Luyện nghe bài hát Shi - Ri - to - Ri

(konishi)
Translators: cunha
Translator's

"shiritori" is a japanese game. the first player says a word, the second player must say a 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 player's word... and so on. the players are not supposed to say the word twice.

This track consists of two matches: the first one features maki-chan and the two kids from ugo-ugo lhuga. the second one features 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 often featured surreal
Sketches. some of the crazyness of the programme was immortalised in pizzicato album, especially this track, shiritori shimasho.

(editor's note: although 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 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 girl through the streets, only to be felled by three young boy superheroes. other signs of the show's hipness: ba
Und featuring such bands as big drill car, and others.)

It was very difficult to translate this track because a lot of the humour and irony of the original just wouldn't 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 alice in wonderland (and I certainly used much of it's language as a model for the translation, unconsciously) -- all those people pla
game in a completely subversive manner, going really crazy about it, but acting as if everything had strict rules which should 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 otona? hito? '

you like 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 name?

ugo-ugo

And

It's

Ok so

Shall we

Ok

Ok

Ok so I'll
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 already 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 said
Risu

You can
If you don't

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: oyamada

To: oyamada

Te: desu.

To:

Te: desu.
So iu

Shiritori yo.
Dozo!

To: go ne?
Gogo no

S: desu 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
Ierun 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: 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 team
(*)

And
play
for grownups!
I say
The

And

And
In this

Ok!

keigo (cornelius)

Cornelius? that?
A

A grownup. precisely.

You mean like a

A yes.
is
the point.
We're trying to
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 fond of
Of tea

You say I am yes.

Chodai with an i
So
ga hai (ikuko-chan is...)
is an

Of mine.
very cute.

I?
Inu no no koinu
(the that belongs to
The with a dog)

Nu

You don't
He has one?

He too.

Nu?
is supposed to be a shiritori
Strictly for right?

Yep.
is strictly
For grownups.

Ok so nu it is.
ne (it's so wet!)
This is
A remark.
I mean 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 come here)
This is a
For grownups.
Me too
I can say
sort of thing.

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

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

I if this utterance
Complies the rules of the game.
and chips?
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

my lucky stone.

Ruby ends
A bii.
Biizu no
mo
kamoshirenai!
(I wonder what a
With
do for me)

No! not I again!

I just said because
is a shiritori for grownups.

Well my answer goes almost saying.
Inu no no otona no shiritori!
(the shiritori for grownups
Being by the policeman with a dog)