Ougi Dark Part Two
Ougi-chan... is an apparition?
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost
扇ちゃんが 怪異?
On what basis, Gaen-san, are you calling Ougi-chan a monster?
根拠[こんきょ]:basis/foundation, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 化物[ばけもの, ばけもん]:goblin/apparition/monster, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||
何を根拠に 臥煙さんは扇ちゃんを 化物だなんて呼ぶんです?
Then on what basis do you call Ougi Oshino "Ougi-chan"?
根拠[こんきょ]:basis/foundation, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||
ならばきみは 何を根拠に忍野扇を 扇ちゃんなんて呼ぶのかな?
Aren't you merely calling her "Ougi-chan" because she called herself Ougi Oshino,
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 名乗る[なのる]:to give one's name (as)|to claim to be|to reveal oneself (as)||, 鵜呑みにする[うのみにする]:to swallow (e.g. a story)/to accept without questioning|to swallow (food) whole, 呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||
彼女が忍野扇と名乗ったから それを鵜呑みにして 彼女を "扇ちゃん" と呼んでいるだけなんじゃあないのかい?
and you just believed her?
It's unlike you to be so dense about this, Araragi-san.
らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish, 勘[かん]:perception/intuition/the sixth sense, 鈍い[おそい]:slow|late (e.g. "late at night")|too late|, 鈍い[にぶい, のろい]:dull (e.g. a knife)|thickheaded|dull (sound, color, etc.)||
らしくもなく勘が鈍いですね 阿良々木さん
I'm guessing that this Ougi Oshino-san was introduced to you by Kanbaru-san,
察する[さっする]:to guess/to sense|to sympathize with, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, バスケットボール:basketball, 元[もと]:origin|base|cause||, 元[げん]:unknown (e.g. in an equation)|element (of a set)|yuan (monetary unit of China)|, スター:star (cinema, sports, etc.)/celebrity/idol
察するに その忍野扇さんというかたは バスケットボール部の元スター
the previous star of the basketball team, as one of her fans?
ファン:fan, 紹介[しょうかい]:introduction/presentation/referral
神原さんのファンとして 彼女から紹介されたのですよね?
Yeah, that's how things went.
流れ[ながれ]:stream/current|course of events
ああ... そういう流れだった
A fan. In other words, a fan (ougi).
ファン:fan, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
ファン つまり扇でしょう
Eh? But what about her last name?
苗字[みょうじ]:surname/family name
え... でも じゃあ苗字のほうはどうなる?
The last name "Oshino" is slightly more complicated.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 姓[せい, しょう]:surname/family name|hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing), 姓[かばね]:hereditary title (used in ancient Japan to denote rank and political standing)|clan, 少し[すこし]:small quantity|little while|short distance, 込み入る[こみいる]:to be complicated/to be elaborate|to push in, 事情[じじょう]:circumstances/consideration/conditions
忍野姓についてはもう少し込み入った事情もある
But it is certain that her claim of being Meme's niece is a lie.
姪[めい]:niece, 嘘[うそ, ウソ]:lie|mistake|unwise move|, 確か[たしか]:sure|reliable|If I'm not mistaken
しかし メメの姪というのが嘘であるのは確かだ
If Ougi Oshino isn't Ougi Oshino, then what in the world is she?
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, いったい:...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?")/...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")|one object, いったい:region/zone/whole place
忍野扇が 忍野扇ではないのだとすれば じゃあ あの子はいったい 何なんです?
What is she, really?
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness
あの子の正体は なんなんですか
What she is, right now, is "an unknown."
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 不明[ふめい]:unclear|unknown|ignorance
正体不明というのが 今のところの彼女の正体だ
That is why it is clear how we will exterminate her. In my original plan,
退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness, 手段[しゅだん]:means/way/measure, 明確[めいかく]:clear/precise/definite, 当初[とうしょ]:at first/at the beginning/initially, プラン:plan
だからこそ 退治の手段は明確である 当初のプランでは
Ougi Oshino was going to be exterminated with the demon sword "Kokoro Watari."
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness, あたる:to be hit/to strike|to touch, 妖刀[ようとう]:bewitched sword/magical sword/demon sword
忍野扇の退治にあたっては 妖刀 "心渡" を使うつもりだった
So you were planning to slay Ougi-chan with the Apparition Killer?
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 殺し[ころし]:murder/killing/murderer, 斬る[きる]:to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)/to slice (off)/to lop (off)
扇ちゃんを 怪異殺しで斬るつもりだったんですか?
Come on, don't glare at me like that. Which side are you on, exactly?
おいおい:Hey!/Wait a minute!|boohoo, おいおい:gradually/by degrees/little by little, 睨む[にらむ]:to glare at|to stare intensely at|to estimate||, いったい:...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?")/...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")|one object, いったい:region/zone/whole place, どっち:which way/which direction|which one (esp. of two alternatives), 味方[みかた]:friend/ally/supporter
おいおいそう睨むなよ きみはいったいどっちの味方だい?
Slaying an apparition with the Apparition Killer...
怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 殺し[ころし]:murder/killing/murderer, 斬る[きる]:to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)/to slice (off)/to lop (off)
怪異殺しで怪異を斬る
Normally, something like that wouldn't even raise an eyebrow.
本来[ほんらい]:originally|essentially|proper, 矛盾[むじゅん]:contradiction/inconsistency, 生ずる[しょうずる]:to produce/to yield|to result from, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
本来 何の矛盾も生じない話だ
As a specialist, that's my job.
専門家[せんもんか]:specialist/expert/professional, はなす:to release/to let go|to add (pieces of eggplant, potato, etc.) to water, broth, etc., はなす:to separate/to part/to divide
専門家としてはなすべきことだ
Is that why you created the demon sword "Kokoro Watari"?
妖刀[ようとう]:bewitched sword/magical sword/demon sword, 作る[つくる]:to make|to prepare (food)|to raise||
そのためにあなたは 妖刀 "心渡" を 作ったんですか?
The armor worn by the first minion, Seishiro Shishirui.
最初[さいしょ]:beginning/outset/first, 眷属[けんぞく]:(one's) family/dependents|follower, 死屍[しし]:corpse, 累[るい]:trouble/evil influence/implication, 生死[せいし, しょうし]:life and death|samsara (cycle of death and rebirth)|death, 着用[ちゃくよう]:wearing (e.g. uniform, seat belt)/having on, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, 甲冑[かっちゅう]:armor and helmet (armour)
最初の眷属 死屍累生死郎が着用していた甲冑(かっちゅう)
The sword was created by reforging it after it went missing in August.
八[はち, や]:eight, 八[パー]:eight, 行方[ゆくえ]:(one's) whereabouts|outcome, 行方[いきかた, ゆきかた]:way (of going)/route|way (of doing), 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, 作り上げる[つくりあげる]:to make up/to fabricate/to build up
八月に行方知れずとなっていた あれを打ち直して作り上げたのだ
I didn't create it to slay Ougi Oshino.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 斬る[きる]:to kill (a human) using a blade (sword, machete, knife, etc.)/to slice (off)/to lop (off)
忍野扇を斬ろうと思っていたわけではない
However, I did predict the appearance of Ougi Oshino.
ただし:but/however/provided that, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 登場[とうじょう]:entry (on stage)/appearance (on screen)|entrance, 予期[よき]:expectation/assume will happen/forecast, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother
ただし 忍野扇の登場は予期していた
Hmph. No different than someone who loots during a riot.
火事[かじ]:fire/conflagration, 場[ば]:place|field|occasion||, 場[じょう]:place/spot/grounds, 泥棒[どろぼう]:thief/burglar/robber, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 真似[まね, マネ]:imitating/copying|behavior
ふん 火事場泥棒みたいな真似をしおってからに
No wonder I felt like that meal was a bit lacking.
どうり:reason/logic/sense, 食[しょく]:meal/(one's) diet|eclipse (solar, lunar, etc.), 足る[たる]:to be sufficient/to be enough/to be worthy of
どうりで食いでが足らんかったわけじゃ
Don't say that. That's why I've already returned it to you, Shinobu-san.
