魯山人風
魯山人風 = Rosanjin style (Kitaoji Rosanjin, gourmet)
「魯山人風」 refers to the way of eating natto favored by Kitaoji Rosanjin, the famous Japanese potter and gourmet: stir repeatedly until it gets stringy, add soy sauce, and stir again.
日本人の知らない日本語 Episode 7 (page 2/2)
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Natto, and the art of stringiness
This scene
Haruko takes Katori to Paul's workplace for a surprise visit. Paul is already eating natto before opening time, and Haruko asks how a Brit can eat natto.
- ポール
まだ開店前だけど 何しに来たの？
We're not open yet. What are you doing here?
- ハルコ
はあ？てか あんた 納豆食べれるの？ イギリス人なのに？
Huh? Wait, you can eat natto? Even though you're British?
- ポール
大好物だよ。 もう納豆は いかに糸を出すか。
It's my favorite. With natto, it's all about how stringy you can get it.
- ポール
魯山人風っていう 食べ方があってね。→
There's a way of eating it called "Rosanjin style."
- ポール
糸が出るまで練って練って 醤油を２～３滴入れては練り→
You stir and stir until it gets stringy, add two or three drops of soy sauce and stir,
- ポール
また入れては練り…もうとにかく 糸がグングン伸びるまで→
add more and stir... anyway, until the strings stretch out and out,
- ポール
練って練って練り続けるのが 最高の食べ方なんよ。
stirring and stirring and stirring is the best way to eat it, you know.
Speaking notes
練る
練る = to knead, to stir, to work over
「練る（ねる）」 = to knead, stir, or work over repeatedly. • 「計画を練る」 = "to work out a plan carefully"
• 「納豆を練る」 = "to stir natto"
Paul repeats 「練って練って」, which conveys "stirring over and over." The ending 「〜なんよ」 is a dialectal form of 「〜なのよ」.
• 「納豆を練る」 = "to stir natto"
Paul repeats 「練って練って」, which conveys "stirring over and over." The ending 「〜なんよ」 is a dialectal form of 「〜なのよ」.
Key vocabulary
- 納豆 なっとう
- Natto (fermented soybeans).
- 糸 いと
- Strings (of natto).
- 練る ねる
- To stir, to knead.
- 醤油 しょうゆ
- Soy sauce.
- 魯山人 ろさんじん
- Kitaoji Rosanjin (gourmet).
"Why didn't you come to school?"
This scene
Haruko brings up the word "tatami-ka." Paul doesn't know it, and Katori says that is because he doesn't come to school. Haruko then demands to know why he skipped class.
- ポール／ハルコ
畳化だ。 何それ？
It's "tatamika." -- What's that?
- 鹿取
あんたが学校に来ないから わかんないんです。
You wouldn't know because you don't come to school.
- ハルコ
なんで来なかったのよ。
Why didn't you come?
- ポール
だって桃子がさあ。
Because Momoko said....
- ハルコ
あんたねえ…恋愛に うつつを抜かす前に→
Listen, you... before you get carried away with romance,
- ハルコ
やるべきことがあるでしょうが！ この国に何しにきたの？
there are things you should be doing! What did you come to this country for?
Speaking notes
やるべきこと
〜べき = something you ought to do
「やるべきことがあるでしょうが！」 = "There are things you ought to be doing!" 「〜べき」.
Haruko scolds Paul in Takasu's manner: 「うつつを抜かす」 (to be infatuated) and 「でしょうが」 (a forceful confirmation).
Haruko scolds Paul in Takasu's manner: 「うつつを抜かす」 (to be infatuated) and 「でしょうが」 (a forceful confirmation).
何しにきたの
V-stem + に来る (callback)
「この国に何しにきたの？」 = "What did you come to this country to do?"
Key vocabulary
- 恋愛 れんあい
- Romance, love.
- うつつを抜かす
- To be infatuated.
- やるべき
- What one ought to do.
- 何しに なにしに
- What did (you) come to do?
- 国 くに
- Country.
"My dream is to be a fisherman"
This scene
Paul says that at first he admired Japanese fishermen. Haruko presses him on what the trailing "but" is supposed to mean.
- ポール
確かに最初は 日本の漁師に憧れてたけど…。
Sure, at first I admired Japanese fishermen, but....
- ハルコ
てたけどって何よ！
What do you mean, "but"!
- ポール
うるさいな～ 彼氏のいない ハルコには分かんないよ。
You're so noisy. You wouldn't understand, Haruko, since you have no boyfriend.
- ハルコ／ポール
はあ！？ とにかく出てって ほら。
What!? -- Anyway, get out, come on.
- ハルコ／ポール
何よ！ 開店なんだから出てって。 はい バイバーイ。
What's that supposed to mean! -- We're opening, so get out. Okay, bye-bye.
Speaking notes
憧れてたけど…
〜てたけど… = I used to ... but (trailing off)
「憧れてたけど…」 = "I did admire them, but..." The trailing 「けど」 leaves unsaid "now that has changed." Haruko immediately seizes on the turn: 「てたけどって何よ！」, i.e., "What do you mean by that past tense?"
In Japanese, ending with 「〜けど…」 often implies "the present is the opposite of the past."
In Japanese, ending with 「〜けど…」 often implies "the present is the opposite of the past."
彼氏のいない
彼氏 = boyfriend
「彼氏のいないハルコには分かんないよ」 = "You wouldn't understand, Haruko, since you don't have a boyfriend." The modifying clause 「〜のいない」 hits Haruko right in her sore spot.
Key vocabulary
- 漁師 りょうし
- Fisherman.
- 憧れる あこがれる
- To admire, to long for.
- 彼氏 かれし
- Boyfriend.
- 開店 かいてん
- Opening the shop.
- 出ていく でていく
- To go out.
A witness to a kiss on the street
This scene
Pushed out of the shop, Haruko spots Paul and Momoko kissing on the street. Paul says Haruko has the wrong idea, because Momoko is a "Yamato Nadeshiko."
- ハルコ
見てもうた～。
I saw it!
- ポール
ハルコの勘違いだよ。桃子は ヤマトナデコシなんだから。
You've got the wrong idea, Haruko. Momoko is a Yamato "Nadeko-shi", after all.
- ハルコ
ナデシコです。
It's "Nadeshiko."
- ハルコ
っていうか だって路上で キスしてたのよ。
Anyway, you were kissing in the street!
- ポール
フフフ…彼女はね 今 欧米文化を勉強中なの。
Heh heh heh... she's studying Western culture right now.
- ポール
キスは挨拶でしょ？ しかも その後 タクシーで どっか行っちゃったよ。
A kiss is a greeting, right? And after that she even went off somewhere in a taxi.
- ポール
女性を家まで送るのも 欧米じゃ常識。
Seeing a woman home is common sense in the West, too.
Speaking notes
見てもうた
〜てもうた = 〜てしまった (Kansai dialect)
「見てもうた〜」 = "I saw it, dang it" (Kansai dialect). The Kansai form 「〜てもうた」 corresponds to standard 「〜てしまった」:
• 「やってもうた」 = "I've gone and done it; I messed up"
Haruko normally speaks standard Japanese, but here the Kansai dialect slips out in her excitement.
「見てしまった」 itself carries the nuance of "I accidentally saw something I shouldn't have."
