nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Nishi' inserts the "chiki chiki chin" at every calling out, while 'Higashi' and 'Kita' inserts the same ceremonial rhythmic hand clapping.
Japanese: 「ヒガシ」と「キタ」が同じ手打ちなのに対して、「ニシ」は掛け声たびに"チキチキチン"が入る。
English: Sometimes even 'magarito' are played in long versions or original music is played depending on the regions.
Japanese: 地域によってはそれだけでなく、「まがりと」もロングバージョンになっていたり、オリジナルの曲をも演奏したりしている場合がある。
English: In Kitakawachi (ironically, it is placed further east than the 'Higashi' region) which possesses a big danjiri, many groups inherit the danjiri-bayashi of this style, and moreover, perform combining original hayashi based on it.
Japanese: 大きな地車を擁する北河内（皮肉なことに「ヒガシ」よりも東方）に、この流派の囃子を継承し、さらにそれをもとに独自の囃子をまじえて演奏しているところが多い。
English: Mainly it appears from under the sea and floats above the sea and some of them are lined up or stay on seashore trees.
Japanese: 主に海中より出現するもので、海上に浮かんでいくつもの火が連なったり、海岸の木などに留まるとされる。
English: It is seen in various regions in Japan, but in particular the ryuto seen from Itsukushima-jinja Shrine in Hiroshima Prefecture is well-known.
Japanese: 日本各地で見られるが、特に広島県の厳島神社から見えたという龍燈がよく知られる。
English: From New Year's Day to the day six in an old lunar calendar it appeared above the sea in front of shrine gate at quiet night, where firstly the one fire appeared and it gradually increased to about fifty and they aggregated into one fire again and disappeared at dawn.
Japanese: 旧暦の元旦から6日頃まで、静かな夜に社前の海上に現れたというもので、最初に1個現れた火が次第に数を増して50個ほどになり、それらが集まってまた1個に戻り、明け方に消え去るという。
English: Many people visited and looked at it at night in Itsukushima and it was seen well especially from Misen (Hiroshima Prefecture) which is highest peak of the island.
Japanese: 厳島には夜に多くの人がこれを見物し、特に島の最高峰である弥山(広島県)からよく見えたという。
English: The name of ryuto is named after the Palace of the Dragon King by Itsukushima Myojin (the great deity of Itsukushima) which is enshrined in Itsukushima-jinja Shrine for Watatsumi (tutelary of the sea).
Japanese: 龍燈の名は、厳島神社で祀られている厳島明神が海神のために龍宮にちなんで名づけられたともいう。
English: About 16-20 kilometers eastward from the temple on the summit of Mt. Akadake in Iwaki Province, the sea was seen and at dusk a red mysterious fire like a paper lantern or a ball of firework appeared about three meters above the sea, which was very visible.
Japanese: 磐城国の閼伽岳山頂の寺から東を見ると、4,5里（約16-20キロメートル）の彼方に海が見え、日暮れの頃、海上の高さ約1丈（約3メートル）の空中に提灯か花火の玉のような赤い怪火の出没する様子がよく見えるという。
English: The first ryuto appears and wafts about 327-436 meters and after that the second one appears and wafts following the trajectory of the first one.
Japanese: 1個目の龍燈が現れて3,4町（約327-436メートル）ほど宙を漂った後、2個目の龍燈が現れ、1個目の軌跡を沿って宙を漂うという。
English: In "Shokoku satobitodan" (Talks on people of all countries) in Kanpo era, for example, ryuto dedicated a fire to a temple.
Japanese: 寛保時代の雑書『諸国里人談』では、他にも龍燈が寺に火を献じる例が紹介されている。
English: In Monju-do in Amanohashidate in Tango Province (currently the north part of Kyoto Prefecture), a lone pine tree called 'ryuto's pine' stands and at midnight on the day sixteen every month, ryuto flies to put a divine fire on this pine from offshore.
