Part 5 of 5 · JLPT N2

寒山拾得 Kanzanshūtoku, part 5: Laughter in the Temple Kitchen

by Mori Ōgai · 832 characters · from The Governor Goes Looking for Sages

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Dōgyō leads Ryo into the steamy temple kitchen, where two shabby little monks, Jittoku and Kanzan, are warming themselves by the stove. Ryo bows deeply and recites all his official titles, but the two burst out laughing and run off, with Kanzan remarking that Bukan must have talked. The kitchen monks crowd around the astonished Ryo while Dōgyō stands frozen and pale.

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「なるほど」と言いって、閭りょはついて行いく。"I see," said Ryo, and followed along.

心こころのうちでは、そんなことをしている寒山かんざん、拾得じっとくが文殊もんじゅ、普賢ふげんなら、虎とらに騎のった豊干ぶかんはなんだろうなどと、田舎者いなかものが芝居しばいを見みて、どの役やくがどの俳優はいゆうかと思おもい惑まどうときのような気分きぶんになっているのである。Inwardly, he felt like a country bumpkin at the theatre, puzzling over which actor was playing which part: if Kanzan and Jittoku, who did such things, were Monju and Fugen, then what was Bukan, who had ridden a tiger?

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「はなはだむさくるしい所ところで」と言いいつつ、道翹どうぎょうは閭りょを厨くりやのうちに連つれ込こんだ。"It is a most untidy place, I'm afraid," said Dōgyō as he led Ryo into the kitchen.

ここは湯気ゆげが一いっぱい籠こもっていて、にわかにはいって見みると、しかと物ものを見定みさだめることも出来できぬくらいである。The room was so thick with steam that, coming in suddenly, one could hardly make anything out clearly.

その灰色はいいろの中なかに大おおきい竈かまどが三みっつあって、どれにも残のこった薪まきが真赤まっかに燃もえている。In that greyness stood three large stoves, and in each of them the remaining firewood was burning bright red.

しばらく立たち止どまって見みているうちに、石いしの壁かべに沿そうて造つくりつけてある卓つくえの上うえで大勢おおぜいの僧そうが飯めしや菜なや汁しるを鍋釜なべかまから移うつしているのが見みえて来きた。As he stood still and watched for a while, he began to make out a crowd of monks at tables built along the stone wall, transferring rice, vegetables and soup from the pots and cauldrons.

このとき道翹どうぎょうが奧おくの方ほうへ向むいて、「おい、拾得じっとく」と呼よびかけた。At this point Dōgyō turned towards the back and called out, "Hey, Jittoku!"

閭りょがその視線しせんをたどって、入口いりぐちから一番いちばん遠とおい竈へっついの前まえを見みると、そこに二人ふたりの僧そうのうずくまって火ひに当あたっているのが見みえた。Ryo followed his gaze and looked in front of the stove farthest from the entrance, and there he saw two monks crouching, warming themselves at the fire.

一人ひとりは髪かみの二三寸にさんずん伸のびた頭あたまを剥むき出だして、足あしには草履ぞうりをはいている。One of them had his head bare, with hair grown two or three inches long, and wore straw sandals on his feet.

今いま一人ひとりは木きの皮かわで編あんだ帽ぼうをかぶって、足あしには木履ぼくりをはいている。The other wore a hat woven from tree bark and had wooden clogs on his feet.

どちらも痩やせてみすぼらしい小男こおとこで、豊干ぶかんのような大男おおおとこではない。Both were thin, shabby little men, nothing like the big man Bukan.

道翹どうぎょうが呼よびかけたとき、頭あたまを剥むき出だした方ほうは振ふり向むいてにやりと笑わらったが、返事へんじはしなかった。When Dōgyō called out, the bareheaded one turned round and grinned, but made no reply.

これが拾得じっとくだと見みえる。This, it seemed, was Jittoku.

帽ぼうをかぶった方ほうは身動みうごきもしない。The one in the hat did not move at all.

これが寒山かんざんなのであろう。This was presumably Kanzan.

閭りょはこう見当けんとうをつけて二人ふたりのそばへ進すすみ寄よった。Having made this guess, Ryo stepped up close to the two.

そして袖そでを掻かき合あわせてうやうやしく礼れいをして、「朝儀大夫ちょうぎたいふ、使持節しじせつ、台州たいしゅうの主簿しゅぼ、上柱国じょうちゅうこく、賜緋魚袋しひぎょたい、閭りょ丘胤きゅういんと申もうすものでございます」と名なのった。Then, folding his sleeves together, he bowed respectfully and introduced himself: "I am Ryokyū In, Grand Master for Court Discussion, Commissioner Bearing the Imperial Tally, Recorder of Taishū, Supreme Pillar of State, honoured with the scarlet robe and the fish pouch."

