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<p>169.229.84.144: link to blog showing hishimochi</p> <hr /> <div>== Hishimochi-in-the-sky ==<br /> <br /> Hishimochi 菱餅 (diamond-shaped rice cake)<br /> <br /> Hishimochi is made of three layers of rice cakes, each of which is colored in green, white and pink respectively from bottom to top.[http://mykitchen.seesaa.net/article/14186480.html] The cake is believed to represent a nature scenery of early spring when green grass starts to grow under white snow while pink blossoms of peach trees come into bloom. [http://www.tourism.metro.tokyo.jp/english/webmaga/2005spring/hina.html]<br /> <br /> Tsuruya-san says 絵に描いた菱餅, which literally translates to &quot;a drawn portrait of a hishimochi.&quot; As Kyon suspected, this is a mild mangling of the saying 絵に描いた餅, or &quot;a drawn portrait of a mochi.&quot; It means &quot;perfunctory, nominal, something that is of no practical use: a 'castle in the air.'&quot; There's an interesting read about it (at least for me (^ω^;)) [http://www.geocities.com/scocasso/mochi/mochi03/mochi03.htm here].<br /> <br /> &quot;Pie in the sky&quot; is another common translation of this saying; I chose to use this one since it also refers to a food item. (^ω^;) I think another approach would've been to phrase it as &quot;a boysenberry pie in the sky&quot; or something like that.</div>

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<p>169.229.84.144: /* Bernoulli line */ agreed</p> <hr /> <div>== References &amp; Translator's Notes ==<br /> <br /> === Kirlian photograph ===<br /> <br /> A 'photograph' created by exposing a photographic plate to an electric field instead of light. The electrical properties of the subject being photographed generates a unique electrical field around it, creating an &quot;aura&quot; around it.<br /> <br /> === Pochibukuro ===<br /> <br /> In Japan, it is a New Year’s custom to give small amounts of money to children in decorative envelopes called ‘pochibukuro’.<br /> <br /> <br /> === Fukuwarai and Sugoroku ===<br /> <br /> [http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/virtual/fukuwarai/what-is.html Fukuwari] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sugoroku Sugoroku] are the games the group played while on the trip to Snow Mountain in the story [http://project.baka-tsuki.net/index.php?title=Suzumiya_Haruhi:Volume6_Where_did_the_Cat_Go%3F Where did the cat go?]<br /> <br /> <br /> === Spring Setsubun/Risshun ===<br /> <br /> [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Setsubun Setsubun] and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lichun Risshun] is the eve of and the first day of a season, respectively. In this case, the season is springtime.<br /> <br /> <br /> === Rolled Sushi ===<br /> <br /> The word used in the novel is &quot;ehoumaki.&quot; (Can someone please expand this? It seems this word has a special meaning associated with the occasion, but I'm not clear what it is.)<br /> <br /> <br /> == Discussion ==<br /> <br /> === General ===<br /> <br /> Wow, this is a long prologue...<br /> <br /> 53 pages...xD<br /> <br /> -BaKaFiSh<br /> <br /> <br /> This discussion has been moved to the forums.<br /> <br /> You can continue this topic [http://www.baka-tsuki.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=490 here]<br /> <br /> - [[User:Onizuka-gto|Onizuka-gto]] 06:52, 20 November 2006 (PST)<br /> <br /> <br /> === Snow Mountain Syndrome reference ===<br /> <br /> For uniformity, I decided to reference the location of the Snow Moutnain Syndrome storyline as a &quot;mysterious mansion on the mountain&quot; - this seems to adequately describe it without spoiling the actual story. To differentiate, the ''other'' location in that story is referred to as a villa.<br /> <br /> <br /> === &quot;the wrong amount to set off&quot; ===<br /> <br /> ''I think I know what Nagato wants to say. I had told Asahina-san that it was because Nagato had let the wrong amount to set off, so the world changed on December the eighteenth.''<br /> <br /> This sentence doesn't seem right. Can anyone please confirm the translation?<br /> <br /> ----Well, Kyon told Mikuru Yuki had put too much data into it and caused the world to change. Maybe change it to Nagato had (exploded) too much data? ~~BaKaFiSh<br /> <br /> <br /> === &quot;I'll give you something to see&quot; ===<br /> <br /> ''The movie I was watching gradually disappeared. Has the service been cut? I'll give you something to see. Like during my three-day long memory loss, it's a brigade leader's responsibility to worry about the members, that's the way it is, Haruhi.''<br /> <br /> This paragraph seems a bit confused. Can anyone please confirm the translation?<br /> <br /> ----maybe 'think about' instead of 'see' would make more sense... ~~BaKaFiSh<br /> <br /> <br /> === doesn't fit SOS ===<br /> 'シズン毎にオンタイムな行事をしめやかに実行する組織'(literally something like Organization that respectfully holds events appropriate to the season....but that doesn't fit SOS)<br /> <br /> Maybe something along the lines of &quot;Specially Observing all events approriate to the Season&quot;?<br /> <br /> /kaoSFell<br /> <br /> - yeah, there's a forum topic on it now~ http://www.baka-tsuki.net/forums/viewtopic.php?t=563<br /> ~~BaKaFiSh<br /> <br /> === Bernoulli line ===<br /> I think they meant the lemniscate. See http://www-groups.dcs.st-and.ac.uk/~history/Curves/Lemniscate.html.<br /> :I agree, it definitely matches up with Koizumi's drawing. (Also http://mathworld.wolfram.com/Lemniscate.html)</div>

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