 他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
そうだ 豚丼に比べりゃ赤の他人みたいなもんだ
Compared to Pork Bowl, this is like a total stranger.
I can do this!
やれる！ やれ…
I can...
合う[あう, おう]:to come together|to fit|to be profitable|
あ～ 目が合っちまったな
Darn, you looked at its eyes.
しょう:workman/artisan|craft, しょう:quotient|dealing/dealer
しょうがねえ
Too bad.
This should take care of it.
これで大丈夫だべ
This makes it feel like we took it hostage!
人質[ひとじち]:hostage, 取る[とる]:to take|to steal|to eat||, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
これじゃ人質取ってるみたいだよぉ
Oh.
Komaba, you've done things like this before?
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies)
駒場はこういうのやったことあんのか
Well, there are lots of deer around here.
辺[へん]:area|side|circumstances, 辺[へ, べ]:surrounding area|shore (of the sea)|suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc., 鹿[しか, かせぎ]:deer (esp. the sika deer, Cervus nippon), 鹿[しし]:beast (esp. one used for its meat, such as a boar or a deer)|hunting (of animals such as boar, deer, etc.)
まあ この辺鹿多いしな
見[み]:looking/viewing, 見[けん]:view (of life, etc.)/outlook, 覚える[おぼえる]:to memorize|to learn|to feel|
見よう見まねで覚えた
I learned by watching other people.
You don't mind it?
嫌[いや, や]:disagreeable/detestable/unpleasant
嫌じゃねえ
嫌[いや, や]:disagreeable/detestable/unpleasant, っつー:meaning/called/said
う～ん 嫌っつーか
Well, that's not the point...
食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||, 状況[じょうきょう]:state of affairs (around you)/situation/circumstances
これしか食うもんがない状況になったとき
If this was the only food available,
at least you could let people eat something tasty, you know?
うまい:skillful/skilful|delicious, 食わす[くわす]:to feed|to provide|to inflict|
みんなにうまいもん食わしてやれるべ
If this was the only food available?
食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||, 状況[じょうきょう]:state of affairs (around you)/situation/circumstances
これしか食うもんない状況って…
０％じゃねえべや
It could happen.
嫌[いや, や]:disagreeable/detestable/unpleasant, 無理[むり]:unreasonable|impossible|forcible||, 包丁[ほうちょう]:kitchen knife/carving knife|cooking, よこす:to send/to forward|to hand over (e.g. money)
嫌なら無理すんな 包丁よこせ
If you don't wanna, don't push yourself.
Give me the knife.
Ichirou.
一郎
This is Hachiken-kun's job.
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work
これは八軒君の仕事
'Kay.
うっす
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work
仕事…
Job...
バイト代[バイトだい]:earnings from a part-time job, 出す[だす]:to take out|to put out|to submit (e.g. thesis)||
そんなんじゃバイト代出せないよ
We can't pay you for that!
Right!
働き[はたらき]:work|achievement|salary||
そうだよ 俺働きに来たんだよ
I came here to work.
What'd I do all day?
一日[いちにち, いちじつ]:one day|first day of the month, 一日[つきたち]:first day of the month|first ten days of the lunar month
今日一日何してた！？
Why am I here?
俺は何でここにいるんだよ！？
So you basically came here because you lost.
負ける[まける]:to lose|to succumb|to be inferior to||, くだる:to descend/to go down|to be handed down (of an order, judgment, etc.)
負けてこっち来たんか くだらねえ
That's stupid.
逃げる[にげる]:to escape/to run away, 場所[ばしょ]:place|room|basho
逃げてきた場所でまた逃げるのか！？
Am I going to run away again after running all the way here?
いや
No!
あったかい:warm/mild/genial
まだあったかい…
It's still warm...
If I run away now and let someone else do this,
逃げる[にげる]:to escape/to run away, 人任せ[ひとまかせ]:leaving (it) to others
ここで逃げて人任せにしたら
I don't have the right to eat Pork Bowl...
