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Vagabond 205
Vagabond Ch. 205 Translated
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Page 165
#205|啐啄　(そったく)
#205 | An Opportunity with no Equal1
Page 166
・・・まあそう言ってられるのも決闘の日までだがな
Well, you can only keep it up until the duel.
植田も小次郎に言っていた
Ueda said that to Kojiro as well.
あと二日ですべてが終わる、そしたら闘いに応じると
When everything is over in two days, we will duel.
二日後に斬り合うなら何のために小次郎を迎えたんだ!?
If they're going to fight in two days then why did they bring Kojiro here!?
おい、ちょっと待て、聞きたいことがある!!
Hey, hold on there, I want to ask you something!!
あ?
Huh?
くあ・・・
*yawn*...
だ・・・代役!?
A... replacement!?
Page 167
何だ、聞いてなかったのか?
What, you didn't know?
くあ~
*yaaawn*
二日後ー、いや、じきに夜が明けたら明日ということになるか
In two days... Or rather, tomorrow when the day breaks.
宮本武蔵との決闘ー
The duel with Miyamoto Musashi...
そこへ伝七郎先生自ら出向かれるという話はナシになった
Master Denshichiro shouldn't take part in that.
そりゃそうだわな
That's right.
当主になられたわけだから
Because he is the family head now.
そこで必要なのが腕の立つ代役
So we need a very skilled replacement for him.
それが佐々木小次郎ってわけよ
That's where Sasaki Kojiro comes in.
ん?聞いてるか、オイ
Hm? You listening to me, man?
もう寝させてもらうぞ
I'm going to go to sleep now.
Page 168-169
ちょっと待て・・・
Wait a second...
Page 170
武蔵対
Takezo versus...
小次郎!?
Kojiro!?
そんなんありかよ・・・
Could that really be...?
Page 171
一線を退いた身ですから家康公といえどもお断りしました
So I refused even Lord Ieyasu because I've withdrawn from work.
屋敷で会ったお弟子が言ったましたよ
When I met your student here in the mansion,
光悦殿が何故一線を退かれたのかわからんと
He said he didn't understand why you had retired.
早すぎると
That it was too early.
本阿弥家は代々研ぎを生業とした家柄
The Hon'ami family has been sharpening blades for generations.
Page 172
研ぎ師として生まれ、刀に囲まれて育ちました
We are born to sharpen blades, and we are raised around many swords.
何千という刀を見
We've seen many thousands of blades...
それを使う人に触れてきました
All changed by their bearers.
その中で業は進んだ
And among all that I kept improving.
十年
Ten years.
二十年
Twenty years.
三十年
Thirty years.
Page 173
五十年
Fifty years.
業は進む
I kept improving.
もっともっと・・・
More, and more...
もっともっとー
More, more.
この刀から呼び覚ます
I will awaken in this katana.
鉄の中に眠る
Sleeping within the steel.
純白を紺碧を
A pure white, an azure.
Page 174
真夏の蒼穹よりも黒々とした青を
A blue that is darker and deeper than an azure in midsummer.2
刀を万象と見立て天地と見立てた・・・
Choosing a katana as your world, your whole universe.3
それ自体は悪くない
That alone is not evil.
美しいものはみんなそう
Beautiful things are all like that.
ただね・・・
However...
Page 175
どこまで行っても刀は刀
No matter how far you go, a katana is a katana.
人を斬る為だけに在る刃物
A sharp tool solely for killing.
刃物として与えられた命を全うしてこそ美しいのですな
Preserving the life you have given the blade, this is a thing of beauty.
そこを忘れるとおかしなことになる
If you forget that, things go downhill.
刀に囲まれていたからこそ刀が見えなくなったのか
You begin to lose sight of the blade when you are in their midst.
美という言葉にとらわれたか
You're taken in by the word beauty.
研いでも研いでも満足できなくなってしまった
No matter how many blades I sharpened, I wasn't satisfied.
おかしなものです、ふふ
It's odd, hehe.
私はね、武蔵殿
You see, Musashi.
刀を究極に美しくあらしめるためには
In order to make a katana extremely beautiful...
Page 176
刀であってはならないような気がした
It must not feel like a katana.
Page 177
遮二無二強さを求めた
I just recklessy tried to get power.
凡百の剣士とは違う高みへ行きたいと・・・焦った?
Was I... too impatient in trying elevate myself above all other fighters?
焦りは伴った天下無双というとらわれ
Impatience is a prison brought forth by having no equal.
だからこそ柳生石舟斎の神秘を求めた
So that's why I sought out the mystery of Yagyu Sekishusai.
あげく一人で空回った
I did everything alone and in vain.
Page 178
言うたじゃろ?
Didn't we tell you?
ただの言葉と
Just a simple word.
Page 179
余った刀があればお借りできませんか
Do you have a spare katana that I may borrow?
木剣でも
Even one made of wood.
・・・剣を振りたくなった?
... Want to swing a sword now?
Page 180
それです
Yes.
Page 181
剣を
If you...
