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English: After the procession arrived in a bridegroom's residence, 'kaioke watashi' was conducted as the first ritual, in which kaioke was handed over from the bride's side to the groom's side.
Japanese: 婚礼行列が婚家に到着すると、まず初めに貝桶を新婦側から婚家側に引き渡す｢貝桶渡し｣の儀式が行われた。
English: Karo (chief retainer of a feudal lord) or other senior vassals performed kaioke watashi as the most important ritual in a wedding ceremony of daimyo families.
Japanese: 貝桶渡しは家老などの重臣が担当し、大名家の婚礼に置いて重要な儀式であった。
English: Takarabune (treasure ship) is the sailing ship on which Shichifukujin (Seven Deities of Good Luck) and treasures are loaded, or the picture that depicts the scene.
Japanese: 宝船（たからぶね）とは、七福神が乗る宝物を積み込んだ帆船、または、その様子を描いた図のこと。
English: They say there are various treasures such as corals, gold and silver, and jewelry are loaded on Takarabune.
Japanese: 宝船にはサンゴ・金銀・宝石など、様々な宝物が積み込まれているという。
English: Therefore, Takarabune is considered to be an auspicious ship, and figures that depict Shichifukujin (Seven Deities of Good Luck) on board of this ship are popular as lucky charms.
Japanese: そのため宝船はおめでたい船とされ、この船に七福神が乗っている様子をかたどった置物などが縁起物として親しまれている。
English: And, it is said that sleeping with the picture under your pillow on January second would make you happy with auspicious Hatsuyume (the first dream in the New Year).
Japanese: そして、正月の2日にその絵を枕の下に入れて寝ると良い初夢を見ることができると言われている。
English: It is also said that the origin of Takarabune was much simpler as a ship used for 'yumechigae' (putting a spell on bad dreams not to become true) or 'yumebarae (purifying bad dreams not to become true) on which bad dreams are floated down rivers to wash away bad luck (it is based on the idea of Oharae (the great purification) in which you let the water carry impurities away).
Japanese: 元はもっと素朴なもので悪夢を乗せて流すという「夢違え」または「夢祓え」の船が原形だという（穢れを水に流すという大祓の発想に基づく）。
English: In the Muromachi period, pictures of the ship were given to people on Setsubun (the traditional end of winter) night or on New Year's Eve, then were collected following morning after people slept on them to float away on water or to bury, which suggests that Takarabune was considered as something to be washed or to cleanse bad luck.
Japanese: 室町時代には節分の夜か除夜の時人々に船の絵を分け与え、床の下に敷いて寝た後は翌朝集めて流すか、埋めるかしている事から流す物、祓う物と考えていたことが伺える。
English: During the Ming Dynasty in China, He ZHENG journeyed across the seas from Southeast Asia to the east coast of Africa.
Japanese: 中国の明代には、鄭和が東南アジア～アフリカ東海岸への大航海を行った。
English: The center of the fleet was a huge ship called treasure ship of He ZHENG, which was the largest-ever at the time with total length of over 120m.
Japanese: 船団の中心となったのは鄭和の宝船（ほうせん）と呼ばれる巨大船で、全長120メートルを超える当時としては史上最大の木造船であった。
English: Jewelry and earthenware were loaded up as gifts for the port of call at departure, and mitsugimjono (tribute) such as uncommon animals that Chinese people at the time did not know including giraffes and lions were loaded up on the return.
Japanese: 出航の際は寄港地への贈答品として宝石や陶磁器などが積まれ、帰航の際はキリンやライオンといった当時の中国人が知らない珍獣などの貢物が積まれた。
English: Koden (香典) is a term to refer to a gift of money offered to the dead at a Buddhist funeral.
Japanese: 香典（こうでん）とは、仏式等の葬儀で、死者の霊前等に供える金品をいう。
English: The Chinese character "香" is used to mean that koden is offered instead of an aromatic chemical or an incense stick, and the Chinese character "奠" means a gift of money offered to the dead.
Japanese: 「香」の字が用いられるのは、香料・線香の代わりに供えるという意味であり、「奠」とは霊前に供える金品の意味である。
English: Typically, koden is wrapped in a special envelope called koden-bukuro (bushugi-bukuro) and is passed to the bereaved family at the funeral (lykewake or funeral service).
