Philosophy School: Tucker Report (Patreon)
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2022-01-26 22:45:01
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SIX-WORD SUMMARY
- What an ugly-ass, unscary Duwang
- (If you want to consider “ugly-ass” to be a single word, you can throw in a *chew* at the end)
SERIES
- Title: 『詭弁学派、四ッ谷先輩の怪談。』(きべんがくは、よつやせんぱいのかいだん。
- “Kiben Gakuha, Yotsuya-senpai no Kaidan”
- Very long and weird. Literally translates to “Sophist Sect, Yotsuya-senpai’s Ghost Stories”
- Both “kiben” and “gaku-ha” seem to be pretty obscure Japanese vocab. I’ve certainly never seen them before.
- The “ki” in kiben is spelled with the kanji that means lie/deception, so it kinda has that connotation
- Honestly not sure how you should refer to the title in English (besides “that hot mess”)...maybe “Yotsuya-senpai’s Ghost Stories”?
- Author: 古舘 春一(ふるだて はるいち)
- Furudate Haruichi
CHARACTERS:
- Yotsuya Buntarou 四ッ谷 文太郎(よつや ぶんたろう):
- Be sure to pronounce the o in Yotsuya like the o in “yo” (not sounding like “yacht”).
- Make sure to pronounce the ya at the end as “yah” and not “yuh”
- “Yotsuya” means ‘“four valleys,” and it doesn’t seem to have any special significance as a name (it’s also the name of a neighborhood in Tokyo)
- Buntarou also doesn’t seem to have much significance (literally means something like “literature dude”)
- Nakashima Makoto 中島 真(なかしま まこと):
- A native Japanese speaker, especially when speaking quickly, would probably only pronounce the “i” in Nakashima as a whispered vowel (barely pronounced, but it still is a part of the mora/beat of rhythm). Thinking of the name as being “Nakash’ma” would be a good way of pronouncing this more accurately
- “Nakashima” just means “middle island” or “middle of the island” (no significance), and “Makoto” means “sincerity” (common given name for both boys and girls)
- Yayoi Hinano 弥生 ヒナノ(やよい ひなの):
- Don’t let “Yayoi” freak you out! Split up the syllables…”yah-yo-ee”
- Shinamo 品茂(しなも)
- Think of “Shina” and “mo” being separate articles (“Shina-mo”) rather than it being like “shi-NAmo,” like how you might be tempted to pronounce it (that’s just part of your brain trying to apply Italian/Spanish pronunciation where it doesn’t belong)
- Tsuchiya
- Again, the ya at the end is “yah,” not “yuh”
The T is pronounced! Think of it like the sound you make when you say “pots and pans”