Mononoke Soushi 3

Chapter 3
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河童
Kappa

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あっしは”手の目だ”
Tenome: I am "The Hand's Eye."

先見や千里眼で酒の席を取り持つ芸人だ
I am a performer with the gift of clairvoyance and foresight who wanders between sake houses.

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ドジなはなしだが　座敷をしくじっちまった
Tenome: It's a long story, but I messed up the performance.

面倒は御免からさっさととんずら決め込んで　　こんなど田舎までながれてきちまったのさ
I'm sorry for the trouble. I'll get out of here quickly.
since I came all the way out to these remote parts.

悪かったな　ど田舎で　　乗らねえなら　船を出しちまうぞ
Old Man: Sorry to bring you out to the boonies.
If you don't get on, I'm taking the boat out.

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姉さんここらは初めてかい　　どうだ広い川だろう
Old Man: say, miss, is this your first time in these parts?
What do you think? This river is immense, isn't it?

あっしは海辺の生まれだ　別に驚かねえ
Tenome: I was born by the sea. This isn't really surprising.

川なんぞいくらひろくたって　しょせんお山が垂れ流すしょんべんみてえなもんさ
and as for rivers, no matter how wide they are,
the really just look like the mountain's pissing.

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口の悪い姉さんだ川は怖いぞ　ほら見な
Old Man: you've got quite a mouth, miss. Rivers are frightening.
see, look.

はっ！？
Tenome: Huh?!

きやがったきやがった
Old Man: here they come, here they come.

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河童だ！？
Tenome: Kappa?!

おうよ　こいつらは人間の肝が大好物なんだぜ
Old Man: That's right. Their meal of choice is human liver.

おっと　まだ
Hey, not yet.

手をだしちゃならねえまってろ
You mustn't lay a hand on her yet. Just wait.

こいつらは俺のいいなりだ
They do everything I ask.

合図ひとつでおそってくるぞ
with one signal they'll attack.

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ふん　てめえは河童の元締めかい
Tenome: Hmph. So you're the kappa's boss.

命がおしいけりゃ　みぐるみ脱いでだしてもらおうか
Old man: if your life means anything to you
How about you strip and give me everything you have.

おっとその物騒なかんざしも渡してもらおう
Oh. Why don't you hand over that nasty looking hairpin as well?

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あ　待て！
Old man: Wait!

(sfx): splash!

glub, glub

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ちぇつ　　惜しいことをした
Old man: Tsch, what a waste.

まだ少し小便臭いが
it still smells a little like piss.

あのアマ女郎やに売り飛ばせはいくらか銭になったろうに
I wonder how much coin I would've gotten by selling that bitch at a brothel.

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悪かったな　小便くさいって
Tenome: Piss, you say? Sorry about that.

あ　　てめえ
Old Man: You!

かっぱに食われなかったのか
You weren't eaten by the kappa?

おうよ
Tenome: That's right.

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お仲間が話があるってよ
Tenome: your frie--nds say they have a story for you.

そうじゃ　　わしらは思い出したのじゃ
Kappa: Yes
We've just remembered.

この娘とはなｈして思い出したのじゃ
After talking with this girl, we've remembered.

わしらは元々
We weren't kappa to begin with.

人間じゃ
We were human!
We were human!
We were human!

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船頭よ　　おまえに川へ突き落とされて
溺れて死んでその果てに
Kappa: you, the boatman, threw us off.
To sink beneath the water and die.

河童となってよみがえり
おまえにこき使われておったのだ
Kappa: We were turned into kappa and resurrected. You made us work to the bone.

すっかり思い出したぞ
もうだまわれぬ
Kappa: I remember it all!
We won't be tricked any longer!

さあ、覚悟しろ
Kappa: come, prepare yourself!

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船頭　てめえの悪行はお目通しだぜ
手の目の刺青は伊達じゃねえぞ
Tenome: Boatman, your sin is revealed!
The Hand's Eye tattoo is no mere ornamentation!

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やれやれ
またひとつなんの得にもならねえ功徳をしちまった
Tenome: Oh dear.
Yet another pious deed that does me no good.

それより早いとこ座敷を見つけないと
Although, if I don't find that sake house promptly...

それこそこっちが河童の火事見舞い
Was all that the kappa's condolences after a fire?

頭の皿も干上がっちまわあ
Even the plates on their heads were dry.