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== Start ==
== Start ==
   
   
=== Questionable translations ===
=== Minazuki ===
 
-Need better onomatopoeia for whatever noise this girl's making, I think.
With his usual flair for names, the author used this surname "Mi-Na-Zuki" which literally means "Water without moon".
   
 
-squinted her eyes: Is this a typo? 夏子心想，一边醚起眼睛望着正在吃巧克力圣代的少女。
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-I'd like to pay: I get the feeling that this isn't what you're supposed to say, but unfortunately, I basically never eat at restaurants and the like, so I have no clue...
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-Cooking utensils: 大碗公、长筷、免洗筷这类餐具，已经先从纸箱里拿出来了。Not sure what each of them are, but they all seem to be cooking utensils.
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-*: Also says the bowl was placed on 免洗筷, and I don't know what that is.  
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-After cutting off her sense of touch: 少女在切断自己意识上的感官后，敲了位在公寓三楼的隔壁房间的门。
=== Mitsuki ===
 
-Girls in prison must praise: 监禁绝赞少女中
This name "Mitsu-ki" means "Honey Princess".
   
 
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== Night 1 ==
 
=== Konnyaku ===
A Japanese gel/cake-like food made from the root of the konjac plant. For more see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac
 
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=== Kudan and Kirigirisu ===
The name of Guriko's first companion, Kudan, is one of rarest mythological creatures in Japanese myth,  a calf born with a human head and made prophesies about the end of the world, and dies three days after these prophesies are made. The name of the second companion, Kirigirisu, means cricket (the insect, not the sport) in Japanese.
 
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=== Berobōchō ===
Literally 'Tongue Blade'.
 
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== Night 2 ==
 
=== Yōkai ===
Japanese demonic monsters. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai
 
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=== Kobito ===
Both 'insect people' and 'dwarf' are pronounced as 'Kobito' in Japanese.
 
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=== the Jimmu Emperor ===
The legendary first Emperor of Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu . The kanji used for 'God Mushi Emperor' and 'Jimmu Emperor' have the same pronunciation.
 
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=== the Kojiki ===
An ancient chronicle of the Japanese people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojiki
 
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Latest revision as of 12:19, 25 May 2015

Translator's Notes and References for

蟲と眼球とチョコレートパフェ

Mushi and Eyeball and a Chocolate Parfait


Start[edit]

Minazuki[edit]

With his usual flair for names, the author used this surname "Mi-Na-Zuki" which literally means "Water without moon".


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Mitsuki[edit]

This name "Mitsu-ki" means "Honey Princess".


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Night 1[edit]

Konnyaku[edit]

A Japanese gel/cake-like food made from the root of the konjac plant. For more see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Konjac


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Kudan and Kirigirisu[edit]

The name of Guriko's first companion, Kudan, is one of rarest mythological creatures in Japanese myth, a calf born with a human head and made prophesies about the end of the world, and dies three days after these prophesies are made. The name of the second companion, Kirigirisu, means cricket (the insect, not the sport) in Japanese.


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Berobōchō[edit]

Literally 'Tongue Blade'.


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Night 2[edit]

Yōkai[edit]

Japanese demonic monsters. See http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Y%C5%8Dkai


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Kobito[edit]

Both 'insect people' and 'dwarf' are pronounced as 'Kobito' in Japanese.


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the Jimmu Emperor[edit]

The legendary first Emperor of Japan. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Emperor_Jimmu . The kanji used for 'God Mushi Emperor' and 'Jimmu Emperor' have the same pronunciation.


Return to Text


the Kojiki[edit]

An ancient chronicle of the Japanese people. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kojiki


Return to Text



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