豚丼[ぶたどん, とんどん]:rice covered with pork and vegetables, 食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||, 資格[しかく]:qualifications/requirements/capabilities, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
豚丼食う資格なんて…
We make our living with horses...
馬[うま, いま]:horse|horse racing|promoted bishop, 食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
俺ら馬に食わせてもらってるからよ
Okay!
やってみる:to have a go/to try and do (something)/to take a chance with something
よしっ やってみる
I'm going to try!
さばく:adherence to the shogunate, さばく:to judge, 方[かた]:direction|person|method of||, 方[ほう]:direction|side (of an argument, etc.)|type||, 教える[おしえる]:to teach|to tell|to preach, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me)
あの…さばき方を教えてもらえますか
Um, can you teach me how to do this?
Oh? Okay!
おうおう:sometimes/often, おうおう:discontented/unhappy
おっ？ おうおう
腹[はら]:abdomen|womb|one's mind||, 開ける[あける]:to open (a door, etc.)|to open (for business, etc.)|to empty||, 開ける[ひらける]:to become opened up|to develop|to be enlightened
まず腹を開ける
First, you open up the gut.
Be careful not to damage the innards.
内臓[ないぞう]:internal organs/intestines/viscera, 傷つける[きずつける]:to wound|to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.)|to damage
内臓を傷つけないようにな
Okay.
はい
嫌[いや, や]:disagreeable/detestable/unpleasant, 感触[かんしょく]:feel (i.e. tactile sensation)/touch/feeling
い…いぃぃぃ…嫌な感触…
Wh-What an awful sensation...
Don't look away!
よそ見[よそみ]:looking away/looking aside, 切る[きる]:to cut|to sever (connections, ties)|to turn off (e.g. the light)||
よそ見すんな 手ぇ切るぞ
You'll cut yourself!
Once you remove the guts, put them in this bucket here.
内臓[ないぞう]:internal organs/intestines/viscera, 抜く[ぬく]:to extract|to do something to the end|to surpass||, バケツ:bucket/pail, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||
内臓抜いたら こっちのバケツに入れとけ
Next, skin it.
次[つぎ]:next/following|stage, 次[じ]:next|hypo- (i.e. containing an element with low valence)|order, 皮[かわ]:skin|rind|shell|
次は皮
Back in the old days, you could get money for the pelt.
昔[むかし]:olden days/former, 皮[かわ]:skin|rind|shell|, 金になる[かねになる]:profitable/lucrative
昔は皮も金になったんだけどなぁ
脳みそ[のうみそ]:brains/brain tissue, 珍味[ちんみ]:delicacy/dainties, らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish
あっ 脳みそは珍味らしいぞ
Oh, I hear the brain is considered a delicacy.
We'll remove the head.
首[くび, クビ]:neck|head|dismissal, 首[しゅきゅう, しるし]:decapitated head of an enemy, 外す[はずす]:to unfasten|to remove|to leave|
首外すぞ
骨[こつ, コツ]:knack/skill/trick, 骨[ほね]:bone|frame|outline||, 間[あいだ, あわい]:space (between)|time (between)|span (temporal or spatial)||, 間[ま]:time|space|room, 刃[は]:edge (of a knife or sword)|prong (of an electrical plug), 刃[やいば]:blade|forged blade|sharpness|, 入れる[いれる]:to put in|to admit|to accept||
そう そこの骨の間に刃を入れる
Yeah, insert the blade between those bones.
The head's heavy. Be careful.
首[くび, クビ]:neck|head|dismissal, 首[しゅきゅう, しるし]:decapitated head of an enemy, 重い[おもい]:heavy|heavy (feeling)|slow||, 気を付ける[きをつける]:to be careful/to pay attention/to take care
首重いぞ 気を付けろ
Okay.
はい
ほら よっ よ～しよしよし
There, good.
Good, good.
まあ こんなもんだろ
Well, that's about it.
半分[はんぶん]:half, 半分[はんぷん]:half minute, 駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies)
半分は駒場さんちの分な
Half of it is for Komaba-san's family!
Yes, sir!
アイアイサー
Good job.
疲れ[つかれ]:tiredness/fatigue
お疲れ
Good job!
