Haruko is dazed, and Shibuya suggests she draw a fortune slip. Jack asks in samurai-style speech if she is all right.
ハルコ！大丈夫でござるか？
Haruko! Are you all right, gozaru?
ござらんよ… ああ～！ついてない。
I'm not "gozaru"... Ahh! What bad luck.
あ そうだ。おみくじ引きましょ。 流れが変わるかもしれませんよ。
Oh, that's right. Let's draw omikuji. Maybe your luck will turn around.
Speaking notes
archaic 'to be/there is' (samurai-style speech)
the situation turns; your luck changes
Bob draws "kichi" and Paul draws "shoukichi". The two argue over whose luck is better.
小吉！ 吉！
Small blessing! - Blessing!
やった～！勝ったぜ。 マジかよ～ホントに。
Yes! I won. - Seriously?
違う違う…それ 小吉の方が 悪い気がするけど→
No, no... you might think a small blessing is worse, but...
実は逆なのよ。 おっ！マジで？ えっ？
it's actually the opposite. - Oh! Really? - Huh?
小吉の方が上？ そう。
A small blessing is higher? - That's right.
ちゃんとした順番に並べると 運のいい方から…。
If you line them up in the proper order, starting from the luckiest...
…ってなんのよ。 へっへへへ。
...it goes like this. - Heh heh heh.
俺の勝ちだよ ボブ。 くっそ～！もう１回引く！
I win, Bob. - Damn it! I'm drawing again!
ちょっと ダメ！引きなおしは。 えっ！
Hey, no! You can't redraw. - What?!
Speaking notes
omikuji ranking differs by shrine
redo; to do again
Haruko and Katori open their fortunes together. Haruko's is bad and she wants to redraw, but is stopped.
ハルコ先生 一緒に開けてみませんか？ いいわよ。
Ms. Haruko, shall we open them together? - Sure.
せ～の！
Ready, go!
やった～！大吉！ ハルコ先生は？
Yay! Great blessing! - And you, Ms. Haruko?
大凶！？ 最悪だ…。
Terrible fortune?! The worst...
まあ たかが おみくじですからね。
Well, it's only an omikuji, after all.
もう１回 引き直すわ。 引き直しはダメなんじゃ？
I'm going to draw again. - Isn't redrawing not allowed?
あ…。 ま 悪いおみくじも 吉に転じろと 結んでおけば良いと聞きますよ。
Ah... Well, I hear you can tie up even a bad fortune, wishing it to turn into a good one.
は…そっか！そうしよう！
Oh... I see! Let's do that!
Speaking notes
the worst omikuji fortune
to turn into...; to change to
Haruko is about to tie up her fortune when she finds the students pulling fortunes off the tree. Bob says the fortunes here are free.
こら～！
Hey!
お～ハルコ。 ここのおみくじ タダだぞ。
Oh, Haruko. The fortunes here are free.
タダじゃないわよ！
They are not free!
そのおみくじは誰かが 引いたヤツなの！ ええ～！？
Those fortunes were drawn by someone else! - What?!
そこに結んで願かけんの！ 全部 戻しなさい！早く！
They're tied up there for wishes! Put them all back! Hurry!
早く言ってよ～。
You should have told us sooner.
やべ！ホントに もう すいませんでした。
Oops! Really, I'm sorry.
よく言って聞かせるんで。
I'll give them a good talking-to.
なんて罰当たりな。 本当についてないですね～。
What a blasphemous thing to do. You really are unlucky.
カトリーヌ！ なに？
Catherine! - What?
カトリーヌじゃなくて鹿取です。→
I'm not Catherine, I'm Katori.
これは絵馬っていって 後ろに願い事を書くの。
This is called an ema, and you write your wish on the back.
Speaking notes
making a wish; tying a fortune as a wish-vow
sacrilege; behavior that will bring divine punishment
Katori says she will take a commemorative photo and the students line up. Back at school, Haruko counts the heads and finds an unknown boy.
