What's that noise?
There are a lot of words to express the state of mind,
but "zotto suru" (to shiver) is used when you are afraid.
So, when you're not afraid,
- do you say, you're not "zotto"? - Good question!
It's not used often but "zotto suru" can
also be used to represent times of strong feeling besides fear.
So when you say "zotto shinai", an expression of denial,
it means "to not be impressed" or "to not think it's interesting".
Haruko! Why does Japan always show
scary stories on TV in the summer?
- Yeah! - That's...
Japanese horror is really scary.
- Like, Sadako... - Oh! (From "The Ring")
They don't show scary stories on Chinese television!
Don't just throw scary stories on TV!
Can't be helped! Scary stories
are just something Japan does in the summer.
Why why?
Well, that's...
When you "zotto" (shiver), you feel cold, right?
Oh...
- Summer in Japan is pretty hot. - I'm melting...
What happened to the air conditioner?
It's been acting up today.
It's hot...
Come on!
- Then tell us a scary story Haruko. - Huh?
- Replace the air conditioner. - A story to chill us to the bones, please.
- Oh yeah! - Stop it!
Hey, I can't! This is all so sudden...
Hurry! Hurry!
- Hurry! Hurry! - Okay...
A famous scary story of Japan.
"Hoichi the Earless"...
A long time ago, in a temple,
there was a biwa player named Hoichi...
What is she doing?
And then one night, Hoichi was waiting.
And footsteps came out of nowhere!
- Was it a Gundam? - Of course not!
A samurai's ghost.
And the ghosts started looking for Hoichi.
Hoichi's ears had not been covered by Buddhist sutras.
To the ghosts, they were floating by themselves in the air!
Ears floating by themselves?
How cute!
Eh? What?
Haruko, what's next?
The ghosts...
They grabbed those ears and
pulled them off! Ahhhhhh!
- I have a question. - What, now?
If his ears just got pulled off then, isn't the title
- "Hoichi the Earless" strange? - What do you mean?
If the result is losing his ears,
wouldn't "Hoichi the Eared" be a better title?
But doesn't that sound weird?
They forgot to write the sutra on his ears so
shouldn't it be "The Forgotten Sutra"?
That sounds careless.
Okay, "Careless Hoichi"!
"Careless Hachibe"!
- That's someone different. - Haruko, then?
- Huh? - Continue!
Oh, that's the end.
- What? - The end? Unbelieveable.
That story wasn't scary at all.
Well, I can't just tell a really scary story like that!
Two meanings for "zotto shinai" right?
"zotto shinai" Not scary. Not interesting.
Ou, are you okay?
You don't look happy.
No, I'm fine.
Nihonjin no Shiranai Nihongo (The Japanese the Japanese Don't Know) Episode 5
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- That story is unbelievable. - No, I saw it!
- What's up? - Haha. Hey.
Yesterday, Catherine-sensei
was the last to leave work. And then...
I saw it! In the calendar in the hallway.
The calendar the Indian student brought?
Yeah. From the eyes on the guy in the calendar...
Not at all! That poster doesn't look scary at all.
But I just checked.
There are marks where the tears were!
We should have someone patrol the school at night.
- Huh? - Well recently,
it seems someone has been coming in without asking.
We've waited too long to do this.
We should start patrol today. You first.
Me? Why?
Why, Takasu-sensei?
You're the newest here, of course it's you.
Well, but if something from India...
Oh, didn't you say you were afraid of ghosts?
No!
It's okay. If something happens, I'll be right there.
Oh, me too!
Um, I'm worried too.
Th...thanks.
It is a little weird here.
Yeah.
- Wait a second! - What?
- That room is lit up. - Huh? I thought we turned everything off.
Yeah. But that light doesn't look like a fluorescent lamp.
Maybe... it's a person's soul!?
No way! Of course not.
It's a group of them!
Huh? Everyone.
It's just Haruko.
You surprised me!
What!? That's my line!
What are you guys doing?
It's hot so we all wanted to
cool off with good scary stories.
And what's with these candles?
- We're doing a 100 stories. - 100 stories?
It was in the Mizuki Shigeru manga.
After each scary story, you put out a candle.
At the end, they say a ghost will appear!
But if you look at this room...
It looks like Halloween!
Haruko, are you going to have chicken too?