返す[かえす]:to return (something)|to turn over|to pay back|
そう言うなよ だからもうきみに返したじゃないか 忍さん
Based on that comment,
the demon sword "Kokoro Watari" that was used earlier to play cricket
was not Shinobu's, but apparently the replica created by Gaen-san.
I no longer have a need for it.
必要[ひつよう]:necessary/needed|necessity, なくなる:to die, なくなる:to be lost (e.g. luggage)/to be missing|to be used up
もう必要がなくなったからね
If I can count on Koyomin's assistance, there's no need to do this the hard way.
こよみ:calendar/almanac, 協力[きょうりょく]:cooperation/collaboration, 強硬[きょうこう]:firm/strong/unbending, 手段[しゅだん]:means/way/measure, 必要[ひつよう]:necessary/needed|necessity, なくなる:to die, なくなる:to be lost (e.g. luggage)/to be missing|to be used up
こよみんの協力を仰げるとなれば 強硬手段に出る必要はなくなった
As a specialist in exterminating monsters, I can use the proper means,
妖怪[ようかい]:ghost/apparition/phantom, 退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness, 専門家[せんもんか]:specialist/expert/professional, 真っ当[まっとう]:proper/respectable|entirely, 手段[しゅだん]:means/way/measure
妖怪退治の専門家として 真っ当な手段で
the standard approach, to exterminate Ougi Oshino.
スタンダード:standard, 方法[ほうほう]:method/process/manner, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness
スタンダードな方法で 忍野扇を退治できる
What do you mean by saying you predicted the appearance of Ougi-chan?
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 登場[とうじょう]:entry (on stage)/appearance (on screen)|entrance, 予期[よき]:expectation/assume will happen/forecast, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, どういう:somehow/how/in what way, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance
扇ちゃんの登場を予期していたっていうのは どういう意味ですか?
Well, I'm just speaking from experience.
単なる[たんなる]:mere/simple/sheer, 経験則[けいけんそく]:rule of thumb
いや それは単なる経験則だ
I wouldn't say it was exactly the same as Ougi Oshino...
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 同じ[おなじ, おんなじ]:same/identical|(usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway
忍野扇と同じ... とは言わないまでも
but I've seen an apparition similar to her in the past.
似る[にる]:to resemble/to look like|to be similar (in status, condition, etc.), 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, かつて:once/before|never yet, ことがある:(something) has occurred/to have done (something)|(something) happens on occasions
似たような怪異を かつて私は見たことがあってね
Strictly speaking, I was not the one that experienced it.
厳密[げんみつ]:strict/close, 経験[けいけん]:experience
厳密に言うと 経験したのは私ではなく
It was my older sister, Tooe Gaen.
私の姉だった 臥煙遠江(とおえ)だった
You know well of Suruga Kanbaru... it's her mother.
母親[ははおや]:mother
きみのよく知る神原駿河 その母親だ
Tooe Gaen
In a way, she was like you, Koyomin.
種[しゅ]:kind|(biological) species|(logical) species, 種[たね]:seed (e.g. of a plant)|material (e.g. for an article)|ingredient||, こよみ:calendar/almanac, 似る[にる]:to resemble/to look like|to be similar (in status, condition, etc.)
ある種 こよみんに似ていた
As a grade school student, I thought my older sister was bad news.
小学生[しょうがくせい]:elementary school student/primary school student/grade school student, ながら:while/during|while, やばい:dangerous/risky|awful, やばい:wild Japanese apricot
小学生ながら この姉はやばいと思った
I was well aware that she was a dangerous individual.
危険[きけん]:danger/peril|risk, 人物[じんぶつ]:person|one's character|able person, 痛感[つうかん]:feeling keenly/fully realizing, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother
危険人物だと痛感していた
How do I put it...
なんて言うんだろうな...
She wasn't a monster, but she was like a monster.
化物[ばけもの, ばけもん]:goblin/apparition/monster, じみる:to have a touch of/to look like
化物ではないが 化物じみていた
Tough on herself, and tough on others.
厳しい[きびしい]:severe/strict|intense (e.g. cold), 他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider
自分に厳しく 他人に厳しい
The tougher it got, the more she thought it was for good.
厳しい[きびしい]:severe/strict|intense (e.g. cold), 善[ぜん]:good/goodness/right
厳しければ厳しいほど それを善だと思っている
That's the type of person she was.
そういう人だったよ
But I digress. It's not that I want to introduce my older sister's personality to you.
余談[よだん]:digression/sequel (of a story), パーソナリティ:personality/individuality, 紹介[しょうかい]:introduction/presentation/referral
しかし それはまあ 余談だ 私の姉のパーソナリティを紹介したいわけではない
For now, I just want to say that such a personality my older sister had reminds me of Koyomin.
性格[せいかく]:character/personality/disposition, こよみ:calendar/almanac, 連想[れんそう]:association (of ideas)/being reminded (of something)/suggestion
今はただ 私の姉のそういう性格は こよみんを連想すると言いたいだけだ
Tough on oneself, and tough on others?
Did I have that kind of a personality?
性格[せいかく]:character/personality/disposition
そんな性格だっけ 僕
I will have Koyomin do the same thing my older sister did.
同じ[おなじ, おんなじ]:same/identical|(usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway, こよみ:calendar/almanac, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
私の姉と同じことをこよみんにやってもらう
I'm going to do it? Not you, Gaen-san?
僕がやるんですか? 臥煙さんじゃなく?
You're the only one that can do it.
きみにしかできない
You. By yourself.
一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried
きみが一人で
You must do it.
やらなければならない
People just...
help themselves
out on their own.
The threat that the unknown apparition Ougi Oshino poses...
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 不明[ふめい]:unclear|unknown|ignorance, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 脅威[きょうい]:threat/menace
正体不明の怪異である忍野扇の脅威はね
...ultimately boils down to one point, that she is an unknown.
究極[きゅうきょく]:ultimate/extreme/final, 的[てき]:-like/typical, 的[まと]:mark/target, 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 不明[ふめい]:unclear|unknown|ignorance, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 点[ちょぼ, チョボ]:dot/point|gidayuu musicians (in kabuki), 点[てん]:spot|point|mark (e.g. in exam)||, 尽きる[つきる]:to be used up/to be run out/to be exhausted
究極的には 正体不明であるという一点に尽きる
Therefore, disclosing her true identity would cause it to collapse.
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 暴く[あばく]:to disclose/to divulge|to open (and rob) a grave, 瓦[グラム]:gram/gramme, 瓦[かわら]:roof tile
だからその正体を暴けば 瓦壊する
Collapse
Collapse?
瓦[グラム]:gram/gramme, 瓦[かわら]:roof tile
瓦壊?
You could call it "pair annihilation" as well.
対[たい]:opposite|versus|to (e.g. "winning a game five to three")||, 対[つい]:pair|antithesis|counter for items that come in pairs|, 消滅[しょうめつ]:extinction/extinguishment|annihilation
対消滅(ついしょうめつ)と言ってもいいけれど
But what's important here is that she's a fake, who lies about what she really is.
重要[じゅうよう]:important/momentous/essential, 自ら[おのずから]:naturally/as a matter of course, 自ら[みずから]:oneself|for one's self/personally, 姿[すがた]:figure|appearance|state||, 偽る[いつわる]:to lie/to cheat|to trick, 偽物[にせもの, にせもん]:spurious article/forgery/counterfeit, 点[ちょぼ, チョボ]:dot/point|gidayuu musicians (in kabuki), 点[てん]:spot|point|mark (e.g. in exam)||
ここで重要なのは 彼女は自らのあるべき姿を偽る偽物であるという点だ
What happens when that lie is exposed...
嘘[うそ, ウソ]:lie|mistake|unwise move|, 暴く[あばく]:to disclose/to divulge|to open (and rob) a grave
その嘘が暴かれたらどうなるか...
Shinobu-san and Hachikuji-chan should know all too well.
寺[てら]:temple (Buddhist), 寺[じ]:counter for temples
忍さんや八九寺ちゃんは よく知っているはずだよね
The "darkness".
くらやみ:darkness/the dark
"くらやみ"
Right. Apparitions that lie about what they are get swallowed by the "darkness".
