Ougi Oshino's true identity is Koyomi Araragi.
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, 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac
忍野扇の正体は阿良々木暦だ
Ougi Oshino is an apparition created by Koyomi Araragi.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 生み出す[うみだす]:to create|to invent|to give birth to, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost
忍野扇は 阿良々木暦が生み出した怪異だ
Just as my older sister, Tooe Gaen, created an apparition called the Rainy Devil.
レイニー:rainy, デヴィル:devil, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 作り上げる[つくりあげる]:to make up/to fabricate/to build up
私の姉 臥煙遠江が レイニー・デヴィルなる怪異を作り上げたようにね
The unknown apparition created by Tooe Gaen was the materialization of her self-control.
作り上げる[つくりあげる]:to make up/to fabricate/to build up, 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, 自制心[じせいしん]:self-control/self-restraint, 形[かたち, よう]:form/shape|visage, 形[かた, がた]:shape|collateral|obverse of an old "zeni" coin
臥煙遠江の作り上げた正体不明の怪異は 彼女の自制心が形になったものだった
Taking that quasi-darkness,
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), 西洋[せいよう]:the west/Western countries, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost
その "くらやみ" もどきを 西洋の怪異
and arranging it into the form of the western apparition called Rainy Devil,
レイニー:rainy, デヴィル:devil, 形[かたち, よう]:form/shape|visage, 形[かた, がた]:shape|collateral|obverse of an old "zeni" coin, 整理[せいり]:sorting|liquidation|retrenchment
"レイニー・デヴィル" という形に整理することで
she settled the score.
決着をつける[けっちゃくをつける]:to settle (a dispute)
決着をつけた
You could say that Ougi Oshino
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
言うなら忍野扇は
is your own desire to criticize yourself.
暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 自己[じこ]:self/oneself, 批判[ひはん]:criticism/judgement/judgment, 精神[せいしん]:mind/soul/heart
阿良々木暦の自己批判精神だ
Of course, that's not all she is.
もちろん:of course/certainly/naturally, 自己[じこ]:self/oneself, 批判[ひはん]:criticism/judgement/judgment, 精神[せいしん]:mind/soul/heart, 出来上がる[できあがる]:to be completed/to be finished|to be very drunk
もちろん 彼女はきみの自己批判精神だけで 出来上がっているわけじゃあない
It was last August.
昨年[さくねん]:last year, 八[はち, や]:eight, 八[パー]:eight
昨年八月のことだ
The case where Hachikuji-chan was assaulted by the "darkness".
寺[てら]:temple (Buddhist), 寺[じ]:counter for temples, くらやみ:darkness/the dark, 襲う[おそう]:to attack|to succeed (someone in a post, role, etc.)|to make a sudden visit, 事件[じけん]:event/affair/incident
八九寺ちゃんが "くらやみ" に襲われた事件
The first phase was that Koyomin, through the incident, learned about the "darkness".
こよみ:calendar/almanac, くらやみ:darkness/the dark, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 第[だい]:prefix for forming ordinal numbers, 一[いち]:one|best|first||, 一[ひとつ]:one|for one thing|only||, フェイズ:phase
こよみんがそれで "くらやみ" を知ってしまったことが第一フェイズ
You learned of a phenomenon that corrects mistakes.
間違い[まちがい]:mistake|accident|improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman), 修正[しゅうせい]:amendment/correction/revision, 現象[げんしょう]:phenomenon
"間違いを修正する" 現象を
It tells you that what's forbidden is forbidden.
駄目[だめ, ダメ]:no good|hopeless|cannot|
駄目なものは駄目
What is wrong is wrong.
間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken
間違っているものは間違っている
It judges things.
裁く[さばく]:to judge, 存在[そんざい]:existence/being, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
そう裁いてくれる存在を知ってしまった
Now, the second phase was the confrontation with the first Apparition Killer.
第[だい]:prefix for forming ordinal numbers, 二[に, ふた]:two, 二[アル]:two, フェイズ:phase, 初代[しょだい]:first generation/founder, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 殺し[ころし]:murder/killing/murderer, 対決[たいけつ]:confrontation/showdown
さて 第二フェイズは初代怪異殺しとの対決だ
During the first encounter,
初回[しょかい]:first time/first innings|first, 遭遇[そうぐう]:encounter/being confronted with (e.g. difficulty)/meeting with (e.g. accident)
初回遭遇時に 駿河が
Suruga's Rainy Devil left arm had been hit by the Energy Drain from the first one, yes?
レイニー:rainy, デヴィル:devil, 左腕[さわん, ひだりうで]:left arm|left-handed (baseball pitcher), 初代[しょだい]:first generation/founder, エナジー:energy, ドレイン:drain
"レイニー・デヴィル" の左腕を 初代の彼に エナジードレインされているだろう?
Here, the undiluted essence of the "unknown" my older sister created
作る[つくる]:to make|to prepare (food)|to raise||, 正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 不明[ふめい]:unclear|unknown|ignorance, 原液[げんえき]:undiluted solution (of)
ここで 私の姉が作った "正体不明" の原液が
combined with the original.
初代[しょだい]:first generation/founder, 混ざる[まざる]:to be mixed/to be blended with/to associate with, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
初代の彼に混ざってしまった
Through Shinobu Oshino, you and he understand one another.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 通ずる[つうずる]:to be open (to traffic)|to flow (liquid, current)|to be understood||, 通じ合う[つうじあう]:to communicate with/to understand
忍野忍を通じて 彼ときみは 通じ合っている
In fact, Shinobu-chan had eaten the first one.
どころ:particle used to indicate that what precedes it is an extreme example and strongly negates it, 初代[しょだい]:first generation/founder, 食べる[たべる]:to eat|to live on (e.g. a salary)/to live off, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
どころか 忍ちゃんが初代の彼を "食べて" しまっているからね
Thanks to that food chain, a part of my older sister's legacy
食物連鎖[しょくもつれんさ]:food chain, 遺産[いさん]:inheritance/bequest/legacy, 一部[いちぶ]:one part/one portion|one copy (e.g. of a document)
食物連鎖で私の姉の遺産の一部が
flowed into you through Shinobu-chan.
通す[とおす]:to stick through|to spread throughout|to make a path between two points||, 流れ込む[ながれこむ]:to flow into/to pour into/to stream into, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
忍ちゃんを通して きみの中に流れ込んでしまった
And the result was the birth of an "unknown" equipped with
結果[けっか]:result/consequence|coming to fruition, 町[まち, ちょう]:town|street|109.09 m||, 起きる[おきる]:to get up|to wake up|to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 現象[げんしょう]:phenomenon, 及び[および]:and/as well as, まつわる:to coil around/to follow about|to be related to, エピソード:episode/anecdote/vignette, 備える[そなえる]:to furnish|to have ready|to possess (all that is needed)|
結果 この町で起きた怪異現象及び それにまつわるエピソードを備えた
all of the apparitions in this town, and everything that had happened with them.
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 不明[ふめい]:unclear|unknown|ignorance, 生まれる[うまれる]:to be born, 至る[いたる]:to arrive at (e.g. a decision)|to lead to (a place)|to come
"正体不明" が 生まれるに至った
Because of its nature and how it was created,
Ougi Oshino is able to wield Heart-under-blade's
physical materialization skill,
at the very least.
By the way, concerning the surname "Oshino," it originates from Shinobu Oshino.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 苗字[みょうじ]:surname/family name, 由来[ゆらい]:origin/source/history
ところで 忍野という苗字については 忍野忍に由来するものなんだよ
The fact that I foolishly called myself that guy's little sister
迂闊[うかつ]:careless/stupid/thoughtless, 八[はち, や]:eight, 八[パー]:eight, 妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend, 名乗る[なのる]:to give one's name (as)|to claim to be|to reveal oneself (as)||, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
私が迂闊にも 八月に奴の妹を名乗ってしまったのが
turned out to set a bad precedent.
悪い[わるい]:bad|evil|unprofitable||, 悪い[にくい]:hateful/abominable|amazing, 先例[せんれい]:precedent
悪い先例になったのだろう
However, Koyomin's singularity was that the apparition
こよみ:calendar/almanac, 特異[とくい]:unique/singular, 作り出す[つくりだす]:to manufacture/to produce|to invent, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost
しかし こよみんが特異だったのは 作り出した怪異が
he created was an apparition that attacked himself.
