Kami no Shizuku 1.2

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は……花畑……だわ
Miyabi- It’s a…a f-field of flowers!

太陽ビール本社
Written- Taiyo Beer Headquarters

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営業―課
Written- Sales Department

おい神咲　お前またやっちゃったんだって?//やっぱ向いてねぇんだよ　営業にはい一緒に宣伝行こうぜ　宣伝
Co-worker- Hey Kanzaki, I heard you screwed it up again.// Your not cut out for sales after all. Let’s say we go out and advertise, yeah? Advertise.

るせぇーな　ほっとけよ//神咲
Shizuku- Cut it out, alright?// Hama- Kanzaki

はい//何すか濱さん
Shizuku- Yes,// what is it Mr. Hama?

ちょっと来い
Hama- Come here for a second.

第三会議室
Written- Meeting Room 3

エ…..//い　異動!?
Shizuku- What….? T..Transferred!?

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ちょ　ちょっと待ってくださいよ//まさかそれって昨夜はげ社長を怒らせたからっすか？/それなら俺謝りに行きます
Just…Just wait a minute.// This isn’t because I upset that bald customer last night, is it?/ If that’s it, I’ll just go and apologize.

そうじゃない//だったら…..
Hama- It’s not that.// Shizuku- Then what……

異動先は……
Hama- Where you’re being transferred to is……

新設のワイン事業部だ
the new wine department.

オヤジっすか?
Shizuku- Was it my old man?

オヤジの指し金で……//バカ言うな
He slip a little money under the table?// Hama- Don’t be stupid.

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ただお前の親父が世界的なワイン評論である―ということと無関係ではない//差し金じゃなかったらどう関係があるんすか!?俺ワインのことなんか何も//役員連中はそうは思ってない
It’s just, your father’s a world renown wine critic－I can’t say it has nothing to do with that.// Shizuku- If he didn’t give any money, what’s the connection!? I don’t know anything about wine or…// Hama- The board of directors doesn’t seem to think so.

世界のワイン価格にまで影響力を持つといわれる神咲豊多香に育てられたお前がワインのことはド素人ですなんて話俺だって信じられんよ
Kanzaki Yutaka was a man said to be able to influence wine prices around the world. Even I can’t believe that you, raised by someone like that, are a complete amateur when it comes to wine.

本当はオヤジさんに仕込まれてるんだろ?
You must’ve been taught a thing or two by him.

仕込まれちゃいますよ//イヤっていうほどに……
Shizuku- Yeah, I’d been taught thing or two.// More than I’d ever had wanted…….

でもね濱さん　聞いてくださいよ
But please, hear me out Mr. Hama.

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ガキの頃からワインのためだとか言っておやつは妙な木の実でお茶はそこらの雑草茶　そのあげく革のベルトのにおいを1時間嗅いでろだのナイフやら鉛筆やらなめて味を覚えろだの/何の意味があんのかってーの//ウーん　俺でもいやになるな……
When I was a kid, he’d give me strange fruit as snacks, or for tea, it was that tea made from weeds or something. To top it off, he even made me smell a leather belt for an hour. He made me suck on a knife or a pencil and remember the taste./ What was all that for?// Hama- Yeah, even I couldn’t stand that.

実際まともにワインなんて飲んだことないんすから//なるほど　だからビール会社に就職したのか……
Shizuku- Honestly, I’ve never actually even drunk wine.// Hama- I see. So you’re working for a beer company.

しかしなんでまた雑草だの革だのましてナイフや鉛筆なんて?//さあ……どういう理由とかって話はオヤジは全然しなかったっすから
Hama- But still, why weeds, or leather, much less things like knives or pencils?// Shizuku- Beats me…..Whatever reason there was, my old man never told me.

ともかく俺には俺の行き方があるし/ワイン道楽はオヤジの代で終わりってことです
Anyways, I have my own path./ What I’m telling you is that the wine pastime died in my dad’s generation.

ま　どっちにしろお前は営業には向いてないよ//武士の情で人事に掛け合ってワイン事業部への異動は反古にしてもらうから希望の部署を来週の月曜までに出してくれ
Hama- Well, in any case, you’re not cut out for sales.// I’m a little sympathetic. I’ll talk with the personnel department and have them to go back on sending you to the wine department. So hand in which department you’d like to go to by next Monday.