己[おのれ]:oneself (itself, etc.)|I|you||, 己[おれ, おらあ]:I/me, 偽る[いつわる]:to lie/to cheat|to trick, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 闇[やみ]:darkness|bewilderment|black-marketeering, 呑む[のむ]:to drink|to smoke (tobacco)|to engulf||
そう 己のありかたを偽った怪異は 闇に呑まれる
Especially in her case, she falsified herself as that "darkness" itself.
特に[とくに]:particularly/especially, 己[おのれ]:oneself (itself, etc.)|I|you||, 己[おれ, おらあ]:I/me, くらやみ:darkness/the dark, 偽る[いつわる]:to lie/to cheat|to trick
特に彼女は 己をそのもの "くらやみ" として 偽った
The punishment for such a rule violation will be the most severe.
ルール:rule, 違反[いはん]:violation/offense/offence, 違反[いへん]:breaking (a contract, promise, etc.), 対する[たいする]:to face (each other)|to be directed toward (the future, etc.)|to receive (a client, etc.)||, 制裁[せいさい]:restraint/sanctions/punishment, 熾烈[しれつ, しきれつ]:fierce/violent|ferocity, 極める[きめる]:to decide|to clinch (a victory)|to persist in doing||, 極める[きわめる]:to carry to extremes/to go to the end of something|to investigate thoroughly, ことになる:it has been decided (so) that/it has been arranged (so) that|it is the result (of)
そのルール違反に対する制裁は 熾烈(しれつ)を極めることになるだろう
You reap what you sow.
自業自得[じごうじとく]:paying for one's mistakes/getting one's just deserts/suffering the consequences (of one's own actions)
自業自得という奴だ
Everything she's done around Koyomin for the past six months,
半年[はんとし, はんねん]:half year, こよみ:calendar/almanac, 周辺[しゅうへん]:circumference/outskirts|(computer) peripheral, 繰り返す[くりかえす]:to repeat/to do something over again, 振る舞い[ふるまい]:behavior/behaviour/conduct
ここ半年ほどこよみんの周辺で繰り返してきた振る舞いを
all of that will now come bearing down on her.
振るう[ふるう]:to swing|to exercise (e.g. power, ability)|to flourish, 猛威[もうい]:fury/power/menace, 今度[こんど]:this time|next time|recently, 自身[じしん]:by oneself/personally, 浴びる[あびる]:to dash over oneself (e.g. water)/to take (e.g. shower)|to suffer (e.g. an attack), ことになる:it has been decided (so) that/it has been arranged (so) that|it is the result (of)
振るった猛威を 今度は彼女自身が浴びることになる
Well, an apparition is something intrinsically of that nature.
怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 本来[ほんらい]:originally|essentially|proper
まあ 怪異というのは本来 そういうものだ
That is why I call Ougi Oshino "an ordinary monster."
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 普通[ふつう]:general|normally|local train, 化物[ばけもの, ばけもん]:goblin/apparition/monster, 呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||
だから私は 忍野扇を "普通の化物" と呼ぶ
If you explain an apparition with science,
it turns into an ordinary superstition, right?
Gaen-san, so your older sister defeated an apparition similar to Ougi-chan...
お姉さん[おねえさん]:elder sister|(vocative) young lady|miss (referring to a waitress, etc.)||, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 似る[にる]:to resemble/to look like|to be similar (in status, condition, etc.), 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost
臥煙さんのお姉さんは そうやって 扇ちゃんに似た怪異
A "darkness", no, a quasi-darkness, in that manner?
くらやみ:darkness/the dark, もどき:-like/pseudo-|comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), 退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness
"くらやみ" ならぬ "くらやみ" もどきを退治したんですか?
Yup, that's right.
うん そう
In my opinion, a quasi-darkness is more dangerous than the "darkness" itself.
くらやみ:darkness/the dark, もどき:-like/pseudo-|comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), 危険[きけん]:danger/peril|risk, 度[たび, たんび]:time (three times, each time, etc.)/times, 高い[たかい]:high/tall|expensive
私の見るところ "くらやみ" よりも "くらやみ" もどきのほうが危険度は高い
It refuses to allow a tidy ending.
ご都合主義[ごつごうしゅぎ]:opportunism/double standards/timeserving, 解決[かいけつ]:settlement/solution/resolution, 許す[ゆるす]:to permit|to exempt (from fine)|to confide in|
そんなご都合主義の解決は許さない
It says that giving everyone a happy ending is cheating.
幸せ[しあわせ, しやわせ]:happiness/good fortune/luck, 答[こたえ, いらえ]:answer/reply/response
みんなが幸せになるような答はズルでしかない
That's how it works.
姿勢[しせい]:attitude/posture/stance, 示す[しめす]:to (take out and) show|to point out (finger, clock hand, needle, etc.)|to indicate
という姿勢を示すことだろう
That is why we absolutely must
是[これ]:this (indicating an item near the speaker, the action of the speaker, or the current topic)|this person (usu. indicating someone in one's in-group)|now||, 是[ぜ]:righteousness/justice/right, 非[ひ]:fault|going poorly|un-
だから 是が非でも今日
settle the score once and for all today, before the night is over.
今夜[こんや]:this evening/tonight, 決着をつける[けっちゃくをつける]:to settle (a dispute)
今夜中に決着をつけなくてはならないということさ
Please, help me.
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
助けてください
Could you be on my side?
味方[みかた]:friend/ally/supporter
私の味方になってくれませんか?
Please, help me.
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
助けてください
I don't know why Ougi-chan said that to me.
In the past,
かつて:once/before|never yet
かつて僕は
there was a time when I rejected a request from Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade.
アセロラオリオン:acerola (Malpighia glabra)/Barbados cherry, アセロラオリオン:Orion, ハート:heart, アンダー:under, ブレード:blade, 願い[ねがい]:desire/wish/request, 蹴る[ける]:to kick|to refuse/to reject, ことがある:(something) has occurred/to have done (something)|(something) happens on occasions
キスショット・アセロラオリオン・ハートアンダーブレードからの願いを 蹴ったことがあった
I will give Ougi-chan the same answer as back then.
同じ[おなじ, おんなじ]:same/identical|(usu. part of a 'nara' conditional) anyway, 答[こたえ, いらえ]:answer/reply/response, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
そのときと同じ答を 扇ちゃんにも言おう
I understand.
わかりました
I will not save Ougi Oshino. So...
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
僕は忍野扇を助けません
So, please tell me, Gaen-san.
教える[おしえる]:to teach|to tell|to preach, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
だから... だから教えてください 臥煙さん
What is the true identity of the mysterious transfer student, Ougi Oshino?
謎[なぞ]:riddle/puzzle|enigmatic, 転校生[てんこうせい]:transfer student/student changing schools, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness
謎の転校生 忍野扇の正体を
Her true identity is...
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness
あの子の正体は...
Thank you, Tsukihi-chan. Thanks to you, it looks like I'll make my deadline.
ありがとう:Thank you/Thanks, 火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), お蔭[おかげ]:grace (of God)|assistance|effects, 締切[しめきり]:deadline|cofferdam|closed (door, window, etc.), 間に合う[まにあう]:to be in time for|to serve (suit, meet) the purpose/to be good enough
ありがとう 月火ちゃん お蔭で締切には間に合いそうだよ
Nothing, it's nothing!
なんのなんの
This is Ran Hokkyokusei, transferring from Shogo Academy.
I don't know much about manga and stuff.
漫画[まんが, マンガ]:cartoon/comic/comic strip
私 漫画とかよくわかんないんだけど
But Nadeko-chan, how confident are you about this?
撫子[なでしこ, ナデシコ]:pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus)|lovable, caressable girl, くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that, 自信[じしん]:self-confidence/confidence (in oneself)
撫子ちゃん どれくらい自信あるの これ?
If you win an award, you get prize money and stuff, right?
受賞[じゅしょう]:winning (a prize), 賞金[しょうきん]:prize/monetary award, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me)
受賞したら賞金とかもらえるんでしょ?
Mm... I don't know.
ん... わかんない
I stopped thinking about confidence and stuff like that.
自信[じしん]:self-confidence/confidence (in oneself), 考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||, やめる:to stop (an activity)/to cease|to cancel, やめる:to resign/to retire/to quit
自信とか そういうの 考えるのやめたから
Hmm...
ふうん:misfortune/bad luck/ill luck, ふうん:hmm/well ...|roughly
ふうん...