己[おのれ]:oneself (itself, etc.)|I|you||, 己[おれ, おらあ]:I/me, 自身[じしん]:by oneself/personally, 攻撃[こうげき]:attack/strike|criticism, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost
己自身を攻撃する怪異だったということだ
You have, from spring break, somewhere in your heart,
春休み[はるやすみ]:spring break/spring vacation, 心中[しんじゅう, しんぢゅう]:double suicide/lovers suicide, 心中[しんちゅう]:in one's heart/true motives/mind
きみは 春休みからこっち どこか心中に
had awareness that you are cheating all over your body.
身体[からだ]:body|torso|build||, 身体[しんたい, しんだい]:body/physical system/person, 自覚[じかく]:self-consciousness/self-awareness
身体中に ズルをしているという自覚があった
You helped Kiss-shot Acerola-orion Heart-under-blade out of sympathy...
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, 同情[どうじょう]:sympathy/compassion/feeling pity for, 助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
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を 同情心で助けてしまった
and you wanted to face the consequences.
報い[むくい]:reward/recompense/return, 受ける[うける, ウケる]:to receive|to catch (e.g. a ball)|to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)||
その報いを受けたかった
You grew a friendship with Tsubasa Hanekawa...
翼[つばさ, よく]:wing|Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)|counter for birds or bird wings, 友情[ゆうじょう]:friendship/fellowship/camaraderie, 築く[きずく]:to build/to construct|to amass (e.g. fortune)
羽川翼と友情を築いた
but you kept worrying if you were worthy, since you couldn't live up to her feelings.
気持ち[きもち]:feeling|preparedness|thanks|, 応える[こたえる]:to respond/to answer|to affect, 資格[しかく]:qualifications/requirements/capabilities, ずっと:continuously in some state (for a long time, distance)/throughout|much (better, etc.), 悩む[なやむ]:to be worried/to be troubled
だけど彼女の気持ちに応えられなかった自分にその資格があるのか ずっと悩んでいた
You helped Hitagi Senjyogahara with her long-term worries...
長年[ながねん, えいねん]:long time/many years, 悩み[なやみ]:trouble/troubles/worry, 救う[すくう]:to rescue from/to help out of/to save
戦場ヶ原ひたぎを長年の悩みから救った
but you kept thinking how you ended up dating her as "taking advantage of her weakness."
その後[そのあと, そのご]:after that/afterwards/thereafter, 付き合う[つきあう]:to associate with/to keep company with|to go along with, ことになる:it has been decided (so) that/it has been arranged (so) that|it is the result (of), 弱味[よわみ]:(a) weakness/shortcoming/failing, 付け込む[つけこむ]:to take advantage of/to impose on|to make an entry (in an account book), じゃないか:isn't it?|let's do (something), しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
その後彼女と付き合うことになったのを どうしても "弱味に付け込んだ" んじゃないかと考えてしまう
You respect Suruga Kanbaru...
河[かわ, がわ]:river/stream|the .... river, 河[ホー, かわ]:discarded tiles/discards, 尊敬[そんけい]:respect/esteem/reverence
神原駿河を尊敬する
but you felt inferiority because you couldn't live in her straightforward manner.
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), 真っ直ぐ[まっすぐ]:straight (ahead)/direct|straightforward, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||, コンプレックス:complex
あんな真っ直ぐな生きかたができないことが コンプレックスだ
You helped Nadeko Sengoku...
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, 助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
千石撫子を助けたけれど
...but back then, the person you really wanted to help wasn't just Nadeko Sengoku.
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, 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
あのとき本当に助けたかったのは 千石撫子だけじゃあなかった
You gradually reconciled with Shinobu Oshino...
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, なし崩し[なしくずし]:paying back in installments (instalments)/amortization plan (amortisation)|gradual reduction, 的[てき]:-like/typical, 的[まと]:mark/target, 和解[わかい, わげ]:reconciliation|court-mediated settlement|translation of a foreign language into Japanese, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
忍野忍となし崩し的に和解してしまったけれど
but was that even allowed?
許す[ゆるす]:to permit|to exempt (from fine)|to confide in|
それは許されることなんだろうか?
In the first place, isn't it unfair to freely use powers of immortality?
そもそも:in the first place/to begin with|... the heck (e.g. "what the heck?"), 不死身[ふじみ]:invulnerability/immortality/insensibility to pain, 自由[じゆう]:freedom/liberty/as it pleases you, 使い熟す[つかいこなす]:to handle (men)/to master (a tool)/to manage, 卑怯[ひきょう]:cowardice/meanness/unfairness
そもそも不死身の力を自由に使い熟すって 卑怯じゃないのか?
Shouldn't there be consequences to face for it?
報い[むくい]:reward/recompense/return
報いがあるべきなんじゃないのか?
Aren't I...
僕は
the worst kind of human imaginable?
最低[さいてい]:least|worst|awful|
人として最低じゃないのか?
The portion of your mind that criticizes itself
自身[じしん]:by oneself/personally, 対する[たいする]:to face (each other)|to be directed toward (the future, etc.)|to receive (a client, etc.)||, 批判[ひはん]:criticism/judgement/judgment, 精神[せいしん]:mind/soul/heart, あます:to save/to leave over/to spare, 発露[はつろ]:appearance/expression/manifestation, 姿[すがた]:figure|appearance|state||, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
そういった 自身に対する批判精神が あますところなく発露した姿が忍野扇であり
manifested itself entirely in the form of Ougi Oshino.
The girl you could call Dark Koyomin.
ダーク:dark, こよみ:calendar/almanac, とも言う[ともいう]:also called
ダークこよみんとも言うべき彼女であり
That is why, like the darkness, she took things one by one,
くらやみ:darkness/the dark, ごとし:like/as if/the same as
だから彼女は "くらやみ" のごとくひとつひとつ
with the case of Sodachi Oikura as a springboard, and crushed them.
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 件[くだん]:the aforementioned/the said|the usual, 件[けん]:matter/case/item, たたき台[たたきだい]:chopping block|springboard for discussion/draft proposal, 意味[いみ]:meaning/significance, 地道[じみち]:steady/honest/sober, 潰す[つぶす]:to smash|to shut down|to thwart||
老倉育の件をたたき台にして ある意味地道に 潰して行った
Meme Oshino and Yoduru Kagenui...
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 影[かげ]:shadow|reflection|ominous sign||, 余弦[よげん]:cosine
忍野メメと影縫余弦
That, and probably Deishu Kaiki after he finished the case concerning Nadeko Sengoku.
たぶん:informing, たぶん:perhaps/probably|generous, 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, 件[くだん]:the aforementioned/the said|the usual, 件[けん]:matter/case/item, 片付ける[かたづける]:to tidy up|to settle (problem)|to finish||, 終える[おえる]:to finish|to graduate, 泥舟[どろぶね]:boat to transport mud|(fictional) boat made of (dried) mud
それにたぶん 千石撫子の件を片付け終えたあとの貝木泥舟もだな
Rest assured, Koyomin.
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, こよみ:calendar/almanac
安心したまえ こよみん
If you exterminate Ougi Oshino, you'll probably find them easily.
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, 普通[ふつう]:general|normally|local train, 発見[はっけん]:discovery/detection/finding
忍野扇を退治すれば 普通に発見できるだろうさ
She still has things that are left undone.
やり残す[やりのこす]:to leave undone, ことがある:(something) has occurred/to have done (something)|(something) happens on occasions
彼女にはまだ やり残していることがある
Right. Tsukihi Araragi, your little sister.
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend
そう 阿良々木月火 きみの妹
The immortal apparition, the Shideno-bird.
不死身[ふじみ]:invulnerability/immortality/insensibility to pain, 怪異[かいい]:strangeness/mystery|ghost, 鳥[とり]:bird|bird meat (esp. chicken meat)/fowl
不死身の怪異 しでの鳥
There's no chance whatsoever that part of you isn't concerned with whether
擬態[ぎたい]:mimesis/mimicry/camouflage, 生き延びる[いきのびる]:to survive/to live long, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, 気持ち[きもち]:feeling|preparedness|thanks|
人間に擬態したまま生き延びている彼女を 本当にこのままにしていていいのかという気持ちが
it's okay for her to live while pretending to be a human being.
きみの中にないわけがない
That's why I used her as a lure.
妹[いもうと]:younger sister, 妹[いも]:darling (only of a woman)|one's sister|friend, 囮[おとり, ばいちょう]:decoy (for hunting)/stool|lure
だからここで 私はきみの妹を囮(おとり)に使う
Yup, that's right. I have no evidence.