己の人生の真ん中に置いていると・・・
Place a sword at the center of your life...
剣こそすべてと口にされる方はたくさんおられますが
There are many who say the sword is their world, but...
本当の意味で剣こそ己と生きている人は稀
In reality, men who live for their sword are very rare.
そういう人は余計な色がつくのを拒む
They refuse an excess of color in their lives.
ただ己の色を深く濃くしていく
They only wish to make their own color much richer and deeper.
Page 182
その色は美しい
That color is beautiful.
その人の色
The color of one such as that.
そして私はやはりそんな実の為にのみ研ぎたいのです
And I would like to sharpen just for that beauty.
どうぞ
Here.
どうも
Thanks.
美しいならば
If that color is beautiful,
人を斬ってよいと思っているのも事実
That means to kill another is not a travesty.
Page 183
一線を退いたあと刀を研いだのはこれで二人目です
This is the second sword I have sharpened during my retirement.
Page 184
アウア
Awah.
Page 185
Vagabond Page.
Page 186
Omake Page.
Old dudes laughing.
1Damn you Inoue, damn you a lot. Anyone know what that means? Couldn't find it in a few dictionaries.
2Eh, Soukyuu?
3Really confused by that sentence
Enjoy, though I must admit this is going to need some more work. At least it's only a draft.
Page 165
#205|啐啄　(そったく)
#205 | An Opportunity with no Equal1
Page 166
・・・まあそう言ってられるのも決闘の日までだがな
Well, you can only keep it up until the duel.
植田も小次郎に言っていた
Ueda said that to Kojiro as well.
あと二日ですべてが終わる、そしたら闘いに応じると
When everything is over in two days, we will duel.
二日後に斬り合うなら何のために小次郎を迎えたんだ!?
If they're going to fight in two days then why did they bring Kojiro here!?
おい、ちょっと待て、聞きたいことがある!!
Hey, hold on there, I want to ask you something!!
あ?
Huh?
くあ・・・
*yawn*...
だ・・・代役!?
A... replacement!?
Page 167
何だ、聞いてなかったのか?
What, you didn't know?
くあ~
*yaaawn*
二日後ー、いや、じきに夜が明けたら明日ということになるか
In two days... Or rather, tomorrow when the day breaks.
宮本武蔵との決闘ー
The duel with Miyamoto Musashi...
そこへ伝七郎先生自ら出向かれるという話はナシになった
Master Denshichiro shouldn't take part in that.
そりゃそうだわな
That's right.
当主になられたわけだから
Because he is the family head now.
そこで必要なのが腕の立つ代役
So we need a very skilled replacement for him.
それが佐々木小次郎ってわけよ
That's where Sasaki Kojiro comes in.
ん?聞いてるか、オイ
Hm? You listening to me, man?
もう寝させてもらうぞ
I'm going to go to sleep now.
Page 168-169
ちょっと待て・・・
Wait a second...
Page 170
武蔵対
Takezo versus...
小次郎!?
Kojiro!?
そんなんありかよ・・・
Could that really be...?
Page 171
一線を退いた身ですから家康公といえどもお断りしました
So I refused even Lord Ieyasu because I've withdrawn from work.
屋敷で会ったお弟子が言ったましたよ
When I met your student here in the mansion,
光悦殿が何故一線を退かれたのかわからんと
He said he didn't understand why you had retired.
早すぎると
That it was too early.
本阿弥家は代々研ぎを生業とした家柄
The Hon'ami family has been sharpening blades for generations.
Page 172
研ぎ師として生まれ、刀に囲まれて育ちました
We are born to sharpen blades, and we are raised around many swords.
何千という刀を見
We've seen many thousands of blades...
それを使う人に触れてきました
All changed by their bearers.
その中で業は進んだ
And among all that I kept improving.
十年
Ten years.
二十年
Twenty years.
三十年
Thirty years.
Page 173
五十年
Fifty years.
業は進む
I kept improving.
もっともっと・・・
More, and more...
もっともっとー
More, more.
この刀から呼び覚ます
I will awaken in this katana.
鉄の中に眠る
Sleeping within the steel.
純白を紺碧を
A pure white, an azure.
Page 174
真夏の蒼穹よりも黒々とした青を
A blue that is darker and deeper than an azure in midsummer.2
刀を万象と見立て天地と見立てた・・・
Choosing a katana as your world, your whole universe.3
それ自体は悪くない
That alone is not evil.
美しいものはみんなそう
Beautiful things are all like that.
ただね・・・
However...
Page 175
どこまで行っても刀は刀
No matter how far you go, a katana is a katana.
人を斬る為だけに在る刃物
A sharp tool solely for killing.
刃物として与えられた命を全うしてこそ美しいのですな
Preserving the life you have given the blade, this is a thing of beauty.
そこを忘れるとおかしなことになる
If you forget that, things go downhill.
刀に囲まれていたからこそ刀が見えなくなったのか
You begin to lose sight of the blade when you are in their midst.
美という言葉にとらわれたか
You're taken in by the word beauty.