I'm fine!
This is just too stupid. I'm going home.
No, hey! Wait a second!
Let's stay a little longer.
- Maybe someone will appear. - Who?
Ah, uh, that's...
The ghost I saw.
Maybe you were mistaken! There's no ghost.
Hey, Haruko.
Aren't you no good with scary stories?
No!
- You're bad at telling them too. - So cute!
Don't say that! Fine, if you think so,
let me hear your stories.
Okay! Who is next?
Me. But is it okay?
It's really scary.
Sure! Go ahead and scare me.
I heard this from my Kenyan friend.
Nights there are pitch black.
While sleeping at home,
a noise came from nowhere.
It went "uoooo" "uoooo".
What was it?
- A lion. - Huh?
The next morning, he went outside.
And there were lion footprints everywhere.
Yikes, that's so scary!
Well, it was scary but, that's more of a
natural scare... not terror, right?
- Crows are scary too. - Crows?
Crows are birds of bad luck.
In my friend's village,
if you just see a crow, you'll die.
- Just seeing one? - That's so scary.
- That's impossible. - It's true!
There are really people there who died after seeing one!
- What kind of people? - A 100 year old man!
What! What is that?
Natural death, right?
Well... they're tasty to eat at least.
- You eat it? - Now that's something.
That's more scary!
Okay, my turn next.
A long time ago, I used to work at a company that had ghosts.
A company with ghosts?
Yeah. We had a tiny room with no one in it
except for just a single phone.
Then suddenly the phone rang,
and my boss shouted, "no one answer it!"
Well, it's kind of a scary situation.
And that day, at my boss's house.
- What was it? - There was an investigation.
So then...
So, it was actually a "ghost company".
The whole house was torn apart.
Because of additional tax!
Additional tax! So scary!
Um... everyone, can I say something?
Everyone's scary stories are a little bit off...
They're scarier than yours.
Maybe but still...
Hey, did you hear something?
Like footsteps...
- I don't. - Shh!
There!
- You're right. - I hear it.
It's coming closer!
Hey! Calm down!
It's not what you think! Ahh!
- Huh? - Shibuya-sensei!
- Is everyone okay? - Why are you here?
Catherine-sensei called me awhile ago.
And we come here to this? Why are you playing around?
It's fine!
They came to cool off with some scary stories.
Hmm... okay!
- Let me give everyone a special lesson. - Huh?
But...
This one will be very scary.
If you cool down, you'll go on home right away.
For example,
the "Tori" from Katori. Why does this character
have the one for "ear" in it. Do you know?
I'm Chinese, but I don't know.
In the past, during wars, as proof you killed an enemy,
- you took their ear! - Ahhh!
In the character for "road", why is "neck" in there also?
One theory is that to perform exorcisms, they would carry
freshly severed heads down the road.
That's quite a scary character.
That's right!
The character for "prefecture".
This character is derived from a character "kyou" we don't use anymore.
You write it like this.
It's the upside down version... of a severed head.
There it goes!
Haha, there's still more!
- It's so scary! Stop it! - Haruko.
- You're the loudest. - Huh?
- Hmm? - What happened?
Did it get cold all of a sudden?
It actually is. What happened?
Maybe a cold wind came in.
There's no one here. Where is it from?
I feel it too.
That night too. There were footsteps and a cold wind...
- Hey, stop it. And!
I heard in the hallway. A noise like a roar.
It's your turn to patrol, right?
Huh? Are you scared?
I get it!
I'll go!
It's cold.
Haruko-sensei! Are you okay?
- Haruko-sensei? - Ah!
The Indian! Tears!
- You're right. - What? - Yeah, right?
The wind is coming from here.
I hear a roar too.
- Wait a second! - Shh!
- Huh? Snoring? - Snoring?
What the hell! It's Ou from your class!
Huh? Ou?
Ou!
Wake up!
Ah.
Don't surprise us like this!
Why are you sleeping here?
I can't do it at home.
- Huh, why not? - Can't be helped.
I have a curse.
A curse?
Figured out those tears.
Condensation from the air conditioner.
And we figured out who left the building door open too.
Using the air conditioner like that without asking!
- Well that solves that. Let's go home. - Yeah.
- Okay, me too. - Hey, wait!