証拠[しょうこ]:evidence/proof
そうだ 証拠はない
Everything I said just now is only speculation.
推測[すいそく]:guess/conjecture, 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
今言ったことは すべて推測に過ぎない
But you understand it, don't you?
だけどわかっているはずだろう?
You know better than anyone else
きみが誰より知っている
the true identity of Ougi Oshino.
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
忍野扇の正体を
That is why it must be you who discloses her true identity.
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
だからこそ彼女の正体を暴くのは きみでなければならないんだ
Go be victorious in the battle against yourself.
闘い[たたかい]:battle/fight/struggle, 勝利[しょうり]:victory/triumph/conquest
自分との闘いに勝利したまえ
It's rather simple, isn't it?
簡単[かんたん]:simple/easy|brief
簡単なことだろう?
他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, 毎日[まいにち]:every day
他人のために自分を殺す きみが毎日やっていることだ
Killing yourself for the sake of others. It's something you do every day.
It's Koyomi Araragi, the one that you loathe the most.
もっとも:most/extremely, もっとも:but then/although|reasonable, 憎む[にくむ]:to hate/to detest, 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac
きみがもっとも憎む 阿良々木暦だ
So... go end it all.
終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, なさる:to do
だから 終わらせなさい
By your hands, you need to end it all.
終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, なさる:to do
きみの手で きみが終わらせなさい
That is the end... of your adolescence.
青春[せいしゅん]:youth/springtime of life/adolescent, 終わり[おわり]:the end
それがきみの 青春の終わりだ
Ougi Dark Part Three
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
You are me.
きみは 僕だ
Ougi Oshino... is Koyomi Araragi.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac
忍野扇は 阿良々木暦だ
Wow, that was rather quick. The main act has already arrived?
随分[ずいぶん]:very/extremely|contemptible, 早い[はやい]:fast|early (in the day, etc.)|(too) soon|, 真打[しんうち]:star performer/headliner, 登場[とうじょう]:entry (on stage)/appearance (on screen)|entrance
あー 随分と早いですねえ もう真打のご登場ですか
Is it because of the severity of the lies I told, the sins I have committed?
嘘[うそ, ウソ]:lie|mistake|unwise move|, 犯す[おかす]:to commit (e.g. crime)|to break (e.g. rule)|to rape, 罪[つみ]:crime|penalty|fault|, 大きさ[おおきさ]:size/dimensions/volume
ついた嘘の 犯した罪の大きさゆえですか?
To think I was trying to act the part of such a thing...
演ずる[えんずる]:to perform/to play, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
こんなものを演じようとしていたなんて
I have to say, I must have been rather insane.
我[われ, わ]:I|oneself|you|, 我[わが]:my/our/one's own, ながら:while/during|while, してい:servant/janitor/messenger, してい:older sister and younger brother, 思える[おもえる]:to seem/to appear likely
我ながらどうかしていたとしか思えませんねえ
Didn't you know that this was going to happen?
きみにはこうなることがわかっていたんじゃないのか?
If you really are me,
きみが僕だと言うのなら
the fact that I'd be waiting here,
僕がここで待っていることも
the fact that I'd already learned who you really are...
正体[しょうたい]:true character/true form|consciousness, 見抜く[みぬく]:to see through/to see the true nature of something
僕がもう きみの正体を見抜いていたことも
If you knew, then why come?
なのにどうして ここに来たんだ?
There are times where you have to fight, even if you know you're going to lose.
負け戦[まけいくさ]:lost battle, 戦う[たたかう]:to make war (on)|to compete (against)|to struggle (against adversities, etc.), いける:to arrange (flowers)/to plant|living, いける:to be good (at)/to go well|to look (taste, etc.) good
負け戦でも 戦わなくちゃいけないときはあるんですよ
If I could say something akin to dying words,
あえて:purposely (of something needless, unexpected or seemingly counterproductive, etc.)/daringly (doing something)|not necessarily, 遺言[ゆいごん, いごん]:will/testament/last request, ものを言う[ものをいう]:to speak (of something)|to be effective/to be powerful, もらえる:to be able to receive/to be able to take|could you (give me)
あえて遺言めいたものを言わせてもらえるならば
I believe that, in my own way,
私は私なりに
I was able to make Koyomi Araragi's adolescence into something more right,
暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 青春[せいしゅん]:youth/springtime of life/adolescent
阿良々木暦の青春を よりよくはできなくとも
even if I couldn't make it better.
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
より正しくはできたのではないでしょうか
If you're saying that this is right...
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
これが正しいって言うんだったら...
Then I don't need what's right.
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
僕は正しさなんていらないんだよ
Do you know how many problems you've caused, for how many people?
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, 迷惑をかける[めいわくをかける]:to cause trouble (for someone)/to annoy/to bother
いったい どれだけの人に迷惑をかけたと思ってるんだ
If you're saying someone was harmed, then I'll say that they deserved it.
被害を受ける[ひがいをうける]:to be damaged/to receive damage, 報い[むくい]:reward/recompense/return
もしも被害を受けたのだとしたら それは報いと言うべきですよ
It is not that I personally have done anything.
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
私が何をしたというわけでもありません
In reality, you fully understand that as well, don't you?
本当はあなただってわかっているでしょう?
That trouble, harm, misfortune... They aren't things that are cut-and-dry.
迷惑[めいわく, べいこく]:trouble/bother/annoyance, 被害[ひがい]:(suffering) damage/injury/harm, 不幸[ふこう]:unhappiness/sorrow|death (usu. of a relative), 簡単[かんたん]:simple/easy|brief, 割り切れる[わりきれる]:to be divisible (by)/to be divided without residue (remainder)|to be satisfied
迷惑も 被害も 不幸も そう簡単に 割り切れるものじゃないんだって
So the right thing is cut-and-dry?
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 割り切れる[わりきれる]:to be divisible (by)/to be divided without residue (remainder)|to be satisfied
正しさなら 割り切れるのかい?
What is right, and what is wrong... Can you cut them apart?
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken, 切り分ける[きりわける]:to cut up/to cut and discard/to eliminate systematically (in fault-finding)
何が正しくて何が間違っているかを きみなら切り分けられるのかい?
Even if you can't decide what's right,
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 決める[きめる]:to decide|to clinch (a victory)|to persist in doing||
何が正しいかは決められなくとも
you can decide which side is right, can't you?
どっち:which way/which direction|which one (esp. of two alternatives), 正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 決める[きめる]:to decide|to clinch (a victory)|to persist in doing||
どっちが正しいかは決められるでしょう?
In Sodachi Oikura's case, I was wrong.
老[ろう]:old age/age/old people, 倉[くら]:warehouse/storehouse/cellar, 件[くだん]:the aforementioned/the said|the usual, 件[けん]:matter/case/item, 間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken
老倉育の件では 私が間違ってました
In Nadeko Sengoku's case, I was right.
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, 件[くだん]:the aforementioned/the said|the usual, 件[けん]:matter/case/item, 正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
千石撫子の件では 私が正しかった
In Tadatsuru Teori's case... I guess we call that a draw.
折[おり]:opportunity|fold|small food box (wooden or cardboard), 正弦[せいげん]:sine, 件[くだん]:the aforementioned/the said|the usual, 件[けん]:matter/case/item, 痛み分け[いたみわけ]:match declared drawn due to injury
手折正弦の件は 痛み分けですかね
I had thought that I could win that in a one-on-one fight.
単体[たんたい]:simple substance (e.g. chemical)|something standing alone/separate item, 勝負[しょうぶ]:victory or defeat/match/contest, 勝つ[かつ]:to win/to gain victory
単体の勝負としては勝てると思っていたんですけれどね
Challenge
So after all this, Ougi-chan... Me or you—who was right?
結局[けっきょく]:after all|conclusion|ending of a game of Go, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, どちら:which way/which direction|which one (esp. of two alternatives), 正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
結局のところ扇ちゃん 僕ときみのどちらが正しかったんだ?
As I am the one disappearing like this, it means that Araragi-senpai, you were right.
消滅[しょうめつ]:extinction/extinguishment|annihilation, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
こうして私が消滅するんだから 阿良々木先輩 あなたのほうが正しかったということでしょう
Congratulations, Araragi-senpai.
