Baka to Tesuto to Syokanju:Volume3 Translator's Notes
Translator's Notes
The First Question
- [1] "Shouyuu" reads "soy sauce" in Japanese
- [2] [Koshou] means pepper in Japanese. Also, [Koshou] is derived from [Shou], [ko] and no characters were used from Yuuji's name.
The Fourth Question
- [1] This game is about anything past and present, each person gives an answer. Each answer can’t be reused, and the one who can’t answer will lose.
- [2] In Japanese Katakana, ‘water strider’ is written as amenbo (アメンボ).
The Sixth Question
- [1] One gross is 12 dozens (12*12), so basically, 144.
The Seventh Question
The Final Question
- [1] Ono no Komachi [1]is a woman from the early Heian (794–1185) period, a famous beauty in Japan, hailed as one of the three great beauties of the world, the other two being Yang Guifei [2] from China's Tang Dynasty and Egypt's Queen Cleopatra VII [3]. Ono no Imoko [4] is a male politician from the Asuka (538–710 AD) period. According to records from Japan, he was deployed to China as an ambassador during the Sui Dynasty. (581-615 AD) Note that Ono no Komachi is Ono no Imoko's descendent.
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