Talk:Suzumiya Haruhi:Volume1 Chapter7

References & Translator's Notes

Heno-ji

So what's a heno-ji, I hear you ask...? It's a children's drawing, full name へのへのもへじ (henohenomoheji) made with those hiragana characters, to form a figure of a human face. Have a look at this Wikipedia page, which shows how it's made.

--Freak Of Nature 08:02, 5 May 2006 (PDT) (made into a more formal note by BlckKnght 21:08, 7 May 2006 (PDT))

Camellia

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camellia

Camellia (Tsubaki in Japanese) is a genus of flowering plants in the family Theaceae, native to eastern and southern Asia from the Himalaya east to Japan and Indonesia. [...]

They are evergreen shrubs and small trees from 2–20 m tall. The leaves are alternately arranged, simple, thick, serrated, usually glossy, and 3–17 cm long. The flowers are large and conspicuous, 1–12 cm diameter, with (in natural conditions) 5–9 petals; colour varies from white to pink and red, and yellow in a few species. [...]

Camellia sinensis is of major commercial importance because tea is made from its leaves. [...]

Many other camellias are grown as ornamental plants for their flowers. [...] Camellia japonica (often simply called Camellia) is the most prominent species in cultivation, with over 2,000 named cultivars. [...] They are highly valued in Japan and elsewhere for their very early flowering, often among the first flowers to appear in the late winter.

See the linked article for photographs of Camellia blossoms.

--BlckKnght 20:46, 7 May 2006 (PDT)

Absolute Zero

from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Absolute_zero

Absolute zero is a fundamental lower bound on the temperature of any macroscopic system. It is a temperature of 0 K, −273.15°C, or −459.67°F. It is unachievable in practice but it exists as a limit for real physical phenomena, and it was inferred by extrapolation from kinetic theory, and from other considerations in theoretical physics.

--The naming game 19:00, 4 May 2006 (PDT)

Nanpa

The practice of standing in the street and picking up girls, mostly common with younger people (high school and early college age). Men who do this all the time are called by the same term, and are sometimes considered somewhat weird.

--Kumarei 21:38, 8 May 2006 (EST)

Resolved Issues

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• Chapter 7: "Points I'd like to raise"

• Classroom scene - Where Haruhi is asking Kyon about Mikuru's next costume

• General Translation Issues