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 word beginning with the 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 to say the same word twice.

This track consists of two shiritori matches: the first one features maki-chan and the two kids 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 very surreal
Sketches. some of the crazyness of the programme was in this pizzicato album, especially this track, shiritori shimasho.

(editor's note: although 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 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 three young boy superheroes. signs of the show's hipness: ba
Und posters featuring such as big drill car, and others.)

It was very difficult to translate this track because a lot of the 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 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 about they are doing one forgets they are not actually making any sense.

My line is 'oyamada keigo? otona? hito? '

you like it
Maki: wa?

ugo-ugo desu

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...
da yo mori

L: ri? ka yo
Ri ri...
yo ne

M: pass
Iin da yo

L: ri...

M: ga ri?
Ri... nai yo ne ri.

U: wa aru

M: ja pass

U:

What's your

It's

And

lhuga

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!

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 said that!

We did not!
Did we?

We did too!

No we did not!

I we did...

then 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?
no yugure

S: desu 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
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: utatte wa

S: da ne
(ruubii)

Te:
O-kai ni
To iun
desu 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
Will
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 quite of
Of tea

You say I am yes.

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

Of mine.
She's cute.

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

Nu

You mean
He actually has

He too.

Nu?
This is supposed to be a
Strictly for 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 wonder what he by wet!

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

I'm
Te?
Ten... don...
o-hiru
(did you have fish and chips for )

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

I wonder if utterance
Complies with the 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

It's my stone.

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

No! not I again!

I said that because
This is a for grownups.

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