• 「やってもうた」 = "I've gone and done it; I messed up"
Haruko normally speaks standard Japanese, but here the Kansai dialect slips out in her excitement.
「見てしまった」 itself carries the nuance of "I accidentally saw something I shouldn't have."
キスは挨拶
Cultural difference: a kiss as a greeting
Paul defends Momoko "with Western culture": 「キスは挨拶でしょ？」 and 「女性を家まで送るのも欧米じゃ常識」.
Key vocabulary
- 路上 ろじょう
- On the street.
- 欧米 おうべい
- Europe and America, the West.
- 挨拶 あいさつ
- Greeting.
- 常識 じょうしき
- Common sense.
- 送る おくる
- To see (someone) off or home.
"Only one plan left"
This scene
Paul tells Haruko to stay out of their business, and Haruko retorts that it is because he doesn't come to school.
- ポール
俺達のことは ほっといてくれよ。
Just leave us alone.
- ハルコ
はあ？あんたが学校に 来ないからでしょ！
Huh? That's because you don't come to school!
- ポール
宿題は出しに来たでしょ。ホラ！
But I came to hand in my homework. Here!
- ハルコ
ありゃもう…勘違いっていうか ただのバカね。
That's... not so much a wrong idea as plain stupidity.
- 鹿取
どうするんですか？
What will you do?
- ハルコ
もう こうなったら あの作戦しかないわね。
Now that it's come to this, there's only that plan.
- 鹿取
作戦？
A plan?
Speaking notes
ほっといてくれよ
ほっといてくれ = leave me alone
「ほっといてくれよ」 = "Just leave us alone." 「ほっておく（放っておく）」 = to leave something as it is; 「〜てくれ」 = "please do ... (for me)" (a masculine, casual request).
[Giving and receiving verbs] 「〜てくれ」 is the imperative of 「〜てくれる」: "do ... for me (us)."
Paul uses the form of a "request" to express a "refusal".
[Giving and receiving verbs] 「〜てくれ」 is the imperative of 「〜てくれる」: "do ... for me (us)."
Paul uses the form of a "request" to express a "refusal".
こうなったら
こうなったら = now that it has come to this
「こうなったら〜しかない」 = "Now that things have come to this, the only thing left is to ..." A set pattern:
• 「こうなったら、やるしかない」 = "Now that it's come to this, we've got no choice but to do it."
Haruko uses it to signal "burning her bridges".
• 「こうなったら、やるしかない」 = "Now that it's come to this, we've got no choice but to do it."
Haruko uses it to signal "burning her bridges".
Key vocabulary
- 放っておく ほうっておく
- To leave alone.
- 作戦 さくせん
- Plan, operation.
- 宿題 しゅくだい
- Homework.
- バカ
- Fool, idiot.
- こうなったら
- Now that it's come to this.
"I'll show you how much she loves you"
This scene
Haruko brings Paul to a shop and says she will prove how much Momoko likes him. Katori says Haruko dragged her along.
- ポール
なんなんだよ。ハルコ～。 カトリーヌ先生まで。
What's going on, Haruko? Even Ms. Catherine....
- 鹿取
私はハルコ先生に 無理矢理。
I was forced into it by Ms. Haruko.
- ポール
ホラ桃子も もう来てるし。
Look, Momoko's already here.
- ハルコ
いい？桃子が あんたのことを→
Listen, okay? How much Momoko likes you,
- ハルコ
どれだけ好きか 証明してあげるから。
I'll prove it to you.
- ポール／ハルコ
なんで呼び捨てなんだよ。 何が起こるか→
Why are you calling her by her first name? -- What's going to happen...
- ハルコ／ポール
いいから見てなさい。 何が？
Never mind, just watch. -- Watch what?
Speaking notes
証明してあげる
〜てあげる = I'll do it for you (favor)
[Giving and receiving verbs] 「証明してあげるから」 = "I'll prove it for you." Haruko's 「あげる」 has a hint of condescension and of forcing a favor on someone: Paul didn't ask, yet she volunteers to "help."
呼び捨て
呼び捨て = addressing someone without an honorific
「呼び捨て」 = calling someone by name without a suffix such as 「さん」 or 「君」. Paul protests that Haruko is calling Momoko by her bare name (Haruko says 「桃子が〜」): Japanese people normally add 「さん」 for someone they don't know well.
Key vocabulary
- 無理矢理 むりやり
- By force.
- 証明 しょうめい
- To prove.
- 呼び捨て よびすて
- Calling by name without honorifics.
- 見てなさい
- Just watch.
- どれだけ
- How much.
The "forward" Momoko
This scene
Haruko and Katori hide in a corner and watch Momoko being approached by several male classmates. The first is Bob, and Paul is bothered.
- 鹿取／ポール
私は とめたんですよ。 ん？
I did try to stop her, you know. -- Hm?
- ポール
あれ？ボブじゃん。
Huh? That's Bob.
- ポール／ハルコ
何カッコつけてんの。あいつ。 し～！いいから見てなさい。
What's that guy acting so cool for? -- Shh! Just watch.
- ハルコ
きたきた…。 積極的。
Here it comes.... She's so forward.
- ハルコ
ずいぶんと楽しそうじゃない。 彼女。
She seems to be enjoying herself quite a bit, your girlfriend.
- ポール
え？ああ…彼女は誰とでも コミュニケーションを取れる人だからね。
Huh? Oh... she's someone who can communicate with anyone.
- ハルコ
誰とでもねえ～まあ 確かに そうみたいだけど。
With anyone, huh? Well, it certainly seems that way.
Speaking notes
誰とでも
誰とでも = with anyone
「誰とでも」 = "with anyone at all." A question word plus 「でも」 means "no matter ...":
• 「いつでも」「どこでも」「何でも」
Haruko repeats Paul's words, 「誰とでもねえ〜」, with a note of sarcasm: "with anyone" is exactly the problem.
[Appearance and hearsay] 「そうみたいだけど」 = "It does seem that way (but...)": 「みたい」 expresses "what I see in front of me," and 「けど」 leaves the sentence hanging.
• 「いつでも」「どこでも」「何でも」
Haruko repeats Paul's words, 「誰とでもねえ〜」, with a note of sarcasm: "with anyone" is exactly the problem.
[Appearance and hearsay] 「そうみたいだけど」 = "It does seem that way (but...)": 「みたい」 expresses "what I see in front of me," and 「けど」 leaves the sentence hanging.
積極的
積極的 = proactive, assertive
「積極的」 = proactive, taking the initiative. Here it is a roundabout way of saying "Momoko is very forward in approaching men she doesn't know."
Haruko uses a neutral word but implies "too forward".
Haruko uses a neutral word but implies "too forward".
Key vocabulary
- 積極的 せっきょくてき
- Proactive, assertive.
- コミュニケーション
- Communication.
- 取る とる
- To carry out (communication).
- 誰とでも
- With anyone.
- とめる
- To stop, to hold back.
The whole class has been called in
This scene
Next Luca and Jack show up, and each time Momoko acts very friendly. Paul wonders why they are all here.
- ハルコ／ポール
じゃあ 次は どうかな？ ん？
Well then, how about the next one? -- Hm?
