nntsuzu/KFTT huggingface dataset:
English: Blaming me for my three-year absence resulted in eternal separation.'
Japanese: 「三年すぎてしまったことをうらんで、ついに永遠のわかれとなってしまったではないか。」
English: At this point, the ghost (nochi shite) has a worn-out look with a cane, wearing white clothing and a mask called a deigan (a Noh mask with mud in the eyes) on her face.
Japanese: このとき亡霊（後シテ）は、泥眼という面をかけ、白装束をまとい、杖をもった憔悴した姿である。
English: Perhaps this is the result of my evil and dirty karma, but I am being beaten with a kinuta in hell for having not waited for my husband peacefully.'
Japanese: 「邪淫の業がふかいのか、安んじて待つことをしなかった罪で、うてやうてやと報いの砧　と地獄でむちうたれております。」
English: Suffering from the pangs of her conscience, she has no voice when she tries to scream, and cannot hear the sound of the kinuta, but she can hear only her reproaching voice.'
Japanese: 「責められて叫んでも声はでず、砧の音もきこえず、呵責の声のみがきこえる。」
English: After our marriage, my beloved, I hoped that we would stay together for many years to come, but our marriage vows were not enough and you told a lie that destroyed my hope.'
Japanese: 「愛するあなたと二世をちぎってもなおたりず、千代先までもと願ったのに、それを無になさったそらごと。」
English: Even a crow, such a great liar, would not tell such a lie.'
Japanese: 「烏(カラス)などという大うそをつく鳥もこれほどのうそはつかないはず。」
English: A man named Wu SU sent a letter home from far away, tying it to a goose.'
Japanese: 「蘇武という人は雁に手紙をつけて万里をへだてた古里に送ったそうです。」
English: I pounded the kinuta in the coldness of the night, but I wonder if you remembered me while awake or in your dream.'
Japanese: 「夜寒の砧をうったのに、うつつにも夢にも、思い出してくれたでしょうか。」
English: The power of the Hokke-kyo Sutra (the Lotus Sutra) opens the way to a peaceful death.'
Japanese: 「法華読誦の力にて、幽霊まさに成仏の道明らかになり（中略）打ちし砧の声のうち、開くる法の華心、菩提の種となりにけり　（法華経の力で成仏の道が明らかになった。」
English: It seemingly expands on the scenes from "Heike Monogatari" (The Tale of the Heike) Vol.10 'Kaidokudari.'
Japanese: 『平家物語』の巻十「海道下」（かいどうくだり）の場面から発展させたと考えられる。
English: In the play, the deity Kumano Gongen and Imagumano are mentioned as 'having the same name as me.'
Japanese: 作中で「自分と同じ名前だ」として熊野権現、今熊野（いまぐまの）を挙げている。
English: Therefore, the main character's name is probably 'Kumano,' except in the Kita school, although it is called 'Yuya' based on on-yomi (Chinese reading of kanji) here.
Japanese: つまりは喜多流以外では主人公は「くまの」さんだと思われるが、ここでは音読みで「ゆや」と読む。
English: Although it deals with material that could have dramatic developments, it does not become confrontational.
Japanese: ドラマチックな展開を可能とする素材を扱いながら、対立的な描写を行わない。
English: As a genuine Noh play among all Noh plays, it has long been praised in the phrase "Yuya and Matsukaze (Noh play) are like cooked rice" (meaning "Yuya" and "Matsukeze" are masterpieces and just like cooked rice – never boring no matter how many times you eat it, in fact tastier with every chew).
Japanese: いかにも能らしい能として、古来「熊野松風に米の飯」（『熊野』と『松風(能)』は名曲で、米飯と同じく何度観ても飽きず、噛めば噛む程味が出る、の意）と賞賛されてきた。
English: Munemori's favorite concubine, Yuya (shite [main role]), receives a letter telling her that her mother's condition has worsened.
