Luyện nghe bài hát Shi - Ri - to - Ri

(konishi)
Translators: cunha
introduction:

"shiritori" is a japanese game. the first says 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 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 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 featured very surreal
Sketches. some of the crazyness of the programme was immortalised in this pizzicato album, especially this track, 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 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 sequence, indeed, featured a godzilla-size party girl rampaging through the streets, only 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 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 certainly used 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 everything had strict rules which should be observed. the dialogue is absurd, but everybody is
Erious about what they are doing one forgets they are not making any sense.

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

Hope you it
namae 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...
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

lhuga

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!

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
right?

You can
If you know

Ri... I

me? ri?
Ri... I can't 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?
Gogo no

S: kirei 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
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: utatte wa

S: da ne
(ruubii)

Te:
O-kai ni
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
kara

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

Of mine.
She's cute.

I?
Inu no mawari-san no
(the puppy that to
The with a dog)

Nu

You mean
He has one?

He too.

Nu?
This is to be a shiritori
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 anything by that.
just... for the atmosphere.

I know. the atmosphere.

so wet!

is
A
for grownups.

I wonder what he 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 have fish and for lunch? )

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

I wonder if this
Complies with the 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 bought
A lot of
Of

It's my stone.

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

No! not I again!

I just said because
This is a for grownups.

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