nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: In addition to several shops deployed in the central part of the city including the main shop on the corner of Sakaimachi-dori and Sanjo-dori Streets in Nakagyo Ward in Kyoto City, it recently setup branches in the immediate vicinity of Sapporo Station, Tokyo Station, Hiroshima Station, etc. mainly in the Daimaru department stores.
Japanese: 京都市中京区の堺町通三条通の本店など市の中心部に数店を展開するほか、近年は札幌駅、東京駅、広島駅の各駅前などにも大丸内を中心に出店している。
English: It is operated as a high class establishment and offers coffee and other drinks at a price range that is double of those of major chains such as Starbucks and Tully's Coffee.
Japanese: 比較的高級な路線で運営を行なっており、スターバックスやタリーズコーヒーなどの大手チェーンの倍程度の価格帯でコーヒーなどの飲料を提供している。
English: In the past, sugar and milk were served already mixed in the coffee, but in recent years, customers are asked if they want them separately.
Japanese: 以前は必ず砂糖とミルクの入った状態でコーヒーが提供されていたが、近年はこれらを分けるか事前に質問される。
English: On the other hand, there is dekamori Kinki chiho (extra-large helping in Kinki region) for light meals like sandwich and 'Kyo no choshoku' (breakfast of Kyoto), a large volume breakfast can be eaten within the main shop.
Japanese: 一方、サンドイッチなどの軽食はデカ盛り近畿地方があり本店等で食べられる「京の朝食」はボリュームたっぷりの朝食である。
English: The company has its own roasting plant and cake manufacturing plant, as well as coffee beans and ground powder which are sold not only in shops, but also in department stores, supermarkets and tea shops in various places in Japan.
Japanese: 自社の焙煎工場とケーキ工場を有し、特にコーヒー豆や挽いた粉については店頭だけでなく全国各地の百貨店、スーパーマーケット、茶葉店などでも販売されている。
English: Tableware such as coffee cups and accessories are offered in addition to coffee through their own shops and an online mail order system.
Japanese: 自社の店頭やオンライン通信販売ではコーヒー以外にも、コーヒーカップなど食器類・アクセサリといった商品を取り扱っている、
English: It was founded in June 1940, when Shichiro INODA started a wholesale overseas coffee business, located in the place where the current main shop exists, and in August 1947 opened the first coffee shop.
Japanese: 1940年6月に猪田七郎が現・本店の場所で海外産コーヒーの卸売を始め、1947年8月にコーヒーショップを開いたのが創業である。
English: At that time, customers devoted themselves to conversation and as the coffee become cold, the surgar and milk would not mix well.
Japanese: この時、客が会話に夢中になってコーヒーが冷め、砂糖とミルクがうまく混ざらなかった事があった。
English: This kickstarted the tradition of serving coffee with sugar and milk mixed ahead of time.
Japanese: これがきっかけとなり、初めから砂糖とミルクを入れた状態でのコーヒーの提供が始められた。
English: In May 1958, Yugen Kaisha Inoda Coffee was established as a corporation and started by opening Nijodori branch in 1964, while shops were deployed in Kyoto City.
Japanese: 1958年5月に法人として有限会社イノダコーヒを設立し、1964年の二条通支店の出店を皮切りに京都市内へ店舗を展開していった。
English: In the early 1970's, fashion magazines aimed at women, such as anan and non-no were founded, and shops were introduced by such magazines and the ratio of female customers exceeded half; this trend has continued up to the present.
Japanese: 1970年代初頭には女性向ファッション雑誌のアンアンやnon-noが創刊され、その中で店舗が紹介されて女性客の比率が半分を超えるようになり、この傾向は現在まで続く。
English: In 1978, their blended coffee 'Arabian Pearl,' which is the leading product even today, was launched.
Japanese: 1978年には現在も主力商品となっているブレンドコーヒー、「アラビアの真珠」を発売した。
English: Since its foundation, it has been carrying out in-house roasting, and, in 1987, opened a cake manufacturing plant and was renewed in 1994 together with the roasting plant.
