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Not ANOTHER translation request! Say it isn't freakin' so!!

Post by kenisu3000 » Tue Feb 14, 2006 11:17 pm

I've been going through Daizenshu 3 (TV Animation Part 1), and on the pages that cover the OP animations, it describes the different poses that the characters make during the sequence as a "kime pose". Kime is Base II of kimeru, which means "to decide", or other various things depending on the context, but for the life of me I can't come up with a decent English translation ("Deciding pose"? What the hey!). So out of sheer curiosity, any suggestions?

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Post by SaiyaJedi » Wed Feb 15, 2006 12:30 am

kenisu3000 wrote:I've been going through Daizenshu 3 (TV Animation Part 1), and on the pages that cover the OP animations, it describes the different poses that the characters make during the sequence as a "kime pose". Kime is Base II of kimeru, which means "to decide", or other various things depending on the context, but for the life of me I can't come up with a decent English translation ("Deciding pose"? What the hey!). So out of sheer curiosity, any suggestions?

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Victory pose? :)
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Post by kenisu3000 » Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:54 pm

I thought about that one, but since I don't know what the poses are that the Daizenshu refers to (I haven't seen the second animation of Makafushigi Adventure), I wouldn't know if they're actually *victory* poses. I would guess they're supposed to be stylish poses (I kinda wonder if that would be a good translation?), but... then again... "kimeru" is just a different form of "kimatta", which is what the characters sometimes say when they think Goku etc. has won a battle - so maybe "victory pose" isn't too far off the mark.
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Post by desirecampbell » Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:51 pm

Maybe it really is just a "thinking pose", like Pooh
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Post by kenisu3000 » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:46 am

Good one :)
Maybe I can get away with just saying "Kime Pose", since come to think of it, this isn't the first time I've heard that phrase. It must be a common term in Japan (I typed "Kime pose" into a search engine and got someone's Japanese homepage... and below their pictures (of them giving the traditional Japanese peace-sign) the caption said "Kime pose"...
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Post by Tenka-Ichi » Sun Feb 19, 2006 1:05 am

kenisu3000 wrote:(of them giving the traditional Japanese peace-sign)
You mean the "V" for victory.
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Post by kenisu3000 » Sun Feb 19, 2006 12:48 pm

Tenka-Ichi wrote:
kenisu3000 wrote:(of them giving the traditional Japanese peace-sign)
You mean the "V" for victory.
Yep, that's the one. I'm not sure what they call it... perhaps "kime pose" (just a hunch)? :)
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Post by desirecampbell » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:00 pm

kenisu3000 wrote:
Tenka-Ichi wrote:
kenisu3000 wrote:(of them giving the traditional Japanese peace-sign)
You mean the "V" for victory.
Yep, that's the one. I'm not sure what they call it... perhaps "kime pose" (just a hunch)? :)
I still like my "think think think" explanation.
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Post by Dayspring » Sun Feb 19, 2006 6:01 pm

kenisu3000 wrote:
Tenka-Ichi wrote:
kenisu3000 wrote:(of them giving the traditional Japanese peace-sign)
You mean the "V" for victory.
Yep, that's the one. I'm not sure what they call it... perhaps "kime pose" (just a hunch)? :)
Yeah... I'm with Julian on this... :P
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