はい。撮りますよ～。
Okay, I'm going to take it~.
は～い。
Okay~.
あっ 目 閉じちゃった。
Oh, I closed my eyes.
疲れた～。
I'm exhausted~.
結局 大凶のおみくじ 持って帰ってきちゃったじゃない。
In the end, I brought the terrible fortune home with me.
はい～ みんな 教室 入って。 人数 数えるよ。
Okay~ everyone, go into the classroom. I'm going to count heads.
１・２・３・４・５ ６人７人８人９人１０人→
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, six, seven, eight, nine, ten...
よ～し 減ってない！増えてる。
All right, nobody's missing! - There's one extra.
増えてる！？ え～！
There's one extra?! What~?!
誰？君。
Who are you?
Speaking notes
ended up doing; regrettably did
to count; headcount
Ryota, shaking with anger, shouts at Haruko and the others to give back his luck: they untied his omikuji.
僕の運 返せよ！こいつらに 僕のおみくじ ほどかれたんだよ！
Give me back my luck! These guys untied my omikuji!
あっちゃ～。 大凶だったから→
Oh no... because it was a terrible fortune...
良くなるようにって 結んどいたのに→
I tied it up there so that it would get better...
ほどかれたら 大凶のまんまじゃんか！
If it's untied, it's still a terrible fortune, isn't it!
あいや～。 これから大事な塾の試験が あるんだぞ！
Oh no~. I have an important cram school exam coming up!
どうしてくれるんだよ！ 責任取れよ！
What are you going to do about it?! Take responsibility!
人の運まげたんだから お前ら全員 ものすごいバチが当たるからな！
You ruined someone else's luck, so every one of you is going to be severely punished by the gods!
Speaking notes
passive of 'to untie': to have (a knot) undone
'What are you going to do about it?' (a demand for responsibility)
Ryota's anger grows, and the frightened students huddle together and beg Haruko to do something.
や～だ～！ 怖い～！
No way~! Scary~!
ハルコなんとかしてください。
Haruko, please do something.
知らないわよ！あんたたちがなんとかしなさいよ！
I don't know! You deal with it yourselves!
って あんたたちさあ！
Wait, you guys, honestly!
Speaking notes
'do something about it!' - a firm command passing the problem back
'you guys' - casual and a bit rough
Haruko bursts into the classroom and freezes: it has been decorated as a power spot, while Katori praises how impressive it is.
スゴイですね～。 だろ～？
It's amazing~. - Right~?
「だろ」じゃないわよ。 何なのよ！これは！
Don't say "right?" What is all this?!
教室をパワースポットに しました！
We turned the classroom into a power spot!
世界中のあらゆるパワーを ここに集結させました。
We gathered all the power from around the world here.
Speaking notes
causative: to make or let something happen
'right?' - seeking agreement, a bit proud
The classroom is filled with lucky foods from different countries. Jack says katsudon stands for beating the enemy, and Jin Li says that boiled dumplings were originally shaped like gold ingots.
かつ丼でござる。敵に勝つという ゲンかつぎでござる。
It's katsudon, gozaru. It's a good-luck food meaning to win against your enemy, gozaru.
中国は水ギョーザ！ 元々はお金の形。
In China it's boiled dumplings! Originally the shape of money.
とっても縁起のいい食べ物！
A very lucky food!
フランスはクレープ。マリア様が 尊い予言をした日に食べました。
In France it's crepes. They were eaten on the day Mary gave her precious prophecy.
だからハッピーな食べ物です。 召し上がれ。
So it's a happy food. Please, help yourself.
アメリカはベーグルです。 切れないから縁起がいいのです。
In America it's bagels. They can't be cut, so they're lucky.
結婚式にも贈られます。
They're given as gifts at weddings, too.
こんなに食べれないよ。
I can't eat all of this.