There have been people that said I might have talent.
才能[さいのう]:talent/ability
才能があるんじゃないかって 言ってくれた人もいるけれど
But even for people with talent,
才能[さいのう]:talent/ability
才能のある人でも
sometimes these things just don't work out.
うまい:skillful/skilful|delicious
こういうのって うまくいかないときはうまくいかないわけだし
You won't be at the top tier unless you believe in your talent.
才能[さいのう]:talent/ability, 信ずる[しんずる]:to believe/to believe in/to place trust in, 一流[いちりゅう]:first-class|characteristic|school (e.g. of a performance art)|
自分の才能を信じられないと 一流にはなれないよ
Otherwise, you won't have anything to keep you going when you can't put in any more effort.
努力[どりょく]:great effort/exertion/endeavour, 支え[ささえ]:support/stay/prop, 支え[つかえ]:load on one's chest|obstacle/hindrance, 軸[じく]:axis|center|stalk|, なくなる:to die, なくなる:to be lost (e.g. luggage)/to be missing|to be used up
努力できなくなったときに 支えとなる軸がなくなるから
This is Ran Hokkyokusei, transferring from Shogo Academy.
People with only effort will become disheartened when they can no longer put in that effort.
頑張る[がんばる]:to persevere|to insist that|to remain in a place, 頑張る[がんばる]:to persevere|to insist that|to remain in a place, 挫折[ざせつ]:setback/failure (e.g. plans, business)/frustration
頑張るだけの人は 頑張れなくなったときに挫折する
It feels kind of like you're trying to trick me.
信じる[しんじる]:to believe/to believe in/to place trust in, 騙す[だます]:to trick/to cheat|to coax, 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
信じるって言うか 騙されるって感じなんだけど
I just do what I want to do.
やりたいことをやるだけだよ
No matter how unsightly or embarrassing it is.
不[ふ]:un-/non-/negative prefix, 不[ぶ]:un-/non-|bad ..., 恰好[かっこう, かっこ]:shape|appearance|state||, 恥ずかしい[はずかしい]:shy/ashamed|disgraceful
どれだけ不恰好(ぶかっこう)でも 恥ずかしくても
Tsukihi-chan, aren't you like that, too?
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements)
月火ちゃんだって そうじゃないの?
I really don't have things I want to do, or goals, or stuff of that sort.
あんまり:remainder/rest|not very (with negative sentence), 目標[めじるし]:mark/sign/landmark, 目標[もくひょう]:mark/objective/target
私には あんまりやりたいこととか 目標とか そういうの ないんだよね
That's why I like supporting what other people do like this, I guess?
応援[おうえん]:aid/assistance/help, 好き[すき]:liking/fondness/love, 好き[ずき]:-phil/-phile|being attractive (to)
ゆえにこうやって 人のやってること応援するのが好きっていうのはあるかな?
Hmm?
ふうん:misfortune/bad luck/ill luck, ふうん:hmm/well ...|roughly
ふうん... ?
To me, there isn't anyone else with as clear a stance on life as you, Tsukihi-chan.
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||, スタンス:stance/attitude/standpoint, はっきり:clearly/plainly|to be clear
私から見れば 月火ちゃんくらい 生きるスタンスがはっきりしている子って いないんだけど
Hahaha! I'm honored by you saying that. Just how lucky is Tsukihi-chan?
もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me), 光栄[こうえい]:honour/honor/glory, 火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 冥利に尽きる[みょうりにつきる]:to get more blessing than one deserves
はっはっは そう言ってもらえると光栄だね 月火ちゃん冥利に尽きるよ
But I'm a bit more nihilistic, or maybe destructive,
虚無的[きょむてき]:nihilistic, 破滅[はめつ]:ruin/destruction/fall, 的[てき]:-like/typical, 的[まと]:mark/target
だけど もーちょっと私は 虚無的っていうか 破滅的っていうかだから
so there is a part of me that gets drawn to people who want to do things.
引っ張る[ひっぱる]:to pull|to string (lines)|to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)||
何かをやりたい人に 引っ張られちゃうところはあるな
Are you talking about Karen-san or Koyomi-san?
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac
火憐さんや... 暦さんのことを言ってるの?
Well, yeah.
まあそうだね
That, and helping Nadeko-chan's job like this
撫子[なでしこ, ナデシコ]:pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus)|lovable, caressable girl, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, 手伝う[てつだう]:to help/to assist|to contribute to
それに こうやって撫子ちゃんの仕事を手伝ってるのも
is me getting drawn to Nadeko-chan's enthusiasm.
撫子[なでしこ, ナデシコ]:pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus)|lovable, caressable girl, やる気[やるき]:willingness (e.g. to do something)/eagerness/motivation, 引っ張る[ひっぱる]:to pull|to string (lines)|to pull towards oneself (e.g. someone's sleeve)||, 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
撫子ちゃんのやる気に引っ張られてる感じかな
Job...
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work
仕事...
It's not my job at all yet.
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, 全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely
仕事じゃないけどね まだ 全然
I wonder what eventually happens to people like me?
みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects
私みたいな奴は 将来どうなるんだろうね?
I have to think about planning for the future before it's too late.
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 設計[せっけい]:plan/design/layout, 考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||, いける:to arrange (flowers)/to plant|living, いける:to be good (at)/to go well|to look (taste, etc.) good
今のうちに将来設計 考えないといけないんだよね
Karen-chan is entering high school, and Big Brother will be going to college.
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 高校生[こうこうせい]:senior high school student, お兄ちゃん[おにいちゃん]:familiar form of "older brother"|form of address for young adult male/mister, 大学生[だいがくせい]:university student/college student
火憐ちゃんも高校生になるし お兄ちゃんも大学生になるし
A normal middle school girl who goes to 15 Academy!
Because right now I'm getting a taste of being left behind for the second time in my life,
小学[しょうがく]:elementary school/primary school/grade school, 六[ろく, む]:six, 六[リュー]:six, 年生[ねんせい]:pupil in ... year/student in ... year, 以来[いらい]:since/henceforth, 二[に, ふた]:two, 二[アル]:two, 振り[ふり]:swing|appearance|pretence (pretense)||, 振り[ぶり]:style/manner|after (period of time) again (e.g. meeting again after a year), 度目[どめ]:the Nth time
小学六年生のとき以来二年振り二度目の
But what was that guy's problem?
And it feels like I've seen him before...
the last time being two years ago when I was in sixth grade,
置き去り[おきざり]:desertion/leaving behind/leaving in the lurch, 気分[きぶん]:feeling/mood, 味わう[あじわう]:to taste|to appreciate|to taste
置き去りにされる気分を味わう今だからこそ
What's going to happen to my ordinary school life?
I should decide what I want to do, who I want to be.
決める[きめる]:to decide|to clinch (a victory)|to persist in doing||
自分がどうしたいのか 何になりたいのか 決めたいよね
Just like you, Nadeko-chan.
撫子[なでしこ, ナデシコ]:pink (any flower of genus Dianthus, esp. the fringed pink, Dianthus superbus)|lovable, caressable girl, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
撫子ちゃんみたいに
Just having you say something like that, Tsukihi-chan,
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me)
月火ちゃんにそんなことを言ってもらえただけでも
makes it worth putting effort into this.
頑張る[がんばる]:to persevere|to insist that|to remain in a place, 甲斐がある[かいがある]:to be effective/to be fruitful/to be worthwhile
頑張っている甲斐があるなあ
Even if people can't become happy, good things happen to them... as long as they are alive.
たとえ:example|simile/metaphor, たとえ:even if/no matter (what)/if, 幸せ[しあわせ, しやわせ]:happiness/good fortune/luck, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||
人間 たとえ幸せにはなれなくっても いいことはあるんだよね 生きてたら
Hmm... Well, I guess that's true.
ふむ... まあ そうかもね
Oh? Is that... Araragi-senpai's little sister right there?
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend
おや そこにいるのは 阿良々木先輩の妹ちゃんじゃあないのかな?
I met you yesterday, too. Hello.
昨日[きのう, さくじつ]:yesterday, こんにちは:hello/good day (daytime greeting)
昨日も会ったね こんにちは
Hello.
