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English: Shimaibakama (also called Shimaihakama) is a "hakama" (a kind of trousers worn with a kimono) of a special shape, mainly used in Noh drama.
Japanese: 仕舞袴（しまい-ば(は)かま）は主として能楽において用いられる特殊な形状の袴。
English: It got its name because it was often worn by performers playing Shimai dance, or Maibayashi dance.
Japanese: 仕舞、舞囃子などを舞うときに用いられることが多いためにこの名がある。
English: Stitching the first pleats ("ichi no hida" in Japanese) is a special method used when sewing the cloth to avoid wrinkles or twists when the wearer stands up.
Japanese: また布のあわせに特殊な方法を用い、一の襞を縫い合わせることで、立ったときに袴に皺や撚れができないように工夫されている。
English: When performing a Noh drama, the performers of the Hayashikata (people who play hayashi, or the musical accompaniment), Koken (a director of the drama performance) and Jiutai (Noh chorus) sections often wear a montsuki (a formal kimono with a family crest) and a shimaibakama.
Japanese: 演能の際には、囃子方、後見、地謡などは紋付に仕舞袴を着ることが多い。
English: There is not much difference among styles regarding the method of making a shimaibakama, but one variation used in the UMEWAKA family line, Kanze school, is that the pleats are not sewn.
Japanese: 各流儀を通じて仕立て方に大きな違いはないが、観世流梅若家系統では、襞を縫い合わせないものを用いる。
English: Sometimes a general hakama used for horse riding and a "mai bakama" used for Classical Japanese dance ("Nihonbuyo" in Japanese) are also called shimaibakama, but these are different from the shimaibakama used in Noh.
Japanese: なお、一般の馬乗袴や日本舞踊で用いる舞袴を仕舞袴と呼ぶことがあるが、いずれも能楽の仕舞袴とは別なものである。
English: Ichigo daifuku is a kind of Japanese confection consisting of a strawberry inside 'daifuku', which is a rice cake stuffed with sweet bean paste.
Japanese: いちご大福（いちごだいふく）は、餡を餅で包んだ大福に、イチゴを入れた和菓子の一種。
English: Since they are made using strawberries, a perishable ingredient, they are often treated as limited-time products available from winter through spring.
Japanese: 生鮮食品であるイチゴを使用するため、冬から春にかけての限定商品として扱われることが多い。
English: According to Tora-ya in Tsu City (see below), ichigo daifuku are a new Japanese confection first made around 1985.
Japanese: （後述の津市とらやの主張によれば）昭和60年頃に生まれた、新しい和菓子である。
English: These shops are dotted all over the country and include Osumi Tama-ya in Sumiyoshi-cho, Shinjuku Ward, Tokyo that sells 'Ichigo Mame-daifuku' (a kind of ichigo daifuku where the rice cake contains beans); Kaneuchi-ya in Maebashi City, Gunma Prefecture; Tora-ya Honke in Tsu City, Mie Prefecture; Kinei-do in Iga City, Mie Prefecture; Matsuda Tokiwa-do in Otsu City, Shiga Prefecture; and Kangetsu-do in Kurashiki City, Okayama Prefecture.
Japanese: 元祖を名乗る店は、東京都新宿区住吉町(新宿区)(大角玉屋「いちご豆大福」)、群馬県前橋市（金内屋）、三重県津市（とらや本家）、三重県伊賀市（欣榮堂）、滋賀県大津市（松田常盤堂）、岡山県倉敷市（甘月堂）など全国各地に点在する。
English: Tora-ya Honke in Tsu City, which advertises itself as the inventor of ichigo daifuku, claims 'it did not apply for a patent because it was afraid its manufacturing method could leak out.'
Japanese: 元祖を名乗る津市「とらや本家」は、「製法が外部に流出するのを恐れて特許などの申請を行わなかった」と主張している。
English: Maedare (also 'Maedara' in Edo dialect), sometimes known as Maekake, was a cloth worn by shop workers or housemaids to protect their clothes from dirt, which hangs from an obi, a kind of belt for a kimono.