Japanese: 宗盛には愛妾熊野（シテ）がいるが、その母の病が重くなったとの手紙が届いた。
English: Having read her weakened mother's letter, she asks Munemori to excuse her to visit her home in Totomi Province.
Japanese: 弱気な母の手紙を読み、熊野は故郷の遠江国に顔を出したいと宗盛に願う。
English: However, Munemori would like to see this year's cherry blossoms together with Yuya, and thinks of cheering her up with the view ("At least this spring, I think of her as my companion to view the cherry blossoms, and keep her by my side").
Japanese: だが、宗盛はせめてこのサクラは熊野と共に見たい、またそれで熊野を元気づけようと考える（「この春ばかりの花見の友と思ひ留め置きて候」）。
English: Although Yuya feels depressed thinking about her mother, the sight of Kyoto in spring that she sees along the way brings joy to her eyes.
Japanese: 熊野の心は母を思い鬱々としながらも、道行きに見る春の京の姿にも目を喜ばせる。
English: At Munemori's suggestion and in order to please the guests viewing the cherry blossoms, Yuya reluctantly performs a dance (Naka-no-mai [middle dance]) praising Kiyomizu in cherry blossom season.
Japanese: 宗盛に勧められ花見の一座を喜ばせようと、心ならずも熊野は桜の頃の清水を讃えながら舞（中ノ舞）を舞う。
English: Yuya is grateful for what she considers a virtuous deed of Kanzeon and quickly departs for her home town before Munemori has a chance to change his mind.
Japanese: 熊野は観世音の功徳と感謝し、宗盛の気が変わらない内にとすぐさま故郷を目指し出立する。
English: Yuya no Nagafuji Matsuri is held annually on May 3, the death anniversary of Yuya Gozen's death.
Japanese: 熊野御前の命日である5月3日に合わせ、毎年、熊野の長藤まつりが行われる。
English: There is a legend that Yuya planted the wisteria, which is a designated national natural treasure.
Japanese: 国指定天然記念物でもあるこの藤には、熊野が植えたとの言い伝えがある。
English: CD: Nohgaku theatre "Yuya," Columbia Music Entertainment: Nearly all the music is included, in Noh performance style.
Japanese: CD能楽「熊野」コロムビアミュージックエンタテインメント演能形式でほとんど全曲を収録。
English: The story seemingly expands on the scenes from "Heike Monogatari" (The Tale of the Heike) Vol.10 'Kaidokudari.'
Japanese: 平家物語の巻十、海道下(かいどうくだり)の場面から発展させたと思われる。
English: It was adapted to Yamada school's koto (a long Japanese zither with thirteen strings) music "Yuya" by Kenkyo YAMADA, nagauta (epic song with shamisen accompaniment), Kato bushi (theatrical music) and itchubushi (style of shamisen music).
Japanese: 山田検校作の山田流箏曲『熊野』の他、長唄、河東節、一中節の素材にも用いられた。
English: It is an excellent work of autumn based on an anecdote in "Senjusho (a compilation of Buddhist tales from the 13th century)" and "Genji Monogatari (the Tale of Genji)" which depicts the deep friendship between a kikoshi (young nobleman) banished to Suma and ama (fisherwomen).
Japanese: 須磨に流された貴公子と海人との深交を記した『撰集抄』・『源氏物語』の説話を元にした秋の名曲である。
English: It is explained by dialogue between the Waki and Ai that the seaside pine is a historic spot of the sisters Matsukaze and Murasame.
Japanese: ワキとアイの応対により、海辺の松は松風、村雨姉妹の旧跡であると説明される。
English: Circumstances surrounding the love between the kikoshi ARIWARA no Yukihira who was banished to Suma and the ama sisters are narrated in their conversation.
Japanese: 三人の会話の内に、須磨に流された貴公子在原行平と海人の姉妹が恋を結んだ次第が語られる。
English: Their single-minded love never came to a head because the sisters' beauty and unrestrained love could not defeat their difference in status.