こんにちは:hello/good day (daytime greeting)
こんにちは
Did I meet her?
会ったっけ?
My name is Ougi Oshino. I hear much about you from your big brother.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, お兄さん[おにいさん]:older brother/elder brother|(vocative) young man
私は忍野扇と言うんだよ お兄さんからきみのことはよく聞いているよ
He says he's very proud of you.
自慢[じまん]:pride/boast, 妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend
自慢の妹だってね
Okay...
It's getting late, so I'll take you home. Hop on back here.
遅い[おそい]:slow|late (e.g. "late at night")|too late|, 送る[おくる]:to send (a thing)|to take or escort (a person somewhere)|to bid farewell (to the departed)||, あげる:to raise/to elevate|to do up (one's hair), 後ろ[うしろ]:back/behind/rear, 乗り[のり, ノリ]:riding|spread (of paints)|-seater (e.g. two-seater)|
もう遅いし 送ってあげるよ 後ろに乗りな
Was Sengoku-chan doing well?
元気[げんき]:lively/full of spirit|healthy
千石ちゃんは 元気だったかな?
How was her electrocardiogram (shindenzu)?
心電図[しんでんず]:electro-cardiogram/ECG/EKG, どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.), 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
彼女の心電図はどんな感じだった?
Was she dead-zu (shindenzu)? Or not dead-zu?
死んでんず? それとも死んでないず?
Dead-zu? Not Dead-zu?
She's all right, I guess.
元気[げんき]:lively/full of spirit|healthy
元気と言えば元気ですよ
She's not dead. If anything, it's more like she had been dead before now.
むしろ:rather/better/instead, むしろ:woven mat (esp. one made of straw)|seat, 今まで[いままで]:until now/so far/up to the present
死んではないです 死んでたのは むしろ今までのほうだったんじゃないかな
Perhaps.
かもねえ
Well, they say that everybody has something more to them than just being cute.
可愛い[かわいい, かわゆい]:cute|dear|cute little, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
うん まあ 可愛いだけの人間なんていないって話だ
The way I think, girls like that are cuter when they aren't cute.
可愛い[かわいい, かわゆい]:cute|dear|cute little
私が思うに ああいう子は可愛げがないほうが 可愛いよ
Good, good.
よかったよかった
Being a "pretty girl" ended up only being a blade
プリティ:pretty, ガール:girl
プリティ・ガールであることは 千石ちゃんにとっては
Sengoku-chan used to inflict wounds on herself.
己[おのれ]:oneself (itself, etc.)|I|you||, 己[おれ, おらあ]:I/me, 傷つける[きずつける]:to wound|to hurt someone's feelings (pride, etc.)|to damage, 刃[は]:edge (of a knife or sword)|prong (of an electrical plug), 刃[やいば]:blade|forged blade|sharpness|, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
己を傷つける刃(やいば)にしかならなかったという話だ
Things like that are so sad.
悲しい[かなしい]:sad/sorrowful
そういうのって 悲しいよね
Sad? Aren't you lucky if you are cute?
悲しい[かなしい]:sad/sorrowful, 可愛い[かわいい, かわゆい]:cute|dear|cute little, ラッキー:lucky
悲しい? 可愛ければラッキーじゃないんですか?
For Sengoku-chan, cuteness was also a chain to bind herself with.
可愛い[かわいい, かわゆい]:cute|dear|cute little, 縛る[しばる]:to tie/to bind, 鎖[くさり]:chain/chains, 鎖[じょう]:lock/padlock|tablet, 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
千石ちゃんにとっては可愛さは 自分を縛る鎖でもあっただろうが
But still, I'm sure it was too precious a talent to get rid of on her own.
切り離す[きりはなす]:to detach/to decapitate/to cut loose, 惜しい[おしい]:regrettable|precious|too good for|, 才能[さいのう]:talent/ability
それでも自分で切り離すには 惜しい才能だっただろうからね
She needed some drastic measures.
荒い[あらい]:rough/rude/wild, 療治[りょうじ]:treatment/therapy/cure, 必要[ひつよう]:necessary/needed|necessity
荒療治が必要だったんだよ
Drastic measures? What are you talking about?
荒い[あらい]:rough/rude/wild, 療治[りょうじ]:treatment/therapy/cure
荒療治? って なんのことですか?
Who knows? I don't.
さあ 知らない
I don't know anything.
私は何も知らないんだよ
Araragi-senpai is the one that knows.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
阿良々木先輩が知っているんだ
Sengoku-chan seems to want to become a manga artist in the future.
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 漫画家[まんがか, マンガか]:cartoonist/manga artist, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
千石ちゃんは 将来漫画家になりたいみたいだけれど
Tsukihi Araragi-chan, what do you want to become?
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements)
阿良々木月火ちゃん きみはどうなりたい?
What I want to be?
どうって
I don't really have anything.
あんまり:remainder/rest|not very (with negative sentence)
そういうのは 私はあんまりないです
I'm fine as long as I'm enjoying the present.
楽しい[たのしい]:enjoyable/fun, 感じ[かんじ]:feeling/sense/impression
今が楽しきゃいいって感じです
I feel like times like that link together to form the future.
繋がる[つながる]:to be tied together|to lead to|to be related (by blood), 将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects
そういうのが繋がって 将来になるのかなーって
You're not the type that knows everything,
タイプ:type/kind/sort
きみは何でも知っているというタイプではないけれど
but you are the type that can do everything.
タイプ:type/kind/sort
それでも何でもできるタイプだからね
You may not be omniscient, but you are omnipotent...
全知[ぜんち]:omniscience, 全能[ぜんのう]:almighty/omnipotent, ではある:to be (in contrast to something that is not the case), 選択肢[せんたくし]:choices/alternatives/options, 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
全知ではなくとも全能ではある きみには選択肢が多過ぎて
You have too many choices,
and so your objectives may be scattered all over the place.
目標[めじるし]:mark/sign/landmark, 目標[もくひょう]:mark/objective/target, 分散[ぶんさん]:dispersion|variance|dispersion
目標が分散するというのはあるだろう
Though I say future...
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects
将来と言っても...
...your future is much too large in scale.
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, あまり:remainder/rest|not very (with negative sentence), 遠大[えんだい]:grand/far-reaching/ambitious
きみの将来は あまりに遠大だが
Are you saying that I'm too dependent?
依存[いぞん, いそん]:dependence/dependent/reliance, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance
私は依存心が強いって意味ですか?
Tsukihi-chan, it's a fact that you live based on support from those around you.
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 周囲[しゅうい]:surroundings/environs|circumference, 支え[ささえ]:support/stay/prop, 支え[つかえ]:load on one's chest|obstacle/hindrance, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||
月火ちゃん きみが 周囲からの支えによって生きているのは
They are keeping you alive.
生かす[いかす]:to make (the best) use of|to let live|to revive, 確か[たしか]:sure|reliable|If I'm not mistaken
生かされているのは確かだよ
Without your big brother and big sister's help,
お兄ちゃん[おにいちゃん]:familiar form of "older brother"|form of address for young adult male/mister, お姉ちゃん[おねえちゃん]:familiar form of "older sister"|form of address for young adult female, 気遣い[きづかい]:consideration/concern/fear
お兄ちゃんやお姉ちゃんの気遣いがなければ
you could've died during summer break.
夏休み[なつやすみ]:summer vacation/summer holiday, おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
きみは夏休みに死んでいてもおかしくはなかった
During summer break?
夏休み[なつやすみ]:summer vacation/summer holiday
夏休みに?
The thing about people is, they can't live all alone!
一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||, いける:to arrange (flowers)/to plant|living, いける:to be good (at)/to go well|to look (taste, etc.) good
人は一人では生きていけないって奴ですね
People live of their own accord.
ひとりでに:by itself/automatically/naturally, 生きていく[いきていく, いきてゆく]:to subsist/to keep on living
人はひとりでに生きていくものだよ
What can't live of their own accord... are monsters.
ひとりでに:by itself/automatically/naturally, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||, いける:to arrange (flowers)/to plant|living, いける:to be good (at)/to go well|to look (taste, etc.) good, 化物[ばけもの, ばけもん]:goblin/apparition/monster
ひとりでに生きていけないのは 化物だ
Just like you and me.
