Luyện nghe bài hát Shi - Ri - to - Ri

(konishi)
Translators: cunha
Translator's

"shiritori" is a japanese game. the first player a word, the second player must say a word beginning with the last character (syllable) of the first player's word, the third playe
T say a word with the last character of the second player's word... and so on. the players are not supposed to say the same 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 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 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 kind of party-all-ni
Oung 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 train out of
O. the animated title sequence, indeed, featured a godzilla-size party girl rampaging through the streets, 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 (and I certainly 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 crazy about it, but acting as if had strict rules which should be properly observed. the dialogue is absurd, but everybody is
Erious about what 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: lhuga

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

lhuga

Ok so

we play

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! already 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 already that!

We did not!
Did we?

We did too!

No we did not!

I we did...

Well then I

on! su!

(skunk)

Ku? (bear)

Ma... (duckweed)

Mo...
Mori! (forest)

Ri? no, not ri again!
Ri ri... we already
right?

You can
If you know

Ri... I

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

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?
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
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: 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 dream
(*)

And
play
for grownups!
I say
The

And

And
In order

Ok!

keigo (cornelius)

Cornelius? what's
A

A grownup. precisely.

You mean like a

A yes.
is
the point.
We're to play
shiritori 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 ends 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 mean
He has one?

He too.

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

Yep.
is strictly
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 kotchi e
(hey you come here)
is a shiritori
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 misuzu (a name)

I wonder if this
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 have
A lot of
Of

my lucky stone.

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

No! not I again!

I just said that
is a shiritori for grownups.

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