Japanese: 前垂れ（まえだれ、江戸方言では「まえだら」とも）もしくは前掛け（まえかけ）は、商家にはたらく人や女中などが衣服に汚れがつかないよう、帯から下に掛ける布のこと。
English: These days Maedare is sometimes worn with western clothes, however, it was originally a work outfit designed to cover the bottom of a casual kimono.
Japanese: 現在でも洋服の上から用いられることがある、が、もともとは着流しの和服の裾を覆うために工夫された作業着だった。
English: Later it also began to be worn decoratively to match a casual kimono.
Japanese: 後にはそこから発達して、着流しにあわせる服飾の一種としても用いられた。
English: Maedare has a simple design of an oblong cloth with a string attached to the upper part to tie around the hips.
Japanese: 縦長の長方形をした布の上部に腰に結ぶための紐をつけた単純な構造である。
English: It is made of cotton or muslin when used for working outfits, and with silk or other materials when used for more dressy designs.
Japanese: 作業着として用いる場合には木綿やモスリン、しゃれ着としては絹地などが用いられる。
English: Maedare for men use mostly quiet colors such as black or blue, while those for women use a variety of brighter colors, especially red as trademark of maids.
Japanese: 男物は黒や紺などの地味な色が多いが、女物には華やかな色のものもあり、特に赤の前垂れは女中のトレードマークであった。
English: Maedares were traditionally made of a plain, simply-woven cloth but these days there is a wider variety, including pieces dyed elaborately so that a name of a shop is revealed in white.
Japanese: 古くは無地、織地であったが、現在では商店の名前などを白く染め抜いてつくったりもする。
English: In addition both a maedare and a haneri (neckpiece) were given by young men to the target of their affection as they are relatively inexpensive part of a kimono ensemble.
Japanese: 前垂れは、着物のなかでは比較的安価な部類に属するものであるから、半衿などとともに若い男が意中の相手に贈る贈り物としてよく用いられた。
English: Derived from an actual outfit, the word 'maedare' or 'maekake' is sometimes also used to refer to merchants and their employees (as opposed to craftsman or other professions) as they often wore a maedare.
Japanese: なお、以上より転じて、前垂れをよく締めていた商人、商家の奉公人をさして（職人などと対比的に）「前垂れ（掛け）」と言うことがある。
English: Tsukumo Nasu refers to a 'karamono chaire' (tea caddy from China) that was a treasured possession of Yoshimitsu ASHIKAGA, the third Shogun of the Muromachi bakufu (Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun).
Japanese: 九十九髪茄子（つくもなす）は、室町幕府の三代将軍の足利義満の秘蔵の唐物茶入。
English: It is also called Matsunaga Nasu, Tsukumo, and Tsukumo Nasu in various Chinese characters including 九十九髪茄子, 九十九茄子, 作物茄子, and 付藻茄子.
Japanese: 松永茄子、九十九髪、九十九茄子、作物茄子、付藻茄子などとも呼ばれている。
English: In "Ise Monogatari" (The Tales of Ise), it is recorded that 'the passage of time is seen in the gray hair (tsukumo-gami) observed in the image of the girl I hear has been longing for me.'
Japanese: 伊勢物語には、「百年(ももとせ)に一とせ足らぬ九十九髪　我を恋ふらし俤(おもかげ)にみゆ」と記録されている。
English: Tsukumo' is written with the Chinese characters for 'ninety-nine' and was originally supposed to be pronounced 'tsutsumo'.
Japanese: なぜ、「九十九」という文字を当てるのかというのかというと、本当は、「つくも」と読むのではなく「つつも」というべきものを誤ったもの。
English: The term 'tsutsumo' means something is lacking, and is written with the characters for ninety-nine since that is one hundred lacking one.