私やきみがそうであるように
Oh... huh?
って あれ?
Wait, Oshino-san...
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|
ちょ 忍野さん
"Ougi-san" is fine.
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
扇さんでいいよ
Ougi-san, this isn't the right way at all.
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely, 方向[ほうこう]:direction/orientation|course (e.g. of action)
扇さん 全然違う方向来てますけど?
Whoa. Sorry, sorry. It looks like I've gotten lost.
おっと:husband, おっと:uh-oh/oops/sorry, 道に迷う[みちにまよう]:to lose one's way/to get lost, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
おっと ごめんごめん 道に迷ってしまったみたいだね
Let's stop for a moment and check the map on a smartphone.
一旦[いったん]:once|for a short time|one morning, 停める[とめる]:to stop|to park|to prevent||, 停める[とどめる]:to stop|to contain|to record (e.g. a fact), スマホ:smartphone/smart phone, 地図[ちず]:map, 確認[かくにん]:confirmation/verification/validation
一旦停めて スマホで地図でも確認しようか
Private Property No Entry
Danger Watch Your Stay Out! Head
Danger No Entry
Danger Stay Out!
No Entry Danger Danger
Warning Watch Your Head Danger
Huh?
あれ?
Oh, that's right.
あ... そうだ
Wasn't this the building that burned down back around August?
八[はち, や]:eight, 八[パー]:eight, くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that, 火事[かじ]:fire/conflagration, 焼ける[やける]:to burn/to be roasted|to be jealous
これ 八月くらいに 火事で焼けたビルじゃなかったっけ... ?
No Entry Danger Danger
Warning Watch Your Head Danger
Wow, how strange. So this is like the ghost of a building?
奇妙[きみょう]:strange/queer/curious, 建物[たてもの]:building, 幽霊[ゆうれい]:ghost/specter/spectre
へえ... 奇妙だねえ つまりこれは 建物の幽霊って奴なのかな
Why don't we try going in?
這入る[はいる]:to enter|to break into|to join||
ちょっと這入ってみよっか
A school... No, it looks like it used to be a cram school.
学校[がっこう]:school, 塾[じゅく]:coaching school/cramming school/juku, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
学校... いや 塾 だったみたいですね
Yeah, it seems that way.
ふむ そのようだね
Oh my. It was so exciting to come barging in like this, but now we know exactly what it is.
やおや:greengrocer, 勢い[いきおい]:force|influence|impetus|, 殴り込む[なぐりこむ]:to raid/to launch an attack/to invade, あっさり:easily/readily|lightly (seasoned food, applied make-up, etc.), 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 割れる[われる]:to break|to split|to be divided|, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
おやおや 勢い殴り込んでみたものの あっさり正体が割れてしまったか
When we figure out its true identity, it ceases to be scary at all.
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 怖い[こわい]:scary/frightening|(I'm) afraid
正体がわかってしまうと 怖くもなんともないねえ
Mystery novels are like that, too.
推理[すいり]:reasoning/inference|mystery or detective genre, 小説[しょうせつ]:novel/(short) story
推理小説でもそうだよね
You read them on the edge of your seat, heart racing, because you don't know who did it.
どきどき:thump-thump/bang-bang|to beat fast (of one's heart), はらはら:to feel anxious/to feel nervous|fluttering down, ながら:while/during|while, 読む[よむ]:to read|to count|to guess, 犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal
どきどきはらはらしながら読むのは 犯人がわからないからだ
When the mystery is no longer a mystery, and the number of suspects is down to one...
謎[なぞ]:riddle/puzzle|enigmatic, なくなる:to die, なくなる:to be lost (e.g. luggage)/to be missing|to be used up, 容疑者[ようぎしゃ]:suspect (person), 一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried, 絞る[しぼる]:to wring (towel, rag)|to squeeze (fruit to extract juice)|to rack (one's brains)||, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
謎が謎でなくなり 容疑者が一人に絞られてしまえば
Honestly, after that point, it's no fun.
はっきり:clearly/plainly|to be clear, 興ざめ[きょうざめ]:kill-joy/wet-blanket/skeleton at the feast
はっきり言って そのあとは興ざめだよね
I wish all solution scenes were just one line long.
謎解き[なぞとき]:solution of a riddle, シーン:scene/sight, シーン:silently (as the grave)/quietly (as in death), なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation, 一行[いちぎょう, いっこう]:line/row/troupe, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close
謎解きのシーンなんて 一行で終わってくれていい
When the true identity is known,
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, ばれる:to leak out (a secret)/to be exposed (a lie, improper behaviour, etc.) (behavior)
正体がばれれば
the fear and the fun disappear. That's how things are.
恐怖[きょうふ, くふ]:fear/dread/dismay, 面白味[おもしろみ]:interest/appeal/attraction, 消滅[しょうめつ]:extinction/extinguishment|annihilation
恐怖も面白味も 消滅する そういうものだ
Emergency Exit
Do you really think so?
そうですかね?
Danger
Well, in a mystery novel, that might be right.
推理[すいり]:reasoning/inference|mystery or detective genre, 小説[しょうせつ]:novel/(short) story, しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known
いや 推理小説だったらそうかもしれませんけれど
But in reality, doesn't it get scarier after the culprit is caught?
現実[げんじつ]:reality/actuality/hard fact, 犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 捕まる[つかまる]:to be caught|to hold on to|to find (e.g. proof)|, 怖い[こわい]:scary/frightening|(I'm) afraid
現実だったら 犯人が捕まったあとのほうが怖くないです?
You confirmed the existence of something that scared you.
怖い[こわい]:scary/frightening|(I'm) afraid, 対象[たいしょう]:target/object (of worship, study, etc.)/subject (of taxation, etc.), 実在[じつざい]:reality/existence, 確認[かくにん]:confirmation/verification/validation
それまで怖いと思っていた対象の 実在を確認できちゃったわけですから
Cram School
Oh?
ほう...
The real story only begins when you know what they really are.
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 割れる[われる]:to break|to split|to be divided|, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 始まる[はじまる]:to begin|to happen (again)|to date (from)
正体が割れることで話が始まっちゃうって言うか
Emergency Exit
I mean, all the paperwork and stuff after the culprit is caught takes way longer, right?
実際[じっさい]:practicality|reality|bhutakoti (limit of reality), 犯人[はんにん]:offender/criminal, 逮捕[たいほ]:arrest/apprehension/capture, 手続き[てつづき]:procedure/(legal) process/formalities
実際 犯人が逮捕されてからの手続きのほうが長いでしょう?
Unauthorized Entry Forbidden Trespassers Will Be Reported to the Police
Besides, you say the true identity, but it's not always going to be correct.
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 限る[かぎる]:to restrict/to limit|to be restricted to
それに 正体って言っても それが正しいとは限らないでしょう
There actually might be an even bigger unexpected plot twist,
実[じつ, じち]:truth|sincerity|content|, 実[み]:fruit|seed|(in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.|, 更なる[さらなる]:even more/still more/further, どんでん返し[どんでんがえし]:(sudden) complete reversal (of plot)/unexpected twist (at end of story), 待ち受ける[まちうける]:to await/to expect
実は更なるどんでん返しが待ち受けているかも
if you're talking mystery novels.
推理[すいり]:reasoning/inference|mystery or detective genre, 小説[しょうせつ]:novel/(short) story, 的[てき]:-like/typical, 的[まと]:mark/target
推理小説的には
Danger
That may be true. I see, "true identity" is written as the "right body."
なるほど:I see/That's right!/Indeed, 正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 体[からだ]:body|torso|build||, 体[たい]:body|shape|substance||, 書く[かく]:to write/to compose|to draw, 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness
それは そうかもね なるほど 正しい体(てい)と書いて 正体か
True identity (right) (body)
Danger
In the end, a body is merely a body.
体[からだ]:body|torso|build||, 体[たい]:body|shape|substance||, 所詮[しょせん, そせん]:after all
体は所詮 体でしかない
Cram School
You got one on me there. Nothing less from Araragi-senpai's little sister.
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 本[もと]:origin|base|cause||, 本[ほん]:book|this|main||, 取る[とる]:to take|to steal|to eat||, さすが:as one would expect|still/all the same, さすが:dagger, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend
これは一本取られたよ さすがは阿良々木先輩の妹だ
Tsukihi-chan, they may have accepted your true identity.