Japanese: 丹後国（現・京都府北部）の天橋立には文殊堂に「龍灯の松」と呼ばれる一本松があり、毎月16日の夜中、沖から龍燈が飛来してこの松に神火を灯すという。
English: Due to the writings dealing with travel "Journey to East" during Edo period by Nankei TACHIBANA, on July 13 every year in Mt. Sakka Ryusenji-temle in Nakaniigawa-gun in Ecchu Province (currently Toyama Prefecture), both from the top of Mt. Ryusen and from the sea, each one of ryuto is said to fly to put a fire on the treetops, which is called santoryuto.
Japanese: 橘南谿による江戸時代の紀行文『東遊記』によれば、越中国（現・富山県）では中新川郡の眼目山立山寺という寺で毎年7月13日、立山の頂上と海中から1つずつ龍燈が飛来して梢に火を灯すといい、これを山灯竜灯と称するという。
English: Once upon a time when Daitetsu Zenji, one of Dogen's disciples, opened this temple, Yamanokami (God of the Mountain) and dragon god are said to collaborate to dedicate a sacred flame to the temple, which is regarded as a very rare thing.
Japanese: その昔、道元の弟子の1人・大徹禅師がこの寺を開いた際、山の神と龍神が協力して神火を寺に献じることになったといわれるもので、極めて稀なものとされている。
English: Also, for many pines and Japanese cedars in the other regions, Dragon god is said to dedicate a sacred flame to temples and shrines.
Japanese: ほかの地方の多くの松や杉についても、龍神が寺社に神火を献じているといわれる。
English: It is called okiryuto in Osaka Prefecture and is said to be a fire put on by fish for enshrining the dragon.
Japanese: 大阪府では沖龍灯と呼ばれ、魚たちが龍を祀るために灯す火と言われている。
English: According to the legend in Niibo-mura, Sadogashima Island, Niigata Prefecture (current Sado city), ryuto flew to Japanese plum tree in Negoro-ji Temple every night and someone shot it with a bow and arrow and it was proved to be a heron.
Japanese: 新潟県佐渡島新穂村（現・佐渡市）の伝説では、根本寺の梅の木に毎晩のように龍燈が飛来しており、ある者が弓矢で射たところ、正体はサギであったという。
English: "Janjanbi" is a fire of mysterious or suspicious origin which comes down in various regions of Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: じゃんじゃん火（じゃんじゃんび）またはジャンジャン火（ジャンジャンび）は、奈良県各地に伝わる怪火。
English: Many stories tell they are fire balls turned from spirit of the dead, such as those jointly committed suicide or of busho (Japanese military commander) in the Sengoku period.
Japanese: 心中者や武将などの死者の霊が火の玉に姿を変えたものとする伝承が多い。
English: There are a variety of stories in Nara Prefecture, and it is called in different names in each area.
Japanese: 同じ奈良でも地域によって別々の伝承があり、また地域によって独自の別名がある。
English: The two fireballs meet at Fuufu-gawa River, get into a tangle, and after a while they go back to their original graves.
Japanese: 夫婦川で2つの火が落ち合い、もつれ合い、やがてもとの墓地へ帰って行く。
English: It is also said the fire balls followed the person to the above of a pond where he went into trying to escape from them.
Japanese: じゃんじゃん火に追いかけられた者が池の中に逃げ込んだものの、火は池の上まで追って来たという話もある。
English: It is said that the fire balls are actually a man and a woman who jointly committed suicide, and they meet each other as fire balls since they were buried in different temples.
Japanese: 正体は心中した男女であり、死後は別々の寺に葬られたことから、火の玉となって落ち合っていると伝えられている。
English: They say there used to be a custom that twenty men and women selected from nearby villages danced on the bridge where the fire balls appeared in order to comfort the masters of the spirits every June 7.
Japanese: かつては6月7日になると、付近の各村からそれぞれ20人ずつ男女が選ばれ、出没地である橋の上で踊り、人魂の主である霊を慰める風習があったという。
English: The fire ball comes when you call 'hoihoi' to the ruin of Toichi-jo Castle in the night of a summer day when it seems to rain soon, makes a sound 'janjan,' then disappears.