You stay here. Take care of this and the candles.
- Clean it all up! - What?
- We'll go on ahead. - Hey!
Man!
I'm sorry.
No wonder you were so down after class.
- How did you get kicked out of your place? - That's...
Hey!
You big idiot!
You left your things! They're an eyesore!
I'm not a storage room for you!
These are your things! Take them and go!
- Uh... - Shut up!
I don't want to see your face again!
Who's that?
- That's my landlord. - Landlord?
- What the? - Stubborn old man.
What did you do to make him that angry?
I ate some vegetables he left out
without asking him.
You just ate some vegetables?
It looked like a pretty good eggplant
but he got really angry and wouldn't let me back in.
Why would you get so angry over some vegetables?
I can't forgive that landlord!
But he's really a nice guy. He may be stubborn but
- he really has a good heart. - Where?
Every morning, he does a prayer for his deceased wife.
I know he is a good guy.
Then why is such a nice guy, so angry?
The stubborn guy seems to respect Japanese culture.
I would guess that there is a big cultural divide here.
Hmm. Wait.
- Japanese culture? - What is it?
Ou, did you just take eggplant?
Does the vegetable type even matter?
There was a cucumber nearby too.
Eggplant and cucumber.
So what?
Maybe...
Ou, you should apologize to him.
- What? Really? - Why does he have to apologize?
Right! Ou-kun didn't do anything wrong!
Besides, it doesn't look that old man would accept an apology.
Okay everyone. How about we go and
call back someone from the dead?
That'll quiet that stubborn old man down.
That's terrible for Ou-kun, getting kicked out.
- That makes it tough for her too. - Huh?
No no, if the student's residence disappears then they
can't come to school either.
And then her dream of all her students graduating...
That's the end of that. Haha.
Right, she won't get her letter of reference.
No! Haruko-sensei will definitely do something!
No no. Shibuya-kun, if you really keep
- supporting... - Let go of me!
- Just a little bit! Come on! - What is she doing!?
- Let go of me! - Wait a second!
Ah! Oh no!
What are you doing?
- Who is this? - Ou's landlord.
- Huh? - You brought him here?
You have got to stop doing stupid things like this!
So what are you up to now?
I don't plan to forgive you!
You are a stubborn old man. Even if he apologizes, you won't forgive him.
- What? - Sorry sorry!
- Just let him go already! - No!
Ou! Hurry!
- Uh... - Ah!
Stop bothering me!
Sorry to eat the spirit horse eggplant!
- Spirit horse? - Eggplant?
When I heard which vegetables Ou ate, something clicked for me.
It must've been a spirit horse I figured.
In the Obon season, you make horse and cow vegetable
sculptures as offerings to ancestors.
It's a well known tradition in Japan
but foreigners usually don't understand.
He ate the one you had for your deceased wife.
But he didn't understand the feelings behind it.
Ah, here!
It's my first time, so it's not too good.
- What is this? - A dragon.
- In China, it's the most splendid animal there is. - This isn't a joke!
Where's the dragon? Such a shabby attempt,
you think my wife could ride on this?
Of course. Stubborn to the end huh?
- What? - Shouldn't you just take it?
- Haruko-sensei. - Be serious.
If that one doesn't work for you, there are plenty more.
Go ahead and choose.
I made mine from zucchini. Pretty good huh?
Mine is paprika. Very stable.
I used robot legs.
I used tires. Very fast.
This one will take your deceased wife up safely.
So, please...
Forgive Ou-kun!
Everyone!
Sure, there are times when lack of cultural knowledge makes people angry.
But, everyone is learning and worked hard on these!
Just like this.
You guys... all of this.
You're all big idiots!
Teacher, can we borrow your rooftop?
Huh? Sure, I guess.
Hey dear. Looks like it's busy this year.
They're all shabby but, please go on the one you like.
- Ou! - Yes!
Next year, don't touch any of my eggplants.
Yes!
Haruko-sensei is really great.
Yep.
She's just trouble.
Teacher, thank you very much.
It's okay.
Okay everyone. Let's take a picture!
One... two... three... four... (She's using the counter for flat things)
five... six... seven... eight... (She's using the counter for flat things)
Nine...
One sheet is not enough!
Oh, a story about counting things the wrong way?
Hahaha!
No!