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 受け入れる[うけいれる]:to accept/to receive/to agree
月火ちゃんは その正体を受け入れられて
Or perhaps they're amused by it.
あるいは:or/possibly, 面白い[おもしろい]:interesting|amusing|pleasant, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me), しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known
あるいは 面白がってもらえるかもしれないけれども
But, the same probably won't happen for me.
私はそうはいかないだろうからね
My true identity is... unsightly.
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 醜い[みにくい]:ugly/unattractive|unsightly
私の正体は... 醜い
Tsukihi-chan, unfortunately for you,
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 残念[ざんねん]:deplorable/bad luck/regret, ながら:while/during|while
月火ちゃん きみには残念ながら
what you call a "future" doesn't actually exist.
およそ:about/roughly|generally, 将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||
およそ将来と呼べるようなものはない
It's not that you don't know what will happen in the future. There is no future.
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects
将来どうなるかわからないんじゃない 将来がないんだ
No matter how much of the present you pile up, it won't lead to a future.
積み重ねる[つみかさねる]:to pile up/to accumulate, 将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 繋がる[つながる]:to be tied together|to lead to|to be related (by blood)
今をどれだけ積み重ねても 将来には繋がらない
All you have is an eternal present.
永遠[えいえん]:eternity/perpetuity/immortality
きみにあるのは永遠の今だけだ
Even so, are you able to live in the present,
将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 気にする[きにする]:to mind (negative nuance)/to care about/to worry
それでもきみは 将来を気にせず
without heeding what is to come, with disregard of the future?
未来[みらい]:the future (usually distant)|future tense|the world to come, とりあう:to take each other's hands/to clasp (hands)|to compete, 今を生きる[いまをいきる]:to make the most of the present/to live for the moment/to seize the day
未来にとりあわず 今を生きていられるかな?
Well, probably. I'm pretty good at living.
たぶん:informing, たぶん:perhaps/probably|generous, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||, 結構[けっこう]:splendid|sufficient|well enough||, 得意[とくい]:triumph|pride|one's strong point|
まあ たぶん 私って 生きるの結構 得意ですから
It's a marvelous thing that you can say that.
言える[いえる]:to be possible to say/to be able to say, 素晴らしい[すばらしい, すんばらしい]:wonderful/splendid/magnificent
それが言えるのは 素晴らしいことだ
I'm jealous.
羨ましい[うらやましい]:envious (feeling, etc.)/jealous|enviable (position, etc.)
羨ましいよ
You're late, Ougi-chan.
遅い[おそい]:slow|late (e.g. "late at night")|too late|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
遅かったね 扇ちゃん
I've been waiting for you.
かねる:to be unable to/to find difficult (unpleasant, awkward, painful) to do|to serve two or more functions or roles simultaneously
待ちかねたぜ
Tsukihi-chan, I'm sorry, but can you take my bike and go home alone?
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 自転車[じてんしゃ, じでんしゃ]:bicycle, 乗る[のる]:to get on (train, plane, bus, ship, etc.)|to get on (e.g. a footstool)|to reach||, 悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing, 一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried, 先[さき]:previous|point (e.g. pencil)|head (of a line)||, 先[せん]:former/previous|first move (in go, shogi, etc.), 帰る[かえる]:to return|to leave|to get home, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me)
月火ちゃん 自転車乗ってっちゃっていいから 悪いけれど一人で先に帰ってもらえるかな
No Entry Danger Danger
Warning Watch Your Head Danger
I have something important to talk about with your big brother.
お兄ちゃん[おにいちゃん]:familiar form of "older brother"|form of address for young adult male/mister, 大切[たいせつ, たいせち]:important|beloved|careful, 大切[おおぎり]:large cut (e.g. of meat)|last piece of the day's programme/last act of a play, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
私はこれから お兄ちゃんと大切な話があるから
The combination on the chain is "1-2-3-4."
チェーン:chain (bicycle, measuring, tire, etc.), 暗証番号[あんしょうばんごう]:personal identification number/PIN/password number
チェーンの暗証番号は "１２３４" だ
What is Shinobu-chan doing right now?
忍ちゃんは今 どうしているんですか?
She's supposedly back in her complete form now...
完全[かんぜん]:perfection/completeness, 体[からだ]:body|torso|build||, 体[たい]:body|shape|substance||, 復帰[ふっき]:return/comeback|carriage return
完全体に復帰したはずですけれど...
She's not together with you?
一緒[いっしょ]:together|at the same time|same
ご一緒ではないんですか?
That hasn't happened yet.
それは まだだよ
We decided that we will bind ourselves to one another
再び[ふたたび]:again/once more/a second time, 互い[たがい]:mutual/reciprocal, 縛る[しばる]:to tie/to bind, 合う[あう, おう]:to come together|to fit|to be profitable|
再び お互いでお互いを縛り合うのは
once again after everything is said and done.
終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, からにする:to empty/to vacate/to evacuate, 決める[きめる]:to decide|to clinch (a victory)|to persist in doing||
すべてが終わってからにしようということに決めた
Hmm...
ふうん:misfortune/bad luck/ill luck, ふうん:hmm/well ...|roughly
ふうん?
Shinobu-chan wished to end up right where she started, huh?
元[もと]:origin|base|cause||, 元[げん]:unknown (e.g. in an equation)|element (of a set)|yuan (monetary unit of China)|, 望む[のぞむ]:to desire|to wish for|to see
忍ちゃんは 元の木阿弥(もくあみ)になることを望みましたか
And Araragi-senpai, you want to become a quasi-human,
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 再び[ふたたび]:again/once more/a second time, もどき:-like/pseudo-|comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts)
そして阿良々木先輩は 再び 人間もどきの
a failed attempt at being a vampire once again?
出来る[できる]:to be able (in a position) to do|to be ready|to be made||, 損なう[そこなう]:to harm/to hurt|to fail to ..., 吸血鬼[きゅうけつき]:vampire/bloodsucker
出来損ない吸血鬼になろうと言うのですか
I just love young girls.
幼女[ようじょ]:little girl, 好き[すき]:liking/fondness/love, 好き[ずき]:-phil/-phile|being attractive (to)
幼女が好きなだけさ
I answer,
while feeling that this conversation is meaningless.
So what will happen to the girl?
少女[しょうじょ, おとめ]:little girl/maiden|female between 17 and 20 years old (ritsuryo period), 運び[はこび]:progress/pace/carriage
で 少女のほうは どうなる運びに?
She will be enshrined at North Shirahebi Shrine.
北[きた]:north|the North|North Korea|, 北[ペー]:north wind tile|winning hand with a pung (or kong) of north wind tiles, 白蛇[しろへび, はくじゃ]:albino Japanese rat snake, 神社[じんじゃ]:Shinto shrine, 祀る[まつる]:to deify/to enshrine|to pray
北白蛇神社に祀られる
That also is for when everything is said and done.
終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc.
それもまた すべてが終わってからの話だけどな
Hmm. So that shrine...
神社[じんじゃ]:Shinto shrine
ふむ... あの神社を
It was a big problem, what to do with the giant hole that opened in this town.
町[まち, ちょう]:town|street|109.09 m||, 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||, 大穴[おおあな]:large hole|great deficit|big and unexpected winnings|, 果たして[はたして]:as was expected/just as one thought|really? (in questions), やはり:too/also|still, 課題[かだい]:subject|homework|task
この町に開いた大穴を果たしてどうするかというのは やはり課題でしたが
You sure found a convenient solution for it.
都合[つごう]:circumstances|to arrange|to lend money|, 解決[かいけつ]:settlement/solution/resolution
都合よく解決したものですねえ
A problem... Your job?
課題[かだい]:subject|homework|task, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work
課題 きみの仕事というわけかな?
Well, yes. I said something like that at some point.
まあ そうです いつか言いましたね そんなこと
No Entry Danger Danger
Warning Watch Your Head Danger
Speaking of jobs... My little sister...
仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, 妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend
仕事と言うなら 僕の妹
What kind of lively conversations did you have with her?
どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.), 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 盛り上がる[もりあがる]:to swell/to rise|to rouse
あいつとはどんな話で盛り上がったんだ?