Japanese: 美しい姉妹の容貌も恋情も身分違いの前には如何ともし難く、結局一途な恋は実ることがなかった。
English: Here the sisters sit down comfortably, confiding that they are in fact the spirits of the sisters of the past.
Japanese: ここで姉妹は実は自分達がその昔の姉妹の霊であると打ち明け、平座する。
English: The Atojite (Shite of the latter half of the play), wearing the rememberances of Yukihira - an eboshi (formal headwear for court nobles) and kariginu (informal clothes for court nobles) – dances with the Tsure, remembering Yukihira and their impossible love.
Japanese: 後ジテは行平形見の烏帽子と狩衣をまとい、ツレと共に叶わなかった恋と行平を偲び舞う。
English: The Naka no mai (moderate-tempo dance), beginning with the poem 'Although I leave you and go to Inaba Province, I will return immediately if I hear you wait for me like the pines growing at the peak of Mt. Inaba (play on word – wait and pine are both pronounced "matsu"' (ARIWARA no Yukihira), eventually turns into the Ha no mai (very high-tempo dance) as the sisters become more passionate.
Japanese: やがて、「立ち別れ　いなばの山の　峰に生ふる　待つとし聞かば　いま帰り来ん」（在原行平）の歌に始まる中ノ舞から心が激して破ノ舞となる。
English: "I heard Murasame is there, but this morning I can find only Matsukaze (also means wind in pines), I can find only Matsukaze" (tome-hyoshi [closing stamps] by Waki)."
Japanese: 『村雨と聞きしもけさ見れば、松風ばかりや残るらん、松風ばかりや残るらん』（ワキのトメ拍子）。
English: Yukihira also wrote the poem 'If someone unexpectedly asks about me, answer that I live miserably dropping tears like dropping salt water from landed marine plants at Suma Bay.'
Japanese: 行平には「病葉に問ふ人あらば須磨の浦に藻塩たれつつ侘ぶと答へよ」という歌もある。
English: The visual highlight is a splendid Nomai (Noh dance) performed by the Noshite (starring Noh actor) wearing a shishiguchi (Noh mask with the face of a lion).
Japanese: 獅子口（獅子の顔をした能面）をつけた能シテの豪壮な能舞が見物である。
English: After visiting historic Buddhist sites, the Buddhist monk Jakusho Hoshi (supporting role) arrives at the foot of Mt. Qingliang in China.
Japanese: 仏跡を訪ね歩いた寂昭法師（能ワキ）は、中国の清涼山の麓へと辿り着いた。
English: But then a woodcutter (lead role of the first half of the play) appears and warns him to stop crossing because it would be impossible to reach the other side with ordinary ascetic practices, and disappears after telling him that he had better wait a while at the foot of the bridge.
Japanese: だが、そこに現われた樵（前シテ）は、尋常な修行では渡る事は無理だから止めておくように諭し、暫く橋のたもとで待つがよいと言い残して消える。
English: An ichijo-dai (platform the size of a tatami mat) and peonies are placed in front of the stage by stagehands during the intermission and the second half starts.
Japanese: 中入に後見によって、舞台正面に一畳台と牡丹が据えられ、後段がはじまる。
English: A lion (lead role of the second half of the play) leaps out dancing, as if to smash through the 'ranjo,' dynamic hayashi music specifically arranged for lion dances.
Japanese: 「乱序」という緊迫感溢れる特殊な囃子を打ち破るように獅子（後シテ）が躍り出る。
English: Shakkyo has also been incorporated into kabuki (traditional drama performed by male actors) to form a group of works called Shakkyomono (lion dances based on the Shakkyo legend).
Japanese: 石橋は歌舞伎にも取入れられ、石橋物と呼ばれる作品群を形成するに至っている。
English: There are many works, including "Shakkyo (kabuki)" (a short piece of work from the early period), "Aioi-jishi" (a gorgeous work with a lion dance performed by two actors) and "Renjishi (a string of lions)" (story features parent and child lions and places more emphasis on plot).
