Glossary and vocabulary
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@kevin-s said in Glossary and vocabulary:
"Mo" (or more properly, "mou") is an expression of frustration, annoyance, or exasperation--as @Aruseus493 says, it can usually be rendered "geeze" or the like.
There are a lot of those sort of "words" that I've picked up on from watching anime, such as "eto", but overall what I'm seeing here is a generalized effort to create what could be called "Otaku Culture for Dummies".
Where is Shinichi-san when we need him? ;-)
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@paul-nebeling said in Glossary and vocabulary:
There are a lot of those sort of "words" that I've picked up on from watching anime, such as "eto" [...]
Sure; they're effectively interjections or (occasionally) backchannel responses. Etto has less annoyance than "mou"; it can be translated "Um..."
We have plenty of similar words in English--"Um," "Ah," "Aww," etc. Sometimes something like mou could be translated as, e.g., "Come on!"
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I think we should have a glossary of sorts here. I only knew as much of the minor words that tend to be left in place due to taking japanese in high school.
Though I will say that the OP should be glad to have come into this form of entertainment via JNC instead of certain sections of fan-translation. Some of the tl's and their followers get downright militant if you make a post asking for clarification that they consider basic knowledge.
I will start contributing to/create a intro to terminology thread after this weekends death march at work is over.
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@jampodevral said in Glossary and vocabulary:
I will start contributing to/create a intro to terminology thread after this weekends death march at work is over.
Neat. =D
I got two we need:
"Fighto Ippatsu"
"Absolute Territory"
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@terrence Even in English, "absolute territory" requires explanation, and please don't ask me to remember the Japanese for it.
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@paul-nebeling zettai ryouiki, one if not the most important of holy sights.
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The term itself is an Evangelion reference, which is confused by the official translation being "Absolute Terror".
Admittedly, staring at the wrong woman's thighs can result in Absolute Terror. -
@paul-nebeling I'm not a religious person, but this is heresy (lol). Zettai Ryouiki ftw!!! And don't forget the holy trinity of Zettai Ryouiki + Twintails + Tsundere.
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@paulnamida said in Glossary and vocabulary:
And don't forget the holy trinity of Zettai Ryouiki + Twintails + Tsundere.
...+Ahoge
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@Aruseus493
I just wanted to add something about mou. I had a girlfriend who said this a lot. While it's a word, it's more like a vocalization. It's meaning is obvious when you hear it but harder to parse in text. Imagine it as something like a sigh of frustration to a groan depending on context. However, the term is completely translatable.@paulnamida
Is Rin Tohsaka a saint then? -
Or the ever-present "hai". While properly translated as "yes", I think I've seen more variant translations for this word than any other.
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@eins said in Glossary and vocabulary:
Is Rin Tohsaka a saint then?
Rin Tohsaka is a master. And we are her servants. Bow down to the Tsundere master!
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@paul-nebeling What’s extra confusing is when “hai” means no. I never understood that lol
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@legitpancake That's because “hai” doesn't strictly means yes, but that the proposition of the question is true. There's actually a linguistic paper from 1998 about this topic. Just shows you that translation between languages, especially between different language families can be tricky.
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@legitpancake said in Glossary and vocabulary:
@paul-nebeling What’s extra confusing is when “hai” means no. I never understood that lol
It can happen in English too. Consider the question "You don't want a drink?"
- Yes, I don't want a drink.
- No, I don't want a drink.
It's just dependent on context and how the translator is translating.
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@myskaros Something tells me that in Japanese, that sentence would start with Hai, no matter how it is written in English.
