Mushi:Vol3 TLnotes
蟲と眼球とチョコレートパフェ
Mushi and Eyeball and a Chocolate Parfait
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Minazuki
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
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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