Japanese: なお開業時から自社で焙煎を行なっていたが、1987年にケーキ工場を開設し、1994年には焙煎工場とともにリニューアルを行なった。
English: In June 1993, the founder, Shichiro INODA, died and his first son, Hiroshi INODA, assumed the position of the president the following month.
Japanese: また1993年6月に創業者の猪田七郎が逝去し、翌月に長男の猪田浩史が社長に就任している。
English: It has expanded its business, for example, by opening the Hiroshima branch in 1999 as the first shop outside Kyoto.
Japanese: 1999年には初の京都以外の店舗である広島支店を開店するなど、業績を拡大してきた。
English: The wooden shop building that had existed since its foundation was extended in 1967 and used, but was partly destroyed by fire during preparation for its opening on April 9, 1999.
Japanese: 創業時の木造店舗は1967年に増築されて用いられていたが、1999年4月9日に開店準備中の失火で半焼した。
English: Shinsuke UTSUMI (an employee of Takenaka Corporation), who designed the Sagawa Art Museum, designed the shop, and the aluminium external wall was painted with woodtone and partly in Bengal red to create the atmosphere of a merchant house of Kyoto.
Japanese: 佐川美術館を手がけた内海慎介（竹中工務店社員）が設計し、アルミの外壁は木目調に塗装して一部を弁柄に塗るなど、京都の町屋の雰囲気を出している。
English: A portion of the second story is finished with metal trowel finished mortar and painted in black and, although the building is made with reinforced concrete, it is fairly impressive.
Japanese: また、2階部はモルタル金ゴテ仕上げとして墨色に塗り、鉄筋コンクリート造りながら味わいある建物となった。
English: During its rebuilding, seats for customers on the second floor were made and, on the first floor, a window with glass measuring five meters was provided.
Japanese: また、この改築に伴って新たに2階の客席が作られ、1階にも5mのガラス窓が設けられた。
English: Since March 16, 2000, it was reopened and it has the largest number of seats of customers among shops.
Japanese: 2000年3月16日より営業を再開し、全店舗中で客席数が最大である。
English: It has a unique round counter from which customers can observe coffee being made in front of them.
Japanese: また特徴的な円形カウンターがあり、目の前でコーヒーを漉す様子が見える。
English: While the main shop was closed due to fire, this shop changed the opening time early in order to supplement this.
Japanese: 本店が火災により休業していた間、これを補うため開店時間を早めていた。
English: In 1965, it was opened in the basement of the building and, in 1975, the second basement was also opened as a shop.
Japanese: 1965年にビルの地下1階に開店し、1975年に地下2階も店舗となった。
English: It has the largest number of seats for customers among all the branches and smoking is allowing in all seats in the basement and its menu is rich with a variety of refreshments and has a lot of regular customers.
Japanese: 支店の中では最も席数が多く、地下1階は全席喫煙可能で喫茶メニューが充実しており、常連が多い。
English: All seats on the second basement are non-smoking and the menu contains a rich variety of dishes such as all sorts of rice omelets and seasonal menus, with families and groups patronizing the store.
Japanese: 地下2階は全席禁煙で各種オムライスや季節限定のメニューなど食事メニューが充実しており、家族連れや団体客が多い。
English: It was opened in 1970, and exists on the first floor of the Daimaru Kyoto store located on the same block as Shijo Branch.
Japanese: 1970年に開店し、四条支店と同じブロックに位置する大丸京都店の1階にある。
English: The first floor is sapporo55cafe, which specializes in take out while the second floor is the tea room.
Japanese: 1階はsapporo55cafeというテイクアウト専門店で、2階が喫茶店となっている
English: When the Daimaru Tokyo store moved to GranTokyo in 2007, it was opened on the eighth floor of the same building.