おめでとう:congratulations!/an auspicious occasion!, おめでとう:Japanese sweets made with glutinous rice and azuki bean paste, ござる:to be, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
おめでとうございます 阿良々木先輩
Everything you have done until now has not been wrong.
してき:historic/historical, してき:pointing out/identification, 間違い[まちがい]:mistake|accident|improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman)
これまであなたがしてきたことは 間違いじゃあなかった
It was right.
正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper
正しかった
This is the end of adolescence.
青春[せいしゅん]:youth/springtime of life/adolescent, 終わり[おわり]:the end
青春の終わり ですね
Or perhaps the end of a story?
あるいは:or/possibly, 物語[ものがたり]:tale/story/legend, 終わり[おわり]:the end
あるいは物語の終わり ですか
Oh, this is nothing significant at all.
大した[たいした]:considerable/great/important, ではある:to be (in contrast to something that is not the case)
何 こんなことは大したことではありません
It's not the end of one's life, and it's far from enough to be the world's end.
人生[じんせい]:(human) life (i.e. conception to death), 終わり[おわり]:the end, 世界[せかい]:the world|sphere|renowned|, 全然[ぜんぜん]:not at all (with neg. verb)|wholly/entirely, 足りる[たりる]:to be sufficient|to be worth doing|to be sufficient
人生の終わりってわけじゃないし 世界の終わりにも全然足りない
It's just the end of one of your many stories.
物語[ものがたり]:tale/story/legend, 数[しばしば]:often/again and again/frequently, 数[かず]:number/amount, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close
あなたの物語の 数あるひとつが終わるだけです
It's not even the final episode or anything.
最終[さいしゅう]:last/final/closing, 回[かい]:counter for occurrences|a time|inning (baseball)||
最終回でもなんでもない
I'm glad that I could disappear like this before you graduated.
卒業[そつぎょう]:graduation/completion (e.g. of a course)|outgrowing something, 消滅[しょうめつ]:extinction/extinguishment|annihilation
こうして あなたが卒業する前に 消滅できてよかった
Thank you for all your hard work.
お疲れ様[おつかれさま]:thank you/many thanks|that's enough for today
お疲れ様でした
Farewell, Araragi-senpai.
さようなら:good-bye, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
さようなら 阿良々木先輩
Farewell, Ougi-chan.
さようなら:good-bye, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
さようなら 扇ちゃん
Farewell, Ougi Oshino.
さようなら:good-bye, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
さようなら 忍野扇
Farewell, my adolescence.
さようなら:good-bye, 青春[せいしゅん]:youth/springtime of life/adolescent
さようなら 僕の青春
Never mind! I just can't do it!
やっぱり:too/also|still, 無理[むり]:unreasonable|impossible|forcible||
って やっぱり無理
A-Araragi-senpai? Wh-What are...
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
あ... 阿良々木先輩!? な 何を...
What are you... thinking?
考える[かんがえる]:to think about|to ponder|to intend||
何を考えているんですか あなたは!
You're not immortal, but you're trying to save someone else.
不死身[ふじみ]:invulnerability/immortality/insensibility to pain, 癖[くせ, へき]:habit (often a bad habit, i.e. vice)|peculiarity|crease, 他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, 助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
不死身でもない癖に 他人を助けようとするなんて
I-In the end, that's how you are?
結局[けっきょく]:after all|conclusion|ending of a game of Go
け... 結局 あなたはそうなんですか
Do you throw your life away so easily for the sake of others?
他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, 簡単[かんたん]:simple/easy|brief, 命[いのち]:life|lifetime|most important thing||, 命[めい]:command|life|destiny, 投げ出す[なげだす]:to throw down|to abandon|to give freely|, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.)
他人のために 簡単に命を投げ出してしまうんですか
So you are going to save even someone like me,
批判[ひはん]:criticism/judgement/judgment
あなたを批判するだけだった
who did nothing but criticize you and make you suffer?
責める[せめる]:to condemn|to urge|to torture|, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
あなたを責めたてるだけだった 私みたいな奴まで助けちゃうんですか
What good does it do if you die?
死んでどうなるんですか
What's the point of saving me here?
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.), 意味がある[いみがある]:to have meaning/to be meaningful
ここで私を助けることにどんな意味があるんです
You're wrong after all.
やっぱり:too/also|still, 間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken
やっぱり あなたは間違っている
You are wrong as a person.
間違う[まちがう]:to make a mistake/to be incorrect/to be mistaken
あなたは 人として間違っている
You are the absolute worst as a person.
最低[さいてい]:least|worst|awful|
あなたは人として最低だ
I didn't... save someone else.
他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, 助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
他人を... 助けたんじゃない
Right now... I just saved myself.
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
僕は今 自分を助けたんだ
Hitagi did. Hanekawa did. Shinobu did. Ononoki-chan did. Everyone saved me.
斧[おの]:axe/hatchet, 乃[の]:possessive particle, 木[き]:tree/shrub|wood, 木[もく]:Thursday|wood (first of the five elements), 助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
ひたぎ... が 羽川が... 忍が... 斧乃木ちゃんが... みんなが 助けてくれた
If everyone had saved me, and I didn't save myself?
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|, なんて:how ..!/what ..!|what (questioning), なんて:such as/(things) like|exclamation
みんなが助けてくれた僕を 僕が助けないなんて
I just can't allow such a thing to happen!
そんなこと あっていいわけないだろう
Oh, brother.
I had planned for a solo suicide, but this ended up being a lover's suicide, Araragi-senpai.
自殺[じさつ]:suicide, 心中[しんじゅう, しんぢゅう]:double suicide/lovers suicide, 心中[しんちゅう]:in one's heart/true motives/mind, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
自殺のつもりが 心中になってしまいましたね 阿良々木先輩
Let me make it clear, but I'm not a young girl, you know?
幼女[ようじょ]:little girl
言っておきますけれど 私は幼女じゃないですよ?
That doesn't matter. Even then, you're like a newborn baby, born merely six month ago, right?
構う[かまう]:to mind|to care for|to prepare for||, 生後[せいご]:post-natal/since birth, 半年[はんとし, はんねん]:half year, 生まれたて[うまれたて]:newborn, 赤子[あかご]:baby, 赤子[せきし]:imperial children/imperial child, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
構わない... それでも... 生後半年の... 生まれたての赤子... みたいなものだろ
Babies should be protected like this.
If you're saying what I have been doing until now wasn't wrong...
してき:historic/historical, してき:pointing out/identification, 間違い[まちがい]:mistake|accident|improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman)
これまで僕がしてきたことが間違いじゃなかったと言うのなら
...the fact that I'm doing this right now should not be wrong, either.
きっと:surely/undoubtedly|sternly, 間違い[まちがい]:mistake|accident|improper conduct (e.g. between man and woman)
今 こうしていることも きっと間違いじゃないはずだ
I am not wrong.
間違える[まちがえる]:to make a mistake (in)/to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)|to confuse
僕は 間違えてない
Yup.
そう
Just as you are not wrong.
間違える[まちがえる]:to make a mistake (in)/to commit an error (e.g. in calculation)|to confuse
きみが間違えていないように
Really...
まったく:really/truly|indeed
まったく...
You are foolish.
愚か[おろか]:foolish/stupid
愚かですねえ
Not quite.
そうでもないさ
I can't make fun of you...
馬鹿[ばか, バカ]:fool|trivial matter|foolish|
馬鹿にできない
...as you finally fight for your own sake.
やっと:at last/at length|barely, 戦う[たたかう]:to make war (on)|to compete (against)|to struggle (against adversities, etc.)
やっと 自分のために戦ったんだね
I respect you, Araragi-kun.
尊敬[そんけい]:respect/esteem/reverence
僕はきみを尊敬するよ 阿良々木くん
I win.
勝ち[かち]:win/victory, 勝ち[がち]:apt to do/liable to do/tend to do (used to describe a negative tendency)
私の... 勝ち
This a joke.
嘘[うそ, ウソ]:lie|mistake|unwise move|, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
嘘みたい
Hanekawa-senpai really brought him here... all the way from Antarctica.
先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder, 連れる[つれる]:to lead/to take (a person), 南極[なんきょく]:South Pole|the Antarctic/Antarctica, 大陸[たいりく]:continent|continental Asia (esp. mainland China)|continental Europe
羽川先輩 本当に連れて来たんだ 南極大陸から
She's really insane.