Japanese: 演目としては、『石橋(歌舞伎)』（初期の作品でごく短いもの）・『相生獅子』（二人で獅子の舞を見せる華やかなもの）・『連獅子』（獅子の組合わせを親子に設定し物語性を持たせたもの）等多数。
English: It is a very joyous Noh piece that cherishes matrimonial love and long life and celebrates life itself, relating both to Aioi no Matsu (twin pines: Japanese red pine and Japanese black pine that share their roots).
Japanese: 相生の松によせて夫婦愛と長寿を愛で、人世を言祝ぐ大変めでたい能である。
English: The following ageuta (segment of sung, metered poetry beginning in the upper register) that is sung by the priest and his companion after the dialogue with the ai (role of the Noh kyogen actor) is one of the standards performed at wedding receptions: "Takasagoya (Hallelujah!), hoist the sail on this boat, hoist the sail on this boat, on the rising tide coming with the moon, through surfs on the lee of islands of Awaji, passing by the distant coast of Naruo, already I reach Suminoe, already I reach Suminoe."
Japanese: ワキ、ワキヅレがアイとの問答の後、上ゲ謌で謡う『高砂や、この浦舟に帆を上げて、この浦舟に帆を上げて、月もろともに出で潮の、波の淡路の島影や、遠く鳴尾の沖過ぎて、はや住吉（すみのえ）に着きにけり、はや住吉に着きにけり』は結婚披露宴の定番の一つである。
English: The old man, quoting from Kokin Wakashu Kanajo (preface of Kokin Wakashu written in kana by KI no Tsurayuki), preaches that the pine tree in Takasago and one in Suminoe are Aioi no Matsu (pines sharing a life), that they are a husband and wife even though they are far apart, and speaks of the eternity of pine trees and harmoniousness of spousal-aioi (play on word 'aioi' – the first to share a life, and the second to become old together).
Japanese: 老人は古今和歌集の仮名序を引用して、高砂の松と住吉の松とは相生の松、離れていても夫婦であるとの伝説を説き、松の永遠、夫婦相老（相生にかけている）の仲睦まじさを述べる。
English: Here the elderly couple reveal that they are spirits of pine trees in Takasago and Suminoe, and they get on a small boat and disappear, their sail filled with the tailwind.
Japanese: ここで老夫婦は自分達は高砂・住吉の松の精である事を打ち明け、小舟に乗り追風をはらんで消えて行く。
English: The priest also sets sail on the high tide (here the famous lines "Takasagoya..." are sung), and arrives at Suminoe after the spirits of the pine trees.
Japanese: 神官もまた満潮に乗って舟を出し（ここで『高砂や...』となる）、松の精を追って住吉に辿り着く。
English: Answering the poem "A long time has passed, even from my perspective; how many generations has that princess pine on the banks of Suminoe been" (Ise Monogatari [The Tales of Ise]), the deity of Sumiyoshi Myojin appears in an assumed form and gallantly dances the Kami mai (god dance) under the beautiful moonlight.
Japanese: 『われ見ても　久しくなりぬ住吉の、岸の姫松いく代経ぬらん』（伊勢物語）の歌に返して、なんと住吉明神の御本体が影向（ようごう）され、美しい月光の下、颯爽と神舞を舞う。
English: "The music of a thousand autumns soothes the people, the music of ten thousand years extends life; the breeze of the Aioi pines, how joyous the sound of the breeze, how joyous the sound of the breeze" (tome-hyoshi [closing stamps]).
Japanese: 『千秋楽は民を撫で、萬歳楽には命を延ぶ、相生の松風、颯々の聲ぞ楽しむ、颯々の聲ぞ楽しむ』（トメ拍子）。
English: Narazuke is a kind of pickles made with vegetables such as gourd, cucumber, watermelon, and ginger first pickled in salt, then in fresh sake lees several times.