Japanese: 2007年に大丸東京店がグラントウキョウに移転したのに伴い、その8階に開店した。
English: It has close connections with the world of art; Shichiro INODA, who was the founder held a post as supervisor of the Nika Association and the main shop appeared in movies, Yorunokawa in which Fujiko YAMAMOTO played the leading role and Koto (novel) where Sayuri YOSHINAGA played the leading role.
Japanese: 創業者の猪田七郎は二科会の監事を務め、また山本富士子主演の夜の河や山口百恵主演の古都(小説)などの映画には本店が登場しており芸術界との関わりが深い。
English: Konmeichi no shoji is a tsuitate shoji (a partitioning screen, which stood between Hirobisashi no futama of Seiryo-den Imperial palace and ue no mitsubone - a kind of room).
Japanese: 昆明池障子（こんめいちのしょうじ）は、清涼殿弘廂の二間と上御局とのあいだに立てられていた衝立障子である。
English: Konmeichi pond was painted on the face (south side), and Sagano Kotakagari (falconry at Sagano) was painted on the back (north side).
Japanese: 表面（南面）には昆明池の図が、裏面（北面）には嵯峨野小鷹狩の図がそれぞれ描かれていた。
English: Kunming pond, 40 shiri around, was made by Han Wudi for military training preparing for war on the water in western Changan, China in 120 B.C. during Tang Dynasty.
Japanese: 昆明池とは、中国、唐代、紀元前120年、軍兵に水戦をならわせるために武帝によって、長安の西方に造られた、周囲40支里の湖である。
English: According to "Kokon Chomon ju" (A Collection of Tales Heard, Past and Present), painting of Sagano Kotakagari was about Suetsuna shosho who lived vicinity of Oi-gawa River.
Japanese: 『古今著聞集』によれば、嵯峨野小鷹狩の図は、大井川辺に住まった季綱少将のことを描いたものかという。
English: The Kitano Grand Tea Ceremony on November 1, 1587 organized by Hideyoshi TOYOTOMI on the grounds of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine is a large scale tea ceremony.
Japanese: 北野大茶湯（きたのおおちゃのゆ）とは、天正15年10月1日(旧暦)（グレゴリオ暦1587年11月1日）に京都北野天満宮境内において豊臣秀吉が主催した大規模な茶会のこと。
English: Hideyoshi who had completed the subjugation of Kyushu in July of that year, aimed to hold the event coinciding with the construction of his mansion "Jurakudai" to display his own power to the imperial court and the general masses.
Japanese: この年の7月に九州平定を終えた秀吉は、京都の朝廷や民衆に自己の権威を示すために、聚楽第造営と併行して大規模なイベントを開催することを企てた。
English: From the end of the same month, various Daimyo (feudal lords), nobles and figures in the tea-ceremony circles in Kyoto, Osaka and Sakai were informed that tea ceremonies would be held in early October.
Japanese: 同月末より、諸大名・公家や京都・大坂・堺の茶人などに10月上旬に茶会を開く旨を通達した。
English: In the woods of Kitano for 10 days from October 1, large-scale tea ceremonies were held where Hideyoshi's own tea ceremony treasures (tea ceremony related accessories) were on open show for the people who have strong attachment to tea ceremony culture (infatuation with tea ceremony accessories).
Japanese: 北野の森において10月1日より10日間、大規模な茶会を開き、秀吉が自らの名物（茶道具）を数寄執心の者（名物マニア）に公開すること。
English: All used a kettle, bucket and drinking vessel; those with no tea utensils were permitted to substitute other items they brought along.
Japanese: 釜一つ、釣瓶一つ、呑物一つ、茶道具が無い物は替わりになる物でもいいので持参して参加すること。
English: Seating areas for the tea ceremony were made up of spaces where 2 tatami mats were placed in a pine grove in the Kitano forest and clothing, footwear and order of precedence had absolutely no bearing on events.