頭[とう]:counter for large animals (e.g. head of cattle), 頭[あたま, かしら]:head|hair (on one's head)|mind||, おかしい:funny/amusing|strange
頭おかしいよ あの人
Hitagi, if this is the case, it wasn't, "This is a pen." It was "dépaysement."
Come to think of it, Ougi-chan had been alarmed at Hanekawa from the beginning.
The name "Ougi"...
actually was "ougi" because you put a "door" on "wings (hane)," wasn't it?
Araragi-kun...
阿良々木くん
You oh-so-violently pushed my cute little niece down. What are you planning to do?
可愛い[かわいい, かわゆい]:cute|dear|cute little, 姪っ子[めいっこ, めいご]:niece, 乱暴[らんぼう]:rude/violent/rough, 押し倒す[おしたおす]:to push down
僕の可愛い姪っ子を乱暴に押し倒して 何をするつもりだよ
Really, Araragi-kun, you're so full of spirit.
まったく:really/truly|indeed, 元気[げんき]:lively/full of spirit|healthy
まったく 阿良々木くんは元気いいなあ
Did something nice happen to you or something?
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
何かいいことでもあったのかい?
You shouldn't be doing obscene things to your underclassman when you have a lover.
恋人[こいびと]:lover/sweetheart, 身[み]:body|oneself|one's place|, 身[むくろ]:(dead) body/corpse, 学校[がっこう]:school, 後輩[こうはい]:junior (at work, school, etc.)/younger people/younger student, いかがわしい:suspicious/dubious|indecent
恋人のいる身で 学校の後輩にいかがわしいことをするもんじゃないよ
Niece?
That's what he said. In reference to Ougi-chan.
Meme Oshino said so.
Meme Oshino acknowledged Ougi Oshino as a relative.
親戚[しんせき]:relative/relation/kin, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 認知[にんち]:acknowledgement/acknowledgment/recognition
親戚として 忍野メメが忍野扇を認知したのである
What that signifies... is the existence of Ougi Oshino.
意味[いみ]:meaning/significance, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan, 実在[じつざい]:reality/existence
それが何を意味するかと言えば 忍野扇の実在である
She was no longer a fabrication or a lie.
嘘偽り[うそいつわり, ウソいつわり]:great lie/falsehood
ここにいる彼女が 嘘偽りじゃあなくなった
That is why...
...the "darkness" disappeared.
You helped us, Oshino.
助かる[たすかる]:to be saved|to escape harm|to be helped, 野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|
助かったよ... 忍野
I didn't really help or anything.
助ける[たすける]:to save|to help|to aid|
別に助けてないよ
You just helped yourself out on your own, Araragi-kun.
一人[ひとり, いちにん]:one person|alone/unmarried, 勝手に[かってに]:arbitrarily/of its own accord/voluntarily, 助かる[たすかる]:to be saved|to escape harm|to be helped
きみが一人で勝手に助かっただけさ 阿良々木くん
Well done.
よくやった
Gweh...
ぐえ
Ougi Oshino became Ougi Oshino.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 扇[おうぎ, おおぎ]:folding fan
忍野扇は 忍野扇となった
And thus, the adolescence of me, Koyomi Araragi, came to an end.
暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 青春[せいしゅん]:youth/springtime of life/adolescent, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close
こうして僕 阿良々木暦の青春は終わった
I had believed that not taking care of myself was the act of loving others.
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, 他人[たにん, ひと]:another person|unrelated person (i.e. not related by blood)|outsider, 愛する[あいする]:to love, 信ずる[しんずる]:to believe/to believe in/to place trust in
自分を大切にしないことが他人を愛することだと信じていた
The days of kind deception, filled with thin, weak euphoria, have now come to an end.
薄い[うすい]:thin|pale|watery||, 弱い[よわい]:weak/frail/delicate, 陶酔[とうすい]:intoxication, 溢れる[あぶれる]:to fail (in getting a job)/to miss out (at fishing, hunting, etc.)|to be left out, 溢れる[あふれる]:to overflow/to brim over/to flood, 優しい[やさしい]:tender/kind/gentle, 欺瞞[ぎまん]:deception/deceit, 時代[じだい]:period|the times|oldness|, 終わり[おわり]:the end, 迎える[むかえる]:to go out to meet|to receive|to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)||
薄くて弱い陶酔に溢れた 優しい欺瞞の時代は終わりを迎えた
An epilogue.
後日談[ごじつだん]:sequel/later development
後日談
March 15th
Big Brother! It's morning, damn it!
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", 朝[あさ, あした]:morning, 朝[ちょう]:dynasty|reign|period||
兄ちゃん朝だぞ こら!
If you don't get up, you'll be late!
起きる[おきる]:to get up|to wake up|to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), 遅刻[ちこく]:lateness/late coming
起きなよ! 遅刻しちゃうよ
Jeez!
もう!
By the way, Tsukihi-chan, what were you wishing for?
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 願掛け[がんかけ, がんがけ]:Shinto or Buddhist prayer, 一体[いったい]:...the heck (e.g. "what the heck?")|one object|one form||
そう言えば月火ちゃん お前の願掛けって一体なんだったの?
I mean, about your hair.
髪[かみ]:hair (on the head)
その髪についてなんだけれど
I was actually wishing your exams would go well, and also a bit about Nadeko-chan.
実[じつ, じち]:truth|sincerity|content|, 実[み]:fruit|seed|(in broth) pieces of meat, vegetable, etc.|, お兄ちゃん[おにいちゃん]:familiar form of "older brother"|form of address for young adult male/mister, 受験[じゅけん]:taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance), 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, 件[くだん]:the aforementioned/the said|the usual, 件[けん]:matter/case/item, 願う[ねがう]:to desire|to beg|to have something done for oneself
実はお兄ちゃんの大学受験と 撫子ちゃんの件を お願いしてたんだよね
As it was about my hair (kami), I was wishing upon the Lord God (kami).
髪[かみ]:hair (on the head), 様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state
髪のことだけに 神様に
That is, if he exists.
いたらだけれど
In any case, Big Brother's entrance exams are over, and Nadeko-chan has gotten better for now.
お兄ちゃん[おにいちゃん]:familiar form of "older brother"|form of address for young adult male/mister, 受験[じゅけん]:taking an examination (esp. school and university entrance), ともあれ:anyhow/in any case, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, 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, 元気[げんき]:lively/full of spirit|healthy
お兄ちゃんの受験はともあれ終わったし 撫子ちゃんも 今んところ元気になったしね
Mm, maybe there is a God out there.
様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state, しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known
ふむ 神様はいるのかもしれない
Yeah, starting yesterday.
昨日[きのう, さくじつ]:yesterday
ああ 昨日からな
Hmm?
Oh, nothing.
いや なんでもない
I see.
あっそう
Big Brother, Big Brother! Since I'm going to be in high school starting next month,
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", あたし:I/me, 来月[らいげつ]:next month, 高校生[こうこうせい]:senior high school student
兄ちゃん兄ちゃん あたしももう来月からは高校生だからさ
we won't be able to make out like we have been.
今まで[いままで]:until now/so far/up to the present, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, いちゃいちゃ:flirt/make out
今までみたいにいちゃいちゃできなくなるから
So let's take one last meal, feeding mouth-to-mouth!
最後[さいご]:last|no sooner than|one's final moments, 口移し[くちうつし]:mouth-to-mouth feeding|conveying by word of mouth/oral tradition, 食事[しょくじ]:meal|to eat
最後に口移しで食事しようぜ!
And let's brush each others' teeth!
互い[たがい]:mutual/reciprocal, 歯を磨く[はをみがく]:to brush one's teeth, 合う[あう, おう]:to come together|to fit|to be profitable|
そしてお互い 歯を磨き合おうぜ!
What you need to brush up is your intelligence.
磨く[みがく]:to polish/to shine|to refine (e.g. a skill), 知性[ちせい]:intelligence
お前が磨くべきは知性だ
Well, you know, Karen-chan.
えっと:let me see/well/errr ..., 火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements)
えっと なあ 火憐ちゃん
Even after you disband the Fire Sisters of Tsuganoki 2nd Middle School,
栂[つが, とが]:southern Japanese hemlock (species of conifer native to Japan, Tsuga sieboldii), 木[き]:tree/shrub|wood, 木[もく]:Thursday|wood (first of the five elements), 二[に, ふた]:two, 二[アル]:two, ファイヤー:fire, 解散[かいさん]:breakup/dissolution, 後[あと]:behind|after|after one's death||, 後[のち]:later|future|after one's death|
お前 栂の木二中のファイヤーシスターズ解散後も
are you going to continue acting as an advocate of justice?