- ハルコ／ポール
今度はルカくん。 なんで いるんだよ？
This time it's Luca. -- Why is he here?
- ハルコ／ポール
積極的だわ…。 あれぐらいのスキンシップは 欧米じゃ普通だよ。
So forward.... -- That much physical contact is normal in the West.
- ハルコ／ポール
へえ～じゃあ 次は どうかな？ え！？
Oh? Then how about the next one? -- What!?
- ポール
ジャック！？なんで みんな いるんだよ！
Jack!? Why is everyone here!
Speaking notes
スキンシップ
スキンシップ = physical affection (Japanese-made English)
「スキンシップ」 = physical contact between family, partners, or friends, such as hugging or patting a shoulder. It comes from English "skin" + "ship" and is a Japanese-coined English word (和製英語).
Paul defends Momoko with 「欧米では普通」.
Paul defends Momoko with 「欧米では普通」.
へえ～じゃあ次は
Haruko's step-by-step pressure
「へえ〜、じゃあ次はどうかな？」: Haruko closes in step by step with a tone of curiosity plus pursuit.
Key vocabulary
- スキンシップ
- Physical affection.
- 普通 ふつう
- Normal, ordinary.
- 次 つぎ
- The next one.
- 今度 こんど
- This time.
- 欧米 おうべい
- Europe and America, the West.
"To wake you up"
This scene
Momoko is surrounded by a whole class of foreign men, and Paul realizes it was Haruko's arrangement. In front of everyone, Haruko says they all came to help him come to his senses.
- ハルコ
みんな あんたのために 協力してくれてんのよ！
Everyone is helping you out for your sake!
- ハルコ／ポール
あんたの目を 覚まさせるためにね！ は？
To wake you up! -- What?
- ハルコ
あの子は あんたが好きなんじゃ なくて 外国人が好きなのよ。
That girl doesn't like you, she likes foreigners.
- ポール
彼女は そんな子じゃないって！
She's not that kind of girl!
- ハルコ
いい加減 目を覚ましなさいよ！ 全部 見たでしょ！？
Wake up already! You saw everything, didn't you!?
- ポール
だけど…別に何もしてないし。
But... she hasn't really done anything.
- 鹿取
あっどっか行こうとしてますよ。→
Ah, it looks like she's heading off somewhere.
- ハルコ
逆お持ち帰り？
A reverse "take-out"?
Speaking notes
目を覚まさせる
目を覚まさせる = to make (someone) wake up
「目を覚ます」 = to wake up, to come to one's senses; 「目を覚まさせる」 = to make someone see sense. • 「夢から目を覚ます」 = "to wake from a dream"
The core of Haruko's "plan" is to make Paul wake up from the "illusion of being popular."
The causative 「〜させる」 means "I make or urge you to ...": she is pushing him to come to his senses.
The core of Haruko's "plan" is to make Paul wake up from the "illusion of being popular."
The causative 「〜させる」 means "I make or urge you to ...": she is pushing him to come to his senses.
お持ち帰り
お持ち帰り = taking (someone/something) home
「お持ち帰り」 = takeout; also slang for taking someone home with you after a night out. Haruko's 「逆お持ち帰り」 = "reverse take-home": the woman takes the men home.
This is nightlife slang used for humor, meaning "Momoko is leaving with the guys."
This is nightlife slang used for humor, meaning "Momoko is leaving with the guys."
Key vocabulary
- 協力 きょうりょく
- Cooperation, help.
- 目を覚ます めをさます
- To wake up, to come to one's senses.
- いい加減 いいかげん
- Enough already, that's quite enough.
- お持ち帰り おもちかえり
- Takeout; taking home.
- 逆 ぎゃく
- The reverse.
"You're not like him"
This scene
Momoko sees Paul and is not flustered at all. She tells him not to mind and says they should go, then explains why Paul puts her off.
- ポール
あれ？ポール。 桃子！
Huh? Paul. -- Momoko!
- 桃子
あらポール。気にしないで。行きましょう。
Oh, Paul. Don't mind us. Let's go.
- ポール
一体なぜなんだ！？ 僕というものがありながら。
Why on earth!? When you have me!
- 桃子
あら…この人は素敵な人よ。 あなたと違って。
Oh... this man is wonderful. Unlike you.
- 桃子
だって あなた…おソバは 音たてて すするし→
Because you... you slurp your soba noodles noisily,
- 桃子
電話しながら ペコペコ頭下げるし。
and you bow your head over and over while you're on the phone.
Speaking notes
僕というものがありながら
〜というものがありながら = even though you have ...
「僕というものがありながら」 = "Even though you have someone like me (as your boyfriend)..." This is a classic line of the betrayed party:
• 「彼女というものがありながら、浮気をした」 = "He cheated even though he had a girlfriend."
• 「彼女というものがありながら、浮気をした」 = "He cheated even though he had a girlfriend."
すする／ペコペコ
すする / ペコペコ = slurping / bowing repeatedly
「すする」 = to slurp (making noise); 「ペコペコ」 = bowing or nodding again and again.
What Momoko dislikes is that Paul's behavior is "too Japanese": slurping soba and bowing while on the phone (a Japanese habit).
What Momoko dislikes is that Paul's behavior is "too Japanese": slurping soba and bowing while on the phone (a Japanese habit).
Key vocabulary
- 素敵 すてき
- Wonderful, lovely.
- すする
- To slurp.
- ペコペコ
- Bowing and scraping.
- 頭を下げる あたまをさげる
- To lower one's head, to bow.
- 一体 いったい
- Exactly, on earth.
"What I hate is that you're so Japanese"
This scene
Momoko lists several things about Paul she can't stand, such as the way even his way of eating fish is beautiful. Paul asks if that isn't a good thing.
- 桃子
それに魚の食べ方だって ものすごくキレイじゃない。
Besides, the way you eat fish is incredibly neat.
- ポール
それは いいことじゃ？
Isn't that a good thing?
- 桃子
そういう日本的なとこは 嫌なのよ 外国人なのに！
I hate that kind of Japanese side, when you're a foreigner!
- 桃子
何より嫌だったのが あなたが納豆好きだったことよ！
What I hated most was that you like natto!
- 桃子
しかも納豆の温度が どうとか 魯山人がどうとか→
And on top of that, you go on about the temperature of natto and about Rosanjin,
- 桃子
挙句の果てに 納豆は 糸を食べるって！？
and in the end you say natto is something you eat for the strings!?
- 桃子
あなたホントに外国人！？
Are you really a foreigner!?
Speaking notes
外国人なのに
〜なのに = even though (you are) ...
「外国人なのに！」 = "Even though you're a foreigner!" 「〜なのに」 expresses dissatisfaction at something that goes against expectation.
挙句の果てに
挙句の果てに = in the end, to top it all off
「挙句（あげく）の果てに」 = "in the end, after all that fuss, ..." It is mostly followed by a negative result:
• 「散々迷った挙句の果てに、何も買わなかった」 = "After agonizing at length, I ended up buying nothing."
With this phrase, Momoko presents "eating the strings of natto" as the final, unbearable point.
• 「散々迷った挙句の果てに、何も買わなかった」 = "After agonizing at length, I ended up buying nothing."
With this phrase, Momoko presents "eating the strings of natto" as the final, unbearable point.
Key vocabulary
- 日本的 にほんてき
- Japanese-style.