Japanese: 座敷は北野の森の松原に畳2畳分を設置し、服装・履物・席次などは一切問わないものとする。
English: In Japan it went without saying that those with refined sensibilities came from China.
Japanese: 日本は言うまでもなく、数寄心がけのある者は唐国からでも参加すること。
English: In spite of such consideration, those who could not participate were unable to attend future tea ceremonies.
Japanese: こうした配慮にも関わらず参加しない者は、今後茶湯を行ってはならない。
English: Hideyoshi prepared tea right in front of those with an understanding of the tea ceremony, regardless of whence they had come or their birth place.
Japanese: 茶湯の心得がある者に対しては場所・出自を問わずに秀吉が目の前で茶を立てること。
English: Geni MAEDA and Yorihisa MIYAGI handled practical matters and, attended to the construction of the event site from September.
Japanese: 実務面は前田玄以・宮城頼久らが行い、9月からは会場の工事も行われた。
English: On October 1, the first day of the tea ceremony events, the front hall (12 tatami mats in area) of the Kitano Tenmangu Shrine was divided into 3 areas, and into the middle space a gold tearoom was set in place and, within this space itself, Hideyoshi's own treasured tea ceremony utensils (such as the "Eggplant Resembling" porcelain) were displayed.
Japanese: 茶会初日である10月1日は、北野天満宮の拝殿（12畳分）を3つに区切り、その中央に黄金の茶室を持ち込んでその中に「似たり茄子」などの秀吉自慢の名物を陳列した。
English: Whether or not as a result of the edicts posted around town, on the day a mass of participants in the event came not only from Kyoto but from Osaka, Sakai, and, Nara: total numbers reaching 1000.
Japanese: 御触れの効果からか当日は京都だけではなく大坂・堺・奈良からも大勢の参加者が駆けつけ、総勢1,000人にも達した。
English: In 4 areas set aside for tea ceremonies, Hideyoshi and 3 preeminent contemporary masters of the tea ceremony (Sen no Rikyu, Sogyu TSUDA and Sokyu IMAI) were in attendance.
Japanese: 4つの茶席には秀吉と千利休・津田宗及・今井宗久という当代きっての茶人3名を茶頭として迎えた。
English: Irrespective of the rank of people attending the event, a lottery method was used to impartially select between 3 to 5 individuals to invite to participate in tea ceremonies where priceless tea ceremony utensils were used.
Japanese: 来会者には身分を問わず公平に籤引きによって各席3－5人ずつ招き入れて名物を用いて茶を供した。
English: In the mornings, Hideyoshi spent the morning conducting tea ceremonies as leader of the ceremony and in the afternoons he satisfied himself by observing events in the various ceremony spaces.
Japanese: 秀吉は午前中は茶頭として茶を振舞い、午後には会場内各所を満足げに視察して1日を過ごしたとされている。
English: However, 2 days later, things were completely changed and tea ceremonies halted. Subsequently as well, holding of ceremonies was not recommenced and the event was closed.
Japanese: ところが、翌2日には一転して茶会は中止され、その後も再開されぬまま終了となった。
English: It was rumored at the time (and is the common view to this day) that this was because on the evening of the first day news arrived of an uprising having broken out in Higo Province which is thought to have displeased Hideyoshi.
Japanese: これは1日の夕方に肥後国人一揆が発生したという知らせが入って秀吉が不快を覚えたからだという説が当時から囁かれており、今日でも通説とされている。
English: However, besides this, there is a view that: Hideyoshi had satisfied his craving for the limelight in one day and, other views that: the event was a typical whim of an autocrat. Either way the truth is not clear.
Japanese: しかし、このほかにも「秀吉の自己顕示欲が1日で満足した」とする見方や、「単なる専制君主特有の気まぐれである」とする見方もあり、真相は定かではない。
English: In the "Gikeiki Chronicles", "Ima no Tsurugi" sword, a Japanese short sword of 19.7 cm in lengh, was used by MINAMOTO no Yoshitsune in killing himself.
