Luyện nghe bài hát Shi - Ri - to - Ri

(konishi)
Translators: cunha
introduction:

"shiritori" is a japanese game. the first player says a word, the second player must say a word beginning with the last character (syllable) of the first player's word, the third
T say a word beginning with the last character of the second player's word... and so on. the are not supposed to say the same word twice.

This consists of two shiritori 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 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 very surreal
Sketches. some of the crazyness of the programme was in this 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 for the kind of party-all-ni
Oung lady so often sung about in p5 songs. 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 train 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 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 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 language 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 should be properly observed. the dialogue is absurd, but is
about what they are doing one forgets they are not actually making any sense.

My favourite line is 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!
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: shitemo
Iin da yo

L: ri...

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

U: wa aru

M: ja pass

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 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 said
Risu

You can
If you know

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: oyamada

Te: desu.

To:

Te: desu.
So iu

Shiritori yo.
Dozo!

To: go ne?
no yugure

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
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: otona no
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 to play
Some here.

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

Oh so lovely!

lovely.

He he he.

Remon tii
(could I have some tea? )

I
You are quite of
Of tea

You say I am yes.

Chodai ends 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 policeman a dog)

Nu

You don't
He actually has

He too.

Nu?
This is to be a shiritori
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 wonder he meant by wet!

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

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

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

I wonder if this
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.
no tsuita
mo
kamoshirenai!
(I what a jacket
beads
do for me)

No! not I again!

I just that because
This is a for grownups.

Well my goes almost without saying.
Inu no no otona no shiritori!
(the shiritori strictly for
Being played by the with a dog)