Japanese: 通例、香典は、香典袋（不祝儀袋）に入れて葬儀（通夜あるいは告別式）の際に遺族に対して手渡される。
English: The words "Goreizen (御霊前)," "Gokoryo (御香料)," or "Okoden (御香典)" are written on the front of the envelope which is decorated with black and white or silver mizuhiki (decorative paper twine) tied in a square knot.
Japanese: 包みに、「御霊前」・「御香料」・「御香典」と表書きし、白黒あるいは双銀（銀一色）の結び切りの水引をかける。
English: Because it is believed that the spirit of the dead becomes a Buddha upon completion of the funeral, the address "Goreizen" (to the spirit) is used before completion of the funeral and the address "Gobutsuzen" (to the Buddha) is used after the funeral.
Japanese: 葬儀が終わって故人の霊魂が成仏した後は「御仏前」、それまでは「御霊前」との考え方。
English: However, in the case of a funeral held in accordance with the teachings of the Jodoshinshu (True Pure Land Sect of Buddhism), the address "Gobutsuzen" is used for koden, because the deceased is said to become a Buddha immediately after death.
Japanese: ただし、浄土真宗の場合、人は死後すぐに仏になるという思想を持つため、香典であっても「御仏前」と書く。
English: One of the addresses "Goreizen," "O-tamagushi (ryo)," or "O-sakaki-ryo" is written on the front side of the envelope, and the envelope is decorated with black and white mizuhiki tied in a square knot or asao tied in a square knot.
Japanese: 白無地の包みに、「御霊前」・「御玉串（料）」・「御榊料」と表書きし、白黒あるいは双白（白一色）の結び切り水引や麻緒（あさお）の結び切りをかける。
English: In the case of a funeral held in accordance the teachings of Christianity, a white plain envelope or a commercially available envelope bearing the address "Ohana-ryo" or a picture of a white lily and cross printed on its front side is used.
Japanese: キリスト教では、白無地の封筒か、「お花料」の表書きや白百合・十字架などが印刷された市販の封筒を用いる。
English: When the religion according to which the funeral is held is not known, it is recommended to use a white plain envelope bearing the address "Goreizen" on its front side and decorated with white and black or silver mizuhiki tied in a square knot.
Japanese: どの宗教によるものか不明な場合は、白無地の包みに、「御霊前」と表書きし、白黒あるいは双銀の結び切り水引をかけるのが無難である。
English: It is recommended that the amount be written vertically and that the formal Chinese characters are used to write the numbers one (壱), two (弐), three (参), one thousand (阡), and ten thousand (萬).
Japanese: 但し、壱（1）・弐（2）・参（3）・阡（千）・萬（万）の5つの漢字はこれら旧漢字を使い、縦書きで書くとよい。
English: Even if you have written your name on the koden-bukuro (outer envelope), you should write your address, including the post code, and name again on the rear of the naka-bukuro.
Japanese: たとえ香典袋（外側の袋）に氏名などを書いたとしても、中袋には住所や氏名を郵便番号を含めきちんと書いておく。
English: In some Koden-bukuro sold at convenience stores, a space to write the amount of money is reserved on the rear of the naka-bukuro.
Japanese: 金額を書く部分は、コンビニなどで売っているもの中には、中袋の裏側に書くようになっているものもある。
English: When inserting bank notes into a naka-bukuro, they should be inserted with the face side (the side of the notes on which the face of a person is printed) facing the rear side of the naka-bukuro.
Japanese: 中袋にお札を入れる場合、表側（お札の顔が描いてある面）が中袋の裏側になるように入れる。
English: In other words, the notes should be inserted so that the bereaved family see the rear side of the notes when they try to extract the notes with the front side of the naka-bukuro facing them.
Japanese: 要するに、喪家がお札を取り出すときに、仮に、中袋の表側を手前に見ながらお札を取り出すとするとお札の裏面が見えるようになる。
English: It is sometimes said that use of new notes should be avoided because it may give the bereaved family an impression that you have been well prepared for the death.