Japanese: 今剣（いまのつるぎ）とは、『義経記』で源義経が自刃に用いたことになっている刃長6寸5分の日本刀（短刀）。
English: In the "Gikeiki Chronicles" the sword was made by Munechika SANJO and dedicated at Kuramadera Temple but, Rennin TOKOBO, the head of the Kuramadera Temple kept and treasured the sword as his own.
Japanese: 『義経記』では、三条宗近が作り鞍馬寺に奉納したが、鞍馬寺別当の東光坊蓮忍が自分の手元に秘蔵した。
English: Futatsumei Norimune is a Japanese sword believed to have been manufactured by Norimune ICHIMONJI in Bizen Province.
Japanese: 二つ銘則宗（ふたつめいのりむね）とは、備前一文字則宗作とされる日本刀である。
English: It is inscribed as 'OO国則宗' (Norimune in OO) (inside of OO illegible. In "Kyoho Meibutsucho" (Catalogue of famous things compiled in the Kyoho era), it is recorded as 'Bizen no kuni Norimune' (Norimune in Bizen Province)).
Japanese: 「○○国則宗」との銘がある（○内は判読不能。『享保名物牒』には「備前国則宗」と記されている）。
English: Since Kotobagaki (captions) began with `朝恩なればかたじけなく悦事かぎりなし、此よし家にかへりてかたりければ', assumed to have been continued from the previous story, it is not an independent story.
Japanese: 詞書の冒頭が「朝恩なればかたじけなく悦事かぎりなし、此よし家にかへりてかたりければ」云々と、前を受けての記述であるから、完本でないと知れる。
English: According to Kotobagaki (captions), an Eshi painter promoted to Iyo no Kami (Governor of Iyo Province) thanks to the imperial blessing or favor; the painter's whole family was joyful and held a celebrating feast, but it was a dream that lasted only for a minute.
Japanese: 詞書によれば、ある絵師がかたじけなくも朝恩によって伊予守にすすんだので、一家は喜び祝宴をもよおしたが、それも一朝の夢だった。
English: Unfortunately, his chigyo no tochi (territory) was taken by a stranger, and he fell into poverty as the instructions from the imperial court related to this incident were not effective.
Japanese: 運悪く知行の土地は他人にとられ、そののち朝廷からの沙汰もはかばかしくなく、むなしく貧困に窮したというのが、あらすじである。
English: The scenes including a feast (a drinking party) were described with a bold touch, and the expressions of people were alive, evoking a bit of obscenities though; the painter must have a good painting skill.
Japanese: 酒宴の場面をはじめとしていずれも情景を大胆に描写し、人物の表情もあからさまに表出し、やや卑俗な感じも抱かせるが、作者はなかなかの達腕であるとされる。
English: Since expressive descriptions are somewhat similar to "Kitano Tenjin Engi" (an illustrated history of Kitano shrine) of Kitano Tenmangu Shrine, it is believed that the painter was FUJIWARA no Nobuzane.
Japanese: その表現に富む描写などが北野天満宮の『北野天神縁起』に似通った点もあり、藤原信実筆とつたえられる。
English: An expert in old writing contributed it to the Edo bakufu around the Koka Period, and it was believed that it had been burn out during the Meiji Restoration, however it turned out that it was secretly deposited under Prince Tokugawa.
Japanese: 弘化年間頃に、古筆家から江戸幕府におさめられ、明治維新の際に焼失したと思われていたが、はしなくも徳川公爵に秘蔵されていた。
English: Anjo no Goei (or Miei) is a color portrait on silk of Shinran Shonin attributed to Hogen (the second highest rank for Buddhist priests) Choen in 1255 during the Kamakura period.