いやいや…その食べ合わせは ないでしょ。
No, no... that combination is not okay.
Speaking notes
lucky charm; doing something for good luck
casual 'can't eat' with the 'ra' dropped
Charms and talismans hang all over the classroom. The students say good fortune keeps falling down, and Haruko stops them at once.
このお札 縁起がいい！
This charm is lucky!
こうしてると 福が どんどん落ちてくるね。
If you do it like this, good fortune keeps falling down, doesn't it?
落ちる…？ そう。どんどん落ちるよ。
Falling...? Yes. It keeps falling.
お！びっくりした～。なに！？
Oh! You scared me~. What?!
ロシアでは食器を落とすのは 縁起がいいことです！
In Russia, dropping dishes is a lucky thing!
落ちるとか落とすは 受験生にとって「忌み言葉」です。
"Falling" and "dropping" are taboo words for exam takers.
じゃあ 幸運が転がり込んでくると言いかえます。
Then let's say luck "rolls in" instead.
「転ぶ」も忌み言葉です。
"Tumbling" is a taboo word too.
あと「すべる」とか「つまづく」とか。
And "slipping" and "tripping," and so on.
言わなくていいだろ？最悪だ。
You didn't need to say those, did you? The worst.
Speaking notes
'to fall' also means to fail an exam: the taboo word for exam takers
for...; from the standpoint of
Ryota's phone keeps ringing. He says he skipped school today and will be scolded if he answers, so Bob answers it for him.
お～い。携帯 鳴ってるぞ。
Hey. Your phone's ringing.
なんで出ないのよ。
Why don't you answer it?
今日 学校 サボったから。
Because I skipped school today.
怒られる。きっと。やばい。
I'll get scolded. For sure. This is bad.
もしもし。 なぜ あなたが出る？
Hello. - Why are you the one answering?
光文学院のボブと言います。
I'm Bob from Kobun Gakuin.
そして なぜ名乗る？
And why are you giving your name?
あ～ママですか？へ？良太？
Oh, is this his mom? Huh? Ryota?
Speaking notes
to skip school or work; to slack off
'why' - more formal than 'nande'
Bob tells Ryota's mother over the phone that Ryota can't come to the phone now, and she seems to have misunderstood him.
今ちょっと出れないんで。 いないって言えよ。
He can't come to the phone right now. - Say he's not here.
こっちも 良太 帰したい。
We'd like to send Ryota back, too.
だけど条件があって ヤオヨロズで ちょっとトラブルが…。
But there's a condition: there's a bit of trouble at the 「ヤオヨロズ」...
え？ヤオヨロズ…は８００万！？
Huh? 「ヤオヨロズ」... is 8 million?!
そう！８００万で許す！
That's right! We'll forgive him for 8 million!
ちょちょちょっと！あんた かわって！いいから早く！
Wait, wait, wait a second! You, give me that! Quickly, now!
あの お電話かわりました。
Hello, I've taken over the phone.
日本語学校の 嘉納ハルコと申します。教師です。
My name is Haruko Kano, from the Japanese language school. I'm a teacher.
いえいえ！誤解ですって！ いや まあ そりゃあ…。
No, no! It's a misunderstanding! - Well, I mean, that's, uh...
Speaking notes
a mix-up: 'yaoyorozu' heard as 8,000,000 (yen)
humble form of 'to say'; 'my name is...'
The call is suddenly cut off and Haruko collapses, shouting that she has been mistaken for a kidnapper. The students are startled.
最～悪だあ！
This is the worst!
ど どうしたんですか？
W-What's wrong?
誘拐犯と間違えられてる！ ええ～っ！
They think I'm a kidnapper! - What?!
ったく…ついてなさすぎる。
Honestly... I'm way too unlucky.
良太。お母さん 心配してるよ。
Ryota. Your mother is worried about you.
連絡しなくていいの？
Don't you want to contact her?
