猫屋敷心中事件 (Nekoyashiki Shinjuu Jiken)

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Song title
"猫屋敷心中事件" Romaji: Nekoyashiki Shinjuu Jiken English: Lovers’ Suicide at the House of Cats^[1]
Original Upload Date
November 18, 2016
Singer
Hatsune Miku Inoue Kazuhiko (Hanamoto Hibari's CV) Ishihara Kaori (Kudou Renma's CV)
Producer(s)
Teniwoha (music, lyrics) Ryuusee (illustration, movie)
Views
270,000+ (NN), 510,000+ (YT)
Links
Niconico Broadcast / YouTube Broadcast
Description

Lyrics[]

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The following translation was made by bluepenguin, and may only be used in accordance with the restrictions stated on their website.

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Japanese	Romaji	English
前略御本いつも	zenryaku gohon itsumo	Omitting the preliminaries,
拝見しております	haiken shite orimasu	I am always reading your books
つきましては是非とも	tsuki mashite wa zehitomo	Therefore I firmly request
一度当家に来やしゃんせ	ichido touke ni kiyashan se	that you come to this house once

にゃんともはや三毛や愛猫や	nyan to mohaya mike ya aibyou ya	Regardless, a calico or beloved pet cat
玉取れ取れ毛繕い	tama toretore kezukuroi	will pounce on a ball and groom its fur
クンダリーニくんだりに	kundariini kundari ni	I want the two of us to fall together
ふたりきり堕ちて行きたい	futari kiri ochite ikitai	to the outskirts of Kundalin^[2]

先生が戻らない	sensei ga modoranai	My teacher has disappeared;
手がかりは猫猫猫猫	tegakari wa neko neko neko neko	the only clues are cats, cats, cats, cats
原稿が間に合わない	genkou ga maniawanai	His manuscript didn’t come in on time,
さては監禁玉すだれ	sate wa kankin tamasu dare	and now there’s a performance of imprisonment^[3]
にゃんともかんとも大事件	nyan to mo kan to mo daijiken	One way or a-meow-ther, it’s a major incident

心中ダンス惚れ惚れと	shinjuu dansu horebore to	Suicide dance, the young woman
喉を鳴らした令嬢さん	nodo o narashita reijou-san	let out an adoring sound
おいでなさい膝の上	oidenasai hiza no ue	Come sit on my lap;
鬼さんこちら丸の内	oni-san kochira maru no uchi	come here, demon, to Marunouchi^[4]
心中だ御臨終だ	shinjuu da gorinjuu da	It’s a lovers’ suicide, it’s the hour of my death,
背中に爪立てる	senaka ni tsume tateru	sneaking up behind me on quiet feet
猫猫ねえ子猫や	neko neko nee koneko ya	It’s a cat, cat–see, girl, it’s a cat

抱いて折れるほど	daite oreru hodo	Hold me tight enough to break me,
猫背も治るほど	nekoze mo naoru hodo	tight enough to fix my stooping posture^[5]
地獄へ落ちたって	jigoku e ochita tte	Even if I fall into hell,
くるりと回転猫だもの	kururi to kaiten neko da mono	I’ll quickly turn and land on my feet, because I’m a cat

偏屈作家救うため	henkutsu sakka sukuu tame	To rescue the eccentric writer,
小娘謎解く	komusume nazo toku	the young girl unravels the mystery
「先生は殺したって	"sensei wa koroshitatte	“My teacher doesn’t seem
死ぬような人じゃありません」	shinu you na hito ja arimasen"	like someone who’d die so easily”

紀尾井町猫屋敷	kioi chou nekoyashiki	At the house of cats in Kioichou^[6],
何処見ても猫猫猫猫	doko mite mo neko neko neko neko	wherever you look, there’s a cat, cat, cat, cat
じゃらされて尻尾揺らす	jarasarete shippo yurasu	Chasing cat toys, lashing their tails–
猫なで声で呼んどいて	neko na de goe de yondoite	call out in a coaxing voice^[7]
踏んづけないでよ猫でなし	funzukenai de yo neko de nashi	Don’t step on me, I’m not a cat

