Mushi:Vol2 TLnotes

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蟲と眼球と殺菌消毒

Mushi and Eyeball and a Sterile Disinfection


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Long-Armed Demon

Literally, Tenaga Oni (手長鬼). Long-armed Ghost/Demon.


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Night 1

Black Dragon

Kuroki Tatsue's full name is written as 黒木竜ゑ in kanji. The first characters of her surname and first name make the word 黒竜, literally meaning 'Black Dragon'. That is how she likes to refer to herself as.


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Itsuwara

The first kanji in this surname means 'Fake'.


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Shichi-Go-San

A Japanese childhood ceremony. For more information please see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shichi-Go-San


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Saibara Mina

The name is written as 殺原美名, with the first kanji 'Sai'殺 means 'to kill'.


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Night 2

Nageki Kurukiyo

The name is written as 嘆木狂清 in kanji. '嘆' means 'to sigh', while '狂' stands for 'madness'. The author didn't forget to poke fun at Guriko's own 'savage' name while at it.


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Zekiguchi Nashinori

The name is written as 藉口无法 in kanji. The Kanji for Nashinori '无法' means 'lawless'.


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Night 4

Tatami size

A 'tatami size' is a Japanese way of measuring the size of a room based on the standard length of a tatami. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tatami


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GeGeGe no Kitaro

An old manga/anime series by Shigeru Mizuki. For more information see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GeGeGe_no_Kitaro


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Questionable translations

-...feels like he'd say 'Finally'. : 毕竟是那个老师嘛,感觉好像会说‘终于做了’

-The girl always called "Idiot by her friends... : 被同伴单方面“笨蛋、笨蛋”骂个不停的女孩,一副了然于心、志得意满的模样。

-Ame's speech to Mina : This entire thing was so confusing... 心脏最大的碎片被贯穿了呐。感受器官毁坏,里面的灵魂掉落——你实际上已经无法使出七大碎片的力量了。嗤嗤,不过……你在那之前已经夺得宇佐川铃音的灵魂,却因当时的心脏——感受器官已经装满,不得已只好在别的地方建构感受器官,也因为藏了碎片而捡回一命——是这样没错吧?可是紧急制作的容器排斥反应很严重吧?

-I'd heard you used up all your power in that incident : 我是听说你在诺皿那件事上用尽全力

-More of Ame's speech : 然后我要支配这个世界。既然这样生存着,却不把目标放在第一,这就叫做笨蛋。喂,我的姐妹,你不愿意为我而死吗?既然那么痛苦,就把自己融化掉,去死啊!反正你永远无法恢复成完全体,没有用的啦,保留那样的生命,也没有意义吧?

-Guriko's thoughts while leaving : I can't tell if it's talking about Rinne or something from a long time ago... 闪闪发亮、惹人疼爱,我好喜欢。所以,铃音。我必须报答她的恩情。



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