Japanese: 「つつも」は、ものの満ち足らないことを言い、百に一満たないから「九十九」とかく。
English: Incidentally, the character '白' (white) is '百' (one hundred) minus 一 (one) and, therefore, writing 九十九髪 (ninety-nine hairs) means white, or gray, hair.
Japanese: ちなみに「白」の字は「百」から一を減らしたものであるから、九十九髪と書けば白髪という意味になる。
English: It is roughly 6cm high, 7cm across and 23cm around.
Japanese: 高さ二寸二分(数)（約6cm）、胴の幅二寸四分五厘（約7cm）廻り七寸六分（約23cm）。
English: It is called 'Tsukumo' because Juko paid 99 kan (the currency unit of the day) for it.
Japanese: このとき珠光が九十九貫で買ったことから、「つくも」という名前になった。
English: There are two theories as to why he did this: one is that he wanted to protect it from the disturbances of war in Echizen Province and the other is that he wanted the merchant to make him a Shifuku silk pouch.
Japanese: これは越前国の戦乱を避けるためという説と、仕覆を作らせるためという説の二つがある。
English: However, in April 1536, the Tenbun Hokke War broke out in Kyoto, and the 21 head temples of the Hokkeshu Sect in Kyoto were completely destroyed.
Japanese: ところが天文(元号)5年3月、京都で天文法華の乱が起こり、京都法華宗二十一本山は壊滅してしまう。
English: However, by then Tsukumo Nasu was already in the possession of Hisahide MATSUNAGA, a powerful supporter of Honkoku-ji Temple.
Japanese: しかし、その時にはすでに本圀寺の有力壇越の松永久秀の手に渡っていた。
English: However, Hisahide had no choice but to hand it over when Nobunaga ODA, who had been protecting Yoshiaki ASHIKAGA, demand it.
Japanese: だが、足利義昭を擁して来た織田信長に要求されるとなす術もなく九十九髪茄子を献上た。
English: According to one opinion, it was by his side at the Honnoji Incident, where it was reduced to ashes.
Japanese: 本能寺の変のときも信長の側にあり、この時に灰燼に帰したという説がある。
English: There is another view that it was kept at Osaka-jo Castle by Hideyori TOYOTOMI who had received it from his father, Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI, who had obtained it when it was found in the ruins of the fire.
Japanese: また焼け跡から発見されて豊臣秀吉が入手し、子の豊臣秀頼に渡って大坂城で保管されていたという説もある。
English: Although it was retrieved from the ruins of the fire on Ieyasu TOKUGAWA's orders, it was severely damaged.
Japanese: 徳川家康の命令によって焼け跡から探し出されたが、かなり破損していた。
English: X-ray examinations have revealed that, although the 'keshiki' (literally meaning landscape, this term describes the unforeseen changes such as warping, spots etc in the ceramic) and other surface features that appear to be glaze are in fact repairs using lacquer.
Japanese: 釉と見られる景色等の表面を覆う部分はほぼ漆による修復であると、X線調査で判明している。
English: Tenka San Nasu refers to the following three Nasu (eggplant-shaped tea caddy): Tsukumo Nasu (literally, Nasu of gray hair), Matsumoto Nasu (Nasu originally owned by Shuho MATSUMOTO), and Fuji Nasu (literally, Nasu of Mt. Fuji).
Japanese: 天下三茄子（てんかさんなす）とは、九十九髪茄子、松本茄子、富士茄子の三つのことである。
English: Nasu Chaire is also said to precede every other Chaire because it is similar in shape to Hoju (a wish-fulfilling gem shaped like a large droplet).
Japanese: 宝珠の形に近いことから、茄子茶入はすべての茶入に先立つとも言われる。
English: Its mouth is usually formed wider than its bottom in order to make the temperature of boiled water drop efficiently.