正義[せいぎ]:justice/right/righteousness, 味方[みかた]:friend/ally/supporter, 活動[かつどう]:action/activity|movie (esp. during the silent movie period), 続ける[つづける]:to continue/to keep up/to keep on
正義の味方としての活動を続けるつもりなのか?
I can't help it!
是非[ぜひ]:certainly/without fail|right and wrong
是非もなし!
To correct, maybe she wanted to say, "By all possible means!"
To be right, that is.
Karen-chan, in your case, what did the "right thing" turn out to be?
火[ひ]:fire/flame/blaze, 火[か]:Tuesday|fire (second of the five elements), 正しい[ただしい]:right/correct|proper, 結局[けっきょく]:after all|conclusion|ending of a game of Go
火憐ちゃん お前にとって 正しさって 結局なんだった?
Helping others!
人助け[ひとだすけ]:act of mercy/helping another person
人助け!
I see.
そっか
Then why not start by helping yourself?
自助[じじょ]:self-help, 努力[どりょく]:great effort/exertion/endeavour, 始める[はじめる]:to start|to open (e.g. a store)|to start ...
じゃ まずは自助努力から始めてみろ
You too.
Hey, Hachikuji!
寺[てら]:temple (Buddhist), 寺[じ]:counter for temples
よう 八九寺
Please don't speak to me!
話しかける[はなしかける]:to address (someone)/to accost a person|to begin to talk, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
話しかけないでください
Name: God Mayoi Hachikuji
I am a god now!
わたし:I/me|private affairs, わたし:ferry (crossing)/ferry(boat)|delivery, 様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state
わたし もう神様ですから
If you insist that you wish to speak to me, after two bows, two claps, and one bow...
話しかける[はなしかける]:to address (someone)/to accost a person|to begin to talk, 二[に, ふた]:two, 二[アル]:two, 拍手[はくしゅ]:clapping hands/applause, 拍手[かしわで, はくしゅ]:clapping one's hands in prayer (at a shrine), 一礼[いちれい]:bow (salute, greeting), 賽銭[さいせん]:monetary offering/offertory, 渡す[わたす]:to ferry across (e.g. a river)|to lay across|to hand over
どうしても話しかけたいと言うのであれば 二礼二拍手一礼(にれいにはくしゅいちれい)したのちにお賽銭を渡し
One bow Two claps Two bows
Manners in visitation
...make a monetary offering, and speak as if you were speaking to a god.
ちゃんと:diligently/seriously|perfectly, 遇する[ぐうする]:to entertain/to treat, 話しかける[はなしかける]:to address (someone)/to accost a person|to begin to talk, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
ちゃんと神を遇するように話しかけてください
Who would talk to someone like that? I'll totally ignore you.
話しかける[はなしかける]:to address (someone)/to accost a person|to begin to talk, シカト:ostracism/ignoring someone/leaving someone out
誰がそんな奴に話しかけるんだよ こっちからシカトだよ
Araragi-san, are you heading to your graduation ceremony today?
卒業式[そつぎょうしき]:graduation ceremony/graduation exercises
阿良々木さんは今日 卒業式ですか?
Thank you for all your hard work.
勤め[つとめ]:service/duty|Buddhist religious services, ご苦労[ごくろう]:trouble (I have put you through), 様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state
お勤め ご苦労様でした
Normally, I would attend the graduation ceremony and celebrate your achievement.
本来[ほんらい]:originally|essentially|proper, 卒業式[そつぎょうしき]:graduation ceremony/graduation exercises, 出席[しゅっせき]:attendance/presence|to attend, お祝い[おいわい]:congratulation/congratulations/celebration, 差し上げる[さしあげる]:to give/to offer|to lift up
本来ならば卒業式に出席してお祝いして差し上げたいところなのですが
But if a god were to attend, the common people might start clamoring... so I'll be considerate.
凡俗[ぼんぞく]:mediocrity/the masses/ordinary run of men, 騒ぐ[さわぐ]:to make noise|to rustle|to make merry||, しまう:to finish/to stop|to close (a business, etc.), しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known, 気を遣う[きをつかう]:to pay attention to another's needs/to attend to/to fuss about
まあ神が行くと凡俗を騒がせてしまうかもしれませんから 気を遣っておきますね
Nobody will visit your shrine. We're going to end up as a town without a god again!
神社[じんじゃ]:Shinto shrine, 参拝[さんぱい]:visit to a shrine or temple/paying homage at a shrine or temple, 不在[ふざい]:absence|disregard/indifference, 町[まち, ちょう]:town|street|109.09 m||
お前の神社誰も参拝しないよ また神不在の町になっちゃうよ
Hahaha! Oh, don't say that. You can come by any time.
いらしてください:please come (and visit us)/please come (to our shop)
はっはっは まあそんなことを言わず いつでもいらしてください
North Shirahebi Shrine is free to visit, so really, come visit at any time.
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, 自由[じゆう]:freedom/liberty/as it pleases you, 参拝[さんぱい]:visit to a shrine or temple/paying homage at a shrine or temple, 遊ぶ[あそぶ, あすぶ]:to play|to mess about (with alcohol, gambling, philandery, etc.)|to be idle||, 遊ぶ[すさぶ]:to grow wild/to rage|to do something one enjoys, くださる:to give/to confer|to kindly do for one
北白蛇神社は自由参拝ですので 本当にいつでも遊びにきてください
Yeah, I'll go visit at any time.
遊びに行く[あそびにいく]:to go on a trip/to go out to play/to go and visit (a friend)
ああ いつでも遊びに行くよ
At your home.
家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family
お前の家に
Yes, at my home!
わたし:I/me|private affairs, わたし:ferry (crossing)/ferry(boat)|delivery, 家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family
はい わたしの家に
By the way, are you really all right with this, Shinobu-san?
本当にいいのかい? 忍さん
Your desire to be sealed away once again within Koyomin's shadow
こよみ:calendar/almanac, 影[かげ]:shadow|reflection|ominous sign||, 再び[ふたたび]:again/once more/a second time, 封ずる[ふうずる]:to seal (letter)|to prevent/to forbid, 封ずる[ほうずる]:to enfeoff, 望み[のぞみ]:wish/desire|prospect
こよみんの影に再び封じられたいというきみの望みは
is something I find difficult to comprehend.
理解[りかい]:understanding/comprehension/appreciation, にくい:hateful/abominable|amazing, にくい:difficult to .../hard to ..., 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
理解しにくいものでもある
If there's some rationale behind this, I'd like to know it.
考え[かんがえ]:thinking|idea|intention||, 明かす[あかす]:to pass (e.g. the night)/to spend|to reveal, 欲しい[ほしい]:wanted/wished for|I want (you) to
何か考えがあるのなら ここで明かしておいて欲しいものだ
There is none.
考え[かんがえ]:thinking|idea|intention||
考えなどない
Besides, my desire to once again be deemed harmless, as I tire of battle...
戦い[たたかい]:battle/fight/struggle, 飽く[あく]:to tire of|to be satisfied|to do adequately, 儂[わし]:I/me (used by elderly males), 再び[ふたたび]:again/once more/a second time, 無害[むがい]:harmless, 認定[にんてい]:authorization/authorisation/acknowledgment, 受ける[うける, ウケる]:to receive|to catch (e.g. a ball)|to be struck by (wind, waves, sunlight, etc.)||, 立場[たちば]:standpoint/position/situation, 望む[のぞむ]:to desire|to wish for|to see
それに戦いに飽いた儂が 再び無害認定を受けられる立場になりたいと望むことは
is something a specialist shouldn't find too difficult to comprehend.
専門家[せんもんか]:specialist/expert/professional, 的[てき]:-like/typical, 的[まと]:mark/target, 理解[りかい]:understanding/comprehension/appreciation, がたい:body build, がたい:blastema, 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
専門家的には そう理解しがたいことでもあるまい?
From a young girl (youjo) to a phantom woman (youjo).
And then, to wish to return to a young girl once again.
