... You're running into a familiar problem with Japanese terminology. Think of the English word "shirt" or "underwear." There are dozens (hundreds?) of...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 12:07 am
... I love that movie. I've got it in the DVD player right now, and the soundtrack CD is in my computer's drive. :) Just wanted to mention that. :) Effingham ...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 12:09 am
... Omedetou gozarimasuru! I can't think of a Japanese equivalent. The title "don" is, of course, merely the Spanish equivalent of "Lord" -- and anyone with a...
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Ellen Davis
daviem01
Oct 29, 2004 12:18 am
The woman's hitoe is essentially cut similarly ... Tony, would you mind providing some documentation for the multiple layers of hitoe for women? I ask because...
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John
spike_fan_mox
Oct 29, 2004 12:22 am
Ii, I am thinking of a house hold name, and there are nine members, so I guess Litterally "Nine hands" I read somewhere that it was Ku-ji But isnt "hand" =...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 12:38 am
... It should work. The standard five-lobed flower in monshogaku is the Chinese bellflower, similar to the western heraldic rose. The "default" flower is the ...
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jeremy_kroeker
Oct 29, 2004 12:42 am
When you make a noun a counter the same root like "te" for hand doesn't have to follow. Some counters can be obscure in relation to the original word. Though...
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Ii Saburou
tatsushu
Oct 29, 2004 12:46 am
Kuji is the name of the '9 Characters'. I don't think you'd ever see '9', but I could be wrong. I can look in Solveig's book on names to see what I can find,...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 12:57 am
... Sure, I'll give it a shot. (I'm trying to reply to a craptastic backlog of e-mails, so I'm replying to a whole buncha stuff out of order...) The hitoe...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:01 am
... Only a handful of o-yoroi of that period survive with specific attributions of the people who had them -- and many of those attributions are suspect. The...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:03 am
... My standard response: In what context? How is it used, and what do YOU see as the meaning of "nine hands"? Hands literally (those wavy things at the end of...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:07 am
... Dontcha love Heian comeuppance? :) Effingham -- Anthony J. Bryant Website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com Effingham's Heraldic Avatars (...and stuff): ...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:16 am
... Damn.... looks like I have to rewrite some stuff. The hitoe is one of those concepts that is really simple -- at a basic level. Then you start to dig. When...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:24 am
... Dang, I hate being so predictable. :) Effingham -- Anthony J. Bryant Website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com Effingham's Heraldic Avatars (...and stuff): ...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:28 am
... Heck, I'm easy. If it's gettable-to, I'd go. Fighting or not, archery or not... there are lotsa Japanese things to do. Effingham -- Anthony J. Bryant ...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:31 am
... That's because they've apparently defaulted to the men's garment. ... Well, again... the men's hitoe is very DEFINITELY underwear. It's an intermediary...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:33 am
... If you mean "danna" -- that's a rather lowclass-to-upperclass term of address. Rather the equivalent to one being called "sir" by a shop clerk. One never ...
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Alcyoneus
squire009
Oct 29, 2004 1:37 am
A friend sent me this, it is about a 1.6m movie, so... http://home.armourarchive.org/members/alcyon/japanese.wmv I was asked if they were actually saying what...
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Elizabeth Chase
elizabethchase1
Oct 29, 2004 2:23 am
Alcyoneus-dono, Well, whatever they were really saying.... it's still hilarious. Thank you for sharing. Rizii ... From: Alcyoneus To: SCA-jml@yahoogroups.com ...
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John
spike_fan_mox
Oct 29, 2004 2:32 am
Effingham-dono Yes, nine people ... YOU see as ... the end of...
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makiwara_no_yetsuko
makiwara_no_...
Oct 29, 2004 4:38 am
... [Grin]. Not predictable, just male. Makiwara...
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Ii Saburou
tatsushu
Oct 29, 2004 12:15 pm
Actually, it looks like that is what they are saying. I will have to watch it again as I didn't catch it all, but the subtitles appear correct. -Ii...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:17 pm
... Hm. Let me think about that one... Effingham -- Anthony J. Bryant Website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com Effingham's Heraldic Avatars (...and stuff): ...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 1:56 pm
... Dang, I wish this hadn't been released. Now all the sushis will know they've been had. Tempura! That just makes me so mad I could teppanyaki! Effingham -- ...
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sigrune@...
mikel_lehman
Oct 29, 2004 2:38 pm
Effingham-dono! I thought this was a family list, to think you would use such language so wantonly! ... -Takeda...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 3:15 pm
... Sorry, but using language wantonly would be cursing in Chinese. I'm using language gyozaly. ;) Effingham -- Anthony J. Bryant Website:...
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Gideon Deschain
draxprime
Oct 29, 2004 3:59 pm
Greetings all (kanichiwa?)... So, I joined this page as part of my efforts and desire to create a Japanese SCA persona. So I have done a LOT of reading in the...
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ellen.m.davis@...
daviem01
Oct 29, 2004 4:00 pm
... *commits seppuku to spare herself from horrible puns* -Aine...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 4:09 pm
... Hey, calm down... There's no need to have a tenpura tantrum... Effingashamed -- Anthony J. Bryant Website: http://www.sengokudaimyo.com Effingham's...
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Anthony J. Bryant
sengokudaimyo
Oct 29, 2004 4:13 pm
... Close. Konnichi wa. :) ... I'd drop the "no". For very close friends, yes, that could be appropriate. Most friends would just use Takemori, though. ... ...