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あ―ホッとした
Shizuku- Ah―That’s a relief.

オヤジから?//珍しいじゃねぇーか
My old man?// That’s pretty rare.

カチャッ/はい
Hello?

女の声//すみません間違え……
A woman’s voice// I’m sorry, you’ve got the wrong……

って……そんなワケないか//あの～これ神咲豊多香の携帯にかけてますよね?
But…….that couldn’t be right.//Um～Is this from Kanzaki Yutaka’s phone?

はい　間違いございません　雫さんでいらっしゃいますね//私は弁護士の霧生と申します
Kiriyu- Yes, that’s correct. This is Shizuku, is it not?// My name is Kiriyu, I’m a lawyer.

弁護士?何で父の携帯に?
Shizuku- A lawyer? Why are you on my dad’s phone?

ええ実は―
Kiriyu- Well, actually―

え?
Shizuku- What?

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紫野原
Written- Shinohara

どう夏紀?どっちがおいしい?//ちょ……ちょっと待ってみやび……ん～
Miyabi- How is it Natsuki? Which is better?//Natsuki- J…Just a minute Miyabi….hmmm~

そうねぇー　どっちも普通だけど//そっかあ　でもこの値段の中ではおいしい方よ
I guess, both are just normal.// Miyabi- Okay. But in this price range, which is better?

じゃあ　どっちかって言えばどっちが飲める?//もっと言うなら甘いとか酸っぱいとか苦いとか渋いとか
How ‘bout this, which would you say is easier to drink?// If you said more, you could say one’s maybe sweet, dry, sharp, or young.

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あと濃い薄いもね//エ～ッ　わかんないよぉ　あたしソムリエじゃないしぃ//あたしだってまだ終業中よ
Or the taste could be bold or thin.// Natsuki- Ehh, I don’t know. I’m not a sommelier…// Miyabi- I’m still only in training.

う～ん//そうねぇ～
Natsuki- Ummm// Okay.

強いて言うならBのほうかな?/ちょっと薄いけど//Aは凄くて渋くてすっぱい感じ　それになんか香りも弱いような気が……
If it’s the stronger one, it’d be B I guess.// A little thin though.// A tastes really dry and sharp. The aroma seems a little weak too…….

やっぱりそうなのね
Miyabi- I thought maybe so.

あれ　なんだ　同じワインじゃん　味が違う気がしたけど……//ううん　よく見て
Natsuki- Huh? What? It just the same wine. I thought they tasted different, but……// Miyabi- Uh-huh. Look closer.

この２つはヴィンテージ//つまり生産された年が違うの
Their vintage, well, the year they were made, is different.

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こっちは’00年//こっちは’99年の葡萄で造られたワインなの
This is wine made with grapes from 2000,// and this one, 1999.

へー//どう違うの?
Natsuki- Huh.// How’re they different?

うん　ワインって言うのは葡萄が造られた年によって出来が違うし//さらに瓶詰めの後に何年か寝かせると熟成が進んで―
Miyabi- Well, for wine, the quality depends on the year the grapes were grown.// Even still, letting it sleep for years and mature after being bottled―

味わいが奥深くなって酸味やタンニン/つまり渋みもこなれてバランスの取れた美味しいワインに変わるの
develops a deep flavor, and the acidity and tannin,/ to say, the dryness, mellow out and it becomes a delicious, balanced wine.

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へー　ちょっと古いほうがいいんだ//あれ？でも変よ
Natsuki- Hmmm. So a little older is better.// Hm? But that’s not right.

だってあたしがイマイチ飲みにくいって思ったのは//こっちの’99年の古い方よ
I mean, the one I thought tougher to drink// was the older ’99 wine.

ううん　ここがワインの難しくて//でも面白くもあるところなのよ
Miyabi- So wait. This is where wine’s more complex,// but a little interesting too.

