| 幸運の素兎
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Bare White Rabbit of Good Fortune
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| 因幡 てゐ
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Tei Inaba [sic]
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| 能力: 人間を幸運にする程度の能力
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Ability: Can bring fortune to humans
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| 危険度： 低
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Threat level: Low
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| 人間友好度： 普通
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Human friendship level: Normal
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| 主な活動場所： 迷いの竹林
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Main place of activity: Bamboo Forest of the Lost
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| 野生の兎のリーダー格である妖怪兎が、因幡てゐだ。
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Tewi Inaba is the youkai rabbit that acts as the leader of the wild rabbits.
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| 健康に気を遣っているうちに、長生きする様になった兎である。
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She is a rabbit who has managed to live a long life by taking good care of her health.
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| 人語を解し、人間の姿を取る事が出来る。
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She can assume human form and understand human speech.
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| この妖怪兎だが、別名幸運の素兎とも言われ、姿を見た者には幸せが訪れると言われている。
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This youkai rabbit is also known as the Rabbit of Good Fortune, and it's said that those who see her will be blessed with good luck.
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| だが、すばしっこくて、さらに迷いの竹林に居ることが多いので、簡単には見つける事が出来ない。
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However, not only is she very fleet-footed, but she spends much of her time in the Bamboo Forest, so it isn't very easy to find her.
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| 性格は、非常に悪戯好きだが臆病な所もあり、狡賢い。
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Her personality is quite mischievous, but has cowardly and cunning sides as well.
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| 喜怒哀楽が激しく、妖精に近い性格を持つ。
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She is extremely emotional, to the point that her personality is not unlike a fairy's.
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| 普段は迷いの竹林のどこかにあると言われる、永遠亭で暮らしているという。
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It is said she spends most of her time in the Bamboo Forest and lives at Eientei.
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| この妖怪兎だが、実は永遠亭が出来る前から存在していて、幻想郷の中でも最も長く生きている部類の妖怪だと言われている（＊１）。
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In fact, she has lived in the Bamboo Forest since before Eientei was built, and is said to be one of the longest-lived youkai in Gensokyo (*1).
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| 目撃報告例
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Eyewitness Reports
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| ・この前、竹林でやっと妖怪兎を見ましたよ！これでオラにもささやかな幸せが訪れる （匿名）
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"I finally found that rabbit in the bamboo forest just now! I'm sure Lady Luck will be visiting me from now on..." (Anonymous)
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| 幸運はそんなに長持ちしないので、きっと迷いの竹林で迷わず帰れたという幸運で終了では無いか。
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Good fortune does not last very long, so you may have exhausted your share merely by making it back safely from the forest.
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| ・ああ、兎肉は淡泊だからどんな味付けにも合うよ （香霖堂店主）
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"Ah, rabbit meat is plain so it goes well with any other side dish." (Owner of Kourindo)
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| 兎肉は幻想郷では人気の高い食材の一つである（＊２）。
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Rabbit meat is just one kind of popular cuisine in Gensokyo (*2).
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| ・兎を罠にかけても、中々妖怪兎は掛かっていないんだよね （匿名）
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"Even if I catch rabbits in my traps, there are never any youkai rabbits inside." (Anonymous)
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| 流石に、妖怪兎となると智慧がある。
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Of course, youkai rabbits are pretty intelligent.
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| 対策
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Countermeasures
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| 幸運を授けてくれると、珍しく人間からの人気が高い妖怪兎だが、見つけようとすると一筋縄ではいかないだろう。
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Due to her reputation as a bringer of good fortune, she is unusually popular among humans for a youkai, but finding her is not a simple matter.
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| 迷いの竹林に居る事が、見つけにくさに拍車をかけている。
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Her tendency to stay in the Bamboo Forest only compounds the problem.
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| この妖怪兎を見つけに竹林に入るのは無謀である。
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Entering the forest to find this rabbit would certainly be reckless.
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| 竹林での単調な風景と深い霧で方向感覚を狂わされ、さらに多くの妖怪が棲んでいる為、不用意に入ってはいけない。
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The dense fog and monotonous scenery in the bamboo forest confuses your sense of direction, not to mention the many youkai living there, so it's unwise to enter it unprepared.
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| 妖怪兎を見つけた時点で幸運であるとも言える。
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One might say that it would be good fortune enough merely to find her at all.
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| 元々幸運な人間にしか幸運は訪れないのかも知れない（＊３）。
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It may be that good fortune only visits those who were fortunate to begin with (*3).
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| ちなみに、四つ葉のクローバーで喩えると、四十葉のクローバー程度の幸運を貰えると言われている。
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Incidentally, compared to a four-leaf clover, her good fortune is that of a forty-leaf clover.
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| ＊１ この幻想郷縁起の編纂が始まった時から、既に存在が確認取れている。
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1: Her presence had already been confirmed at the time the Gensokyo Chronicle was first compiled.
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| ＊２ かくいう私も大好物。
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2: It's a favorite of mine, as well.
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| ＊３ 当たり前。
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3: Of course.
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