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Posted by kid_A on March 11, 2002, at 13:25:21
Iro wa nioedo
Chirinuru o
Waga yo tare zo
Tsunenaran
Ui no okuyama
Kyoo koete
Asaki yume miji
Ei mo sezu.
Posted by IsoM on March 11, 2002, at 14:41:41
In reply to the Japanese Dress Black, posted by kid_A on March 11, 2002, at 13:25:21
If this was in Japanese character script, I could get my son to translate but Roman script for Japanese rarely translates true. I know enough about Japanese.
We're all holding our breath wondering. C'mon, please - translate.
Posted by kid_A on March 11, 2002, at 15:19:00
In reply to Re: the Japanese Dress Black » kid_A, posted by IsoM on March 11, 2002, at 14:41:41
...Dress Black is a formal wear store in Japan, and really has nothing to do w/ the writing, a Buddhist poem that contains each of the Japanese syllables exactly once... refered to as the iroha ordering... the quoted text is a rewriting of the original to fit the following meaning:Colours are fragrant
But they fade away.
In this world of ours none lasts forever.
Today cross the high mountain of life's illusions,
And there will be no more shallow dreaming,
no more drunkenness.
Posted by IsoM on March 11, 2002, at 15:32:03
In reply to Voulez Vous, posted by kid_A on March 11, 2002, at 15:19:00
kid, just an aside - do you like Japanese things? If you do, have you seen Princess Mononoke? It's much better to watch it in Japanese with the English sub-titles. My sons got me into animé - not the usual taste for a woman my age but I really enjoy it. I highly recommend watching it.
Posted by kid_A on March 11, 2002, at 15:56:26
In reply to Princess Mononoke » kid_A, posted by IsoM on March 11, 2002, at 15:32:03
> kid, just an aside - do you like Japanese things?
i'm a bit of a sinophile, i do like all things asian, but especially Japanese culture... I plan on moving there if I can get my act together and learn the language, (I started a few years back but then all my Japanese friends moved back to Japan and my study time has deteriorated since then...)
>If you do, have you seen Princess Mononoke? It's much better to watch it in Japanese with the English sub-titles.
I haven't seen it but would like to, It's a shame it didn't do better in the states than it did, pretty much means you won't be seeing too much anime in the theatre any time soon... I abhor dubs of anything foreign, but especially Japanese, I love the language, the way it sounds... I can't believe they dub Iron Chef..
>My sons got me into animé - not the usual taste for a woman my age but I really enjoy it. I highly recommend watching it.
I collect the TV series anime that is shown on regular broadcast television stations like tv-Tokyo, like Love Hina + Marmalade Boy... etc etc, I like odd ones like that, not the typical mech robot type stuff...
Posted by IsoM on March 11, 2002, at 16:09:02
In reply to Re: Princess Mononoke, posted by kid_A on March 11, 2002, at 15:56:26
Right - I dislike the heavy robo-type too but I loved "Key: the Metal Idol" though. It wasn't heavy mechanicals but a slip of a girl. X was also an incredible movie - I still can't watch it all the way through, just snippets. It's too powerful & I'm affected too easily. It's so bleak & tragic. The song at the close of the movie is incredible (Forever Love by X Japan, I have it on HD as an mp3 - 19.5 MB. Have quite a few other animé songs too). No matter how often I play that song, I still get shivers down my spine. I recommend that one if you can handle it.
It's funny, I influenced my sons' tastes in music, literature, decor, etc & here they're showing me so many new things now. Sadly, people often get stuck in the genre of the time of their late teens, early twenties. You can often tell the time a person graduated from high school by the clothes, hair, & music they prefer. Few seem to journey on to explore further. And often, when they were young, they accused their parents of the same thing - being stuck in the past.
Posted by kid_A on March 11, 2002, at 16:35:18
In reply to Re: Japanimé » kid_A, posted by IsoM on March 11, 2002, at 16:09:02
Yeah! Key the Metal Idol is very good, unfortunately I only have a few episodes, I do profess a fondness for Bubblegum Crisis too... even though it's atypical to what i normally like...I think I have an album or two by X Japan, though I dont like them as much as bands like Guitar Wolf, The Plastics, Pizzacato Five, and Thee Michelle Gun Elephant...
You might check out Perfect Blue, a very good movie about a Japanese 'Idol', who is stalked by an obsessed fan... kinda mystery/thriller genre...
I think I'm stuck in the past, I'm always trying new things, but I somehow refuse to grow up!
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