Japanese: 奈良漬け（奈良漬、ならづけ）とはウリ、キュウリ、スイカ、ショウガなどの野菜を塩漬けにし、何度も新しい酒粕（さけかす）に漬け替えながらできた漬物である。
English: Narazuke has been present since more than 1300 years ago in the name of "kasuzuke."
Japanese: 奈良漬けは、元々1300年以上も前より『かす漬け』という名で存在していた。
English: There is something like an invoice that reads 'kasuzuke uri' (gourd pickled in sake lees) even in one of the wood strips of Prince Nagaya excavated at the site of Heijo Palace.
Japanese: 平城京の跡地で発掘された長屋王木簡にも「粕漬瓜」と記された納品伝票らしきものがある。
English: However, as sake at that time was crude home-brewed sake, "kasu" (lees) may not have been strained lees but may have been precipitates that accumulated at the bottom of the sake container.
Japanese: なお当時の酒はどぶろくであったため、粕とは搾り粕ではなく酒の底に溜まる沈殿物のことであったようである。
English: Thereafter, in the Edo period, narazuke became popular as an item presented to the Bakufu (Japanese feudal government) and also owing to the travelers who visited Nara.
Japanese: その後、奈良漬けは江戸時代に入り幕府への献上や奈良を訪れる旅人によって普及した。
English: And the name was changed to "narazuke" as Sosen ITOYA, a doctor of Chinese medicine, named so during the Keicho era (1596-1615).
Japanese: そして『奈良漬け』という名前に変わったのは、奈良の漢方医糸屋宗仙が、慶長年間(1596年～1615年)に名付けたからである。
English: The name "narazuke" is now used as a general noun, and even those prepared outside Nara Prefecture are called "narazuke."
Japanese: 現在では一般名詞化し、奈良県以外で製造したものも奈良漬けと呼ばれる。
English: From the nutritional viewpoint, it is also said to promote decomposition of fat and absorption of vitamins and minerals effectively.
Japanese: 栄養面からも脂肪の分解やビタミンやミネラルの吸収を助けるなどの効果があるとされている。
English: In addition, driving cars after eating a large amount of narazuke may be deemed as driving under the influence of alcohol.
Japanese: なお、奈良漬けを多量に食べた後に自動車を運転すると、酒気帯び運転となる場合がある。
English: However, according to the Health and Medicine of Alcohol Association, it would take approximately 60 narazuke (about 400 grams) with an alcohol content of 5% to reach the legal alcohol limit.
Japanese: ただし、アルコール健康医学協会によると、アルコール度数5%の奈良漬けの場合、約60切れ（約400g）もの量を食べなければ基準値に達しないということである。
English: Also, according to the experiments conducted by Institute for Traffic Accident Research and Data Analysis, a driving test that was performed at 20 minutes after having 50 grams of narazuke showed breath alcohol content of 0 (zero) and caused no influence on the driving.
Japanese: また、財団法人交通事故総合分析センターの実験によると、奈良漬け50gを食べた20分後に行なった走行実験では呼気中のアルコール濃度はゼロであり、走行にも影響を与えていない。
English: There are some cases that a driver who was arrested due to drunk driving made a statement as "I ate narazuke" at first, but the later interrogation has revealed that the driver had taken alcoholic beverages.
Japanese: 酒気帯び運転で逮捕されて当初は「奈良漬けを食べた」と供述した事例でも、後の調べで飲酒していたことが判明している。
English: Narazuke is known among a part of people in the Republic of Korea, since it was brought by Korean residents in Japan and by post-war Korean returnees.
Japanese: 大韓民国でも在日韓国・朝鮮人、戦後の朝鮮・韓国人帰国者が奈良漬けを伝えたことで、一部の人々の間で知られている。
English: In the market and other places, the similar products are sold with the phonetic expression of the Japanese narazuke (ナラヂュケ) in Korean writing system.
Japanese: 市場などでは、そのまま日本語風に”ナラヂュケ”という表音の韓国語で表記されて類似品が売られている。
English: In recent years, as a new export item to Japan, suggestion and discussion have been made in such places and occasions as the citizens' college and business seminars under the auspices of the Korean-based "Newspaper for logistics of agriculture and fisheries."