Japanese: 新札を入れるのは、まるであらかじめ準備して待っていたようだから、してはいけないと言われることもある。
English: However, it is also said that the use of new notes may be acceptable as thoughtful etiquette
Japanese: しかし、むしろ心遣いとしては新札をつかうことは必ずしも失礼にはあたらないともいわれる。
English: When you insert two or more notes, you should stack them in the same direction before insertion.
Japanese: お札が何枚かある場合は、表裏左右の向きを揃えて入れるのがよいとされる。
English: The naka-bukuro should be placed in the koden-bukuro which has been opened on the table so that the front side of the koden-bukuro (the side on which the address, such as "Goreizen", has been written) faces the surface of the table (or the rear side of the opened koden-bukuro faces the ceiling).
Japanese: 中袋は、香典袋を裏側が手前になるようにして開け、御霊前などと書いてある表面を伏せて（香典袋の裏側が天井を向いて開いている状態）置く。
English: When you insert the naka-bukuro into the outer envelope (koden-bukuro), you should fold back the lower end of the koden-bukuro first and then fold back the upper end so that the upper end overlaps the folded-back lower end.
Japanese: 外側の袋で包むとき折り返しが上下にあるが、まず、下からの折り返しを折って、それから上からの折り返しが重なるようにする。
English: However, it is also said that there are no specific rules regarding the direction that the naka-bukuro faces and you can place the naka-bukuro in any direction as you like.
Japanese: もっとも、中袋の入れ方は表裏に関しては「これが正しい」というマナーは特に無く、表裏のいずれを上にして入れてもさほどマナー違反にならないという。
English: However, it is important that the top-bottom direction (not the front-rear direction) of the naka-bukuro be the same as that of the koden-bukuro (outer envelope).
Japanese: 但し、中袋の上下（裏表ではなく、上、下）は香典袋（外側の包み）の上下と一致するようにするとよい。
English: The amount of condolence money varies depending on factors including how close you are to the deceased or the bereaved family, your social status, your age, and the region in which you live.
Japanese: 香典の金額は、故人・遺族との付き合いの深さ、自己の地位・年齢、地域などによって異なる。
English: In general, while the amount often ranges from \50,000 to \100,000 when the deceased is your mother or father, it often ranges from \30,000 to \50,000 when the deceased is your brother or sister.
Japanese: おおむね、故人が、父母ならば5万円から10万円、兄弟姉妹ならば3万円から5万円である。
English: When the deceased is one of your relatives (excluding your parents, brothers, and sisters), the amount ranges from \10,000 to \30,000, and when the deceased is one of your colleagues, friends, or neighbors, the amount often ranges from \5,000 to \10,000.
Japanese: それ以外の親族ならば1万円から3万円、勤務先関係・友人・隣近所ならば5000円から1万円であることが多い。
English: There is a traditional taboo that says an even number amount or number of notes should be avoided (odd numbers are thought to be positive numbers and even numbers are thought to be negative numbers).
Japanese: 金額や紙幣の数を奇数とする伝統的な禁忌（奇数が陽数、偶数が陰数とされる）が存在する。
English: Some people avoid use of three, four, or nine notes because the pronunciations of these numbers are similar to those of "惨 (tragedy)," "死 (death)," and "苦 (agony)," respectively.
Japanese: ３＝惨、４＝死、９＝苦など語呂合わせにより禁忌とし、紙幣の数でそれらを避ける人もいる。
English: The mourning period ends at the memorial service held on the forty-ninth day after the death in the case of Buddhism and ends at the memorial service held on the fiftieth day after the death in the case of Shinto.
Japanese: 忌明けとは、仏式ならば四十九日の法要後、神式ならば五十日祭を終えた後である。
English: In Christianity, there is no concept of a mourning period, but bereaved families often give a koden-gaeshi in a manner similar to that of Buddhism after the ascension memorial day which is held one month after the death.
Japanese: キリスト教では忌中という概念はないが、死後一ヶ月後の昇天（召天）記念日のあとに仏式などに倣って香典返しを送る。
English: Foods or consumables are often given as koden-gaeshi, and typical examples include tea, sweets, dried laver seaweed, towels, bedding, soap and tableware.