Of course, if my master, now that his vampiric nature has been successfully removed,
かかる:to span/to bridge/to cross, かかる:to take (a resource, e.g. time or money)|to hang, むろん:of course/naturally, 吸血鬼[きゅうけつき]:vampire/bloodsucker, 成分[せいぶん]:ingredient/component/composition, 完全[かんぜん]:perfection/completeness, 取り除く[とりのぞく]:to remove/to deinstall/to take away, 成功[せいこう]:success/hit, 我が[わが]:my/our/one's own, あるじ:head (of a household)/proprietor (of a store)|entertaining someone as one's guest, 様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state
かかっ むろん 吸血鬼成分を完全に取り除くことに成功した我があるじ様が
is unwilling to return once again to the state of being a quasi-human, quasi-vampire,
もどき:-like/pseudo-|comical character who mocks or apes the main character (in Japanese performing arts), 吸血鬼[きゅうけつき]:vampire/bloodsucker, 曖昧[あいまい]:vague/ambiguous|fuzzy, 存在[そんざい]:existence/being, 再び[ふたたび]:again/once more/a second time, 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, 嫌[いや, や]:disagreeable/detestable/unpleasant
人間もどきの吸血鬼もどきという曖昧な存在に 再び戻ることを嫌がると言うのならば
I shall retract my own desires.
儂[わし]:I/me (used by elderly males), 願い[ねがい]:desire/wish/request, 引っ込める[ひっこめる]:to draw in/to take in|to withdraw
儂は自分の願いを引っ込めるがの
After I heal that arm, I will retreat to a mountain somewhere, and live a secluded life.
腕[うで]:arm|skill/efforts, 腕[かいな]:arm (esp. upper arm)|counter used to measure the thickness of round objects, 治す[なおす]:to cure|to fix|to do over again (after -masu base of verb)||, 引っ込む[ひっこむ]:to draw back|to be set back (e.g. from a road)|to withdraw (e.g. from the public eye), 隠棲[いんせい]:secluded life
その腕を治したのち どこかの山にでも引っ込んで 隠棲するわい
Like I'd let you.
させるかよ
The mountains don't have any Mister Donut stores, Shinobu.
ミスター:mister/Mr, ドーナツ:doughnut/donut, 支店[してん]:branch office/branch store
山ん中にミスタードーナツの支店はないぜ 忍
Oh, that's right.
じゃう:to do something completely
そうじゃったの
If you were to die tomorrow, I'd be fine with tomorrow being the last day of my life.
明日[あした, あす]:tomorrow|near future, 命[いのち]:life|lifetime|most important thing||, 命[めい]:command|life|destiny
お前が明日死ぬのなら 僕の命は明日まででいい
If you were to live through today, I will also choose to live through today.
生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||
お前が今日を生きてくれるなら 僕もまた 今日を生きていこう
If you were to die the day after tomorrow, I shall live for three days' time...
様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state, 明後日[あさって, みょうごにち]:day after tomorrow, 儂[わし]:I/me (used by elderly males), 明々後日[しあさって, みょうみょうごにち]:in three days' time/two days after tomorrow, 生きる[いきる]:to live|to make a living|to be in effect||
お前様が明後日死ぬのなら 儂は明々後日まで生きて
and tell a tale about you to someone.
様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state, 話をする[はなしをする]:to have a talk/to tell a story
誰かに お前様の話をしよう
I shall recite the story of my master with pride to a listening ear.
我が[わが]:my/our/one's own, あるじ:head (of a household)/proprietor (of a store)|entertaining someone as one's guest, 様[ざま]:mess|-ways|in the act of ...|, 様[さま]:Mr.|makes words more polite (usu. in fixed expressions)|state, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., 誇らしい[ほこらしい]:proud/haughty/arrogant, 語る[かたる]:to talk about|to recite|to indicate
我があるじ様の話を誇らしく 語って聞かせよう
Graduation Ceremony
Naoetsu High
Morning, Araragi-kun.
おはよう:good morning
おはよう 阿良々木くん
Morning, Hanekawa.
おはよう:good morning
おはよう 羽川
Why are you here at the bicycle lot?
自転車[じてんしゃ, じでんしゃ]:bicycle, 置き場[おきば]:place for something/storehouse
どうして自転車置き場に?
Of course, I was waiting for you, Araragi-kun.
もちろん:of course/certainly/naturally
もちろん 阿良々木くんを待ってたんだよ
Because there were a lot of things I wanted to talk to you about.
色々[いろいろ]:various|various colors (colours), 話す[はなす]:to talk|to tell|to speak (a language), ことがある:(something) has occurred/to have done (something)|(something) happens on occasions
色々 話しておきたいことがあったから
I have to take off right after the graduation ceremony is over.
卒業式[そつぎょうしき]:graduation ceremony/graduation exercises, 終わる[おわる]:to finish/to end/to close, 足[あし]:foot|leg|gait||, 足[そく]:counter for pairs (of socks, shoes, etc.), 出発[しゅっぱつ]:departure
私 卒業式が終わったら その足で出発しなきゃなんないから
So I thought this was the only time I'd get to talk to you.
二人[ふたり, ににん]:two persons/two people/pair, 話[はなし]:talk/speech|discussions, 話[わ]:counter for stories, episodes of TV series, etc., タイミング:timing, くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that
まあ 二人で話ができるタイミングって ここくらいしかないかって
Do you have to leave right away because of the flight you booked?
飛行機[ひこうき]:aeroplane/airplane/aircraft, 予約[よやく]:reservation|contract|programming (e.g. a device), 都合[つごう]:circumstances|to arrange|to lend money|, 出発[しゅっぱつ]:departure, いける:to arrange (flowers)/to plant|living, いける:to be good (at)/to go well|to look (taste, etc.) good
飛行機の予約の都合か? すぐに出発しなきゃいけないっていうのは
Mm... Actually...
んん それはねー
In bringing Oshino-san back from Antarctica, I sold off a bit of my brains.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 南極[なんきょく]:South Pole|the Antarctic/Antarctica, 連れる[つれる]:to lead/to take (a person), 帰ってくる[かえってくる]:to return/to come back, あたる:to be hit/to strike|to touch, 頭脳[ずのう]:head/brains|intellect, 売る[うる]:to sell
忍野さんを南極から連れて帰ってくるにあたって ちょっと頭脳を売ったから
Sold off your brains?
頭脳[ずのう]:head/brains|intellect, 売る[うる]:to sell
頭脳を売った?
What? That doesn't sound good...
不穏当[ふおんとう]:impropriety/inappropriateness/unfairness, 響き[どよめき]:commotion/stir, 響き[ひびき]:echo|sound (esp. the distinctive sound of an object or activity, e.g. rain, gun, gallop, drum)|quality of a sound (e.g. a fine phrase, clear voice, resonant bell)
何それ 不穏当な響きだけど
I guess you call them "jet setters"?
ジェット:jet, セッター:setter (dog type)
ジェットセッターって奴?
Well, I had to go that far to charter a fighter plane.
くらい:dark/gloomy|dark (in colour), くらい:approximately/about|to (about) the extent that, 戦闘機[せんとうき]:fighter (aircraft), チャーター:charter
まあそれくらいしないと 戦闘機はチャーターできなかったからね
It's fine. I sold it off to a relatively honest institution.
比較的[ひかくてき]:comparative/relative, 良心[りょうしん]:conscience, 的[てき]:-like/typical, 的[まと]:mark/target, 機関[からくり]:mechanism|trick|mechanical doll, 機関[きかん]:engine|agency|system, 販売[はんばい, ハンバイ]:sales/selling/marketing
大丈夫 比較的良心的な機関に販売したから
Stare Stare
I'll knock you out!
張っ倒す[はったおす, ハッたおす]:to knock down
張っ倒すよ
Scary!
こわっ
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By the way, they think that Kagenui-san is probably at the North Pole.
影[かげ]:shadow|reflection|ominous sign||, 北極[ほっきょく]:North Pole|the Arctic, らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish, 判明[はんめい]:establishing/proving/ascertaining
そう言えば... 影縫さんは北極にいるらしいことが判明したぜ
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I see... I had a hunch so I chose the continent.
勘[かん]:perception/intuition/the sixth sense, 大陸[たいりく]:continent|continental Asia (esp. mainland China)|continental Europe, 側[そば, そく]:near/close|third person, 側[がわ, かわ]:side (of something, or taking someone's side)/part|(watch) case, 選ぶ[えらぶ]:to choose/to select
そっか なんとなくの勘で大陸側を選んだんだけれど
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So even if I had gone to the North Pole, it still would've worked out.