- 温度 おんど
- Temperature.
- 挙句 あげく
- In the end, to top it all off.
- 糸 いと
- Strings, threads.
- 嫌 いや
- Dislike.
"All you liked was 'a foreigner'"
This scene
Paul asks Momoko whether she went out with him only because he is a foreigner. Haruko reminds him that he was happy to be dating a "Yamato Nadeshiko."
- ポール
じゃ…君が僕と付き合ってたのは 僕がただ外国人だったからなのか。
So... you were going out with me just because I'm a foreigner?
- ハルコ
あんただってヤマトナデシコと 付き合ってるって→
You were happy too, weren't you, going out with a "Yamato Nadeshiko"?
- ハルコ
喜んでたでしょ。同じじゃない。
It's the same thing.
- 桃子
さ いきましょ。
Come on, let's go.
Speaking notes
ただ〜だったから
ただ〜だから = just because ...
「僕がただ外国人だったからなのか」 = "Was it just because I was a foreigner?" 「ただ」 = merely.
Haruko's finishing blow, 「あんただって〜喜んでたでしょ。同じじゃない」, hits the mark: you were looking at her through the label "Yamato Nadeshiko."
Haruko's finishing blow, 「あんただって〜喜んでたでしょ。同じじゃない」, hits the mark: you were looking at her through the label "Yamato Nadeshiko."
同じじゃない
同じ = the same
「同じじゃない」 = "Isn't it the same?" 「同じ」 is a special adjectival word that takes no 「な」 before a noun, and its negative or question form is 「同じじゃない」.
Key vocabulary
- 付き合う つきあう
- To go out with, to date.
- 喜ぶ よろこぶ
- Happy.
- 同じ おなじ
- The same.
- 行く いく
- To go.
- ただ
- Merely, just.
"My shoulders are stiff too, and I'm an anime geek"
This scene
As Momoko is about to leave, the men stop her and each says what makes him "least like a foreigner". Jack says, for example, that his shoulders are stiff and he can't do without medicated patches.
- ジャック
残念ながら 最近 私も肩こりが ひどくて→
I'm afraid that lately my shoulders have been terribly stiff too,
- ジャック
シップが手放せないんですが それでもいいですか？
and I can't do without medicated patches. Is that all right with you?
- ボブ／ハルコ
え？ 俺もハンバーガーより おにぎりの方が好きなんだな。
Huh? -- I like rice balls better than hamburgers, too.
- ルカ
僕アニメオタクなんですけど。
I'm an anime geek, you know.
- 桃子／ハルコ
何よ それ。だったら まるでポールと同じじゃない。
What is this? In that case, they're exactly like Paul.
- ハルコ
そうよ！
That's right!
- ハルコ
みんな ご苦労様。もういいわよ。
Thanks for your trouble, everyone. That's enough now.
Speaking notes
手放せない
手放せない = can't do without
「手放せない」 = (because one depends on it) can't let it out of one's hands. • 「スマホが手放せない」 = "I can't put my smartphone down."
Jack offers 「シップが手放せない」 as evidence of 「畳化」.
Jack offers 「シップが手放せない」 as evidence of 「畳化」.
ご苦労様
ご苦労様 = thank you for your trouble (superior to subordinate)
「ご苦労様」 = "Thank you for your hard work" (mostly used by a superior toward a subordinate, or by an employer toward a helper).
Haruko uses 「ご苦労様」 to tell the students, "Good work, you can wrap up now."
Haruko uses 「ご苦労様」 to tell the students, "Good work, you can wrap up now."
Key vocabulary
- 残念ながら ざんねんながら
- Unfortunately.
- おにぎり
- Rice ball (onigiri).
- アニメ
- Anime.
- オタク
- Geek, otaku.
- ご苦労様 ごくろうさま
- Thank you for your trouble (superior to inferior).
"How dare you look down on me?"
This scene
Momoko realizes she has been set up and confronts Haruko. Haruko says she is a Japanese-language school teacher, and the students say they are her students.
- 桃子
なんなのよ これ。 誰なの？あんた！
What is this? Who are you!
- ハルコ／生徒たち
日本語学校の教師です。 生徒です。
I'm a teacher at a Japanese language school. -- We're students.
- 桃子
あんたたち みんなグルだったの！？ バカにしないでよ！
You were all in on this together!? Don't make a fool of me!
- ハルコ／桃子
バカにされる方が 悪いんじゃないの？ はあ！？
Isn't it the fault of the person who gets made a fool of? -- What!?
- ハルコ
雰囲気だけで外国人が 好きだなんて→
Saying you like foreigners just for the atmosphere,
- ハルコ
あんたみたいな女がいるからね 日本の女がバカにされんのよ！
it's because of women like you that Japanese women get looked down on!
- 鹿取
ハルコ先生。
Ms. Haruko.
- ハルコ
いい？ポールにはね ちゃんとした夢があんの。
Listen, okay? Paul has a real dream.
- 桃子
漁師でしょ？イギリス人のくせに 日本で漁師？フフフ。
A fisherman, right? A fisherman in Japan, even though he's British? Hee hee hee.
Speaking notes
グルだった
グル = an accomplice, in cahoots
「グル」 = a conspirator, someone in cahoots. • 「あの二人はグルだ」 = "Those two are in on it together."
Momoko realizes that "Haruko and the students set this up together" and says 「みんなグルだったの！？」.
Momoko realizes that "Haruko and the students set this up together" and says 「みんなグルだったの！？」.
バカにされる方が悪い
〜方が悪い = the ... side is at fault
「バカにされる方が悪い」 = "The one who gets looked down on is also to blame." This is a way of putting it that reflects the "blame the victim" attitude in Japanese society.
Haruko throws this line back at Momoko: the students "look down on" Momoko because she views people through a "foreigner filter."
She then goes further with 「あんたみたいな女がいるから、日本の女がバカにされんのよ」.
Haruko throws this line back at Momoko: the students "look down on" Momoko because she views people through a "foreigner filter."
She then goes further with 「あんたみたいな女がいるから、日本の女がバカにされんのよ」.
Key vocabulary
- グル
- Accomplice, in cahoots.
- 雰囲気 ふんいき
- Atmosphere, vibe.
- バカにする
- To look down on, to make a fool of.
- 夢 ゆめ
- Dream.
- 漁師 りょうし
- Fisherman.
"Don't laugh at other people's dreams!"
This scene
Momoko laughs at Paul, a Briton, wanting to be a fisherman. Haruko can't hold back and tells her not to mock other people's dreams.
- ハルコ
人の夢を笑うな！
Don't laugh at other people's dreams!
- ハルコ
ポールはね 夢を持って 必死で日本のことを 学んでんの。
Paul has a dream, and he's desperately studying about Japan.
- ハルコ
積極的に この国に なじもうとしてんの。
He's actively trying to fit in to this country.
- ハルコ
あんたみたいなね 人を見た目で 判断するような女に→
A woman like you, who judges people by their looks,
- ハルコ
ポールの良さなんて 分かんないわよ！
can't understand Paul's good points!
- ハルコ
シャルウィーダンス。
Shall we dance.
- ハルコ
ああ～ああ…。
Ahh....
- ハルコ
これで分かったでしょ！？ポール。
Now you get it, right!? Paul.
