(konishi) Translators: cunha introduction:
"shiritori" is a japanese game. the first player says a word, the second player say a word beginning with the last character (syllable) of the first player's word, the third playe T say a word beginning with the last character of the second word... and so on. the players are not supposed to say the same word twice.
This track consists of two shiritori matches: the first one features maki-chan and the two kids from ugo-ugo lhuga. the second one other characters from the programme.
Ugo-ugo lhuga was a programme for kids, now discontinued. it had a cutting edge quality to it that assured it became a legend among kids and adults who watched it. it featured very surreal Sketches. some of the crazyness of the programme was in this pizzicato album, especially this track, shiritori shimasho.
(editor's note: theoretically for kids, the show's title is the phrase "go-go-u ga--ru" pronounced backwards, a "go go girl" being slang for the kind of party-all-ni Oung lady so often sung about in p5 songs. this was a hint that the show was also aimed at the hip young party-goer returning home at the break of dawn, having just caught the first out of O. the animated title sequence, indeed, featured a godzilla-size party rampaging through the streets, only to be felled by three young boy superheroes. other signs of the show's hipness: ba Und posters featuring bands as big drill car, and others.)
It was difficult to translate this track because a lot of the humour and irony of the original just wouldn't work in english. after I had finished the translation and re-read it, I realised Ort of reminded me of the tea party with the mad hatter from alice in wonderland (and I certainly used much of it's as a model for the translation, unconsciously) -- all those people pla This game in a completely subversive manner, going really crazy about it, but acting as if everything had strict rules which be properly observed. the dialogue is absurd, but everybody is Erious what they are doing one forgets they are not actually making any sense.
My favourite line is 'oyamada keigo? hito? '
Hope you it namae wa?
Ugo-ugo: ugo-ugo
M: wa?
Lhuga: desu
M: ja Shiritori ka?
U: ii yo
L: ii yo
M: ja kara... Saru!
U: (ruuretto)
L: to?
M: to?
U:
L:
M:
U:
L: mi?
M: zu? mmm... Su ii no ne? (*)
U:
L:
M: ka. kamome. Yutta? (**)
U: yutta yo! Boku ga yo
M: so ka? ka... kaki.
U:
L:
M: ko... (muzukashii)
U:
L: e?
M:
U:
L: ki?
M:
U: ya... (***)
L:
M:
U: ku...
L:
M:
U:
L: ko?
M: ma? (manmosu)
U: su? suzume!
L: yutta!
U: mm yo ne!
L: yutta!
U: yo!
M: yo ne...
U: ah ja
L: su da yo su!
U: (sukanku)
L: ku?
M: ma...
U: mo... Mori da yo
L: ri? ka yo Ri ri... yo ne
M: shitemo Iin da yo
L: ri...
M: ga ri? Ri... nai yo ne ri.
U: wa aru
M: honto? ja
U:
What's your
It's
And
It's
Ok so Shall we
Ok
Ok
Ok so start Saru! (monkey)
(roulette)
To?
To? (red pepper)
(deer)
(tortoise)
(spectacles)
(mouse)
Mi? (worm)
Zu? mmm... ok if use su too, right? (*) (watermelon)
(seagull)
(killifish)
Ka. kamome. Oops! somebody said that?
I did! I did!
so... kaki (persimmon)
(fox)
(cat)
Ko... (puppy) (this is so difficult)
(colour book)
E? (chimney)
(moon)
(woodpecker)
Ki? (pheasant)
(automobile)
Ya... (spear)
(science)
(chemistry)
Ku... (chestnut)
(squirrel)
(sparrow)
Menko (a game)
(horse)
Ma? (mammoth)
Su? suzume!
We said that!
We did not! Did we?
We did too!
No we did not!
I we did...
Well I lose
on! su!
(skunk)
Ku? (bear)
Ma... (duckweed)
Mo... Mori! (forest)
Ri? no, not ri again! Ri ri... we already Risu
You can If you don't
Ri... I
me? ri? Ri... I think of anything
I one
ok I pass
(wild whale)
Yume no no no Shiritori yo! ga ni Iimasu wa Desu ne
Shuuru-kun, Haaai!
Te: oyamada
To: keigo?
Te: desu.
To:
Te: desu. So iu Shiritori yo. Dozo!
To: go ne? Gogo no
S: kirei ne.
Te: desu ne
To: ufufufu!
S: tea (remon tii)
Te: nan ka? tea wa?
S: so ne.
Te: tea no I no ga hai! no nan desu. no. kawaii.
To: i? Inu no no
S: nu
Te: ka?
To: mochiron!
S: nu? no Shiritori
Te: no yo!
S: nu ne? ne Kore wa na ne Fuinki ne
Te: (**)
S: ne
Te: no ne
To: nan daro!
Te: ne e no te Otona no Desu. mo Ko iu desu yo
To: wa te? (***)
S: ta... Tamaru
Te: ko iu ga Ii no tabeta
S: ru? ru ne? ru... Ru ru ru ru ru...
Te: utatte wa
S: da ne (ruubii)
Te: ni natta To iun Janai ka?
S: desu.
Te: bi to De bi ne? (biizu) no (jaketo) mo No i!
To: I na no?
Te: otona no kara
To: janai! Inu no no no shiritori!
And now the dream (*) And Will for grownups! I say The And And In this
Ok!
keigo (cornelius)
Cornelius? that? A
A grownup. precisely.
You mean a person?
A yes. is the point. We're to play Some here.
Ok so go. Gogo no (twilight in the afternoon)
Oh so lovely!
lovely.
He he he.
Remon tii (could I have some lemon )
I You are quite of Of tea
You say I am yes.
Chodai with an i So ga hai (ikuko-chan is...) is an Of mine. She's cute.
I? Inu no mawari-san no (the that belongs to The policeman a dog)
Nu
You don't He actually has
He too.
Nu? This is to be a shiritori Strictly for grownups
Yep. is strictly For grownups.
Ok so nu it is. ne (it's so wet!) This is A remark. I don't anything by that. just... for the atmosphere.
I know. the atmosphere.
so wet!
is A for grownups.
I wonder he meant by wet!
Ne e kite (hey you over here) is a shiritori For grownups. Me too I can say sort of thing.
I'm Te? Ten... don... o-hiru (did you have fish and chips for )
Ta... Tamaru (a person's name)
I if this utterance with the rules of the game. Fish and For
Oh I'm so sorry! not ta! tis ru
Ru... (sings) ru ru ru ru...
is not allowed!
It now is it. Well... ok... (ruby).
You You bought A lot of Of
It's my stone.
ends with A bii. Biizu no mo kamoshirenai! (I what a jacket beads do for me)
No! not I again!
I just that because is a shiritori for grownups.
Well my answer goes almost saying. Inu no mawari-san no no shiritori! (the shiritori for grownups played by the policeman with a dog)