Japanese: 湯の温度を効率よく下げるため、底より口を大きく作ってあることが多い。
English: The water which has just been boiled in a bofura (ceramic kettle) or a kettle is too hot, so it is necessary to cool it once to reduce the temperature.
Japanese: ボーフラややかんで沸かしたばかりの湯は熱いため、一端冷まして温度を下げる必要がある。
English: This chakai is not a utensil in which to reduce the temperature, but into which to pour the tea temporarily which was brewed in appropriate concentration from a kyusu (small teapot called 'chatsubo').
Japanese: この茶海は湯温を下げる道具ではなく、適度な濃度に抽出された茶を急須（「茶壺」という）から一端移しておく道具である。
English: In general, only yuzamashi is seldom sold separately, but is usually sold as a set with a kyusu or a hohin (a kind of small teapot) and several chawan (tea bowls) which are of the same design.
Japanese: 通常、湯冷ましのみが単独で売られていることは少なく、同じデザインの急須あるいは宝瓶（泡瓶）と茶碗数個とセットになって販売されていることが多い。
English: At the end of seki-iri (entering the tea-ceremony room called chashitsu and taking your seat), bring the kensui into the room holding its mouth by the left hand, with a futa-oki (a rest for the lid of a teakettle) in the kensui and a hishaku (a ladle) over the mouth of it, and sit down on the temae-za (the place where the host sits on preparing tea in the tea-ceremony room).
Japanese: 席入り（茶室への入場）の最後に、中に蓋置、口に柄杓をかけ、左手で口を持って入り、手前座に着く
English: The biggest difference from the kensui for matcha is that the kensui for Senchado has a mizukiri (a drainer) like a lid fitted on the mouth of it.
Japanese: 抹茶用の物との最大の違いは、口の部分に蓋のような水切りが付いていることである。
English: The Visit Japan Campaign is a promotional scheme to encourage foreign tourists to visit Japan.
Japanese: ビジット・ジャパン・キャンペーンは、外国人旅行者の訪日促進活動である。
English: The 'Visit Japan Campaign Headquarters' were founded on April 1, 2003.
Japanese: 「ビジット・ジャパン・キャンペーン実施本部」は2003年4月1日に発足した。
English: The head of the campaign is the Minister of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism, and its membership consists of relevant ministries and agencies, citizens' organizations and private companies.
Japanese: 国土交通大臣が本部長となり、関係省庁および民間団体・企業が参加している。
English: The Visit Japan Campaign Headquarters run PR activities abroad to encourage travel to Japan, and try to improve the facilities for foreign travelers in Japan.
Japanese: このキャンペーン実施本部が海外諸国での日本旅行の広報や、国内における外国人旅行者向きインフラストラクチャーの整備などを行っている。
English: In the year before the campaign was launched (2003), the number of Japanese tourists travelling abroad was 16,520,000.
Japanese: キャンペーンが開始される前年度（2003年度）には、日本人海外旅行者数が1,652万人であった。
English: In order to narrow this disparity, the target is for 10,000,000 foreign visitors to visit Japan every year by 2010.
Japanese: この格差を是正すべく、2010年までに、年間で1,000万人の外国人が訪日することを目標としている。
English: In the document 'Basic Policies for Economic and Fiscal Management and Structural Reform, 2002' endorsed by the Cabinet, the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, Transport and Tourism was given the job of designing strategies to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan.
Japanese: 2002年に閣議された「経済財政運営と構造改革に関する基本方針2002」は、国土交通省に対し、2003年より外国人旅行者の訪日を促進する戦略を構築すべしという課題を示した。
English: Specifically, the 'Global Tourism Strategy' consists of the following four strategies.
Japanese: この「グローバル観光戦略」は、具体的には以下の4戦略から構成されている。
English: To encourage foreign tourists to visit Japan, the Ministry is to undertake research to understand the market, develop tours which satisfy the needs of the market, and then promote them overseas.