Japanese: 雨の近い夏の夜、十市城の跡に向かって「ほいほい」と声をかけると飛来して、「じゃんじゃん」と音を立てると消える。
English: If you see this fire you will suffer from fever for three days and nights due to a curse of a vengeful spirit (vindictive ghost).
Japanese: これを見た者は怨霊の祟りによって三日三晩の間、熱病に見舞われてしまうという。
English: They also say that it sounds 'jan, jan' because the samurai warriors who were killed together with Totada chant in crowds 'zannen, zannen' (it's a shame).
Japanese: 遠忠が討たれた際に殺された武士たちが大勢で「残念、残念」と言うために「じゃん、じゃん」と聞こえるともいう。
English: It is said that when a samurai was attacked by janjanbi, he swung around his sword and mistakenly cut the neck of jizo located by the wayside.
Japanese: かつてじゃんじゃん火に襲われた武士が刀を振り回し、誤って路傍の地蔵の首を刎ねてしまったのだという。
English: It is also known as "Sotowa Komachi" (Kanze School) and "Sotowa Gomachi" (Kita School).
Japanese: また「そとわこまち」（観世流）、「そとわごまち」（喜多流）ともいう。
English: Having found an old beggar woman sitting on a Sotoba (a curved Buddhist statue), a monk of Mt. Koya admonished her and started to give her a lecture; but, on the contrary, the woman quelched him with her argument.
Japanese: 乞食の老女が卒塔婆に腰掛けているのを、高野山の僧が見咎め、説教を始めるが、逆に法論でやり込められる。
English: However, she was possessed and distressed by the ghost of Shii-no-shosho (lowest general of Junior Fourth Rank) who had visited her by yearning for her love but couldn't fulfill his wish.
Japanese: しかし、彼女にあこがれて通いつめながらついに願いを果たせなかった四位の少将の霊にとりつかれ、苦しめられる。
English: "Fu-Rin-Ka-Zan" (as fast as the wind, as quiet as the forest, as daring as fire, and as immovable as the mountain) is a Jidaigeki-eiga (the period movie) which was released on March 1, 1969.
Japanese: 『風林火山』（ふうりんかざん）は、1969年3月1日公開の時代劇映画。
English: It was first run as a main plan of Spring Toho Movie in 1969, and it attracted public attention since big stars of those days, such as Toshiro MIFUNE (he is called "MIFUNE of the World"), appeared in the movie together.
Japanese: 1969年の春の東宝映画ビッグ企画として封切られ、世界のミフネこと三船敏郎以下、当今の大スターの競演で話題をさらった。
English: In addition, in the summer of the same year, Daiei Motion Pictures released "Hitokiri"(assassination), a big film featuring Izo OKADA in the end of Edo era, with Shintaro KATSU as the main actor and produced by Katsu Production.
Japanese: 尚、同年夏には大映から勝新太郎を主演とし勝プロ製作による岡田以蔵を描いた幕末巨編『人斬り』が公開。
English: Toshiro MIFUNE played the main character Kansuke YAMAMOTO as a firm and brave person, and Kinnosuke NAKAMURA (Kinnosuke YOROZUYA), in contrast, played Shingen TAKEDA as an unremarkable inexperienced young man.
Japanese: 三船敏郎は、主人公・山本勘助を気骨で勇壮に演じたのと対照的に中村錦之助（萬屋錦之介）扮する武田信玄は、どこにでもいそうな青二才風の朗々とした青年として演出。
English: Shingen grew up to be a honorable monarch after he met Kansuke, and then the story came to a climax with the battles of Kawanakajima.
Japanese: その後、勘助と出逢った後は大器ある君主として成長し、クライマックスの川中島合戦へと物語りは至る。
English: Yujiro ISHIHARA appeared in the latter story as Kenshin UESUGI, together with other attractive casting such as Yoshiko SAKUMA as Suwagoryonin, Mayumi OZORA as Mrs. ABURAKAWA, Masakazu TAMURA as Nobushige TAKEDA, and the child actor Kankuro NAKAMURA (now Kanzaburo NAKAMURA the 18th) as Katsuyori TAKEDA.