阿破破	ahaha	Ahaha^[8]

心中ダンスねえ子猫や	shinjuu dansu nee koneko ya	Suicide dance–come, cat,
あの人招いてくだしゃんせ	ano hito maneite kudashan se	beckon her to me^[9]
品川か曾根崎か	shinagawa ka sonezaki ka	Whether in Shinagawa or in Sonezaki,
共に逝ってはくれまいか	tomo ni itte wa kuremai ka	won’t you die with me?^[10]
虫媒花散る梅花	chuubaika chiru baika	A summer in which the insect-pollinated flowers
御髪も乱れる夏	ogushi mo midareru natsu	and the falling plum blossoms and her hair are all in disarray^[11]

きっと先生はなにか事件に	kitto sensei wa nanika jiken ni	My teacher must be caught up
巻き込まれているんです!	makikomarete irun desu!	in some sort of criminal incident!
原稿の締め切りに間に合わないからって	genkou no shimekiri ni maniawanai kara tte	He wouldn’t just hide because he missed
雲隠れしているわけじゃありません!	kumogakure shite iru wake ja arimasen!	the deadline for his manuscript!
……多分	……tabun	… Probably.

「吾輩は猫である前に男である。	"wagahai wa neko de aru mae ni otoko de aru.	“I am a cat and was once a man.
共に死んでくれるか?」	tomo ni shinde kureru ka?"	Will you die with me?” ^[12]
「やです」	"ya desu"	“No, I won’t.”
「ならばきみひとりで逝けい!」	"naraba kimi hitori de yukei!"	“Then you shall die alone!”
「先生の人間失格!」	"sensei no ningen shikkaku!"	“Teacher, you’re no longer human!” ^[13]

心中ダンス惚れ惚れと	shinjuu dansu horebore to	Suicide dance,
喉を鳴らした令嬢さん	nodo o narashita reijou-san	the young woman let out an adoring sound
おいでなさい膝の上	oidenasai hiza no ue	Come sit on my lap;
鬼さんこちら丸の内	oni-san kochira maru no uchi	come here, demon, to Marunouchi
心中ダンス無理心中ダンス	shinjuu dansu murishinjuu dansu	Suicide dance, pointless suicide dance,
来世も毛繕いやっちゃいな	raise mo kezukuroi yacchai na	in the next world I’ll still groom my fur
品川か曾根崎か	shinagawa ka sonezaki ka	Whether in Shinagawa or in Sonezaki,
共に逝ってはくれまいか	tomo ni itte wa kure mai ka	won’t you die with me?

心中だ御臨終だ	shinjuu da gorinjuu da	It’s a lovers’ suicide, it’s the hour of my death,
御髪も乱れる	ogushi mo midareru	it’s a published account of lovers’ suicide
活字心中録	katsuji shinjuu roku	in which even her hair is in disarray
背中に爪立てる	senaka ni tsume tateru	Sneaking up behind me on quiet feet
猫猫ねえ子猫猫猫	neko neko nee koneko neko neko	It’s a cat, cat, see, girl, it’s a cat,
猫猫猫猫や	neko neko neko neko ya	cat, cat, cat, cat, cat, cat

English translation by bluepenguin

Translation Notes[]