あのさ～今日 塾の試験 受けたくなかったんでしょ？
Listen, you didn't want to take the cram school exam today, did you?
うるさいな～！どうせ僕は 神様に見放されてるんだ！
Shut up! I've been abandoned by the gods anyway!
Speaking notes
to be mistaken for...
to be abandoned; given up on
Takasu rushes in and calls out to Haruko, saying this child's parent has phoned the school.
おおい！
Hey!
鷹栖先生！ なんなんだ？これは。
Mr. Takasu! - What is this?
おい…お前 なんなんだ？この子は。
Hey... you, what's the story with this child?
学校 始まって以来の 事件になってるぞ。
It's turned into the biggest incident since this school was founded.
なによ！ さっき この子の親から 電話があったんだよ！
What?! A while ago, this child's parent called!
Speaking notes
since...; ever since (stressing unprecedented scale)
it has become an incident; it has escalated
Takasu relays the phone call: someone is claiming that Haruko Kano of Kobun Gakuin kidnapped her son and has barricaded herself in with him inside the school.
光文学院の嘉納ハルコが→
Haruko Kano of Kobun Gakuin...
息子を誘拐して この学校に 立てこもってますってな。
has kidnapped her son and is holed up in this school. That's what they said.
ええっ！？ もうそんなこと なってんの！？
What?! It's already turned into that?!
とにかく この子を帰せ！ そして お前はクビだ！
Anyway, send this boy home! And you're fired!
さっさと自首しろ！ でなきゃオレが…。
Turn yourself in right away! Otherwise I'll...
お前を警察につきだしてやる！
I'll hand you over to the police!
そ そんな～。
N-No way~.
Speaking notes
to barricade oneself in; to hole up
threatening 'I'll do X to you'
Haruko wails about how unlucky she is. The students say they will wait for her outside, and Takasu says she really is a jinx.
どんだけ ついてないんだ。私は。
How unlucky can I possibly be?
ハルコ シャバで待ってますよ。
Haruko, we'll be waiting for you on the outside.
時々 面会 行ってやるからな。
We'll visit you once in a while.
やっぱり お前は疫病神だ。
I knew it, you're a jinx.
ええ…そうみたいね。
Yeah... it looks that way.
今日の私は最悪だったわ。
Today I was the worst.
Speaking notes
the free world outside prison (slang)
'how (extremely)...' - an exaggerating casual exclamation
Haruko suddenly points at Ryota: he said he'd been abandoned by the gods, but she got a terrible fortune too, and she's far unluckier today than he is.
あんた さっき 神様に 見放されたっつってたわね。
You said earlier that the gods had abandoned you, right?
だから…なんだよ。
So... what about it?
私だって大凶よ！
I got a terrible fortune too!
だけどね 今日の私の ついてなさに比べたら→
But compared to how unlucky I was today...
あんたの大凶なんか 屁でもないのよ！
your terrible fortune is nothing!
うるさい！僕は ついてないったら ついてないんだ！
Shut up! I'm unlucky, and that's that!
Speaking notes
compared to...; if you compare with
nothing at all; not even worth mentioning
Haruko proposes a contest of who is unluckier. She takes out a 100-yen coin and asks Ryota to guess "100" or "sakura".
よ～し！じゃあ 私とあんたと どっちがついてないか→
All right! Then, let's see which of us is unluckier...
勝負してやろうじゃないの。
I'll challenge you to a contest.
これでね。
With this.
なんだよ ついてない勝負って。
What's an unluckiness contest?
１００と桜。どっちが出るか。
"100" or "cherry blossoms." Which one comes up?
これ外したら あんたがホントに ついてないって認めてあげるわ。
If you guess wrong, I'll admit you're really unlucky.
むちゃくちゃやな。
This is ridiculous.
さあ どうする！
Now, what'll it be?!