Japanese: 安城御影（あんじょうのごえい（みえい））は、鎌倉時代の1255年（建長7年）法眼朝円の筆とされる絹本著色親鸞聖人像。
English: Anjo no Goei (1,276mmX401mm) has two sanmon; one is "無量寿経仏説無量寿経(願生偈)" (Muryoju-kyo Bussetsu Muryoju-kyo Sutra (Ganshoge)) in the upper part, and the other '正信念仏偈' (Shoshin nenbutsuge, verses written by Shinran) in the lower part.
Japanese: 安城御影（1,276mm×401mm）には、上部に『無量寿経仏説無量寿経』（願生偈）、下部に「正信念仏偈」の讃文がある。
English: As it used to be owned by the Gansho-ji Temple (located in Aza Hongo, Hegoshi-cho, Okazaki City) it is called Anjo no Goei (written as 安城御影 (or 安静御影)).
Japanese: 願照寺（岡崎市舳越町字本郷に所在）が所蔵していたため、安城御影（または安静御影）と呼ばれる。
English: In "Zonkaku Sodenikki" written by Zonkaku, who was the first son of Kakunyo, and was the third head priest of Hongan-ji Temple, there is a detailed description of situations when Shokubo of Gansho-ji Temple, who owned the goei at that time, showed him the Anjo no Goei.
Japanese: 本願寺第3代覚如の長男存覚の記した『存覚袖日記』には、1355年（文和4年）に当時所蔵していた願照寺の照空房から安城御影を見せてもらった時のことが詳しく記されている。
English: It is known as the three Goei of Shinran Shonin together with 'Kagami Goei' (national treasure) and 'Kumagawa no Goei' (national treasure).
Japanese: 「鏡御影」（国宝）、「熊皮御影」（重文）と並び、親鸞聖人三御影とされる。
English: In 1952, original and duplicate were designated to national treasure attached to the 'monochrome ink portrait on paper of Shinran Shonin' (Kagami Goei).
Japanese: 1952年、「紙本墨画親鸞聖人像（鏡御影）」の附として正本および副本が国宝に指定。
English: Two duplicates were produced in the age of Rennyo, who was the eighth head priest, and one was owned by the Nishi Hongan-ji Temple together with the original and the other was owned by the Higashi Hongan-ji Temple and designated as important national cultural property.
Japanese: 副本は第8代蓮如の時代に2本が模写され、1本は正本と共に西本願寺蔵、1本は東本願寺に蔵され、国の重要文化財に指定されている。
English: Okoge refers to a portion of cooked food that is scorched or food that gets burned.
Japanese: お焦げとは、食品を調理して焦がした部分、あるいはそれによって多少焦げ付いた食品のことを指す。
English: When rice was cooked with cooking stove, control of the flame was very difficult.
Japanese: かつて竈で調理していた頃には、ご飯を炊く際の火の調節はなかなか難しいものであった。
English: With firewood or charcoal, fire tends to be strong, and if fire is too strong during the steaming process, rice may be burned black and stick to the bottom of the pan.
Japanese: 薪や炭火は火が強くなりがちで、最後の蒸らす過程で火が強すぎると、鍋底にご飯が黒く焦げ付くこともままあった。
English: However, slightly scorched rice that makes the bottom of a pan somewhat brown was appreciated as a spicy savored food.
Japanese: しかしながら、わずかに焦げた状態の、鍋底がやや褐色になったものは、むしろ香ばしいものとして喜ばれた向きもある。
English: In present Japan, cooked rice by such a method is special, and an electric or gas powered automatic rice cooker is usually used.
Japanese: 現在の日本ではこのような方法でご飯を炊いているのは特殊な部類に属し、普通は電気やガスの自動炊飯器が用いられる。
English: Since such cookers do not have very strong heating power, and the adjustment of heating power is easy, it is rare to make okoge.
Japanese: これらは火力がそれほど強くなく、またその調節が簡単なこともあって、お焦げが出ることは少ない。
English: Okoge can be made with the stronger heating power, and it has became a selling point of the rice cookers.