↑ The 猫屋敷/”house of cats” of the title is not a specific real place, but rather a term that refers in general to any house with a lot of cats in it.
↑ Kundalini is, in Hinduism, said to be a form of primal energy that is located at the base of the spine.
↑ Nankin Tamasudare (南京玉すだれ) is a type of street performance in which the performer recites a poem and illustrates it by manipulating a bamboo screen into various shapes. 南京 “Nankin” has here been replaced by 監禁 “kankin,” meaning “confinement” or “imprisonment”
↑ Oni-san kochira” is the start of a traditional chant that accompanies the (now not commonly played) game “Mekakushi-Oni”–a variant of tag where a blindfolded child attempts to catch their friends, similar to Blind Man’s Buff or Marco Polo. In full, the chant usually goes “鬼さんこちら手の鳴るほうへ” (“Come here, demon, toward the sound of clapping hands”). Marunouchi is a district of Tokyo (the first of several referenced in this song).
↑ “Nekoze” refers to a stoop or hunchback but literally translates to “cat back.”
↑ A neighborhood of Chiyoda district in Tokyo.
↑ Literally “cat-stroking voice”
↑ The laughter here is, unusually, written out in kanji. The character used for “a” here has a number of meanings and is also not infrequently used just for its phonetic value, but the “ha”s are written with a character meaning “destruction.”
↑ References the concept of “maneki-neko” or lucky cats, statues of a cat with one paw up that are supposed to beckon some kind of good fortune.
↑ Sonezaki Shinjuu, or The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, is a well-known bunraku play about a young man and woman who commit suicide together after the man is betrayed and ruined by a friend who wishes to take the woman for himself. Shinagawa is another district of Tokyo.
↑ Historically, in Japanese literature, the image of a woman’s hair being tangled or in disarray has been generally understood as a sexual reference.
↑ Wagahai wa Neko de Aru, or I Am a Cat, is the title of one of 19th-century author Natsume Soseki’s most famous works–it is social satire from the point of view of a cat who finds human social mores baffling. The title contains some untranslatable humor, as “wagahai” is a personal pronoun that implies that the speaker is a very important person (or thinks they are).
↑ Ningen Shikkaku, or No Longer Human, is one of early 20th-century author Dazai Osamu’s most famous works. It is semiautobiographical and suicide features heavily in it. Dazai himself died in a lovers’ suicide with his mistress shortly after its publication.

External Links[]

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[1] The 猫屋敷/”house of cats” of the title is not a specific real place, but rather a term that refers in general to any house with a lot of cats in it.

[2] Kundalini is, in Hinduism, said to be a form of primal energy that is located at the base of the spine.

[3] Nankin Tamasudare (南京玉すだれ) is a type of street performance in which the performer recites a poem and illustrates it by manipulating a bamboo screen into various shapes. 南京 “Nankin” has here been replaced by 監禁 “kankin,” meaning “confinement” or “imprisonment”

[4] Oni-san kochira” is the start of a traditional chant that accompanies the (now not commonly played) game “Mekakushi-Oni”–a variant of tag where a blindfolded child attempts to catch their friends, similar to Blind Man’s Buff or Marco Polo. In full, the chant usually goes “鬼さんこちら手の鳴るほうへ” (“Come here, demon, toward the sound of clapping hands”). Marunouchi is a district of Tokyo (the first of several referenced in this song).

[5] “Nekoze” refers to a stoop or hunchback but literally translates to “cat back.”

[6] A neighborhood of Chiyoda district in Tokyo.

[7] Literally “cat-stroking voice”

[8] The laughter here is, unusually, written out in kanji. The character used for “a” here has a number of meanings and is also not infrequently used just for its phonetic value, but the “ha”s are written with a character meaning “destruction.”

[9] References the concept of “maneki-neko” or lucky cats, statues of a cat with one paw up that are supposed to beckon some kind of good fortune.

[10] Sonezaki Shinjuu, or The Love Suicides at Sonezaki, is a well-known bunraku play about a young man and woman who commit suicide together after the man is betrayed and ruined by a friend who wishes to take the woman for himself. Shinagawa is another district of Tokyo.

[11] Historically, in Japanese literature, the image of a woman’s hair being tangled or in disarray has been generally understood as a sexual reference.

[12] Wagahai wa Neko de Aru, or I Am a Cat, is the title of one of 19th-century author Natsume Soseki’s most famous works–it is social satire from the point of view of a cat who finds human social mores baffling. The title contains some untranslatable humor, as “wagahai” is a personal pronoun that implies that the speaker is a very important person (or thinks they are).

[13] Ningen Shikkaku, or No Longer Human, is one of early 20th-century author Dazai Osamu’s most famous works. It is semiautobiographical and suicide features heavily in it. Dazai himself died in a lovers’ suicide with his mistress shortly after its publication.

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