あるaru山里yamazatoにni、いつもitsumo怠けnamakeてteばかりbakariいるiru彦一hikoichiとtoいうiuずる賢いzurugashikoi男otokoがga住んsunでdeいiましmashiたta。
In a certain mountain village, there lived a sly man named Hikoichi who was always slacking off.
彦一hikoichiはha山yamaでde、姿sugataをwo消すkesuことkotoがgaできるdekiru不思議fushigiなna「隠れ蓑kakuremino」をwo持っmoたta天狗tenguにni出de会いaiましmashiたta。
In the mountains, Hikoichi encountered a tengu who owned a mysterious "cloak of invisibility" that could make one vanish.
男otokoはha竹takeのno筒tsutsuをwo目meにni当てateてte、「これkoreをwo使えtsukaeばba遠くtookuのno景色keshikiがga見えるmieru」とto嘘usoをwoつきtsukiましmashiたta。
The man held a bamboo tube to his eye and lied, saying, "If you use this, you can see distant scenery."
好奇kouki心shinをwo持っmoたta天狗tenguはha、そのsono竹takeのno筒tsutsuとto自分jibunのno隠れ蓑kakureminoをwo交換koukanしshiてteしまいshimaiましmashiたta。
Intrigued by curiosity, the tengu ended up trading his cloak of invisibility for the bamboo tube.
蓑minoをwo着kiてte姿sugataをwo消しkeshiたta男otokoはha、町machiへhe行っiてte酒sakeやya団子dangoをwo勝手にkatteni食べtabe始めhajimeましmashiたta。
Wearing the cloak and turning invisible, the man went to town and started helping himself to sake and dumplings.
家ieにni帰っkaeたta男otokoがga蓑minoをwo脱いnuiでde寝neてteいるiru間aidaにni、妻tsumaがga汚れyogoreたta蓑minoをwo燃やしmoyashiてteしまいshimaiましmashiたta。
While the man took off the cloak and slept at home, his wife accidentally burned the dirty cloak.
怒っokoたta男otokoはha残っnokoたta灰haiをwo集めatsumeてte、自分jibunのno体karadaにni塗りnuri、再びfutatabi姿sugataをwo消そうkesouとtoしshiましmashiたta。
Angry, the man gathered the remaining ash and smeared it on his body, trying to make himself invisible once more.
しかしshikashi、鼻hanaのno頭atamaだけdake灰haiをwo塗るnuruのnoをwo忘れwasureてteいiたtaのnoでde、鼻hanaだけdakeがga浮いuiてte見えmieてteいiましmashiたta。
However, because he forgot to apply ash to the tip of his nose, only his nose was floating in plain sight.
町machiのno人々hitobitoはha宙chuuにni浮いuiてteいるiru奇妙kimiyouなna鼻hanaをwo見つけmitsukeてte、男otokoをwo棒bouでde追いoiかけkakeましmashiたta。
The townspeople spotted the strange nose floating in midair and chased the man with sticks.
悪巧みwarudakumiをwoしshiたta男otokoはha川kawaにni飛びtobi込んkonでde、灰haiがga落ちochiてte正体shiyoutaiがgaばれbareてteしまいshimaiましmashiたta。
The crafty man jumped into the river, the ash washed off, and his true identity was completely exposed.
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