Japanese: それを利用してむしろお焦げを作れるようになっており、それらはその機種の売りになっている。
English: Moreover, in order to adjust it, some of them are equipped with a "okoge button," "okoge mode," etc.
Japanese: また、それを調節するために「お焦げボタン」や「おこげモード」などを備えたものすらある。
English: Although Chinese food has a scorched dish using scorched rice, this is done by deep frying.
Japanese: なお、中華料理にお米のおこげを使ったお焦げ料理があるが、これはむしろ揚げて作る。
English: Kaishaku (to assist someone in committing hara-kiri by beheading him) refers to cutting off the head of a person committing Seppuku (Japanese ritual suicide by disembowelment) with a katana (sword) for the purpose of relieving the person's agony of disemboweling.
Japanese: 介錯（かいしゃく）は切腹に際して、腹を切る時の痛みを軽減するために対象者の首を刀で刎ねること。
English: Since the mid Edo period, Seppuku was simplified and ritualized, eventually reduced to a so-called Sensu-bara pattern, in which an assistant swung the sword down onto the person committing Seppuku the very moment he reached for Sensu (a fan) which represented a short sword or Wakizashi used for disemboweling.
Japanese: 江戸時代中期以降になると切腹自体が簡略・儀礼化し、いわゆる「扇子腹」の形式で行われるようになり、切腹人が小刀・脇差に見立てた扇子に手を伸ばそうとした瞬間に介錯することがほとんどであった。
English: Several techniques were developed for beheading a person with a sword, such as striking the sword into the neck joint, and leaving a skin remaining between the body and the head, depending on the rank and province of the person committing Seppuku.
Japanese: 首を刀で斬り落とすのには首の骨の関節を切ること、身分地域により皮を残し切り落とすなどいくつかの作法が存在した。
English: Many cases are known where an unskilled swordsman missed his aim and blundered in beheading a person or broke the sword.
Japanese: 剣術の未熟な者は手許を誤って何度も斬り損ねたり、刀を損傷してしまうことも多々あった。
English: For the purpose of averting such a shocking disgrace, the assistant was chosen from master swordsmen.
Japanese: これらは非常な恥とされたため、介錯人には特に剣の腕の立つ者が選ばれた。
English: Masakatsu MORITA, who acted as assistant for Yukio MISHIMA's Seppuku suicide, not only failed in his two attempts to behead Mishima, he also bent the sword.
Japanese: 三島由紀夫の自害の際に介錯人となった森田必勝は2度斬り損ねたうえに、刀を曲げてしまったといわれている。
English: Hichiriki flute is one of the wind instruments used for gagaku (ancient Japanese court dance and music) and kagura (sacred music and dancing performed at shrines) that was created in modern times following the flow of gagaku.
Japanese: 篳篥（ひちりき）は、雅楽や、雅楽の流れを汲む近代に作られた神楽などで使う管楽器の1つ。
English: There are 'O-hichiriki' and 'Ko-hichiriki,' but the hichiriki flute usually indicates 'Ko-hichiriki.'
Japanese: 「大篳篥」と「小篳篥」の2種があり、一般には篳篥といえば「小篳篥」を指す。
English: Hichiriki flute is made of a lacquered bamboo tube, and it is an end-blown flute that has seven holes on the front side and two on the back side.
Japanese: 篳篥は漆を塗った竹の管で作られ、表側に7つ、裏側に2つの孔（あな）を持つ縦笛である。
English: One of two dried arundinaceous tubes is heated and crushed, and a ring called Seme is inserted into the tube.
Japanese: その構造とは、乾燥した蘆（あし）の管の一方に熱を加えてつぶし（ひしぎ）、責（せめ）と呼ばれる輪をはめ込む。
English: The other tube is wrapped many times with Japanese paper called Zugami (paper for a figure).