お疲れさま[おつかれさま]:thank you/many thanks|that's enough for today
お疲れさま
Why don't you go wash your hands?
手洗[てあらい]:washing one's hands|restroom|hand-washing (laundry, etc.)
手洗ってきたら
You're amazing, Grandpa.
すごい:terrible/dreadful|amazing (e.g. of strength)
じいちゃんはすごいね
Why?
何が？
学校[がっこう]:school, 食用[しょくよう]:for use as food/edible, 豚[ぶた, ブタ]:pig (Sus scrofa domesticus)|fat person, 豚[とん]:pig/pork, 付ける[つける]:to attach|to furnish (a house with)|to wear||
八軒君 学校で食用の豚に名前付けちゃって
Hachiken-kun named one of the pigs being raised for slaughter at school,
ずっと:continuously in some state (for a long time, distance)/throughout|much (better, etc.), もやもや:hazy/murky|gloomy, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
ずっともやもやしてるみたいなの
so he's been feeling unsure about the whole thing.
Today, thanks to you, I think he made progress.
おかげ:grace (of God)/benevolence (of Buddha)|assistance
今日 じいちゃんのおかげで
前進[ぜんしん]:advance/drive/progress, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
ちょっと前進したみたい
Huh? What're you talking about?
何のことだ
サボる:to be truant/to play hooky/to skip school, 嫌がらせ[いやがらせ]:harassment/pestering
俺はあいつが今日サボった分嫌がらせしただけだぞ
I was just bullying him a bit for the slacking he did today.
Besides, butchering meat takes energy.
何せ[なにせ, なんせ]:at any rate/anyhow, 肉[にく, しし]:flesh|meat|the physical body (as opposed to the spirit)||, 解体[かいたい]:demolition/disassembly|dissection (i.e. postmortem), 体力[たいりょく]:stamina/endurance|strength of an organization (e.g. profitability, productivity, economic clout, stability, growth potential)
何せ肉の解体は体力を使うからな
Mikage-san!
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, ご飯[ごはん]:cooked rice|meal, 食べる[たべる]:to eat|to live on (e.g. a salary)/to live off
御影さん ご飯食べてって
Please have dinner with us!
焼き肉[やきにく]:yakiniku/Japanese dish of grilled meat similar to Korean barbecue|roasted meat
焼き肉～
Barbecue!
Man, 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
あー 腹減った
Thanks for the food!
いっただっきま～す
When Pork Bowl becomes pork, could you eat it?
豚丼[ぶたどん, とんどん]:rice covered with pork and vegetables, 肉[にく, しし]:flesh|meat|the physical body (as opposed to the spirit)||, 食う[くう]:to eat|to live|to bite||
豚丼が肉にされたとき 食えるかって聞いてんだよ
Thanks for the food...
いただく:to receive/to get|to eat
いただきます
I scrubbed them so hard, too...
あんな:such (about something or someone distant from both speaker and listener, or about a situation unfamiliar to both speaker and listener)/so/that, あんな:Anna or Anwa era (968.8.13-970.3.25), 洗う[あらう]:to wash|to inquire into|to purify (one's heart)|
あんなに洗ったのに…
中学[ちゅうがく]:middle school/junior high school, 勉強[べんきょう]:study|diligence|discount, 結果[けっか]:result/consequence|coming to fruition
俺 中学までは勉強で結果出さないと
Until I finished junior high,
I had to earn to my keep, back home, by getting good grades.
家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family, 居る[いる]:to be (of animate objects)|to stay|verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing, to have been ..ing), 居る[おる]:to be (animate)|verb indicating continuing action or state (i.e. to be ..ing)|indicates contempt or disdain for another's actions, 場所[ばしょ]:place|room|basho
家で居場所なかったんだ
全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely, 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, 労働力[ろうどうりょく]:labor/labour/manpower
今日も全然御影んちの労働力になんなかったから
Today, I wasn't much of a help at all at your place.