Japanese: 石原裕次郎は後半で上杉謙信として登場、他にも佐久間良子の諏訪御寮人、大空真弓の油川夫人、田村正和の武田信繁など、魅力的な配役をそろえ、子役時代の中村勘九郎（現・中村勘三郎(18代目)）が武田勝頼役で登場している。
English: Kansuke YAMAMOTO, who excelled in the art of warfare but was aging seeking for a lord to dedicate himself, had his eyes on the Takeda Family of Kai Province.
Japanese: 兵法に秀でながら、いまだ決めた主君にめぐり合えず年を重ねている山本勘助は、甲斐国の武田家へ目をつけた。
English: Vassals of the Takeda Family would not appraise a stranger Kansuke, but Harunobu (Shingen) employed him since he was recommended by Itagaki.
Japanese: 武田家家臣は、流れ者勘助の才を評価しようとしなかったが、晴信は板垣の推挙なら、と召抱える。
English: At the battle at Suwa County, which was the first battle for Kansuke after he served to Shingen, he tricked Yorishige SUWA, the governor of Suwa County in the Sengoku period (period of warring states), to murder him.
Japanese: 勘助にとっては仕官してのちの初陣となる諏訪郡攻めでは、諜略を働きかけて国主・諏訪頼重(戦国時代)を謀殺。
English: On the other hand, Kansuke was in unrequited love with Princess Yu, the daughter of Suwa, and lived with his love kept in secret.
Japanese: しかし、その姫・由布姫に心を奪われた勘助は、その気持ちを秘めたまま日々を過ごす。
English: Harunobu then started to attack Shinano Province, but Itagaki, who supported Kansuke, and Amari, who disliked Kansuke and even made an attempt on his life, died in the battle.
Japanese: 晴信は次に信濃国攻略に乗り出すが、勘助の理解者であった板垣をはじめ、勘助を快く思わず命までも狙った甘利らが戦死。
English: In Echigo was Kenshin UESUGI, renamed from Kagetora NAGAO, who succeeded professional name of the Uesugi Family of Kanto Kanrei (a shogunal deputy for the Kanto region).
Japanese: その越後には関東管領・上杉家の名跡を継承した長尾景虎改め、上杉謙信がいた。
English: The biggest bloody battle of the Sengoku period in Japan in Kawanakajima as the major battlefield was approaching...
Japanese: 川中島を主戦場とする戦国時代_(日本)一の血戦が近づこうとしていた・・・・
English: Saigyo who was enjoying the cherry blossoms invited people because he couldn't turn away the visitors who traveled great distances.
Japanese: 桜を愛でていた西行は、遥々やってきた人を追い返す訳にもいかず、招き入れた。
English: Saigyo composed a poem, expressing that the beauty of the cherry blossoms attracts people, and that is the sin of the flowers.
Japanese: 西行は、「美しさゆえに人をひきつけるのが桜の罪なところだ」という歌を詠んだ。
English: That is to say, he was supposed to be respected as the brother of the future head of the family, but was not necessarily a person the feudatories were loyal to, as he would not inherit his father's property.
Japanese: つまり家督の近親者としての敬意を払う対象ではあるが、将来的には家督を相続する立場にないため、必ずしも忠誠を尽す対象ではない者を指した語。
English: The term was used from the end of the Heian Period to the beginning of modern times, and in the Edo Period the son was called heyazumi (literally, a person living in a room)
Japanese: 平安時代末期から近世の初め頃まで使われた語で、江戸時代に入るとこれを部屋住み（へやずみ）と呼ぶようになる。
English: This 'Onzoshi' mainly referred to the sons of the Minamoto clan such as MINAMOTO no Yoritomo and MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune.