Japanese: また、もう一方には図紙（ずがみ）と呼ばれる和紙が何重にも厚く巻きつけて作られている。
English: The range is basically one octave from sol (G4) and it is one tone above, lah (A5), but it is possible to smoothly change the pitch by how strongly you blow into the flute and how deep you insert the Rozetsu in your mouth.
Japanese: 音域は、西洋音階のソ(G4)から1オクターブと1音上のラ(A5)が基本だが、息の吹き込み方の強弱や葦舌のくわえ方の深さによって滑らかなピッチ変化が可能である。
English: In gagaku, Sho (Japanese flute), Ryuteki flute, and the Hichiriki flute are collectively called Sankan or three Instruments.
Japanese: 雅楽では、笙（しょう）、龍笛（りゅうてき）と篳篥をまとめて三管と呼ぶ。
English: Sho describes the light from heaven, Ryuteki flute describes dragon's voice swimming between heaven and the earth, and the Hichiriki flute describes the human voice existing here on earth.
Japanese: 笙は天から差し込む光、龍笛は天と地の間を泳ぐ龍の声、篳篥は地に在る人の声をそれぞれ表すという。
English: There are some anecdotes about people who escaped death and a robbery that were revived by the performance of the Hichiriki flute.
Japanese: 篳篥にはその吹奏によって人が死を免れたり、また盗賊を改心させたなどの逸話がある。
English: But it was an instrument of an alien race, so not many nobles could learn how to play it.
Japanese: しかしその一方で、胡器であるともされ、高貴な人が学ぶことは多くはなかった。
English: There are not many famous Hichiriki flutes, so only names of Kaizokumaru, Namigaeshi, Fudemaru, Hikomaru, Iwanami, Takiotoshi, and Kokimurasaki have been handed down.
Japanese: 名器とされる篳篥も多くなく、海賊丸、波返、筆丸、皮古丸、岩浪、滝落、濃紫などの名が伝わるのみである。
English: Experts included WANIBE no Mochimitsu, Mineyoshi OISHI, MINAMOTO no Hiromasa, and FUJIWARA no Tomasa.
Japanese: その名人とされる者に、和邇部茂光、大石峯良、源博雅、藤原遠理（とおまさ）などがいる。
English: However, the Hichiriki flute requires a close distance between the holes, the material is blighted, old, and dried, and it is bamboo that has been smoked in the ceiling above a fireplace (a sunken hearth) in a farmhouse in daily life for three hundred to three hundred fifty years, so it is very hard and fragile.
Japanese: 一方、篳篥は穴の間隔が近く、使う素材は枯れて古く乾燥し、農家の囲炉裏の天井で300年～350年、日々の生活の中で燻（いぶ）されたスス竹であるため非常に堅く割れやすい。
English: A screw gimlet' is a roll-up string type, known to be used to make fire since ancient times in Japan, to create a sacred flame for a ceremony at a shrine.
Japanese: 「巻き錐」とは、紐巻上げ式で、神社の儀式で神火をおこすときに使われることでも知られる日本古来から使われてきた火熾しである。
English: By studying the material, make a hole where you decide to have it, and adjust the hole shape while blowing into it.
Japanese: 素材をみて、ここと思い決めた位置に穴をあけ、吹きながら穴の形状を調整して製作してゆく。
English: Such precious bamboo are from a small portion of selected materials that are difficult to obtain that meet the requirements for making good instruments, so tension and hesitation occurs as no mistakes can be allowed.
Japanese: 入手困難な素材の中から楽器に良い条件をみたすわずかな一部分を選んで作っている貴重な竹であるので、失敗は許されない緊張と迷いが生じる。
English: When making a hole, concentration and courage to take the plunge are required.
Japanese: 穴をあけるときには精神集中し、ここであると思い切る勇気が必要とされる。
English: The craftsmen who acquire these techniques, are required to concentrate and master tunes and pitches during the first six months.
Japanese: 製作技術習得者には、音律の習得は技術習得の最初の6ヶ月間に集中して習得してしまうことが求められる。