Japanese: 香典返しの品は、食品や消耗品が多いが、茶・菓子・海苔・砂糖・タオル・寝具・石鹸・食器など様々である。
English: In the case of Buddhism, you should write "志" or "忌明志" on the front side of the koden-gaeshi and decorate it with white and black or gray mizuhiki tied in a square knot.
Japanese: 香典返しには、仏式ならば「志」「忌明志」と表書きし、白黒あるいは灰色の結び切りの水引をかける。
English: In the case of Shinto, you should write "志," "偲草," or "しのび草" on the front side of the koden-gaeshi and decorate it with white and black or silver mizuhiki tied in a square knot.
Japanese: 神式では「志」「偲草」「しのび草」と表書きし、白黒あるいは双銀の結び切り水引をかける。
English: In the case of Christianity, you should write "召天記念 (Protestant)," "感謝," or "志" on the front side of the koden-gaeshi.
Japanese: キリスト教式では、「召天記念」（プロテスタント）・「感謝」・「志」と表書きする。
English: The phrase "七七日忌" or "七七忌" found in the Buddhism greeting card means the memorial service held on the forty-ninth day after the death.
Japanese: 仏式の文中に用いられる「七七日忌」「七七忌」とは四十九日のことである。
English: However, in Hokkaido, a greeting card to express thanks for attending the funeral and an article having a monetary value of several hundreds yen are often given to a mourner together with a receipt for the Koden at the lykewake and no gift is sent in return for the Koden upon the end of mourning period.
Japanese: ただし、北海道では、会葬御礼の挨拶状と、数百円程度の品物が香典の領収書と共に通夜の時に渡され、忌明け時に香典返しを行うことはないことが多い。
English: In addition, in Ise region, koden-gaeshi is called "Daihiji (代非時)" and is given at the lykewake.
Japanese: その他、伊勢地方では香典返しを「代非時（だいひじ）」といい通夜の会場で渡される。
English: In addition, in parts of Nara Prefecture, an amount of cash equal to half the amount of the koden is returned when the koden is offered in order to eliminate work associated with giving a koden-gaeshi.
Japanese: その他、奈良県の一部の地域では香典返しの手間をはぶくため、その場で半額が返金されるところもある。
English: Koden (香典) was originally written as "香奠," and "奠" is a character used to refer to an offering.
Japanese: 香典は古くは「奠」の字を用いるのが一般的であったが、奠とは供物の意味である。
English: Koden (香典 or 香奠) was not only an offering to the dead but also an assistance to the bereaved family who have encountered an unexpected misfortune.
Japanese: 「香典（香奠）」とは、故人に対する供物であるとともに、不意の事態に遭遇した故人の家族への支援の意味もある。
English: Therefore, foods were often offered as Koden in rural areas in ancient times so that those foods could be provided as meals to Buddhist monks and mourners
Japanese: そのため、古くは農村部を中心に食料を送ってそれを僧侶や葬儀参加者の食事に宛てることが多かった。
English: It is also said that the concept of kegare (dirtiness/impurity) was dominant at that time, and a koden of food was offered to the bereaved family so that the bereaved family, who conducted the funeral, could avoid contact with other people so as not to spread this kegare.
Japanese: また、穢れの思想が強かった時代に葬儀に携わる故人の親族が人々と接触して穢れを広めないようにするために故人の家族と親族の食料を予め用意しておくという配慮があったとも言われている。
English: In addition, friends of the deceased who participated in the preparation for the funeral or who attended the funeral took their meals separately at hotels or restaurants near the house of the deceased in order to avoid contacting the kegare as much as possible.
Japanese: また、これとは別に葬儀の準備に参加あるいは参列する地域の知人・友人は、穢れと接触するのを最低限にするために地域の宿屋あるいは食堂を借りて食事を摂った。
English: Those meals were prepared separately from meals for the deceased or other people at the expense of the village.
Japanese: その食料も故人あるいはそれ以外の一般人と別の物を用意してそれは地域の負担として住民で用意した。
English: As the concept of kegare subsequently went into decline, friends, family and acquaintances of the deceased came to take meals together.
Japanese: 後に穢れの観念が希薄となると、親族と友人・知人の食事は一緒に行われるようになった。
English: It is believed that this is why not only koden from the relatives of the deceased but also from other people came to be given to the bereaved family.