Speaking notes
'all right, let's do it' - accepting or issuing a challenge
the two sides of a 100-yen coin
Ryota accepts the challenge and picks "100", Haruko picks "cherry blossoms", and the coin decides.
やってやるよ。どうせ僕は ついてないんだから。
Fine, I'll do it. I'm unlucky anyway.
フン！私のついてなさを ナメんじゃないわよ。
Hmph! Don't underestimate how unlucky I am.
すごい自信ですね。 何えばってるんだろうな。
She's so confident. - What is she so proud of?
さあ どっち！？
Now, which one?!
じゃあ １００だ。 どうせ外すに決まってる。
Then it's 100. I'm sure to guess wrong anyway.
じゃあ 私は桜。
Then I'll take cherry blossoms.
絶対 外れてるわ。
I'm definitely going to be wrong.
行くわよ。
Here it comes.
どっち～？
Which one~?
１００だ！ ってことは？
It's 100! - Which means?
よっしゃ～！私がハズレ～！
Yes~! I guessed wrong~!
私の方が ついてない～。
I'm the unluckier one~.
く～っそ～！うれしいはずなのに うれしくない～！
Damn it~! I should be happy, but I'm not~!
Speaking notes
'is bound to...'; certain
'although it should be...' - reality contradicts expectation
The students crowd around Haruko, crowning her "queen of bad luck" and "queen of terrible fortune". Takasu says her bad luck is the real thing.
おお。さすがハルコ。
Oh. As expected of Haruko.
ついてない女王だね。
You're the queen of bad luck.
大凶クイーン。
Queen of terrible fortune.
言い過ぎですよ。 確かについてないですけど。
You're going too far. - Though she really is unlucky.
どうやら お前のついてなさは 筋金入りだな。
It seems your bad luck is the genuine article.
Speaking notes
hardened; the genuine article, through and through
'as expected of...' - here used ironically
Haruko calms down and tells the students that a terrible fortune is actually a very good thing. She writes the character 凶 on the board and explains its origin.
フン！あんたたちね 大凶って 考えようによっちゃ→
Hmph! You guys, depending on how you look at it, a terrible fortune...
すんごい良いことなんだからね。
is a really good thing, you know.
いい？この「凶」 っていう字。
Okay? This character, 「凶」.
これは落とし穴に はまって→
This depicts a person who has fallen into a pit trap...
もがいてる人を 表した字なの。
and is struggling.
最悪じゃね～か！ ってことは大凶は→
That's the worst! So a terrible fortune is...
大きな落とし穴で もがくってこと。
struggling in a huge pit.
つまり私は大穴ってことなのよ。
In other words, I'm an "ooana" (long shot).
あ～あ？ 大穴は当たれば でかい。
Huh? If a long shot hits, the payout is big.
ってことは つまり大凶って むしろチャンスってことでしょ！？
Which means a terrible fortune is actually a chance, right?!
Speaking notes
a long shot (horse racing); also 'big hole'
depending on how you think about it
Jack admires how neatly Haruko has reworded the thing to be avoided. Takasu says she is stretching logic past its limits.
すごい！ 忌むべきものを見事に 言いかえましたね。
Amazing! You neatly reworded something that's supposed to be avoided.
こじつけにも程があんだろ！ フン！
There's a limit to twisting things to fit! Hmph!
運なんか どう とらえようと 勝手でしょうが！
It's up to me how I interpret luck, isn't it?!
Speaking notes
a forced, far-fetched explanation
to grasp; to interpret (a situation)
Ryota listens for a while, then says quietly that he is going home.
あの…。
Um...
僕 帰ります。
I'm going home.
え？ 何だか よく分かんなかったけど→
Huh? I didn't quite get it, but...
ひとつだけハッキリ 分かったことがあります。
There's one thing I understood clearly.
自分よりついてない人が こんなに 必死で頑張ってるんだから→
Someone even unluckier than me is working this hard, so...