Speaking notes
なじむ
なじむ = to blend in, to get used to
「なじむ」 = to adapt to, to fit in (with an environment or a group). • 「新しい環境になじむ」 = "to adapt to a new environment"
Haruko uses this word to praise Paul: "he is actively working to fit in to Japan."
[Contracted forms] 「〜しようとしてんの」 = 「〜しようとしているの」, which expresses "trying hard to ..."
Haruko uses this word to praise Paul: "he is actively working to fit in to Japan."
[Contracted forms] 「〜しようとしてんの」 = 「〜しようとしているの」, which expresses "trying hard to ..."
人の夢を笑うな
V (dictionary form) + な = prohibition
「人の夢を笑うな！」 = "Don't laugh at other people's dreams!" Verb dictionary form + 「な」 = a prohibition (strong).
Key vocabulary
- 必死 ひっし
- Desperately, with all one's might.
- なじむ
- To blend in, to adapt.
- 良さ よさ
- Good points, merits.
- 判断 はんだん
- To judge.
- 笑う わらう
- To laugh at, to mock.
"Did we go too far yesterday?"
This scene
In the staff room, the teachers talk about Paul being absent again today, and Katori feels that what they did last time went too far.
- 渋谷／鹿取
ポール 今日も 休みだったんだって？
Paul was off again today, I hear?
- 鹿取
やっぱり昨日のが やりすぎだったんですよ。
I knew it, what we did yesterday was too much.
- 鷹栖
ん～！ 赤信号で止まってりゃ 良かったのに→
Hmm! If you'd just stopped at the red light,
- 鷹栖
お前が突っ走るから 大事故だな！
but you rushed through it, and now it's a major accident!
- ハルコ
ちゃんと浮かれ気分からは 脱出させてやったわよ！
I got him properly out of his giddy mood!
- 鷹栖／ハルコ
その結果 来ねえじゃねえか！ 来るわよ！きっと！
And what's the result? He hasn't come! -- He will! I'm sure!
- ポール
失礼します。
Excuse me.
- ハルコ
あ！ ほ～ら 来たじゃない。
Ah! -- See, he came, didn't he.
Speaking notes
赤信号で止まってりゃ
〜てりゃ = 〜ていれば (colloquial)
「止まってりゃ良かったのに」 = "You should have just stopped." 「止まっていれば」 → 「止まってりゃ」 (a colloquial contraction). 「〜ば＋良かったのに」 expresses regret.
Takasu uses the "traffic light" metaphor: yellow light → red light → (should have stopped but rushed through) → major accident.
Takasu uses the "traffic light" metaphor: yellow light → red light → (should have stopped but rushed through) → major accident.
突っ走る
突っ走る = to dash ahead recklessly
「突っ走る」 = to rush ahead (without regard for consequences).
Haruko's reply 「脱出させてやったわよ！」 is causative + 「てやる」: "I got him out of it (for his own good)."
Haruko's reply 「脱出させてやったわよ！」 is causative + 「てやる」: "I got him out of it (for his own good)."
Key vocabulary
- やりすぎ
- Going too far.
- 突っ走る つっぱしる
- To dash ahead, to act rashly.
- 大事故 だいじこ
- Major accident.
- 脱出 だっしゅつ
- To escape, to get out.
- 浮かれ気分 うかれきぶん
- A giddy mood.
"I'm going back to England"
This scene
Paul comes in and tells Haruko he is going back to England. Haruko asks why.
- ポール
ハルコ…俺…イギリスに 帰ります。
Haruko... I'm going back to England.
- ハルコ
はぁ！？どうしてよ！
What!? Why!
- ポール
イギリスに帰ったら もしかしたら→
If I go back to England, maybe
- ポール
桃子も もう一度 振り向いて くれるかもしれないから。
Momoko might turn around and look at me again.
- ハルコ
ま～だ言ってんの！？
You're still saying that!?
- ハルコ
あんた 自分の夢と あんな女と どっちが大事なのよ！
Which matters more to you, your dream or a woman like that!
- ハルコ
ってか…あんた フラれたんだよ。
I mean... you got dumped, you know.
- 渋谷
それは言いすぎですよ。
That's going too far.
- 渋谷
あれ？昔 夢を追いかけて 大切な人に 逃げられた人がいたような…。
Huh? I seem to remember someone who chased a dream and was left by the person he cared about....
- 鷹栖／渋谷
なんだよ！ すいません。
What is that supposed to mean! -- Sorry.
Speaking notes
振り向いてくれる
振り向いてくれる = (she) might turn to look at me
[Giving and receiving verbs] 「振り向いてくれるかもしれない」 = "She might turn around for me." 「振り向く」 = to turn and look back; 「〜てくれる」 treats her turning around as a favor granted by the other person.
Paul's stance is always that of the recipient: "she will turn around for me," not "I will go after her."
Haruko's counter, 「自分の夢とあんな女とどっちが大事なのよ！」, forces an either-or question in a very strong tone.
Paul's stance is always that of the recipient: "she will turn around for me," not "I will go after her."
Haruko's counter, 「自分の夢とあんな女とどっちが大事なのよ！」, forces an either-or question in a very strong tone.
フラれた
フラれた = got dumped
「フラれた」 = got dumped. 「振る」 = to dump (a romantic partner); the passive 「振られる」 = to be dumped.
• 「彼女に振られた」 = "I got dumped by my girlfriend."
Haruko states the fact in the bluntest terms: 「あんた、フラれたんだよ」.
• 「彼女に振られた」 = "I got dumped by my girlfriend."
Haruko states the fact in the bluntest terms: 「あんた、フラれたんだよ」.
Key vocabulary
- 振り向く ふりむく
- To turn around.
- 追いかける おいかける
- To chase, to pursue.
- フラれる
- To get dumped.
- 大切 たいせつ
- Important.
- イギリス
- England.
"Giving up a dream is easier"
This scene
Takasu keeps Paul behind and tells him that giving up a dream is probably easier and more comfortable, then speaks about his own past.
- 鷹栖
ポール ひと言だけ 言っておいてやる。
Paul, I'll tell you just one thing.
- 鷹栖
たぶん夢を捨てた方が 簡単だし 楽だぞ。
Probably, giving up your dream is simpler and easier.
- 鷹栖
簡単に捨てられるような 夢ならな。
If it's the kind of dream you can give up easily, that is.
- 鷹栖
俺は夢をとって 多くのものを失った。
I chose my dream, and I lost a lot.
- ポール／鷹栖
なんでそんなこと言うの。 ただし！
Why are you telling me this? -- However!
- 鷹栖
得たものも たくさんあった。
I gained a lot, too.
- 鹿取
ポールさん？
Paul?
- 鹿取／渋谷
よかったんですか？ 言っちゃって。
Was it all right? Saying that.
Speaking notes
言っておいてやる
〜ておいてやる = I'll tell you this much in advance
「言っておいてやる」 = "Let me tell you this much (so listen)." [Giving and receiving verbs] 「〜てやる」 + 「〜ておく」: "say it in advance, as a favor or a word of advice".
Takasu speaks in a "superior" tone, yet says the plainest, most sincere thing: the tone is that of a favor, the content is experience.