I didn't even get to finish.
話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely, 途中[とちゅう]:on the way/en route|in the middle of
話は全然途中でしたよ
It's a shame. My job ended up being half-done.
残念[ざんねん]:deplorable/bad luck/regret, 無念[むねん]:regret/chagrin|freedom from obstructive thoughts, 仕事[しごと]:work/job|work, 中途半端[ちゅうとはんぱ]:halfway/half measures/unfinished, 終了[しゅうりょう]:end/close/termination
残念無念 私の仕事は中途半端で終了したわけです
That was a tough one.
ありゃあ:oh/ah/I'll be darned, 手ごわい[てごわい]:difficult/tough/formidable
ありゃあ手ごわい
Nothing less from a phoenix. It's beyond what I can handle.
さすが:as one would expect|still/all the same, さすが:dagger, 不死鳥[ふしちょう]:phoenix, 負える[おえる]:to be able to bear|to be able to manage
さすがは不死鳥 手に負えませんね
How in the world was Yoduru Kagenui going to exterminate such a long-living creature?
影[かげ]:shadow|reflection|ominous sign||, 余弦[よげん]:cosine, いったい:...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?")/...in the world (e.g. "why in the world?")|one object, いったい:region/zone/whole place, 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), 長命[ちょうめい]:long life, 種[しゅ]:kind|(biological) species|(logical) species, 種[たね]:seed (e.g. of a plant)|material (e.g. for an article)|ingredient||, 退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness
影縫余弦は いったいどうやって あんな長命種を退治するつもりだったんだか
You can exterminate monsters when you disclose their true identities, right?
化物[ばけもの, ばけもん]:goblin/apparition/monster, 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 暴く[あばく]:to disclose/to divulge|to open (and rob) a grave, 退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness
化物は 正体を暴けば退治できるんだろ?
That's why I'm saying it doesn't look like you can exterminate
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 暴く[あばく]:to disclose/to divulge|to open (and rob) a grave
だから あの子は正体を暴いても
her even if you disclose her true identity.
退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness
退治できそうもないと言っているんですよ
Because she has a big brother
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, ながら:while/during|while
正体を知りながらも
that refuses to stop loving her, even knowing what her true identity is.
しつこい:insistent/obstinate|too rich (taste, etc.), 愛する[あいする]:to love, お兄さん[おにいさん]:older brother/elder brother|(vocative) young man, いらっしゃる:to come/to go|is (doing)
しつこく愛してくれるお兄さんがいらっしゃるわけですからね
Mm... That may be why Yoduru Kagenui had given up.
影[かげ]:shadow|reflection|ominous sign||, 余弦[よげん]:cosine, 投げ出す[なげだす]:to throw down|to abandon|to give freely|, しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known
ふん だからこそ影縫余弦は投げ出したのかもしれませんが
But I'd surmise that I can't quite do the same thing.
とても:very/awfully|(not) at all
まあ 私ではとても そういうわけにはいかないでしょうね
Isn't that so?
そうでしょう?
Araragi-senpai will disclose my true identity, and I'll be exterminated right here.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 暴く[あばく]:to disclose/to divulge|to open (and rob) a grave, 退治[たいじ]:extermination (e.g. of pests, demons, bandits)|making someone renounce worldly desires in order to concentrate on Buddha's teachings|curing illness
私はここで 阿良々木先輩に正体を暴かれて退治される
That's how this works, right?
流れ[ながれ]:stream/current|course of events
そういう流れなんでしょう?
A one-on-one duel, as they say.
一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, 対[たい]:opposite|versus|to (e.g. "winning a game five to three")||, 対[つい]:pair|antithesis|counter for items that come in pairs|, 決闘[けっとう]:duel/shoot-out
一対一での決闘ってわけだ
That is quite exciting.
そりゃあ:very/extremely|that is
そりゃあ心躍りますねえ
This time, it's something that I have to do myself.
今回[こんかい]:now/this time/lately, いける:to arrange (flowers)/to plant|living, いける:to be good (at)/to go well|to look (taste, etc.) good
今回は 僕がやらなきゃいけないことだと思っているよ
It's something that only I can do.
僕にしかできないことだと
And it's something that I want to do alone.
一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried
僕が一人でやりたいことだと
What you "want to do," huh?
やりたいこと... ねえ?
Perhaps you only think that because those adults smooth-talked you into it?
大人[おとな, だいにん]:adult, 大人[たいじん]:man of substance or virtue|giant|adult, 言いくるめる[いいくるめる]:to deceive somebody into believing (e.g. that black is white)/to cajole/to talk into
大人に言いくるめられて そう思っているだけじゃないですか?
Araragi-senpai, you may think you are working yourself to the bone
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 寺[てら]:temple (Buddhist), 寺[じ]:counter for temples, 身[み]:body|oneself|one's place|, 身[むくろ]:(dead) body/corpse, 粉[こな, こ]:flour/meal/powder, しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known
阿良々木先輩は忍ちゃんや八九寺ちゃんのために 身を粉(こ)にしているつもりかもしれませんが
for the sake of Shinobu-chan and Hachikuji-chan.
But isn't that just habit?
惰性[だせい]:inertia|force of habit
それって惰性と何が違うんです?
How foolish.
愚か[おろか]:foolish/stupid
愚かですねえ
One tends to find excessive value in something that was almost lost.
失う[うしなう]:to lose/to part with, 過度[かど]:excess/immoderation, 価値[かち]:value/worth/merit, 見出す[みいだす, みだす]:to find out|to select|to look out (from the inside)|
失いかけたものには過度な価値を見出しがちですけれど
But if you bind yourself to such nostalgia, you will never ever arrive at your future.
縛る[しばる]:to tie/to bind, 将来[しょうらい]:future (usually near)/prospects, 辿り着く[たどりつく]:to arrive at (after a struggle)/to finally reach/to find one's way to
そういったノスタルジィに縛られていたら いつまでたっても将来に辿り着けませんよ
Oh, let me just make it clear that this is me pleading for my life.
一応[いちおう]:more or less|tentatively|just in case|, 命乞い[いのちごい]:begging for one's life/pleading for one's life
あ 一応言っておきますけれど これ 命乞いですから
Pleading for your life?
命乞い[いのちごい]:begging for one's life/pleading for one's life
命乞い?
I've been telling you, haven't I?
だから言ったでしょう?
"Could you be on my side?"
味方[みかた]:friend/ally/supporter
私の味方をしてくれませんか って
"Please, help me."
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
私を助けてください って
It seems that those requests were fleeting and flatly denied.
頼み[たのみ]:request/favor|reliance, 頼み[だのみ]:depending on/dependent upon, はかない:fleeting/transient|empty (dream, etc.), しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
どうやらその頼みは はかなくも無下にされてしまったようですけれど
Was I not charming enough?
魅力[みりょく]:charm/fascination/glamour, 欠ける[かける]:to be chipped|to be lacking|to be insufficient|
私に魅力が欠けていましたかね
Well, that is the correct answer, Araragi-senpai.
正解[せいかい]:correct/right/correct interpretation (answer, solution), 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
まあそれが正解ですよ 阿良々木先輩
That is the right thing.
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
それが正しいです
What, so you can do the right thing, too?
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
なんだ 正しいこともできるんじゃないですか
Unfortunately, I wanted you to decline that.
残念[ざんねん]:deplorable/bad luck/regret, ながら:while/during|while, 断る[ことわる]:to refuse|to inform|to ask leave, 欲しい[ほしい]:wanted/wished for|I want (you) to
残念ながら 断って欲しかったんですよ 私は
Well, this party hasn't quite gotten into full swing yet,
宴[うたげ, えん]:party/banquet/feast, たけなわ:in full swing/at full height, ござる:to be
では 宴もたけなわではございませんが
but let's have you close it out now, Araragi-senpai.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 締める[しめる]:to tie|to wear (necktie, belt)|to total||, もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
阿良々木先輩に締めてもらいましょうか
Yeah, I'll have the honor of doing so.
もらう:to receive/to take|to get somebody to do something
ああ そうさせてもらうよ
Ougi-chan, your true identity...
扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness
扇ちゃん きみの正体は...
Your true identity... is me.
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness
きみの正体は 僕だ