Luyện nghe bài hát Shi - Ri - to - Ri

(konishi)
Translators: andrei
introduction:

"shiritori" is a japanese game. the first player says a word, the second player must say a word 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 player's 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 one features other characters from the programme.

Ugo-ugo lhuga was a programme for kids, now discontinued. it had a cutting quality to it that assured it became a legend among kids and adults who watched it. it often featured very surreal
Sketches. some of the of the programme was immortalised in this pizzicato album, especially this track, shiritori shimasho.

(editor's note: although theoretically for kids, the show's title is the "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 was also aimed at the hip young party-goer returning home at the break of dawn, having just caught the first train out of
O. the animated title sequence, indeed, featured a godzilla-size party girl rampaging through the streets, only to be felled by young boy superheroes. other signs of the show's hipness: ba
Und posters featuring such as big drill car, and others.)

It was very difficult to 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 used much of it's language as a model for the translation, unconsciously) -- all those people pla
This game in a completely subversive manner, going really about it, but acting as if everything had strict rules which should be properly observed. the dialogue is absurd, but everybody is
Erious about what they are doing one forgets are not actually making any sense.

My line is 'oyamada keigo? otona? 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!
ga yutta 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...
da yo mori

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: ja pass

U:

What's your

ugo-ugo

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...
It's ok if use su too, (*)
(watermelon)

(seagull)

(killifish)

Ka. kamome.
Oops! somebody already that?

I did!
I did!

Really? so... (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 already 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 know

Ri... I

me? ri?
Ri... I can't of anything

I one

Really? ok I

(wild whale)

Yume no


no
no
Shiritori yo!
ga
ni
Iimasu
wa


Desu ne

Shuuru-kun,

Haaai!

Te: keigo

To: keigo?

Te: desu.

To:

Te: desu.
So iu

Shiritori yo.
Dozo!

To: go ne?
Gogo no

S: kirei ne.

Te: kirei 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
Tendon

S: ru? ru ne? ru...

Ru ru ru ru ru...

Te: wa ikemasen

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: no shiritori
Desu

To: janai!
Inu no no

no shiritori!

And now the dream
(*)

And
play
for grownups!
I say
The

And

And
In order

Ok!

Oyamada (cornelius)

Cornelius? what's
A

A grownup. precisely.

You mean a person?

A yes.
is
the point.
We're trying to
Some here.

Ok so go.
no yugure (twilight in the afternoon)

Oh so lovely!

lovely.

He he he.

Remon tii
(could I some lemon tea? )

I
You are fond 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 no koinu
(the puppy belongs to
The with a dog)

Nu

You mean
He actually has

He too.

Nu?
This is supposed to be a
for grownups right?

Yep.
This is
For grownups.

Ok so nu it is.
ne (it's so wet!)
This is
A remark.
I don't mean by that.
just... for the atmosphere.

I know. the atmosphere.

so wet!

is
A
for grownups.

I what he meant by wet!

Ne e kite
(hey you come here)
is a shiritori
For grownups.
Me too
I can say
This of thing.

I'm
Te?
Ten... don...
Tabeta
(did you have and chips for lunch? )

Ta...
Tamaru (a person's name)

I wonder if this
Complies 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 have
A lot of
Of

It's my stone.

ends with
A bii.
no tsuita
mo
kamoshirenai!
(I wonder a jacket
With
do for me)

No! not I again!

I said that because
is a shiritori for grownups.

Well my goes almost without saying.
Inu no mawari-san no no shiritori!
(the shiritori for grownups
Being by the policeman with a dog)