Japanese: 近年、日本への新しい輸出品目として、韓国の「農水産物流新聞」の主催する市民大学・ビジネスセミナー等で、提案、検討されている。
English: "Kanadehon Chushingura" (written in old character form: 假名手本忠臣藏) is the title of a representative ningyo joruri (traditional Japanese puppet theater) as well as kabuki (traditional drama performed by male actors) based on the Genroku Ako Incident.
Japanese: 『仮名手本忠臣蔵』（かなでほんちゅうしんぐら、旧字体：假名手本忠臣藏）は、元禄赤穂事件を題材とした人形浄瑠璃および歌舞伎の代表的な演目。
English: "Kanadehon Chushingura" was created jointly by Izumo TAKEDA the second, Shoraku MIYOSHI and Sosuke NAMIKI, and its story is based on "Enya Hangan zanshi no koto" (the tragic death of Enya Hangan (inspector (third highest of the four administrative ranks of the ritsuryo period (period during which the system of government was based on criminal and administrative codes))), volume 21 of "Taiheiki" (The Record of the Great Peace).
Japanese: 『仮名手本忠臣蔵』は二代目竹田出雲・三好松洛・並木宗輔の合作によるもので、太平記巻二十一「塩冶判官讒死の事」を世界(曖昧さ回避)としている。
English: As a ningyo joruri show, it was performed for the first time at Osaka Takemoto-za theater from September 6, 1748 to early January 1749.
Japanese: 人形浄瑠璃としての初演は寛延元年八月十四日（1748年9月6日）から同年十一月中頃（1749年1月初頭）まで大坂竹本座においてであった。
English: Its kabuki version was performed for the first time at Osaka Naka no shibai theater on January 19 1749.
Japanese: 同年十二月一日（1749年1月19日）には大坂中の芝居で歌舞伎版が初演された。
English: In Edo, it was shown for the first time at Morita-za theater on March 24, 1749.
Japanese: 江戸では翌寛延二年二月六日（1749年3月24日）森田座で初演されている。
English: Other kabuki or ningyo joruri plays based on the Ako Incident that existed before this program include "Higashiyama eiga no butai" (Edo Yamamura-za theater) and "Akemono Soga yauchi" (Edo Nakamura-za theater) performed from 1902 and 1703, shortly after the incident, "Taiheiki Sazareishi" and "Onikage Musashiabumi" performed in 1710, and "Goban Taiheiki" written by Monzaemon CHIKAMATSU; their stories vary from 'Oguri Hoganmono' (Oguri Hogan-style), 'Soga monogatari' (the tale of Soga) to 'Taiheikimono' (Taiheiki-style).
Japanese: 本作以前にこの赤穂事件を扱った歌舞伎や人形浄瑠璃の演目としては、事件後間もない元禄十四〜五年（1702–03年）の『東山榮華舞台』（江戸山村座）、『曙曽我夜討』（江戸中村座）や、宝永六年（1710年）の、『太平記さざれ石』、『鬼鹿毛無佐志鐙』、そして近松門左衛門作の『碁盤太平記』などがあり、その世界も「小栗判官物」、「曽我物語」、「太平記物」などさまざまだった。
English: Theme of the plays since "Goban Taiheiki," however, became "Taiheiki"-based, and the character roles also became fixed.
Japanese: 『碁盤太平記』あたりから世界が「太平記物」となり、それぞれの役の振分けも固定してくる。
English: It is generally believed that the title "Kanadehon" comes from the names of Ako Roshi (lordless samurai of the Ako domain) ordered according to the traditional Japanese syllables, and that the title "Chushingura" (忠臣蔵) is derived from "Chushin Oishi Kuranosuke" (忠臣大石内蔵助) (Kuranosuke OISHI, the loyal vassal).