つまりね　‘99年という年はフランスのブルゴーニュ地方では葡萄が豊作でワイン造りには最高のヴィンテージだったの//それにたいして
‘00は雨が多くてちょっと葡萄の質がイマイチだった
You see, ’99 was an ideal vintage for raising grapes and making wine in the Burgundy area in France.// But in ’00 there was a lot of rain and the quality of the grapes were not so good.

その素質を使ってワインを作った結果こういう違いが出たってわけ
So the result of making wine with those grapes is the difference between the two.

は～っ//ますます変だよ
Natsuki- Ummm// Written- It’s even stranger.

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でも　みやびの話だとあたしが最初に選んだ’00年のワインのほうが//ますますおいしくないってことになるわよ
From what you say, it’s the ’00 wine I picked at first// that is sounder worse and worse.

その通りよ//’99年のワインは実は’00年より遥かに出来がいいの
Miyabi- That’s exactly it.// The ’99 wine is really far better made that the ’00 one.

その理由を話す前に今度これを飲み比べて//う　うん
But before I tell you why you picked the ’00 wine, drink and compare these.// Natsuki- O-Okay.

あれ？//なんかこっちはスカスカな感じ……
Uh?// This one feels kinda light…..

どれどれもうひとつは
Let’s see, the other one is

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おいしい……/これけっこうおいしいよ//どっちがどっちなの?
wonderful…….// This is really pretty good.// Which is which?

先に飲んだスカスカが夏紀が最初に選んだ’00年//今　おいしいって言ったほうがさっき酸っぱくて渋いって言ってた’99年ものよ
Miyabi- The one you said was light, that’s the ’00 one you picked before.// The one you say is good is the ’99 wine you called dry and sharp a bit ago.

えーっ！？どっちも全然違うワインみたい//そのビンに移し替えただけでどうしてこんなさが出ちゃうの
Ntsuki- Eh!? Both are like completely different wines.// How’d they get so different just from pouring it in that bottle?

このビンはデキャンタって言ってワインを「開かせる」//つまり　一気に空気に触れさせ熟成を進めて飲むための道具なの
Miyabi- This bottle’s a decanter and it ‘lets the wine open’.// It’s basically for letting the air touch and mature the wine at once to drink it.

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今あたしは同じようにこの2つのワインをデキャンタに移した
Just now I poured both of these wines in the same way into the decanters.

すると　もともと活きのよくない’00年は開けた直後はまあ何とか飲めたけど//デキャンタージュしたことで熟成というより酸化が進んでと年老いてしまい/かえって香りもコクも花がしぼむように劣化してしまった
After opening the ’00 wine, which from the start wasn’t very lively, we could somewhat drink it.// But the decanting, which more oxidized and aged it rather than matured it,// even more so made the aroma, the body, the bouquet, kind of wither and go bad.

逆にこっちの’99年物は葡萄の出来がよくもともと高いポテンシャルを持っていたからこそ/開けた直後ワインが｢閉じた状態｣でイマイチに思えた//ところが今はデキャンタージュによって花開き/本来のワインのおいしさを充分に楽しめる状態になったってわけ
In just the opposite way, since this ’99 wine was made from good grapes and originally had high potential,/ right after opening it the wine was ‘closed’ and you didn’t think much of it.// But from the decanting, the flowers opened/ and you could fully enjoy the original flavor of the wine.

でもこれは中級ワインだからあたしの下手なデキャンタージュでも開いてくれたけど/もっとレベルの高いワインだと一筋縄ではいかない―
Still, since it’s a second grade wine it opened with my clumsy decanting./ But nicer wines are much tougher to handle―

そう　あの時―
Written- Mmm. At that time―

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神業のような彼のデキャンタージュが//鎖で閉ざされたガチガチのリシュブールを解き放ち
His supernatural decanting// released that stiff Richebourg that was chained close.

咲き誇る花の群れに変えたんだわ
He changed it into a sea of fully bloomed flowers.

あっ　ちょ　何やってんのよ//’99年だけバカスカ飲んじゃって
Ah…Hey. What’re you doing,// gulping down only the ’99!?