Japanese: この「御曹司」は、主に源頼朝や源義経などといった源氏の子弟を指した。
English: On the other hand, the sons of the Taira clan, which was also a samurai family but rapidly changed into court nobles in TAIRA no Kiyomori's times, were called 'Kindachi'.
Japanese: 一方、同じ武家でも平清盛の代に急速に公家化した平家の子弟は「公達」といった。
English: One meaning is a son who is born into a Kabuki family and supposed to succeed to one of the family's stage names when he becomes an adult.
Japanese: 歌舞伎役者の権門の家に生まれ、長じては名跡を襲名することが定められている男子。
English: For example, Ebizo ICHIKAWA (the eleventh) and Kikunosuke ONOE (the fifth) are onzoshi of the Naritaya family and the Otowaya family respectively.
Japanese: 例えば、市川海老蔵(11代目)や尾上菊之助(5代目)はそれぞれ成田屋・音羽屋の御曹司である。
English: The other meaning is a son who is born into a wealthy family and is eventually expected to inherit its property.
Japanese: 裕福な家に生まれ、ゆくゆくはその財産を相続することが期待される男子。
English: In this case, it has a nuance of 'o-bochan' (a son who is well brought up) in a good meaning, and 'dora-musuko' (a prodigal son) in a bad meaning.
Japanese: 良い意味で「お坊ちゃん」、悪い意味では「どら息子」のニュアンスが含まれる。
English: The term "Togaki" refers to a stage direction which is distinguished from dialogues spoken by actors and actresses in a play, script, etc.
Japanese: ト書き（とがき）とは、戯曲や脚本などにおいて、俳優が声に出す台詞以外の部分のこと。
English: A playwright directs entrances, exits, motions of the actors and actresses, changes in stage lighting and stage acoustics, etc. by writing Togaki.
Japanese: 脚本家はト書きによって俳優の出入りや動き、舞台照明や舞台音響の変化などを指示する。
English: If a playwright does not double as stage director, Togaki means a kind of direction by the playwright for staging, for which the stage director should be originally responsible.
Japanese: 脚本家と演出家が異なる場合、ト書きは本来演出家の担当である演出面に対して脚本家がある程度の指示をすることを意味する。
English: Accordingly, there are various types of script such as one with detailed Togaki, one with very little Togaki, etc., depending on preferences of playwrights and stage directors.
Japanese: そのため、脚本家や演出家の好みによって、詳細なト書きが書かれたものからほとんどト書きがないものまでさまざまな形がある。
English: If a playwright needed to write Togaki in order to direct actors and staging, he wrote, for example, 'To (abbreviation of suruto) ryonin ayumiyori ---' (Then both actors walk up to each other, and ---), 'To Genzo furikaeri ---' (Then Genzo looks back, and ---), etc. next to a dialogue of actors.
Japanese: 「誰々がこうこうすると、しかじかとなる」といった説明を、役者の科白に続けて「ト両人歩み寄り…」「ト源蔵ふり返り…」などと書いた。
English: Kinoko, a kind of Yamawarawa (also known as Yamawaro) (It is thought that Kappa [a water spirit haunting many rivers]) transformed into Kinoko) which is a Yokai haunting in a mountain, appears in the mountainous areas or the mountains in Yoshino area in Nara Prefecture and Hyogo Prefecture.
Japanese: 奈良県の吉野地方や兵庫県の山間部や森の中にいるという妖怪で、同じく山にいる妖怪である山童の一種。
English: Kinoko looks like a two/three-year old or three/four-year old child, wearing clothes made of leaves or blue clothes.
Japanese: 外観は2,3歳から3,4歳ほどの子供のような姿で、木の葉で作った衣服、または青い色の衣服を着ている。
English: Because the figure is like a shadow, when people see it, it is not clearly discernible whether it is there or not.
Japanese: 人間がその姿を見るとまるで影のようで、いるかいないかはっきりしないという。
English: For those who work as a logger or work in a mountains, Kinoko is not an unusual being because sometimes they often see it.