たとえ:example|simile/metaphor, たとえ:even if/no matter (what)/if, 北極[ほっきょく]:North Pole|the Arctic, 選ぶ[えらぶ]:to choose/to select, たとする:to appreciate/to be thankful, 外れる[はずれる]:to be disconnected/to get out of place/to be off
じゃあたとえ北極を選んでいたとしても 別に外れではなかったんだね
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斧[おの]:axe/hatchet, 乃[の]:possessive particle, 木[き]:tree/shrub|wood, 木[もく]:Thursday|wood (first of the five elements), 迎える[むかえる]:to go out to meet|to receive|to accept (e.g. as a member of a group or family)||
斧乃木ちゃんが迎えに行こうとしたんだけれど
Ononoki-chan wanted to go get her, but she declined,
ホッキョクグマ:polar bear (Ursus maritimus), 戦う[たたかう]:to make war (on)|to compete (against)|to struggle (against adversities, etc.), 武者[むしゃ]:warrior, 修行[しゅぎょう, すぎょう]:ascetic practices|training/practice, 興ずる[きょうずる]:to amuse oneself/to make merry
今 ホッキョクグマと戦うという どこかで聞いたような武者修行に興じているから
saying she's busy with some kind of familiar sounding training ritual
which involves fighting polar bears.
らしい:seeming ... (expresses judgment based on evidence, reason or trustworthy hearsay)/appearing ...|-ish
いいって言ってるらしい
Oh? Then, what happened to Ononoki-chan? What is she doing now?
斧[おの]:axe/hatchet, 乃[の]:possessive particle, 木[き]:tree/shrub|wood, 木[もく]:Thursday|wood (first of the five elements)
え じゃあ斧乃木ちゃんは? 今 どうしてるの?
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She's still at my house.
家[いえ]:house|family|lineage, 家[うち, ち]:house/home (one's own)|(one's) family
まだ僕の家にいる
That's...
それは...
Well, a part of it is that Gaen-san and Oshino left all too suddenly.
野[の, や]:plain|hidden (structural) member|wild|, 急[きゅう]:urgent|sharp|rapid||, 出発[しゅっぱつ]:departure, 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
まあ 臥煙さんや忍野のほうが 急出発過ぎるっていうのもあるんだけどな
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It looks like adults are pretty busy in many ways.
色々[いろいろ]:various|various colors (colours), 忙しい[いそがしい, せわしい]:busy/occupied|restless, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to, 大人[おとな, だいにん]:adult, 大人[たいじん]:man of substance or virtue|giant|adult
色々忙しいみたいだぜ 大人は
Adults?
大人[おとな, だいにん]:adult, 大人[たいじん]:man of substance or virtue|giant|adult
大人って...
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But we're going to join them starting tomorrow.
明日[あした, あす]:tomorrow|near future, 私達[わたしたち, わたくしたち]:we/us
明日から私達もそうなるんでしょ?
Hitagi and I are still students.
学生[がくせい]:student (esp. a university student), 学生[がくしょう, がくそう]:Heian-period student of government administration|Buddhist scholar|learning
僕やひたぎはまだ学生だよ
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You're the only one that is becoming an adult.
大人[おとな, だいにん]:adult, 大人[たいじん]:man of substance or virtue|giant|adult
大人になるのはお前だけだ
"Hitagi"?
ひたぎ?
Oh, I see, I see. Something like that happened while I was gone?
間[あいだ, あわい]:space (between)|time (between)|span (temporal or spatial)||, 間[ま]:time|space|room
へー そうなんだ そうなんだ 私がいない間にそんなことが
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Wait, wait, wait. Don't make hasty decisions.
判断[はんだん]:judgment|divination|judgement, 慌てる[あわてる]:to become confused (disconcerted, disorganized, disorganised)/to be flustered|to be in a hurry
待て待て待て 判断を慌てるな
Perhaps things haven't gone as far as you think they have.
起きる[おきる]:to get up|to wake up|to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents), しれる:to become known/to come to light|to be known
もしかするとお前が思っているほどのことは起きていないかもしれないぞ
I'm glad, I'm glad. Now, I can take off without worrying about a thing.
出発[しゅっぱつ]:departure
よかったよかった これで心置きなく 出発できるや
Morning, Araragi-kun.
おはよう:good morning
おはよう 阿良々木くん
Oh? You're not going to call him "Koyomi"?
暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 呼ぶ[よぶ]:to call out (to)|to summon (a doctor, etc.)|to invite||
え? 暦って呼ばないの?
Morning, Koyomi.
おはよう:good morning, 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac
おはよう暦
And welcome back, Tsubasa.
帰る[かえる]:to return|to leave|to get home, なさる:to do, 翼[つばさ, よく]:wing|Chinese "Wings" constellation (one of the 28 mansions)|counter for birds or bird wings
そしてお帰りなさい 翼
I'm back, Hitagi-chan.
ただいま:Here I am/I'm home!|presently
ただいま ひたぎちゃん
Thursday, March 15th
Koyomi, Kanbaru apparently has prepared a present for us as a graduation gift.
暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 私達[わたしたち, わたくしたち]:we/us, 卒業[そつぎょう]:graduation/completion (e.g. of a course)|outgrowing something, 祝い[いわい, ゆわい]:congratulation/congratulations/celebration, プレゼント:present/gift, 用意[ようい]:preparation/arrangements/provision
暦 神原が私達に卒業祝いにプレゼントを用意してくれているそうよ
Really? A present from Kanbaru... That makes me nervous.
プレゼント:present/gift, 不安[ふあん]:anxiety/uneasiness/insecurity, 煽る[あおる]:to fan (oneself, flames, etc.)|to flap|to instigate||
そうなのか? 神原からのプレゼント... 不安を煽られるな
Well, she isn't one to prepare something strange for something like this.
さすが:as one would expect|still/all the same, さすが:dagger, 変[へん]:strange|unexpected|change||, 用意[ようい]:preparation/arrangements/provision
いえ さすがにここで変なものを用意してくるあの子じゃあないわ
I probed a bit, and it seems to be an ordinary flower bouquet.
探りを入れる[さぐりをいれる]:to probe/to search/to sound out, 普通[ふつう]:general|normally|local train, 花束[はなたば]:bunch of flowers/bouquet, みたい:-like/sort of/similar to
探りを入れてみたところ 普通に花束みたい
Flowers, huh...
花[はな]:flower|cherry blossom|beauty||
花ねえ
Off you go!
行ってらっしゃい
Yeah.
Pick up my diploma for me!
卒業証書[そつぎょうしょうしょ]:graduation certificate/diploma/testamur, 代わり[かわり]:substitute|stand-in|compensation||, 代わり[がわり]:substitute for ..., 受け取る[うけとる]:to receive/to get|to take
卒業証書は 代わりに受け取っといてくれ
I'm on my way.
You haven't changed, Araragi-senpai.
変わる[かわる]:to change|to move to|to be different, 先輩[せんぱい]:senior (at work or school)/superior/elder
変わりませんねえ 阿良々木先輩
No, I'm changing.
変わる[かわる]:to change|to move to|to be different
いいや 変わるさ
But no matter how much I change...
どんな:what/what kind of|(with -temo, demo, etc.) any(body, thing, means, etc.), 変わる[かわる]:to change|to move to|to be different
だけどどんなに変わろうと
I am still me.
僕は僕のままなんだ
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Once upon a time, in a certain place, there was a weirdo called Koyomi Araragi.
昔々[むかしむかし]:long ago/once upon a time, 暦[こよみ, れき]:calendar/almanac, 変[へん]:strange|unexpected|change||
昔々あるところに 阿良々木暦という変な奴がおったそうじゃ
And he still is around to this day.
そしてそやつは 今もおる
And they all lived happily ever after.
めでたし:wonderful
めでたしめでたし
I heard the story recited from the shadow that was running with me.
共[ども]:first-person plural (or singular)|second or third person plural (implies speaker is of higher status than those referred to), 共[とも]:together with|same|both|, 走る[はしる]:to run|to travel (movement of vehicles)|to hurry to||, 影[かげ]:shadow|reflection|ominous sign||, 朗読[ろうどく]:reading aloud/recitation, 聞こえる[きこえる]:to be heard/to be audible|to be said to be
共に走る影から そんな朗読が聞こえた
I was curious to see what happened next in the story.
続き[つづき]:sequel/continuation/(also suffix) continuation (in time and space), 気になる[きになる]:to be on one's mind|to feel like|to fancy, 物語[ものがたり]:tale/story/legend
続きが気になる物語だった
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