Takasu speaks in a "superior" tone, yet says the plainest, most sincere thing: the tone is that of a favor, the content is experience.
夢をとる／得たもの
夢をとる = to choose one's dream
「夢をとる」 = to choose (to pursue) one's dream and give up other things. It is the same pattern as 「恋愛をとる」 and 「仕事をとる」.
Takasu's life is summed up in a contrast: 「多くのものを失った。ただし、得たものもたくさんあった」 ("I lost a lot. However, I gained a lot, too.").
Grammar point: 「ただし」 (adding a proviso), used here to add the other side: the first sentence is about what was lost, the next about what was gained.
Takasu's life is summed up in a contrast: 「多くのものを失った。ただし、得たものもたくさんあった」 ("I lost a lot. However, I gained a lot, too.").
Grammar point: 「ただし」 (adding a proviso), used here to add the other side: the first sentence is about what was lost, the next about what was gained.
Key vocabulary
- 夢を捨てる ゆめをすてる
- To give up a dream.
- 簡単 かんたん
- Easy, simple.
- 失う うしなう
- To lose.
- 得る える
- To gain.
- ただし
- However, but (adding a proviso).
"Take responsibility for what you said"
This scene
Haruko tells Takasu she heard every word he just said, and then she names her condition.
- ハルコ
おめ～が ふったんじゃね～かよ！
You're the one who dumped someone, aren't you!
- 鷹栖／ハルコ
聞いちゃったわよ～。 この耳で しっかりとね。
I heard it, you know. With these very ears, loud and clear.
- ハルコ
さてさて…発言したことには きちんと責任とってもらわないと。
Now, now... you'll have to take proper responsibility for what you said.
- ハルコ／鷹栖
ちょっと手伝ってくんない？ いやいや…。
Could you give me a hand? -- No, no....
- ハルコ
「お手伝い願えませんか？ 鷹栖先生」でしょうが～！
It should be "Could I trouble you for your help, Mr. Takasu?"!
Speaking notes
責任とってもらわないと
〜てもらわないと = I need you to ...
[Giving and receiving verbs] 「責任とってもらわないと」 = "You have to take responsibility." 「〜てもらう」 + 「ないと」: "I require you to do it for me," a demand made from the standpoint of the one who receives.
Here Haruko is demanding that Takasu take responsibility for what he said.
Here Haruko is demanding that Takasu take responsibility for what he said.
お手伝い願えませんか
お〜願えませんか = would you be so kind as to ...
[Keigo] 「お手伝い願えませんか」 = "Could I trouble you for your help?" 「お＋V＋願う」 (humble) plus a negative potential question: a very formal request.
Haruko corrects her own casual speech: 「手伝ってくんない？」 → 「お手伝い願えませんか、鷹栖先生」.
Haruko corrects her own casual speech: 「手伝ってくんない？」 → 「お手伝い願えませんか、鷹栖先生」.
Key vocabulary
- 責任 せきにん
- Responsibility.
- 発言 はつげん
- Statement, remark.
- 手伝う てつだう
- Help.
- 願う ねがう
- To request (humble).
- さてさて
- Now, now.
The "fisherman style" outfit
This scene
Haruko dresses Paul up in a fisherman's outfit. Paul is bewildered.
- ハルコ
ポール。
Paul.
- ポール
今度は何しにきたんですか？
What have you come for this time?
- ハルコ
はい。
Here.
- ハルコ
モテたいんでしょ。
You want to be popular, don't you?
- ポール
ちょっと…何だよ。この格好。
Hey... what's this? This outfit.
- ハルコ
漁師スタイルよ。
It's fisherman style.
- ポール
こんなんじゃ働けないよ。
I can't work like this.
Speaking notes
モテたいんでしょ
〜たいんでしょ = you want to ..., right?
「モテたいんでしょ」 = "You want to be popular, don't you?" Haruko sees right through him with a confirming question (〜んでしょ): "You want to be popular, right? Then do as I say."
格好
格好 = appearance, getup
「格好（かっこう）」 = clothes, appearance. • 「変な格好」 = "a strange getup"
Paul complains about 「この格好」, and Haruko says 「漁師スタイル」.
「こんなんじゃ」 = 「こんなもので」 (a colloquial contraction).
Paul complains about 「この格好」, and Haruko says 「漁師スタイル」.
「こんなんじゃ」 = 「こんなもので」 (a colloquial contraction).
Key vocabulary
- モテる
- To be popular.
- 格好 かっこう
- Outfit, getup.
- スタイル
- Style (from English).
- 働く はたらく
- To work.
- 漁師 りょうし
- Fisherman.
Catching the customers' eye
This scene
Paul stands in the shop in his fisherman outfit and attracts a group of middle-aged Japanese men. Takasu and his horse-racing friends come to support him.
- ハルコ／ポール
あっポール。 え？何その格好。
Oh, Paul. -- Huh? What's with that outfit?
- ポール
ホラ…なんか引いてるじゃないか。
Look... isn't someone put off by it?
- ハルコ／ポール
狙い通り！ え？
Just as I planned! -- Huh?
- ハルコ／ポール
狙い通り！ え？
Just as I planned! -- Huh?
- 客
いよ～！
Hey there!
- ポール／鷹栖
鷹栖先生！？ 客 連れてきてやったぞ。
Mr. Takasu!? -- I brought you some customers.
- 鷹栖
え～わたくしの競馬仲間と 師匠でございます。
Ahem, these are my horse-racing buddies and my master.
- ポール
いらっしゃいませ～。
Welcome~!
Speaking notes
引いてる
引く = to be put off, to recoil
「引いてる」 = to be taken aback or put off (by someone's behavior). A slangy use of 「引く」: "to recoil from ..."
• 「ドン引き」 = "totally put off"
Paul thinks Haruko's "styling" has scared the customers away, but Haruko says 「狙い通り！」 ("just as planned!").
• 「ドン引き」 = "totally put off"
Paul thinks Haruko's "styling" has scared the customers away, but Haruko says 「狙い通り！」 ("just as planned!").
連れてきてやった
〜てやった = I did it for you (a favor)
[Giving and receiving verbs] 「連れてきてやったぞ」 = "I've brought customers for you, you know." Takasu uses 「〜てやる」 with a senior's tone of doing a favor.
[Keigo] 「ございます」: 「わたくしの競馬仲間と師匠でございます」. Takasu introduces the guests in a "shop clerk's tone," a half-joking "performance."
[Keigo] 「ございます」: 「わたくしの競馬仲間と師匠でございます」. Takasu introduces the guests in a "shop clerk's tone," a half-joking "performance."
Key vocabulary
- 狙い ねらい
- Aim, intention.
- 競馬 けいば
- Horse racing.
- 仲間 なかま
- Companion, buddy.
- 師匠 ししょう
- Master, teacher.
- 連れてくる つれてくる
- To bring along.
"This place has this on the menu?"
This scene
As the customers come in, Paul serves them an "otoshi" appetizer: natto. The middle-aged men comment as they eat.
- ポール／客
こちらは お通しで～す。 お～。
Here's your otoshi~. -- Oh~.
- 客
お？納豆かい？ この店 こんなメニューあんだ。
Oh? Natto? This place has stuff like this on the menu?
- ポール
いやいや これは ただ僕が好きなもんで。
No, no, this is just because I like it.