二人ふたりは同時どうじに閭りょを一目ひとめ見みた。The two of them glanced at Ryo at the same moment.

それから二人ふたりで顏かおを見合みあわせて腹はらの底そこからこみ上あげて来くるような笑わらい声ごえを出だしたかと思おもうと、一いっしょに立たち上あがって、厨くりやを駆かけ出だして逃にげた。Then they looked at each other and let out a laugh that seemed to well up from the pit of their stomachs, and the next instant they rose together, dashed out of the kitchen and fled.

逃にげしなに寒山かんざんが「豊干ぶかんがしゃべったな」と言いったのが聞きこえた。As they ran off, Kanzan could be heard saying, "So Bukan has been talking."

驚おどろいてあとを見送みおくっている閭りょが周囲しゅういには、飯めしや菜なや汁しるを盛もっていた僧そうらが、ぞろぞろと来きてたかった。Around Ryo, who stood watching them go in astonishment, the monks who had been dishing up rice, vegetables and soup came flocking in a crowd.

道翹どうぎょうは真蒼まっさおな顏かおをして立たちすくんでいた。Dōgyō stood rooted to the spot, his face deathly pale.

大正たいしょう五ご年ねん一いち月がつJanuary, Taishō 5 (1916)

Vocabulary

Word	Meaning	JLPT
思い惑うおもいまどう	to be puzzled, to be at a lossLiterary; 惑う means to be lost or confused.	—
むさくるしいむさくるしい	untidy, squalid, shabbyOften used humbly of one's own home or premises.	—
厨くりや	kitchenOld word; modern Japanese uses 台所 or 厨房.	—
湯気ゆげ	steam, vapour	N2
見定めるみさだめる	to make out clearly, to ascertain	—
竈かまど	cooking stove, hearthAlso read へっつい, as in a later sentence; へっつい is an older colloquial word.	—
うずくまってうずくまる	to crouch, to squatdictionary form: うずくまる	—
みすぼらしいみすぼらしい	shabby, poor-looking	N1
にやりとにやりと	with a grin, with a knowing smileSuggests a meaningful or slightly sly smile.	—
見当をつけてけんとうをつける	to guess, to form an estimatedictionary form: 見当をつける	—
うやうやしくうやうやしい	respectful, reverentdictionary form: 恭しい	—
こみ上げてこみあげる	to well up (of laughter, tears, emotion)dictionary form: こみ上げる	—
たかったたかる	to crowd around, to swarmdictionary form: 集るOften used of insects or people gathering around something.	N4
立ちすくんでたちすくむ	to stand frozen, to be rooted to the spotdictionary form: 立ちすくむUsually from fear or shock.	—

Grammar

〜つつ N2 while doing

Attached to the verb stem, つつ marks an action happening at the same time as the main action. It is a written, more formal equivalent of ながら.

「はなはだむさくるしい所で」と言いつつ、道翹は閭を厨のうちに連れ込んだ。
"It is a most untidy place, I'm afraid," said Dōgyō as he led Ryo into the kitchen.

〜ているうちに N3 while, in the course of doing

Shows that while one state continues, a change comes about. Here, as Ryo keeps looking, the scene gradually becomes visible, which 見えて来た reinforces.

しばらく立ち止まって見ているうちに
As he stood still and watched for a while

〜と見える N2 it seems that, apparently

A literary way of stating a conclusion drawn from what one observes. The narrator is following Ryo's own guesswork.

これが拾得だと見える。
This, it seemed, was Jittoku.

〜であろう N2 probably, presumably

The written, de aru-style form of だろう, used to express a supposition. It matches the narrator's essay-like plain style.

これが寒山なのであろう。
This was presumably Kanzan.

〜たかと思うと N2 no sooner had … than

Joins two actions that follow each other almost at once, often with a sense of surprise. The two monks laugh and in the next moment run away.

笑い声を出したかと思うと、一しょに立ち上がって、厨を駆け出して逃げた。
let out a laugh, and the next instant they rose together, dashed out of the kitchen and fled.

〜しなに N1 just as, on the point of doing

Attached to a verb stem, しな(に) means at the moment of doing something, here at the moment of fleeing. It is somewhat old-fashioned and appears in set forms such as 帰りしな and 寝しな.

逃げしなに寒山が「豊干がしゃべったな」と言ったのが聞えた。
As they ran off, Kanzan could be heard saying, "So Bukan has been talking."