Japanese: このため、親族以外の香典も全てが故人の家族に渡されるようになったと考えられている。
English: There was a popular custom in which the children of the deceased who did not take the responsibility of chief mourner, were obliged to offer a barrel of rice wine in addition to a bag of rice or wheat.
Japanese: 喪主を務めない故人の実子は米か麦を1俵丸ごと差し出し、更に酒1樽を付ける慣習が広く行われていた。
English: It is thought that it was in the Muromachi period that money started to be offered as koden together with a simple offering instead of foods for the Samurai class, but it was in or after the Meiji period, and even after World War II in some rural areas, that the same thing happened for ordinary people.
Japanese: 香典が金銭に代わり、食料がその副物として簡単な供物に代わっていくのは、武士階層では室町時代、一般庶民では明治時代以後、一部農村部では戦後に入ってからのことと考えられている。
English: Mizutaki is a kind of a one-pot dish cooked at the table, a local dish mainly eaten in Fukuoka Prefecture.
Japanese: 水炊き（みずたき）は、主に福岡県で食される郷土料理で、鍋料理の一種。
English: Although the ways of cooking are similar, there are some differences between mizutaki in Fukuoka Prefecture and that in other regions.
Japanese: 料理法は似ているが、福岡県とその他地域での差異がかなりある料理である。
English: Originally it is cooked from water without any seasoning in order to make the most of stock from chicken and bones, thus it is called 'mizutaki' (stewed with water).
Japanese: 鶏肉や骨から出る旨味を生かすために、他の調味料を使わずに水から煮立たせるのが本来の調理法のため「水炊き」と呼ばれる。
English: Nevertheless some restaurants use chicken stock from the beginning so that they can always serve mizutaki with the same taste.
Japanese: ただ現在お店によっては、味を安定させるため最初から鶏がらのだし汁を用いたりしている場合がある。
English: In regions other than Fukuoka Prefecture, konbu (a kind of kelp used for Japanese soup stock) is laid in the bottom of pot as an additional stock.
Japanese: また福岡県以外の地域では、追加の出汁として昆布を鍋底に敷いたものもある。
English: Cooked ingredients are seasoned with ponzu soy sauce (soy source containing citrus juice) or yuzu kosho (a spicy, hot Japanese condiment made from yuzu rinds, chili and salt), etc. that are prepared in small plates (sometimes spiced with hot peppers or other spices) before eaten.
Japanese: 小皿にポン酢や柚子胡椒等を入れて味を付けて食べるもの（唐辛子のみ、または追加調味料として辛味をつけることはある）である。
English: Usually, Chinese cabbage or cabbage and Japanese leeks are usually cooked together with chicken, and mushrooms, shirataki (white stringy food made from konjac starch) and garland chrysanthemum are added if desired.
Japanese: 普通、鶏肉の他に白菜ないしキャベツ、長葱を入れ、好みでキノコ類、しらたき、春菊などを入れる。
English: Other than chicken, a dish made with beef or pork alone or together with tofu (bean curd) and seafood (oysters or codfish) is also called mizutaki sometimes.
Japanese: また鶏肉以外に牛肉や豚肉を単独で、あるいは豆腐や海鮮類（牡蠣や鱈）などを一緒に煮炊きする場合も水炊きと呼ぶことがある。
English: Although mizutaki is often said to have its origin in a local dish of Hakata, hot pot of chicken had existed nationwide from the Edo period, and became popular as chicken pot (fowl cooked in a flat pan) from the Meiji period.
Japanese: 博多の郷土料理が起源とされることが多いが、鶏の鍋焼きは江戸時代から全国的にあり、明治以降になって鳥鍋として盛んに行われるようになった。
English: In another story, Heizaburo HAYASHIDA who was born in Nagasaki went to Hong Kong in 1897 when he was fifteen and lived with an English family and learned cooking.
Japanese: また、長崎に生まれた林田平三郎が1897年、15歳で香港に渡り、英国人の家庭に住み込みで料理の勉強をしていた。
English: After he came back to Japan, he is said to have arranged Western consomme and Chinese chicken soup that he had learned there to make the original Hakata mizutaki in 1905.