えーっ　いーじゃん　協力料～//あたしだってまだ飲んでないのにぃー//では次のニュースです
Atsuki- Ohhh. Come on. It’s my cooperation fee.// Miyabi- I haven’t even had any yet―// TV- And then moving on.

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今日午後1時過ぎ世界的なワイン評論家の神咲豊多香氏が膵臓癌により都内の自宅でなくなりました//67歳でした
Today at a little past 1 pm, due to pancreas cancer, international wine critic Kanzaki Yutaka passed away in his home in the city.// He was 67.

え……!?//－氏は……
Miyabi- Eh……!?// Kanzaki is……

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神咲邸
Kanzaki Residence

雫ぼっちゃま
Yoshida- Mister Shizuku

吉田さん どういうことなんだ?//オヤジが病気だなんて　おれ　ひと言も
Shizuku- Yoshida. What’s this about?// I hadn’t heard a word about my father being sick.

神咲先生のご意向です
Yoshida- It was Mister Kanzaki’s wish.

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あんたは？
Shizuku- You are?

先ほど電話でお話した//弁護士の霧生涼子ですわ
Kiriyu- We talked just a bit ago on the phone.// I’m the lawyer, Kiriyu Ryoko.

先生が雫さんにだけは絶対に自分の病気のことは知らせるな―と
Your father said not tell you in particular about his illness.

へっ
Shizuku- Hm.

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二年ぶりの里帰りがこれかよ//たったひとりの身内なのにな
So this is coming home after two years.// And he was my only relative too.

それは……
Kiriyu- That is……

ともかく//オヤジに会ってくる
Shizuku- Anyways,// I’m going to go see him.

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オヤジ―……
Dad―……

この匂い……
This smell……

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飲んでやがったのか//いまわの際まで！
You drank it, huh.// Even until your last breath!

人生の最期に//どうしても飲みたいワインがあるとおしゃって
You told me,// there was a wine you wanted more than anything to drink at the end.

なんて酒っすか？これ？
This wine. What is it?

フランスブルゴーニュ地方//ヴォーヌ･ロマネ村のリシュブールというワインです
Kiriyu- It’s from Burgundy in France,//a village named Vosne-Romanee. It’s a Richebourg.

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先生が大学を出られて初めて訪れたかの国で/ふらりと立ち寄ったドメーヌでこれを飲み//ワインの素晴らしさにめざめたというお話は私も先生の著書で読んだ覚えがあります
I remember reading in Mister Kanzaki’s book that/ after he finished university, maybe in the first country he had ever visited,// he wondered across a domaine and drank this. His eyes were then opened to the magnificence of wine.

造り手は/アンリ・ジャイエ……？
Shizuku- The maker is/ Henri Jayer……?

ブルゴーニュワインの神様といわれている人ですわ
Kiriyu- He is said to be the Burgundy god of wine.

今はもう80代で引退しているようですが//当時はまだジャイエも40代で一番脂の乗っていた頃でしょう
He’s already in his 80’s now and retired,// but at that time Jayer was still in his 40’s and was probably at his peak.

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膵臓癌だぞ？ワインなんか……//命を縮めるだけだろうが……
Shizuku- Pancreas cancer? A thing like wine…..// I mean, it was only shortening his life……

なのにこんなもん飲んで―
Yet he still drank this stuff―

息子の俺に死に際も見せずに……
Not even seeing me, he son, on his death bed.

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これを
Kiriyu- Here.

なんすかこれ？//遺言状
Shizuku- What’s this?// Kiriyu- His will.

雫へ/父より
Written- To Shizuku/From your father

オヤジ……
Dad……

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神の雫
Written- The Drops of God

神の……//雫?
God’s……// drops?

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神の雫
Written- The Drops of God


A note about some of the names:

Kanzaki Yutaka: The characters for Kanzaki mean ‘god and blossom’. The characters for Yutaka means ‘abundant aromas’.

Kanzaki Shizuku: Like his father, his last name is ‘god and blossom’. His first name, Shizuku, means ‘drops’.

Shinohara Miyabi: Her last name means ‘purple field’. The characters for her first name haven’t been given, but ‘miyabi’ means someone that has refined/sophisticated senses and often understands and reaches peoples hearts, especially about love.