Japanese Lessons: Read Japanese Manga with Furigana 1-4-1

*These Japanese lessons are created based on the Terms of Use of the Copyrights of them; TITLE: Give My Regards to Black Jack, AUTHOR: Shuho Sato, and WEBSITE: Manga on Web.

Japanese Lessons 1-4-1 夏雲 なつぐも/ Summer Clouds

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Japanese Script with Furigana and English Translation

午ご前1ぜんいち時じ20にじゅっ分ぷん、金かね子こ敏とし夫お（75ななじゅうご歳さい）の容体ようだいが急変きゅうへん、心臓しんぞうが停てい止しする。

1:20 AM. Toshio Kaneko, 75, experienced a sudden change in his condition, and his heart stopped.

「生いき返かえれ…生いき返かえれ…！」

“Come on, come back… Come back!”

「非ひ常じょうに申もうし上あげにくい事ことですが*、お父様とうさまの意い識しきが回復かいふくする見込みこみはほぼなくなりました。現在心臓げんざいしんぞうマッサージでなんとか心拍しんぱくは戻もどっていますが、肝不全かんふぜん、心不全しんふぜんに加くわえ、心停しんてい止しによる低酸ていさん素そ血症けっしょうで脳細胞のうさいぼうがやられています。」

“I’m very sorry to have to tell you this, but there’s almost no possibility your father will regain consciousness. We’ve restored his heartbeat with cardiac message, but his liver and heart are failing. The drop in blood oxygen when his heart stopped will have damaged his brain cells.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Vocabulary

「非ひ常じょうに申もうし上あげにくい事ことですが」 is a formal expression. Apart from this, there are some common phrases to say something tough such as 「言いいにくいのですが、(It’s hard for me to say this but,)」 and 「何なんと言いえばいいかわからないのですが、(I don’t know what to say this but,)」.

「どうしてそのまま死しなせて*やらなかった…？斉藤先生さいとうせんせい…。やるなといった腹膜透析ふくまくとうせきまで行おこなうなんて…、くどいようだが単たんなる延命処えんめいしょ置ちは国民こくみんの医い療りょう費ひの無駄むだ遣づかいだ。」「白鳥先生しらとりせんせい…医い者しゃが患者かんじゃを助たすけようとするのがそんなにいけない事ことですか…？」「私わたしはこういう患者かんじゃを何百なんびゃくも見みてきた。死しにゆく者ものは静しずかにみとるべきだ。」「それじゃあ、だまって死しぬのを見みてろって言いうんですか…？」「その通とおりだ…。」

“Why didn’t you just let him die? Dr. Saito… I told you not to do that peritoneal dialysis. I’ve said this before, but simply prolonging his life like this is a waste of healthcare funds.” ”...Tell me, Dr. Shiratori. Is it really such a crime for a doctor to try to save his patient?” “I’ve seen hundreds of patients just like this one. All the dying need is someone to be there for them.” ”Are you saying we should just shut up and watch them die?” “Exactly.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Grammar

This is a causative form. 「死しぬ」 is a u-verb and is conjugated to 「死しなせる」. And the sentence is compound with 「やる」.

「難むずかしい事ことは分わかんね*…。お任まかせします…。」「延命処えんめいしょ置ちは中ちゅう止しさせていただきます。」

“We don’t understand all this...We’ll let you handle it.” ”Then we’ll remove his life support.”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Vocabulary

This is a dialect and equivalent to 「分わからない」.

「おじいさん…あなたは本当ほんとうに意い識しきがないんですか…？もしかして目めも口くちも体からだも動うごかせなくて…自じ分ぶんの思おもってる事ことを人ひとに伝つたえられないだけじゃないんですか…？教おしえてください…。あなたは本当ほんとうにこんな最さい期ごでいいんですか…？」

“Mr. Kaneko... Is there really nobody in there anymore? Even if you can’t move your eyes or your mouth or your body... doesn’t that just mean you can’t tell people what you’re thinking? Please, answer me this: Are you okay with this being the end?”

7月6しちがつむい日か、延命処えんめいしょ置ち中ちゅう止しから3みっ日か経けい過か。

July 6, three days after discontinuing life support.

「おじいさん…息むす子こさんも誰だれも来こなくなっちゃいましたね…。手術しゅじゅつの時ときはあなたのために100万ひゃくまんも出だしたのに…死しぬと決きまったら見舞みまいにすら*来こないんですね…。なんだったんですかね…？あの100万ひゃくまんはあなたへの餞別せんべつだったのかな…？」

“Mr. Kaneko, no one is coming by to see you now. Not even your son. He paid $10,000 for your operation too. But once we decided to let you die, he doesn’t even visit anymore. I wonder why? Was that money a farewell present…?”

One Point Lesson: Japanese Vocabulary

「すら」 means “even”. This is usually used in negative expressions.

「お早はようございます。…何なにやってるんですか…？」「そりゃ先生せんせい、意い識しきがなくても体からだは汚よごれるし、動うごかさないと床とこ擦ずれもできますから…。」「伸のびてる…。ヒゲが…伸のびている…。」

“Good morning. What are you doing?” “Well, doctor, even comatose patients get dirty. And he’ll get bedsores, too, if we don’t move him. It’s growing. His beard… It’s growing.”

助たすけてくれよ先生せんせい…。お願ねがいだよ…先生せんせい…。オレはまだ死しにたくねえんだ…。なんとかしてくれよ先生せんせい…。お医い者しゃは偉えらいから先生せんせいって呼よばれてるんだろ…*。

“Help me, doctor... Doctor… Please… I am not ready to die… Can’t you do something? You, doctors, are all about saving lives, ain’t you?”

Note

This translation is made with the free translation method . In Japanese cultures, professional people such as doctors, layers, politicians, and accountants are called 「先生せんせい」 in order to express respect.

たとえ意い識しきを回復かいふくする可か能のう性せいが１いち％ぱーせんとしかなかったとしても、医い療側りょうがわの都つ合ごうで治ち療りょうをやめるのは間ま違ちがいだ…。「どうせ死しぬなら腹はらを開あけろ。なんにもしないよりマシだ。お前まえは医い者しゃだ。新人しんじんだろうが半人前はんにんまえだろうが、お前まえは医い者しゃなんだ…。」僕ぼくは医い者しゃだ…！

Even if there is barely a 1% chance of recovering consciousness, it’s not right for doctors to withdraw care for convenience’s sake. “If he’s got to die, you might as well cut his abdomen open… It’s better than doing nothing. You’re doctor… whether you’re new or inexperienced, to the patient, you’re still a doctor.” I am! I am a doctor!

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