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dormcat
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 Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 10:39 am |
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| Addendum: the slogan at lower right corner said "Shujinkō wa Kimi-tachi nanda!! (主人公は君達なんだ！！)", roughly translated as "YOU are the Master!!" |
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penguintruth
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Location: Penguinopolis
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:11 pm |
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| Yeah, that middle-age man really looks like a 15-16 year old boy with froofy hair. |
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genman
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| Posted: Mon Jul 16, 2007 3:39 pm |
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| Shujinko I would say is translated as "main character" -- as in the main character in a story, e.g. Amuro in Gundam. |
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Ai no Kareshi
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 4:53 am |
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| genman wrote: | Shujinko I would say is translated as "main character".
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Seconded. |
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dormcat
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:10 am |
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| Ai no Kareshi wrote: | | genman wrote: | | Shujinko I would say is translated as "main character". |
Seconded. |
Well, of course I knew the meaning of the phrase, but I thought it would be rather odd to say "you are the main character."
The concept of shujinkō in Japanese and "leading/main character" are not exactly interchangeable; "hero" (story-wise) is closer but would cause more misunderstandings...how about "you da man?" 
Since when this thread became so focused on linguistics?  |
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Ai no Kareshi
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 5:26 am |
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| dormcat wrote: | | Since when this thread became so focused on linguistics? |
Sorry about that.  |
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Otakuboy T
Joined: 12 Mar 2004
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Location: Morris, IL
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 12:34 pm |
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That is wrong is so many ways.
LDP as a whiny teenager....sounds about right. |
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Jariten
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| Posted: Tue Jul 17, 2007 3:45 pm |
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A cultural note for anyone who's interested...
You may have noticed the small, yellow creature with wings on the upper left corner of the flyer. That's Meisui-kun, the official elections promotion mascot in Japan.
You have to wonder just who decided that the best character to represent a democratic election is... a giant yellow cat-creature with wings that has "election" written on its tummy. |
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