Japanese: より多くの外国人の日本への来訪を促すために、調査等を行い市場を見極めると同時に、それらのニーズに応じた旅行商品を開発し、それらを海外で広報する。
English: The Ministry is to prepare information for foreign tourists, such as information boards in foreign languages.
Japanese: 外国語で書かれた案内など、外国人旅行者に向けたインフォメーションの整備を行う。
English: The Ministry is to support entrepreneurs who plan to start tourism-related businesses, and assist the tourism industry to enhance cooperation amongst its members to further develop the industry.
Japanese: 観光産業をさらに発展させていくために、新たな観光事業の展開を図る事業者への支援を行ったり、観光関連産業の連携強化を支援する。
English: The Visit Japan Campaign is conducted as a part of the 'Strategy to increase the number of foreign tourists visiting Japan'.
Japanese: ビジット・ジャパン・キャンペーンはこの中の「外国人旅行者訪日促進戦略」の一貫として行われている。
English: YOKOSO! JAPAN' is a slogan extending a welcome to foreign tourists to Japan and which forms part of the logo of the Visit Japan Campaign.
Japanese: 「YOKOSO!JAPAN」はビジット・ジャパン・キャンペーンのロゴタイプに書かれているスローガンであり、外国人訪日旅行者への歓迎を表現したものである。
English: One event held as a part of the Visit Japan Campaign uses the slogan YOKOSO! JAPAN.
Japanese: キャンペーンの一貫として行われているイベントのタイトルとしてもこのスローガンが用いられている。
English: The logo is used on various kinds of printed matter, on posters and on airplanes, and helps publicize the campaign.
Japanese: また、ロゴマークは各種の資料やポスター、航空機の機体ペイントなどに用いられ、キャンペーンの告知を助けている。
English: The biggest event is 'YOKOSO! JAPAN WEEKS', which has been held annually since 2005.
Japanese: イベントの中で最も大規模なものは、2005年より毎年行われている「YOKOSO!JAPANWEEKS」である。
English: YOKOSO! JAPAN WEEKS is held over the new year period to introduce the charms of wintertime Japan and to attract travelers from East Asian countries.
Japanese: これは、正月の期間、東アジアからの訪日旅行者を対象に、冬の日本の魅力などを広報し、集客の拡大に努めているものである。
English: Inside Japan, the Visit Japan Campaign looks for companies to offer preferential treatment for tourists, such as discounts.
Japanese: 国内においては、協賛企業を募り、訪日旅行者に対して各種の優待・割引を斡旋したりする。
English: Other activities include producing guides in various languages and opening call centers to create a more friendly environment for foreign tourists.
Japanese: また各種言語に対応する案内書の作成やコールセンターの開設などで訪日旅行者が観光しやすい環境作りを行っている。
English: Entertainers both within Japan and abroad have been appointed as Visit Japan Campaign spokespeople and in this capacity they attend related events.
Japanese: ビジット・ジャパン・キャンペーンの広報役として、国内外の芸能人に対して観光親善大使を任命し、イベントなどを行っている。
English: Korea Goodwill Ambassador to the Visit Japan Campaign: Younha (2007)
Japanese: ビジット・ジャパン・キャンペーン韓国観光親善大使：ユンナ（Younha）（2007年度）
English: The Visit Japan Campaign identifies the target countries and areas which have the greatest potential to increase visitors to Japan, and then holds various PR activities in line with regional or national characteristics.
Japanese: ビジット・ジャパン・キャンペーンでは、訪日者の増加が見込める国や地域を「促進重点国・地域」と定め、それぞれの国や地域の特性に合わせたPR活動を行っている。
English: In 2004 Japan exempted students on school trips from South Korea and China from the need for a short term visa (tourist visa) and also waived the visa fee for students from Taiwan.
Japanese: 2004年度には、韓国・中国からの修学旅行生に対して短期滞在査証（観光ビザ）の免除を、台湾からの修学旅行生に対しては短期滞在査証の手数料の免除を行った。
English: South Korean and Taiwanese tourists were exempted from the need for a short term visa during the 2005 World Exposition, held in Aichi, Japan in 2005.