Japanese: 樵や山で仕事をしている人々にはその姿をたびたび見かけられており、彼らにとってはそれほど珍しくない存在という。
English: However, when they were off their guard, Kinoko plays a trick by stealing their lunches, etc.; in such cases, they are driven away with a stick.
Japanese: しかし油断をしていると、弁当を盗まれるなどの悪戯をされてしまい、そんなときには棒を持って追い払うという。
English: Kasuga Wakamiya Onmatsuri is a festival held at Sesha Wakamiya shrine (a subordinate shrine) of Kasuga-taisha Shrine in Nara City, Nara Prefecture.
Japanese: 春日若宮おん祭（かすがわかみやおんまつり）は、奈良県奈良市の春日大社の摂社若宮で行われる祭礼である。
English: The whole process of the festival takes 24 hours from beginning to end, starting with "Senko-no-gi" which is a ceremony to welcome the young princess and ending with "Kanko-no-gi" which is a ceremony to send the prince back.
Japanese: 若宮をお迎えする「遷幸の儀」から若宮をお還しする「還幸の儀」までの祭祀は24時間で執り行われる。
English: The festival starts from midnight on December 17 and the prince goes back until midnight on December 18.
Japanese: 12月17日午前零時から始り、12月18日の午前零時になる前に御帰りになる。
English: During both "Senko-no-gi" and "Kanko-no-gi," turning on lights, taking photographs, and recording video tapes are prohibited.
Japanese: この間「遷幸の儀」「還幸の儀」ともに一切の照明および写真・ビデオの撮影は禁止されている。
English: Kajin is the name which professionals such as 'flower arrangement experts,' 'Ikebana artists,' 'flower artists' and 'flower designers' prefer to call themselves in public.
Japanese: 花人(かじん)とは、職業が「華道家」、「いけばな作家」、「フラワーアーティスト」、「フラワーデザイナー」などが自らを公の場で称する際に、好んで使うことが多い呼称。
English: Some people say that they should call themselves "Kajin" only when people start to call them "Kajin" because Kajin originally referred to famous artists dedicating themselves in arranging flowers.
Japanese: 「花人」とはそもそも花に専従する有名作家らを指し、主に他者からの呼称に限られるべきであるという意見もある。
English: Matoi were used by fire brigades in the Edo Period, and it expressed their own "kumi" (brigade).
Japanese: 纏（まとい）とは、江戸時代に町火消が用いた、自分たちの組であることを示すもの。
English: At Edo in the Edo Period, daimyo (Japanese feudal lord) and hatamoto (direct retainers of the bakufu, which is a form of Japanese feudal government headed by a shogun) battled the fires occurred at samurai residence, while merchants and craftsmen battled the fires occurred at the regions where they lived.
Japanese: 江戸時代の江戸では、武家屋敷で発生した火災は大名と旗本が消火活動にあたり、町人の住む地域で火災は町人の手による消火活動が行われていた。
English: In 1658, after the Great Fire of Meireki in which most part of Edo was burned down, Edonakajobinoban (jobikeshi [fire department under the direct control of the Edo bakufu]) was established.
Japanese: 江戸の大半を焼失する明暦の大火後の1658年（万治元年）に江戸中定火之番（定火消）が設置された。
English: At the time of fire, hatamoto led firefighters referred to as "Gaen" who were stationed in firehouse and went into action, and it is said that umajirushi (commander's battle standard) used at that time was the origin of Matoi.
Japanese: 火災時には旗本が火消屋敷に常駐している臥煙と呼ばれる消防員の指揮をとり出動していたが、その際に用いた馬印が、纏の始まりになったといわれる。
English: During fire fighting, firefighters referred to as "Matoimochi" climbed onto the roof on the lee side with holding Matoi, and Matoi was used for signs of firefighting such as water-discharge and destruction of buildings.
Japanese: 消火活動においては、「纏持ち」と呼ばれる火消がこれを持ち、風下の屋根の上にあがり、放水や建物の破壊など消火活動の目印としてなどして用いられた。
English: "Onnagoroshi Abura no Jigoku" is a play created by Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU, and has been performed at ningyo joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater).