僕なんか まだまだ 頑張んなくちゃだなって。
someone like me still has to try harder.
そ！わかりゃいいのよ。
Right! As long as you get it.
ついてるか ついてないかは 自分次第だからね。
Whether you're lucky or not depends on yourself.
はい！今日の試験 運なんか気にせず→
Yes! For today's exam, I won't worry about luck...
１００点とれるよう頑張ります！
I'll do my best to get 100 points!
ありがとうございました！先生！
Thank you very much, teacher!
Speaking notes
depends on...; up to...
'I have to...' (casual contraction of nakute wa ikenai)
Takasu says he will see Ryota off, and tells the students to go home as well.
じゃあ 俺 ちょっと送ってくるわ。 お前らも帰るんだぞ！
Well then, I'll take him home. And you all go home too!
は～い。 じゃあ この子 頼んだ。
Okay~. Then, we're leaving this boy to you.
そっか！テストの結果が悪いのは 神様 関係ないですね！
I see! Bad test results have nothing to do with the gods!
勉強すれば いいだけだよね。
All you have to do is study, right?
俺も１３点以上 取れるように がんばろう。
I'll try to get more than 13 points too.
すごいですね。ハルコ先生。 はあ？
That was impressive, Ms. Haruko. - Huh?
全財産をかけて あの子に 勇気を与えたんですから。
Because you staked everything you had to give that boy courage.
Speaking notes
to bet; to stake (money, life, honor)
to give courage
Haruko realizes Ryota took the 100-yen coin she bet. Shibuya says the boy will surely keep it as a charm.
あの子 きっとお守りにしますよ。
I'm sure that boy will keep it as a good-luck charm.
ちょっともう～！
Oh, come on~!
ていうか このおみくじ すんごい当たるんですけど。
By the way, this fortune slip is scarily accurate.
はい みんな！早く片付けるよ！
Okay, everyone! Let's hurry up and clean up!
Speaking notes
a lucky charm from a shrine or temple
softly raising a topic: 'it's just that...'
Tidying up, Haruko notices the wish plaques the students hung. Looking at Wang's crooked handwriting, she reads out his wish.
これで よし…と。
There, that should do it...
王のか…きったない字ね。
Is this Wang's? What messy handwriting.
「ハルコが こーこーきょんしーに なれますように」？
"May Haruko become a high school teacher"?
ってもう…。
Honestly...
Speaking notes
very ugly (emphatic form of 'kitanai')
may it be so (a wish)
Haruko is assigned cleaning duty for what happened on the trip and asks why she has to do it. Takasu says it's a deserved penalty, and she should be grateful not to be fired.
はあ！？なんで私が掃除当番なのよ。
What?! Why do I have cleaning duty?
当然のペナルティだろ。クビに されなかっただけ→
It's a fair penalty. You should be thankful you weren't fired.
ありがたく思え！ 私が悪いのは運だけですから！
Be grateful! - The only thing wrong with me is my luck!
ついでに お前の厄…。 おはようございます！
And while we're at it, your bad luck... Good morning!
あの！渋谷先生…。
Um! Mr. Shibuya...
はい？
Yes?
Speaking notes
'be grateful!' - a stern command
duty; one's turn on a rotating job
Shibuya and Katori bump into each other and apologize in a fluster. Haruko watches and sighs that the two are dazzling, and wants some of their luck.
どけよ！疫病神！ なんでよ 痛！
Get out of the way! Jinx! - Why, ouch!
あっ！
Ah!
うわああ ごめんなさい！ いえ！
Whoa, I'm sorry! - No, no, it's fine!
なんか この２人。まぶしいぞ。
Somehow, these two are dazzling.
あやかっとこ！運。
Let me soak up some of that luck!
マジ ぱねえ！大吉！
Seriously awesome! Great blessing!
Speaking notes
to benefit from someone's good fortune; to follow in their luck
dazzling; also 'enviably bright'