Japanese: その外題は、赤穂浪士をいろは順にかけて「仮名手本」、そして「忠臣大石内蔵助」から「忠臣蔵」としたというのが一般的。
English: However, other views on "Chushingura" exist, such as the one that asserts that it means lots of chushin (loyal vassals) filling the kura (warehouse)
Japanese: ただし「忠臣蔵」の方には異説もあり、蔵いっぱいにもなるほど多くの忠臣の意味を持たせたとする説がある。
English: There is another view that asserts that Honzo KAKOGAWA (加古川本蔵) is the genuine chushin, and this point is implied by inserting 'chushin' (忠臣) between the two Chinese characters of his name, "Honzo" (本蔵).
Japanese: また、加古川本蔵こそが本当の忠臣だということを「本蔵」の間に「忠臣」を挟んで暗示したという説などがある。
English: Along with "Sugawara denju tenaraikagami" (Sugawara's secrets of calligraphy) and "Yoshitsune Senbonzakura" (Yoshitsune and One Thousand Cherry Trees), "Kanadehon Chushingura" is considered as one of the three masterpieces of ningyo joruri plays, and it has influenced various works in other fields since then.
Japanese: 『仮名手本忠臣蔵』は『菅原伝授手習鑑』『義経千本桜』とならぶ人形浄瑠璃の三大傑作といわれ、後代他分野の作品に大きな影響を及ぼしている。
English: The reason why it continues to remain popular even today is that its story is carefully and cleverly composed, and that it contains less of the nonsense, which is seen more often in marumoto kabuki (plays written for ningyo joruri).
Japanese: 近代に至るまで支持されつづけている要因には、その構成が周到かつ堅牢なうえに、丸本歌舞伎にありがちな荒唐無稽さも少ない点があげられる。
English: This program is famous as a play that consistently draws big crowds every time it is performed, and it was once called "shibai no dokujinto of theater" (medicinal bath for theaters) because it was an effective remedy for theaters facing financial difficulties.
Japanese: 本作は上演すれば必ず大入り満員御礼となる演目として有名で、かつては不況だったり劇場が経営難に陥ったりしたときの特効薬として「芝居の独参湯」と呼ばれることもあったほど。
English: Therefore, it is performed in an overwhelming frequency compared to other plays, and it is considered a shame, among the people of the kabuki world, to ask for their predecessors' advice on any of the character roles in "Chushingura."
Japanese: それだけに上演回数も圧倒的に多く、梨園ではこの『忠臣蔵』に限っては、どの役柄でも先人に教えを乞うことは恥といわれるほどである。
English: Because "Kanadehon Chushingura" became so famous, ever since the Edo period, proverbs related to Chushingura used the names of characters in this play more frequently than those of people who actually existed.
Japanese: 『仮名手本忠臣蔵』があまりにも有名になったため、江戸時代の頃から忠臣蔵にかかわる格言などには、史実における実在の人物の名よりも、本作における役名が用いられることが多かった。
English: "Kanadehon Chushingura" is composed of 11 acts in total, and it is a rare joruri as well as marumoto kabuki play whose acts have survived almost in entirely as a theater piece to this day.
Japanese: 『仮名手本忠臣蔵』は全十一段からなり、現在でもほぼその全段が演目として残っている稀な浄瑠璃・丸本歌舞伎である。
English: Although acts two, eight and nine are usually not performed, an attempt was made in 1974 to perform only acts two, eight and nine at the National Theater.
Japanese: なお通常二・八・九段目は上演されないが、昭和49年(1974)国立劇場において、逆に二・八・九段目だけを上演するという試みがあった。
English: His vassal, Yuranosuke OBOSHI, leads a life of debauchery in Gion, a red-light district in Kyoto, and he attacks the Ko residence when Moronao, not anticipating revenge, lets his guard down.
Japanese: 家臣の大星由良之助は京の遊里祇園で放蕩三昧の日々を送り、絶対に仇討ちは無いと師直側が油断したころに高の屋敷への討ち入りを決行。
English: Kanpei goes out accompanying Enya Hangan, but he sneaks out, enjoying a secret date with Okaru.
