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Post by sangofe » Thu Sep 14, 2006 2:18 pm

veshira wrote:I believe "iranai" means "No, thank you," in Japanese.
"Don't want to, or "don't want it" is how I've seen it translated before.
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Post by Daimao » Fri Sep 15, 2006 12:29 am

"Iranai" would be pretty good, actually ("The Unwanted Crone"), but if I remember correctly, it's actually "urenai" that he says. "Urenai" means "unsellable," and euphemistically, unmarriable. He's basically calling her an old spinster.

Which, it must be said, is exactly right, just not very tactful.
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Post by Bardock the Mexican » Fri Sep 15, 2006 8:40 pm

Daimao wrote:"Iranai" would be pretty good, actually ("The Unwanted Crone"), but if I remember correctly, it's actually "urenai" that he says. "Urenai" means "unsellable," and euphemistically, unmarriable. He's basically calling her an old spinster.

Which, it must be said, is exactly right, just not very tactful.
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Post by Mr. Announcer » Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:14 pm

Daimao wrote:"Iranai" would be pretty good, actually ("The Unwanted Crone"), but if I remember correctly, it's actually "urenai" that he says. "Urenai" means "unsellable," and euphemistically, unmarriable. He's basically calling her an old spinster.

Which, it must be said, is exactly right, just not very tactful.
Yeah, I think he did say that but I also remember him saying iranai baba so he probably messed up twice. I don't have my manga with me so I can't verify that.
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Post by Daimao » Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:34 pm

Mr. Announcer wrote:Yeah, I think he did say that but I also remember him saying iranai baba so he probably messed up twice. I don't have my manga with me so I can't verify that.
That's possible too.
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Post by Super Sonic » Fri Sep 15, 2006 10:38 pm

I have mine and he does mess up twice. I don't know what he said in Japanese as I don't have that dvd nor can I read the language but in the US manga, he first to the ghost assistant calls her the "Ball-Seeing Crone", rather than the "All-Seeing Crone". Then to her face he calls her the "All-Seeing Bone". Both of them correct her. Been awhile since I've seen it dubbed but it was around the same calling her "Fortune Seller Baba" or something like that I recall.
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