Japanese: 2005年に開催された「2005年日本国際博覧会」開催期間には、韓国・台湾からの訪日観光客に対して、短期滞在査証の免除を行った。
English: With regards to China, Japan used to allow group tour visas for only three cities and five provinces, but this was then expanded to cover the whole land of China.
Japanese: また、中国に対しては、それまで限られた3市5省のみに発給していた団体観光査証の発給対象地域を全土に拡大した。
English: Kyogen-mawashi (狂言回し) is a key person who plays an important role in the plot of a drama or movie throughout the story.
Japanese: 狂言回し（きょうげんまわし）とは、物語のほぼ全般にわたって、物語の進行に重要な役割を果たすキーパーソンのこと。
English: It can be roughly interpreted as 'narrator' or 'storyteller,' but there are cases where the role may differ slightly from that of a narrator.
Japanese: 大雑把に言うと「進行役」「語り部」と解釈しても良いが、進行役とは多少ニュアンスの違う役柄の場合もある。
English: A 'narrator' gives the impression that they would remain appearing on stage, but this is not always the case with kyogen-mawashi.
Japanese: 進行役と言うと終始出ずっぱりの様な印象であるが、狂言回しは必ずしも終始出ずっぱりとは限らない。
English: There are cases where he or she would appear in key points that would move the story towards the climax and perform important roles.
Japanese: 物語を結末に向かって進めるための要所要所で顔を出して重要な役柄を果たす場合がある。
English: Though a kyogen-mawashi is frequently not the protagonist, they sometimes leave a stronger impression since they perform an important role in scenes that are at the base of the story.
Japanese: 主人公ではないことが多いが、物語の根幹に関わるシーンで重要な役目を果たすことから、主役以上に強く印象に残ることがある。
English: Resulting from his love of women, his life is threatened by Rigoletto, but he escapes with the devil's luck.
Japanese: その女好きが祟って、リゴレットに命を狙われるが持ち前の悪運で逃げ出す。
English: She takes an active part in various key points, such as creating the chance that leads to Christine gaining fame, and telling Raoul, Viscount de Chagny, of the true identity of the Phantom.
Japanese: クリスティーヌが脚光を浴びるきっかけを作ったり、ラウル子爵にファントムの正体を教えたりと要所要所で活躍する。
English: In "The Phantom of the Opera" (2004 movie), she is depicted as the very person who brought the Phantom into Palais Garnier.
Japanese: オペラ座の怪人(2004年の映画)ではファントムをパレ・ガルニエに引き入れた張本人。
English: He struts about freely in a world where all 37 works of William Shakespeare exist mixed up, and explains the background events and scenes of the story.
Japanese: ウィリアム・シェイクスピアの全37作品が入り混じる世界を縦横無尽に闊歩し、物語の裏事情や場面の解説などをしてくれる。
English: She tells Johanna's identity to Anthony and makes him feel sympathy (eventually love) for her, and she also notices Mrs. Lovett's ill intention right away and makes an outcry about it.
Japanese: アンソニーにジョアナの素性を教えて同情心(恋心)を抱かせたり、ミセス・ラベットの悪行に真っ先に感づいて騒ぎ出すなどする。
English: He appears from time to time in key points when the project is set back and leads the story to rapid development through his funding and decipherment of an encryption key.
Japanese: プロジェクトが停滞する要所でたびたび登場し、資金援助や暗号キーの解読などによりその後の物語を急展開へと導く。
English: He usually takes on the role of the one being beaten or teased, but on rare occasions, he surpasses even Lupin in action.
Japanese: 大抵はやられ・いじられ役であるが、ごくまれにルパンをも凌駕する活躍を見せる。
English: Also, he would often pursue a wait-and-see policy in regards to specter matters, and he would worm himself into an enemy's favor as well as try to curry favor with Kitaro.