Japanese: 『女殺油地獄』（おんなごろしあぶらのじごく）は、近松門左衛門作の人形浄瑠璃。
English: It was also performed at the kabuki theatre as a popular play by CHIKAMATSU, but was received poorly and consequently shelved.
Japanese: 人気の近松作品と言うことで歌舞伎でも上演されたが、当時の評判は芳しくなく、「お蔵入り」作品となってしまった。
English: It is commonly said that the outline of the play was based on some incident, however, the whole picture of the incident is unknown.
Japanese: ちなみに、この元ネタになった事件があったというのが定説だが、その事件自体の全容は未詳である。
English: It once again saw the light of day when it was taken up by Shoyo TSUBOUCHI's "CHIKAMATSU study group" during the Meiji Period.
Japanese: 明治になってから坪内逍遙の「近松研究会」で取り上げられて再度日の目を見ることとなった。
English: When it was performed again at the kabuki theater in 1909 it received high praise.
Japanese: 明治42年（1909年）に歌舞伎で再演されたが、今度は大絶賛を浴びた。
English: Many years later, in 1947, the play was revived at Bunraku (ningyo joruri [traditional Japanese puppet theater]).
Japanese: 文楽（人形浄瑠璃）での復活はそれから年月を経た昭和27年（1947年）であった。
English: Cut off by his father and hounded by creditors, he murders Okichi, the wife of an oil merchant, and flees with stolen money, but is eventually exposed and captured.
Japanese: 親から勘当を受け、借金に責められ、油屋の女房であるお吉を惨殺し、金を奪って逃走するが、ついに事が露見し、とらえられる。
English: Yohei, who is Tokubei's son-in-law, uses this to his advantage and grows increasingly dissipated, taking money from the shop and spending it on prostitutes at Aramachi-town.
Japanese: それをいいことに、義理ある息子与兵衛はますます増長し放蕩し、店の有り金を持出しては新町の遊女に入れあげている。
English: However, Okichi, the wife of oil merchant Teshimaya, pities him for his lack of spending money and secretly gives him some.
Japanese: 小遣い銭にことかいてはふびんであると、町内の油屋豊島屋の女房お吉の手からひそかに銭をあたえていた。
English: Lacking spending money, Yohei borrowed 1 kanme (a measure of coins) from Kohei, a money lender and master of a cotton shop, using a counterfeit of his father-in-law's seal.
Japanese: 与兵衛は遊ぶ金にこまり、金貸しの綿屋小兵衛から1貫匁の金を義父のにせはんでかりた。
English: As the payment date drew near he begged Okichi for money as a stopgap measure, and when she refused, murdered her in cold blood and stole the money.
Japanese: だが、日限にせめられてお吉に急場をのがれるため無心したがことわられ、ついに惨殺し、掛け金をうばう。
English: Yohei attends the Taiya (services held the night before a Buddhist funeral) held for Okichi as if nothing had happened, but the movement of rats in the ceiling cause a blood-stained deed to fall.
Japanese: お吉の三十五日の逮夜の供養に与兵衛は何食わぬ顔で列席していたが、天井でネズミが荒れて血潮を拭った古証文をおとす。
English: The deed contains Yohei's signature and this piece of undeniable evidence leads to the exposure of his crimes and his immediate arrest.
Japanese: それにはのがれられぬ証拠の与兵衛の署名があるから、悪事が露見してただちにめしとられる。
English: Entangled feelings of love, obligation, and duty between Yohei and his mother, Osawa, and his father-in-law, Tokubei, who was formerly a clerk, are quite intense.
Japanese: 母お沢と番頭あがりの養父徳兵衛にたいする義理人情のもつれが鮮烈である。
English: Perhaps it was because it did not feature "entanglements of love", which were characteristic of CHIKAMATSU plays, and because the main character, Yohei, is a complete villian, which makes it difficult for the audience to feel sympathetic towards him.