Japanese: そして帰国後、そこで習得した西洋料理のコンソメと中国風鶏のスープをアレンジし、1905年に博多水炊きを完成させたのが起源であるという説もある。
English: Along with gameni dish, mizutaki is selected as a local dish of Fukuoka Prefecture in the hundred best local dishes of rural areas.
Japanese: がめ煮とともに、農山漁村の郷土料理百選に福岡県の郷土料理として選ばれている。
English: On a piece of paper that has an outline of the face of a 'plain faced woman' or a 'moon faced woman' drawn on it, different parts of the face (such as the eyes, eyebrows, nose and mouth) are mixed up, and a blindfolded player is then supposed to pin these parts in the correct position on the blank face.
Japanese: 阿亀（おかめ）や阿多福（おかめ）などの面の輪郭を描いた紙の上に、目、口、鼻などの部品を散らし、目隠しをした者がそれを適当な位置に置いていく。
English: Because the player has his or her eyes covered, the facial parts do not end up in the correct place on the face mask, creating laughable facial expressions.
Japanese: 並べる者が目隠しをしているため、出来上がった顔は部品の配置が乱れており滑稽な顔立ちになっている。
English: The winner is decided by choosing the person who has made the strangest face, the most normal face, or the like.
Japanese: よりおかしな顔を作った者、あるいはより正しいふつうの顔を作った者を勝者とするなどして勝敗を決する場合もある。
English: Records of this game being played on New Year's day date back to the Meiji period, but when it originated is unknown.
Japanese: 正月の遊びとして定着したのは明治頃とされているが、起源ははっきりしない。
English: From approximately the start of the Heisei period, the game has fallen out of favor as a game played by families on New Year's day; however, Fukuwarai computer games and web-based versions have appeared, and local governments and the like continue to include the game in festivities celebrating the New Year.
Japanese: 平成以降は一般家庭での正月の遊びとしては廃れ気味となったが、パソコンやウェブ上で遊ぶ福笑いソフトなどが登場したほか、自治体などが執り行う新春行事としては変わらず恒例のものといえる。
English: Mibu Kyogen is a form of pantomime skits performed at the Mibu-dera Temple in Kyoto every year at the time of the Setsubun Festival (February), in April, and October coinciding with the annual cycle of Noh performances.
Japanese: 壬生狂言（みぶきょうげん）は、毎年節分と4月、10月に京都市中京区の壬生寺（みぶでら）で演じられる無言劇である。
English: The pieces include many that are based on The Tale of the Heike, the Otogi Zoshi, and other moral tales that serve as vehicles of transmitting a variety of traditional teachings.
Japanese: 演目には、勧善懲悪などの教訓を伝える話や平家物語、御伽草子に取材した話などがある。
English: The repertoire includes a number of pieces that involve the audience in a highly tactile manner, including a piece in which senbei rice crackers are tossed to spectators in the audience Atago mairi (Pilgrimage to Mount Atago), a piece in which paper ropes are thrown into the audience Tsuchigumo (The Demon Spider), a piece in which there is a tightrope walking scene Nue (Nightmare Bird), and a piece in which pottery plates are smashed Horaku wari (Smashing Plates).
Japanese: 煎餅を観客席に投げる（愛宕詣り）、紙でできた糸を観客席に投げる（土蜘蛛）、綱渡りをする（鵺）、素焼きの皿を割る（炮烙割り）といった派手な見せ場を持つ演目もある。
English: The Mibu Dainenbutsu Association is formed from approximately 40 members, spanning a wide age group from local elementary school students to senior citizens, who take time out from their normal occupations as commuting students, salaried employees, running small business and the like to rehearse and perform.
Japanese: 地元の小学生から長老まで約40人が壬生大念仏講中を構成し、学校通い、会社勤め、商いなどの本職のかたわらに練習をし、公演をしている。
English: According to legend, the Yuzunenbutsu Kyogen was created during the Kamakura period around the year 1300 by Yuzunenbutsu priest Engaku Shonin.
Japanese: 鎌倉時代の1300年、融通念仏の円覚上人によって創始されたと伝えられている融通念仏の狂言。
English: It is said that in an era during which there were no megaphones and the like, he sought to spread Buddhist teachings to the populous through a form of easy to understand silent drama using exaggerated movements and gestures.