Japanese: また敵に取り入ったり鬼太郎に擦り寄ったり対妖怪関係には洞ヶ峠を決め込んでいる。
English: He is the protagonist, but he has a sense of detachment because he is an immortal superman, and he hardly ever appears in the limelight.
Japanese: 彼は一応主人公であるが、不死の超人であるため物事を達観し、表舞台にはほとんど出ようとしない。
English: Even so, he would almost always be at the turning points in the history of a space chronicle that is etched in units of a thousand years.
Japanese: それでいて千年単位で刻まれる宇宙年代記の歴史の転換点に必ずと言ってよいほど立会う。
English: Since he would often take on an important role behind the scene of history, he is considered to be a protagonist who takes on a kyogen-mawashi like role.
Japanese: 歴史の影で重要な役割を果たすため、狂言回し的な役割の主人公と言われることがある。
English: The story starts with his younger brother dying under questionable circumstances in Berlin, where the city is boiling with excitement over the Olympics.
Japanese: オリンピックに沸きあがるベルリンで起きた弟の不審な死に方から物語は始まる。
English: He himself gets caught up in the intrigue when "a letter," a key word in this story, falls into his hands.
Japanese: 本作におけるキーワードである「手紙」を手にしたことから自身も陰謀に巻き込まれていく。
English: He writes down in a book about the chain of incidents after the three Adolfs who are the protagonists of this story are all dead, and so this story unfolds as his recollection.
Japanese: 本作の主人公である3人のアドルフが全員死に絶えた後、この一連の事件を書き記した本を記し、本作は彼の回想という形式を取る。
English: He is Amuro Ray's predestined rival as well as a man who would exert great influence as a military man and politician in the One Year War, Grips War, and The Second Neo-Zeon War that would occur in the space millennium.
Japanese: アムロ・レイの宿命のライバルにして、宇宙世紀に起こった一年戦争、グリプス戦役、第二次ネオ・ジオン抗争で軍人・政治家として多大な影響を与える人物。
English: Owing to his outstanding abilities and to the fact that he is a son of a principality of the Zeon military, a character in Mobile Suit Gundam, he has captured the hearts of many with his astonishing charisma.
Japanese: その突出した実力と機動戦士ガンダムの登場人物ジオン公国軍の息子であるという出自から、絶大なカリスマ性を持って人々を魅了する。
English: He seems to be just a comic who moves about as a lackey to FURUHATA, but FURUHATA would often have a flash of inspiration to solve a case with IMAIZUMI's casual remarks being the key.
Japanese: 古畑の小間使いとして動き回っているだけの単なるにぎやかしのように見えるが、彼の何気ない言動を鍵にして古畑が事件解決の閃きを得ることが多い。
English: In this series, protagonists change in each book, and it is Boogiepop's role to appear just at the end and close the story.
Japanese: 本作の主人公は一巻ごとに交代し、ブギーポップは最後にだけ登場して物語を締める役割である。
English: A kyogen-mawashi type title role similar to 'Hi no Tori' and 'Locke The Superman.'
Japanese: 「火の鳥」や「超人ロック」と同じく、狂言回しタイプのタイトルロール。
English: A couple who appear from the first book of the series and who have become immortal due to a certain incident in 1930.
Japanese: 第1巻から登場するカップルであり、1930年のとある事件で共に不老不死となる。
English: In this series, each book depicts incidents that are independent of each other most of the time, but because the era and the background of the story is the same, the same characters reappear many times.
Japanese: 本作は各巻でそれぞれ半ば独立した事件を描いているが、時代や物語の背景は同じである為、同一の登場人物が多々登場する。
English: Especially these two, from book 2 onwards, keep reappearing as key persons who would set the course of each story (though they are the ones most unaware of that fact).