- 客
スタンディングバーって 要するに立ち飲み屋だな。
A "standing bar" is basically a stand-up drinking place, right?
- ハルコ／鷹栖
ね…帰ろう。 ん。
Hey... let's go home. -- Mm.
- ハルコ
じゃあ ポール。
Well then, Paul.
- ポール／ハルコ
あっちょっと…！ い～の！
Ah, wait a moment...! -- It's all right!
- ハルコ
今まで みたいに 上っ面だけで 受け入れられててもダメよ。
If you're only accepted on the surface like before, it's not good enough.
- ハルコ
これからは あんた自身の人柄を 出していかないと。
From now on, you have to show your own personality.
Speaking notes
お通し
お通し = a small appetizer served at a bar
「お通し（おとおし）」 = the small dish served automatically when customers sit down at an izakaya or standing bar (usually with a charge). Paul serves his favorite natto as the お通し.
上っ面
上っ面 = surface, superficial
「上っ面（うわっつら）」 = surface, superficial level. • 「上っ面だけの付き合い」 = "a relationship that stays on the surface"
Haruko lectures Paul: you can't be accepted merely for the label "foreigner"; you must "show your 人柄 (personality)."
Haruko lectures Paul: you can't be accepted merely for the label "foreigner"; you must "show your 人柄 (personality)."
Key vocabulary
- お通し おとおし
- Otoshi (appetizer at an izakaya).
- 立ち飲み屋 たちのみや
- Standing bar.
- 上っ面 うわっつら
- Surface, superficial.
- 人柄 ひとがら
- Personality, character.
- 受け入れる うけいれる
- To accept.
"Stir it all the way for the strings"
This scene
The customers gather around Paul's natto and argue that it needs more stirring to get proper strings.
- 客
ちょちょちょちょっと ダメだよ～。
Hey, hey, hey, wait, that won't do~.
- 客
もっと混ぜないとさ～ 糸っちゅ～もんが。
You've got to stir it more~, this "strings" business.
- 客
わかってねえな。兄ちゃん。
You don't get it, kid.
- 客
こういうのはパッと食わないと 風味ってもんがな。
This stuff you have to eat in one go, or the flavor is...
- ハルコ
完全に なじんじゃってるじゃん。
He's totally blended right in.
Speaking notes
糸っちゅうもん
〜っちゅう = 〜という (dialect)
「糸っちゅうもんが」 = "this thing called 'strings'..." 「〜っちゅう」 is a dialectal form of 「〜という」:
The men debate the stringiness of natto in dialect, with the stubbornness of craftsmen.
The men debate the stringiness of natto in dialect, with the stubbornness of craftsmen.
なじんじゃってる
なじむ + ちゃってる
「なじんじゃってる」 = "he's completely blended in."
「〜ちゃってる」 = 「〜てしまっている」: it carries the nuance of "it's already an accomplished fact."
「〜ちゃってる」 = 「〜てしまっている」: it carries the nuance of "it's already an accomplished fact."
Key vocabulary
- 混ぜる まぜる
- To stir, to mix.
- 風味 ふうみ
- Flavor, aroma.
- 兄ちゃん にいちゃん
- Young man, kid.
- なじむ
- To blend in.
- パッと
- All at once.
"Forever twenty" arrives
This scene
Another customer walks into the shop: the proprietress of the "Snack Midori" that Haruko mentioned in class.
- ミドリ
お邪魔しま～す！
Excuse me~!
- 客
お？お嬢さんが来たぞ。 もう１人 いるよっ。
Oh? A young lady has arrived. And there's one more!
- ミドリ
どうも～ミドリで～す。
Hello~, I'm Midori~.
- 客
わんばんこ。
Wanbanko.
- 一同
わんばんこ～！
Wanbanko~!
- ハルコ
もしかしてミドリのママ！？
Could that be Midori's madam!?
- 客
こちらは お嬢さんでは ないような？
This one doesn't seem to be a "young lady," does she?
- ミドリ
ひ～ど～い～！ 永遠のハタチよ～！
How rude~! I'm forever twenty~!
Speaking notes
わんばんこ
わんばんこ = こんばんは (playful)
「わんばんこ」 = a playful, retro (Showa-style) way of saying 「こんばんは」. Like 「どうもでーす」 or 「ちわっす」, it is bar-scene talk:
• 「こんばんは」 → 「こんばんわ」 → 「わんばんこ」
The men use it to create a lively bar atmosphere.
• 「こんばんは」 → 「こんばんわ」 → 「わんばんこ」
The men use it to create a lively bar atmosphere.
お嬢さん
お嬢さん = young lady
「お嬢さん（おじょうさん）」 = a polite way to address a young woman. The customer's 「こちらはお嬢さんでは？」 is teasing: he is saying she is "no longer young," and the proprietress shoots back 「ひどい！永遠のハタチよ！」.
Key vocabulary
- お邪魔します おじゃまします
- Excuse me (when entering).
- お嬢さん おじょうさん
- Young lady.
- わんばんこ
- Good evening (playful).
- ミドリ
- Midori (a name).
- ハタチ
- Twenty years old.
"We don't have this coupon"
This scene
As Takasu leaves with the customers, he presses a coupon on Paul and tells him to come again.
- 鷹栖／客
じゃ帰るわ。 え？もう帰るの？
Well, I'm heading home. -- What? You're leaving already?
- 鷹栖
はい。 確か こいつを使えたよな。
Yes. I'm pretty sure you can use this.
- 鷹栖／ポール
とっとけ。 あ あの～→
Hang on to it. -- Um...
- ポール
こんなクーポン うちのお店ないんですけど。
We don't have a coupon like this at our shop.
- ポール
あいつ…だましやがったな！
That guy... he tricked me!
- ミドリ／ポール
うわあ！ あんた…いい男ね。
Wow! -- You... you're a good-looking man.
- ポール／ミドリ
いいえ…。 一緒に飲みましょう。
No... -- Let's drink together.
- ポール
はい…はい！
Yes... yes!
- 客
いよ！色男！
Hey there! Ladies' man!
- ハルコ
楽しそうじゃん。
He looks like he's having fun.
Speaking notes
とっとけ
とっとけ = 取っておけ (keep it)
「とっとけ」 = "Keep it." 「取っておく」 plus the imperative 「おけ」 → 「とっとけ」.
• 「お釣りはとっといて」 = "Keep the change."
• 「お釣りはとっといて」 = "Keep the change."
だましやがったな
〜やがる = (resentful) he had the nerve to ...
「だましやがったな！」 = "He had the nerve to trick me!" 「〜やがる」 expresses resentment or anger at what someone did.
Key vocabulary
- クーポン
- Coupon.
- とっとく
- Keep it.
- だます
- To deceive.
- いい男 いいおとこ
- Good-looking man, good guy.
- 飲む のむ
- To drink.
"Just be yourself"
This scene
Paul thanks Haruko and says he got something out of it too. Haruko smiles and tells him to be himself. The middle-aged men nearby tease them.
- ポール
ありがとうございました。先生。
Thank you very much, teacher.
- ポール
俺 得たもん あったよ。
I got something out of it, too.
- ハルコ／客
ま～ま～ま！ あんたは あんたらしくね！
Now, now, now! Just be yourself!