Japanese: 勘平は塩冶判官のお供で外出するが、一人抜け出しておかると逢い引きを楽しんでいた。
English: However, the way he obtains the money is regarded as a violation of samurai virtues, and he commits seppuku.
Japanese: しかし入手した手段が侍の道にもとる非道なものだと誤解され、切腹する。
English: He dies just after signing his name with his blood on the petition that allowed him to become a member of the revenge group.
Japanese: 討ち入り血判状に判を押し、討ち入り組の一人に名を連ねたところで絶命する。
English: Rikiya is a man on Hangan's side, and Konami is a daughter of the man who stopped Hangan from slashing Moronao.
Japanese: 力弥は判官側の人間で、小浪は判官の師直への刃傷を押しとどめた男の娘。
English: Konami's father tries to be forgiven for his conduct by being killed by Rikiya.
Japanese: 小浪の父は、力弥に殺されることによって、自らの行為を許してもらおうとする。
English: Rikiya and Konami spend one night as husband and wife, then Rikiya departs in order to prepare for the raid.
Japanese: 力弥・小浪は一夜限りの夫婦生活を持ち、力弥は討ち入りの準備に出発する。
English: Moronao, though unethical, is in love with a married woman, and he makes an advance on Kaoyo Gozen, but he is turned down.
Japanese: 師直が、非道なことに他人の妻に横恋慕して、顔世御前にちょっかいをだすが振られる。
English: Although Moronao KO and Enya Hangan are nominally based on real people, only this portion is based on the episode that appears in "Taiheiki," in which Moronao KO is in love with Enya Hangan's wife.
Japanese: 「高師直」と「塩治判官」はともに実在した人物から名を借りるのみだが、この箇所に限っては『太平記』で高師直が塩冶判官の妻に横恋慕した逸話を使っている。
English: It is a solemn scene that starts with kabuki instrumental music, and it is one of the few prologues which is currently performed as an independent act.
Japanese: 天王立で幕を開ける荘重な場面であり、歌舞伎では現在演目として行われている数少ない大序のひとつ。
English: An announcement called "yakunin kaena," which means an explanation of casting by a puppet called "kojo ningyo," is always made in front of the curtain.
Japanese: かならず幕前で、「口上人形」と呼ばれる操り人形による「役人替名｣（やくにんかえな）、つまり配役を説明する口上がある。
English: Even after the curtain is drawn at the signal of tozaigoe (the word "tozai"), actors remain as ningyoshin (puppets), looking down with their eyes closed, and they do not act yet.
Japanese: 東西声で幕を引いた後も、登場人物たちは人形身と称して下を向いて瞳を開かず、演技をしない。
English: After each character's name is called by the takemoto (narrator), the actor looks up and starts to act as if "life is put into the puppet."
Japanese: 竹本に役名を呼ばれてはじめて「人形に魂が入ったように」顔を上げ、役を勤めはじめる。
English: The end of the scene takes the same form as that of "Kotobuki Soga no taimen," in which Moronao, who is the enemy, and Wakasanosuke, who is the excited aragoto (kabuki character featuring exaggerated posture, makeup, and costume), are being held back by Hangan, who is the wagoto (the peacemaker character in kabuki).
Japanese: 切りは敵役の師直、勇みたつ荒事の若狭介、二人を押しとどめる和事の判官と、『壽曾我對面』の幕切れと同じ形式になっている。
English: By the order issued by Shogun Takauji ASHIKAGA, the younger brother of shogun, Naoyoshi ASHIKAGA, is dispatched to Tsurugaoka Hachiman-gu Shrine in order to search out Yoshisada NITTA's helmet and hold a memorial service for Yoshisada.
Japanese: 将軍足利尊氏の命により、討取った新田義貞の兜を探しだし、これを供養するために将軍の弟足利直義が鶴岡八幡宮に遣わされる。