Japanese: メガホンのない時代に、仏教を群衆にわかりやすく説くために、大げさな身ぶり手ぶりで表現する無言劇の形態が採用されたという。
English: According to one interpretation, the reason that Nenbutsu Kyogen was made into a silent form of dramatic art was because it had originally been performed before a large gathering of people who were to chant the Nenbutsu, so that even if the plays did include dialog it might become drowned out by the chanting.
Japanese: 念仏狂言が無言劇化した理由については、本来、大衆が念仏をする前で行なわれたものであったために、台詞を発しても念仏の声にかき消されて伝わらないので無言になったとする説もある。
English: Note that there is another form of Nenbutsu Kyogen performed at Injo-ji Temple (Kyoto City) that does include dialog.
Japanese: なお、同じ念仏狂言でも、引接寺(京都市)のものは、台詞入りで行なわれている。
English: During the Edo period the role of the Nenbutsu Kyogen as a vehicle for spreading Buddhist teachings gradually became diluted, with the Kyogen taking on more of a form of entertainment for the masses.
Japanese: 江戸時代になると、布教活動としての色彩が薄れ、大衆娯楽として発展した。
English: Atago mairi (Pilgrimage to Mount Atago) Note that this piece was not originally performed at Mibu-dera Temple, but at Seiryo-ji Temple
Japanese: 愛宕詣り（あたごまいり）　※但し、本来は壬生寺ではなく清凉寺の演目。
English: An elderly man (both wealthy and retired) who saw this, immediately started making flirtatious small talk with the young woman in an all out effort to seduce her.
Japanese: これを見初めた老人（隠居とも大尽とも）が八方、手を尽くしてついには彼女を口説き落とす。
English: The old woman looks in a mirror and starts putting on makeup, but breaks down in tears of despair recognizing her unseemliness.
Japanese: 醜婦は鏡を取って化粧してみるが、自分が醜いので自暴自棄に泣き崩れるというあら筋。
English: Horaku wari is always the first piece put on during the April performances of the Dainenbutsu Association, in which the plates donated during the February Setsubun-e are smashed in the finale.
Japanese: -4月の大念仏会の公演では、必ず最初に催される演目であり、2月の節分会の際に奉納された炮烙が、この演目の最後に割られる。
English: There are two types of Sudare, 'tatezu,' which are rested on the exterior surface of the house or the like, and 'kakezu,' which are hung from the eaves, and even though the use of drapes, curtains and blinds has become widespread, Sudare remain very popular due to their ease of use and aesthetic appeal.
Japanese: 「立て簾（たてず）」と「掛け簾」の2種類あり、近年カーテンやブラインド、スクリーン等が普及する中、使い勝手の良さや、見た目の良さにより現在でも根強い人気を持つ。
English: Modern architecture has seen the adoption of Sudare for use in exterior and interior decoration.
Japanese: 近代建築においてエクステリア・インテリアの装飾品として使われることもある。
English: The Sudare mentioned in the anecdote by Heian poet Sei Shonagon, "Lifting the Sudare, I gazed upon the snow covered Koroho".
Japanese: 清少納言と「高炉峰の雪は簾を掲げて見る」の逸話における簾（すだれ）は、御簾（みす）のこと。
English: There are also small sized Sudare that are used in food preparation, such as in the preparation of sushi rolls; in particular, the small mats called "makisu" or "sumaki."
Japanese: 小さな調理器具用のものもあり、寿司巻き寿司を巻くときなどに利用され、特に巻き寿司に使うものは巻き簾またはは簀巻きと言う。
English: In the 1970s, the percentage of Sudare manufactured in Japan was large; however, due to river and wetlands reclamation projects and the like, which reduced the areas for reed production, the number of Sudare imported from China increased.
Japanese: 日本では、1970年代頃までは国産の比率が高かったが、河川改修などで材料となるヨシの生育地が減少したことから、中華人民共和国産の比率が高まった。
English: A katsudo benshi is a Japanese professional narrator of an old motion picture, or a silent movie, who gives live narration to the audience.
Japanese: 活動弁士（かつどうべんし）は、活動写真すなわち無声映画（サイレント映画）を上映中に、その内容を語りで表現して解説する専門の職業的解説者。