- 客
あれ？この２人は アチチですかな？
Hm? Are these two an item, perhaps?
- 客
じゃあ お邪魔虫は ドロンしますか。
Then we third wheels will vanish in a puff.
- 客たち／ハルコ
ハハハ！ ちょっとやめてよ～もう～。
Ha ha ha! -- Stop it, you guys, really~.
Speaking notes
あんたらしく
〜らしく = in a way that suits (you)
「あんたはあんたらしくね！」 = "Be yourself!" [Appearance and hearsay] 「〜らしい」: "in keeping with one's true nature."
お邪魔虫／ドロン
お邪魔虫 = third wheel; ドロン = to vanish
「お邪魔虫（おじゃまむし）」 = a person in the way of a couple, a third wheel. • 「アチチ」 = "piping hot" (the sweetness of lovers)
The men see Haruko and Paul as a couple and say 「お邪魔虫はドロンしますか」: they use the "ninja vanishing" word as a joke about tactfully leaving.
The men see Haruko and Paul as a couple and say 「お邪魔虫はドロンしますか」: they use the "ninja vanishing" word as a joke about tactfully leaving.
Key vocabulary
- らしく
- In the manner of, like.
- お邪魔虫 おじゃまむし
- Third wheel (literally "nuisance bug").
- アチチ
- Piping hot (lovers' sweetness).
- ドロン
- To vanish (slang).
- 得る える
- To obtain, to gain.
Paul, who "understood nothing"
This scene
Paul formally says to Haruko that he has thought a lot since then. Haruko thinks he has learned his lesson.
- 鷹栖
う～昨日はさすがに飲みすぎた～。
Ugh, I really drank too much last night.
- ポール
ハルコ 俺 あれから すっごく考えたんだけど→
Haruko, I've thought really hard since then.
- ポール
俺 何も分かってなかった。
I didn't understand anything.
- ハルコ
わかったなら いいのよ。
If you understand now, that's fine.
- ポール
やっぱりハルコ 俺のこと 好きなんだろ？
You really do like me after all, don't you, Haruko?
- ハルコ／ポール
はあ！？ 俺のために あんなに頑張って くれたのも→
What!? -- Working so hard for me like that
- ポール
全部 俺のことが 好きだったから なんだろ？
was all because you like me, right?
Speaking notes
何も分かってなかった
〜てなかった = I hadn't ...
「何も分かってなかった」 = "I didn't understand anything." A colloquial contraction of 「〜ていなかった」.
頑張ってくれた
〜てくれた = (someone) did ... for me
[Giving and receiving verbs] 「俺のために頑張ってくれた」 = "you worked so hard for me." Paul takes the viewpoint of the recipient: he reads Haruko's efforts as "done for me."
Key vocabulary
- 考える かんがえる
- Thinking.
- 分かる わかる
- To understand.
- 頑張る がんばる
- To make an effort.
- 好き すき
- To like.
- やっぱり
- After all, as expected.
A hardcore wrong-idea man
This scene
Haruko concludes that Paul understood nothing. Takasu says he is "sujigane-iri" through and through.
- ハルコ
ダメだ…こいつ なんも分かってないわ。
No good... this guy doesn't get anything.
- 鷹栖
こりゃ筋金入りだ。
This one's the real deal, through and through.
- 渋谷
ある意味 うらやましいです。
In a way, I envy him.
- ポール
気持ちは ありがたいんだけど ハルコは ちょっと…。
I appreciate the thought, but, Haruko, you're a bit...
- ポール
じゃあ。
Well, bye.
- ハルコ
はあ！？ちょっ…！
What!? Hey...!
- ハルコ
なんで あたしがフラれてる 感じになってんのよ！
Why does it feel like I'm the one who got dumped!
Speaking notes
筋金入り
筋金入り = hardcore, through and through
「筋金入り（すじがねいり）」 = (of beliefs, character, skills) deeply ingrained, well tempered, unshakable. • 「筋金入りのファン」 = "a diehard fan"
Takasu uses this word for Paul's 「勘違い」: it's not a passing mistake but something "in the bone."
The word can be either praise or criticism; here it is clearly ironic.
Takasu uses this word for Paul's 「勘違い」: it's not a passing mistake but something "in the bone."
The word can be either praise or criticism; here it is clearly ironic.
フラれてる感じ
〜感じになってる = it feels like ...
「あたしがフラれてる感じになってんのよ！」 = "It feels like I'm the one getting dumped!" The passive 「フラれる」 plus 「感じ」 describes how the situation has been turned around: Haruko meant to "educate" Paul, but it has become "Paul rejecting Haruko."
Key vocabulary
- 筋金入り すじがねいり
- Deeply ingrained, through and through.
- ある意味 あるいみ
- In a way.
- ありがたい
- Grateful, appreciated.
- フラれる
- To get dumped.
- 感じ かんじ
- Feeling.
Does "green" turn you "blue"?
This scene
Takasu teases Haruko for being unpopular, and Shibuya tells her not to be too discouraged. Then the phone rings.
- 鷹栖
モテないおなごは辛いのお。
A girl who isn't popular has it rough, doesn't she.
- 渋谷
ハルコ先生 あまり気を落とさず。
Ms. Haruko, don't let it get you down too much.
- ハルコ
落ち込んでないから！ （電話のベル）
I'm not down! (phone rings)
- 鹿取
はい 光文学院です。
Hello, this is Kobun Gakuin.
- 鹿取
はい 少々お待ち下さい。
Yes, one moment, please.
- 鹿取／鷹栖
鷹栖先生 お電話です。 誰？
Mr. Takasu, you have a call. -- Who is it?
- 鹿取
ミドリさんって方から。
It's from a person named Midori.
- 渋谷
大丈夫ですか？顔 真っ青ですよ。
Are you all right? Your face is deathly pale.
- ハルコ
へえ～ミドリで 青くなることってあるんだね。
Oh my, so you can turn blue over "Midori" (green), huh.
Speaking notes
真っ青
真っ青 = deathly pale (from shock or illness)
「顔が真っ青（まっさお）」 = one's face is pale or ashen. In Japanese, 「青い」 can describe a pale or bluish complexion:
• 「青ざめる」 = to turn pale
• 「顔面蒼白」 = a deathly pale face
Haruko's closing line plays on 「ミドリ」 (green) and 「青（あお）」 (blue): "scared 'blue' by 'green.'"
• 「青ざめる」 = to turn pale
• 「顔面蒼白」 = a deathly pale face
Haruko's closing line plays on 「ミドリ」 (green) and 「青（あお）」 (blue): "scared 'blue' by 'green.'"
お電話です
お電話です = you have a phone call (keigo)
[Keigo] 「お電話です」 = "You have a phone call."
• 「少々お待ち下さい」 = "Please wait a moment."
• 「〜さんから」 = "It's from ..."
Katori uses standard telephone keigo.
• 「少々お待ち下さい」 = "Please wait a moment."
• 「〜さんから」 = "It's from ..."
Katori uses standard telephone keigo.
Key vocabulary
- 真っ青 まっさお
- Deathly pale.
- 電話 でんわ
- Telephone call.
- 落ち込む おちこむ
- Dejected, down.
- 少々 しょうしょう
- A little, slightly.
- ミドリ
- Midori (a name).