Japanese: だが、近松作品の特徴である「恋のもつれ」が無く、更に主人公・与兵衛が救いのない不良で観客の同感を寄せにくいキャラクターであったからと思われる。
English: He is the second son of an oil merchant with a large store in Mototenmancho-town, Osaka (he was born between his mother, Osawa, and her late husband).
Japanese: 大坂元天満町に大店を構える油屋「河内屋」の次男（実は母・お沢の先代の夫の遺児）。
English: He is extremely dissipated, and has fallen in to debt using his father-in-law's name.
Japanese: 放蕩の限りをつくし、遊郭に義父・徳兵衛の名前でつけを抱えている問題児。
English: He begins fights for no reason, humiliates a passing samurai, and even beats his mother and father-in-law, who are heartbroken over him, and his stepsister who is physically weak.
Japanese: 些細なことで喧嘩をし、通りがかりの侍に恥を掻かせ、与兵衛の為に心を砕く義父や母更には病身の義妹にまで暴力を振るった。
English: To evade his creditors he asks Okichi for money, but is coldly refused.
Japanese: それでも債鬼から逃れる為の金を拵えようとお吉を頼り、冷たくあしらわれる。
English: She is an accomplished wife with a beautiful figure and good nature, who is attacked and murdered by Yohei.
Japanese: 人格者容姿も美しい出来た妻だがその隙を与兵衛に襲われ殺されてしまう。
English: However he is still concerned about Yohei so he goes to Teshimaya, which Yohei frequents, and gives them money to give to Yohei.
Japanese: だが、それでも心配になって与兵衛が出入りしていた豊島屋に与兵衛に渡してくれるよう金を預けに行った。
English: She becomes fed up with her son, Yohei, who is arrogant towards his reserved father-in-law, and who spends the store's money, and cuts him off.
Japanese: 遠慮がちな義父に対して増長し、店の金も使い込む息子・与兵衛に愛想を尽かして勘当を言い渡す。
English: But she is still concerned for her son, and takes money and chimaki (a rice dumpling wrapped in bamboo leaves) for Tango no Sekku (Boys' Day) to TESHIMAYA' store and asks them to give it to him for her.
Japanese: だが、やはり息子が心配な余り、金と端午の節句のちまきを豊島屋に預けに行った。
English: But she is battered by Yohei when she mentions her father.
Japanese: だが、父・徳兵衛を引き合いに出したばかりに逆に与兵衛に暴力を振るわれてしまう。
English: In spite of it, she is a loyal sister who defends Yohei to the end when he is suspected of having murdered Okichi, and stealing Teshimaya's money.
Japanese: それでもお吉殺害と豊島屋の金を盗んだ嫌疑をかけられた兄を最後まで必死に庇う兄思いの妹である。
English: In the play he displays jealousy towards Yohei, as Okichi shows favor towards Yohei, and he is suspicious about their relationship.
Japanese: 与兵衛を庇うお吉の振る舞いに思わず与兵衛との関係を疑うなど、与兵衛に嫉妬する一面も見せた。
English: On the way to Jigen-ji Temple (Daito City), he comes across his nephew, Yohei, who is in a fight over a favored prostitute, and trouble arises when a mud ball Yohei throws hits his master.
Japanese: 主人と共に慈眼寺(大東市)に向かう途中で、よりによって馴染みの女郎を巡って喧嘩中の甥・与兵衛が八弥に泥玉をぶつけるという不祥事をしでかした。
English: The incident began when Yohei learned that a wealthy man from Aizuwakamatsu City was taking her to Nozaki, and, out of spite, went to the road to lay in wait for them.
Japanese: 彼女を連れて会津若松市のお大尽が野崎参りに出かけたのを知った与兵衛が、嫌がらせに途中の道で待ち伏せたのが事の発端のきっかけである。
English: In his obsession for her, Yohei borrows 200 monme (coin measured by weight) on credit in the name of his father-in-law, Tokubei.
Japanese: 彼女に入れあげている与兵衛は、200匁のつけ払いを父の徳兵衛名義でしている。