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, 無事[ぶじ]:safety/peace/quietness, 喜ぶ[よろこぶ]:to be delighted|to congratulate|to gratefully accept
だから仕事よりまず俺が無事だったことを喜んでくれて
That's why when you were more worried about me than my work
びっくり:to be surprised/to be amazed|surprise (e.g. surprise party), っつー:meaning/called/said
びっくりしたっつーか…
I was a little surprised.
当たり前[あたりまえ]:natural/reasonable|usual
当たり前でしょ そんなの
You shouldn't be!
There are lots of bears around here, and we're deep in the mountains!
辺[へん]:area|side|circumstances, 辺[へ, べ]:surrounding area|shore (of the sea)|suffix used as a rough indicator of location, direction, time, etc., 熊[くま, クマ]:bear (any mammal of family Ursidae), 深い[ふかい]:deep|profound|dense||
この辺は熊多いし 山は深いんだから
Yeah...
駒場[こまば]:pasture used for grazing horses (esp. ponies), 怒鳴る[どなる]:to shout/to yell
うん 駒場にもそのことで怒鳴られた
Komaba got mad at me, too.
Icchan's dad died because he worked too hard.
お父さん[おとうさん, おとっさん]:father/dad/papa, 過労[かろう]:overwork/strain, 原因[げんいん]:cause/origin/source
いっちゃんのお父さん 過労が原因だったし
His mom's doing a bit too much work, too,
お母さん[おかあさん]:mother, オーバーワーク:overwork, 気味[きみ, きび]:sensation/feeling|tendency, 気味[ぎみ]:-like/-looking/-looked
今もお母さんがオーバーワーク気味だから
so that's where he's coming from, I'm sure.
きっと:surely/undoubtedly|sternly
思うところがあるんだよ きっと
I see.
そっか
ますます:increasingly/more and more/decreasingly (when declining), へこむ:to be dented/to be indented|to be overwhelmed
ますますへこむわ
That makes me feel more down!
浅はか[あさはか]:shallow/superficial/thoughtless
浅はかなことしたな
I was so foolish!
It was my fault, too.
悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing
私も悪かったよ
携帯[けいたい, ケイタイ]:something carried (in the hand)/handheld|mobile telephone, 通じる[つうじる]:to be open (to traffic)|to flow (liquid, current)|to be understood||, 軽い[かるい, かろい]:light (i.e. not heavy)|light (i.e. of foot)|non-serious||, 気持ち[きもち]:feeling|preparedness|thanks|
いっちゃんちなら 携帯通じるかもなんて 軽い気持ちで言っちゃって
I shouldn't have just blurted out that you might
get a signal at Icchan's place.
Were you able to send the text to your family?
家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family, メール:email, 送る[おくる]:to send (a thing)|to take or escort (a person somewhere)|to bid farewell (to the departed)||
家の人にメール送れた？
Yeah, thanks to your suggestion.
おかげさま:(somebody's) backing/assistance/thanks to (somebody)
うん おかげさまで
Great!
よかった
Yeah...
すげえ:incredible/unbelievable
すげえ
Wow!
奇麗[きれい, キレイ]:pretty|clean|completely
奇麗でしょ
Isn't it beautiful?
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
一年中こんな感じだよ
It's like this year-round.
Wait, are we having a moment?
雰囲気[ふんいき, ふいんき]:mood|a certain air|air, 良い[よい]:good|sufficient (can be used to turn down an offer)|profitable (e.g. deal, business offer, etc.)|
あれ ちょっと雰囲気良くない
A starry night sky...
満天[まんてん]:the whole sky, 星[ほし]:star|offender|star point (in go)||, 星[せい]:Chinese "star" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)|Singapore
満天の星
荷台[にだい]:(truck) load-carrying tray/(bicycle) luggage carrier/roof rack, 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
荷台には御影と俺…
and on the truck bed, there's only Mikage, me...
熊[くま, クマ]:bear (any mammal of family Ursidae), 死体[したい]:dead body/corpse/cadaver
と熊の死体
and a dead bear.
What a big catch today!
大漁[たいりょう]:big catch
今日は大漁だぁ
Yeah, totally!
そうっすね
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.