研いでも研いでも満足できなくなってしまった
No matter how many blades I sharpened, I wasn't satisfied.
おかしなものです、ふふ
It's odd, hehe.
私はね、武蔵殿
You see, Musashi.
刀を究極に美しくあらしめるためには
In order to make a katana extremely beautiful...
Page 176
刀であってはならないような気がした
It must not feel like a katana.
Page 177
遮二無二強さを求めた
I just recklessy tried to get power.
凡百の剣士とは違う高みへ行きたいと・・・焦った?
Was I... too impatient in trying elevate myself above all other fighters?
焦りは伴った天下無双というとらわれ
Impatience is a prison brought forth by having no equal.
だからこそ柳生石舟斎の神秘を求めた
So that's why I sought out the mystery of Yagyu Sekishusai.
あげく一人で空回った
I did everything alone and in vain.
Page 178
言うたじゃろ?
Didn't we tell you?
ただの言葉と
Just a simple word.
Page 179
余った刀があればお借りできませんか
Do you have a spare katana that I may borrow?
木剣でも
Even one made of wood.
・・・剣を振りたくなった?
... Want to swing a sword now?
Page 180
それです
Yes.
Page 181
剣を
If you...
己の人生の真ん中に置いていると・・・
Place a sword at the center of your life...
剣こそすべてと口にされる方はたくさんおられますが
There are many who say the sword is their world, but...
本当の意味で剣こそ己と生きている人は稀
In reality, men who live for their sword are very rare.
そういう人は余計な色がつくのを拒む
They refuse an excess of color in their lives.
ただ己の色を深く濃くしていく
They only wish to make their own color much richer and deeper.
Page 182
その色は美しい
That color is beautiful.
その人の色
The color of one such as that.
そして私はやはりそんな実の為にのみ研ぎたいのです
And I would like to sharpen just for that beauty.
どうぞ
Here.
どうも
Thanks.
美しいならば
If that color is beautiful,
人を斬ってよいと思っているのも事実
That means to kill another is not a travesty.
Page 183
一線を退いたあと刀を研いだのはこれで二人目です
This is the second sword I have sharpened during my retirement.
Page 184
アウア
Awah.
Page 185
Vagabond Page.
Page 186
Omake Page.
Old dudes laughing.
1Damn you Inoue, damn you a lot. Anyone know what that means? Couldn't find it in a few dictionaries.
2Eh, Soukyuu?
3Really confused by that sentence
Enjoy, though I must admit this is going to need some more work. At least it's only a draft.
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They've also helped another mod here get into Vagabond, as well.
I skipped ch 206 and read up to 213, so I'm all caught up now.
Especially when the dude was talking about making one's color stand out the most being a beautiful thing. If a swordsman allowed himself to be too easily distracted by what life had to offer him, then he would be dimming his own color, and his sword would be nothing more than an afterthought when it's all said and done. I don't think the blacksmith would want to forge swords for politicans (like Ieyasu) for that reason, but for Miyamato, he would have no problem, because he knows he's more or less dedicated to making his sword shine the most.
An Unique Opportunity
When everything is over, in two days, we will duel.
Shouldn't it be Miyamoto Musashi?
Hm? You listening to me, man?
We are born to sharpen blades, and we are raised/we grow up around many swords.
Is the meaning here something: All changed by their bearers. As in each sword is marked by its swordsman?
I don't quite get what you mean with this sentence.
A sharp tool solely for killing.
Preserving the life you have given the blade, this is a thing of beauty. Or something along the lines.
If you forget that, things go downhill.
You begin to lose sight of the blade when you are in their midst. Who's them, by the way?
No matter how many blades I've sharpened, I wasn't satisfied.
If you...
Place a sword at the center of your life...
There are many who say the sword is their world, but...
In reality, men who live for their sword are very rare.
They only wish to make their own color much richer and deeper.
Whew, tough chapter. Really hard to do a proper proof without knowing any Japanese.
This is used to mirror another sentence later on in the chapter, can't/won't change it.
Comma really needed?
Yep, it should, my English/American brain turned on.
I didn't look at it like that, but doing so now I believe you're right. "All changed by their bearers." it is then.
It's talking about all the previous sentences together. Literal: "Amidst/among 'that', work/act/deed/performance progressed/advanced/improved."
Thinkink of it now, it is may be better as: "And through that, my skill improved." Or something along those lines.
Insert here another change based on the previous one:
To: "I kept improving."
This is why I said I needed to go over it. I think I need to change the perspective some, because it's supposed to be Kouetsu talking about himself, if I'm not mistaken.
Used "I" instead of "I've".
It's hard even knowing Japanese, :P.
Stopping here, saving because I was just informed that this may not be final or saved.
Maybe I'm a tad comma-happy person. No, it isn't really needed, I think.
Then I don't know about this one.
? I don't understand what you mean.
I'm okay with everything else.
I read the first sentence it seems that Sōkyū is used as Azure or a type of deep blue.
How did you learn Japanese? I've been wanting to start learning for a long time. I just don't know where to start?