Japanese: 特にこの二人は2巻以降も（本人達が一番自覚が無いにもかかわらず）それぞれの話の方向性を決定付けるキーパーソンとして登場し続ける。
English: Taganojo ONOE the third (Sep 21, 1889 - June 20, 1978) was a Kabuki actor who was popular around the World War II.
Japanese: 三代目尾上多賀之丞（さんだいめおのえたがのじょう、明治22年（1889年）9月21日-昭和53年（1978年）6月20日）は、戦前戦後にかけて活躍した歌舞伎役者。
English: He made a debut in "Suzuki Mondo Uwasa Sinjuku" (Suzuki Mondo) under the stage name, Kisaburo ICHIKAWA at Tokyo Yotsuya Edo Sanza in 1891.
Japanese: 役者としての初舞台は明治24年(1891)、市川鬼三郎の名前で東京四谷江戸三座『鈴木主水噂新宿』（鈴木主水）。
English: He had been a top-billed actor in Koshibai until Kikugoro ONOE (the sixth) spotted his talent.
Japanese: 以後小芝居で花形役者として活躍するが、その才能を尾上菊五郎(6代目)に見出された。
English: Then he joined Kikugoro's troupe as a guest and played the role of Takigawa in "Amimoyo Toronokikukiri" (Kozaru Shichinosuke) at the Ichimura-za theater in 1921.
Japanese: 大正10年(1921)菊五郎一座に客分として入座、市村座の『網模様燈篭菊桐』（小猿七之）の滝川。
English: He succeeded to the name, Taganojo ONOE (the third) when playing the role of Iroha Chaya Oroku in "Yakudoshi" at the Shinbashi Enbujo theater in 1927.
Japanese: 昭和2年(1927)新橋演舞場の『厄年』のいろは茶屋お六で三代目尾上多賀之丞を襲名する。
English: In February 1978, he passed away after dancing "Kappore" in his 90th year.
Japanese: 昭和53年(1978)2月、数え90歳で『かっぽれ』を躍ったのを名残に没した。
English: He played the roles of aikata (key supporting role) for three generations of Otowaya's star actors: Shoroku ONOE (the second), Baiko ONOE (the seventh), and Kikugoro ONOE (the seventh).
Japanese: 六代目菊五郎から、尾上松緑(2代目)、尾上梅幸(7代目)を経て尾上菊五郎(7代目)と、音羽屋三代の相方を勤める。
English: He made excellent performances in new works, Jidaimono (historical drama), and Sewamono (play dealing with the lives of ordinary people), by playing the roles of Oima in "Kurayamino Ushimatsu", Enju in "Hirakana Seisuiki Genta Kando," and widow Otsune in "Tsuyukosode Mukashi Hachijo" (Kamiyui Shinza.)
Japanese: 『暗闇の丑松』のお今、『ひらかな盛衰記・源太勘当』の延寿、『梅雨小袖昔八丈』（髪結新三）の後家お常など新作や時代物、世話物などに名演技を示した。
English: Above all, Osasuri Okane in "Mekuranagaya Umegakagatobi" (Kagatobi) was his most successful role.
Japanese: 中でも『盲長屋梅加賀鳶』（加賀鳶）のおさすりお兼は最大の当り役であった。
English: He added flair to the stage with his Edomae (Tokyo style) boldness and sex appeal even past his 80s.
Japanese: 80代を過ぎても、すっきりした江戸前の伝法さと溢れるばかりの色気とで舞台を彩っていた。
English: In 1968, he was accredited as the holder of Important Intangible Cultural Property (Living National Treasure.)
Japanese: 昭和43年(1968)、重要無形文化財保持者（人間国宝）に認定される。
English: However it is not an essential item to have a cup of tea and not commonly used in daily life.
Japanese: 最も茶を飲むときに絶対に必要な物ではないため、日常生活では使わないことが多い。
English: On the contrary, it is always used to serve guests to show respect.
Japanese: 逆に、客を接待するときには相手に対する敬意を表すために必ず使用する。