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Genkai5000
09-03-2005, 02:41 PM
I would first off, like to thank you for making a translation part of this...(Everywhere else I go, I can't find anything and no one knows)

I just need a translation on what this means. I know it says "Kagerou Zutsumi"...I just don't understand what it means...

Fuji's Fourth Counter (http://img161.imageshack.us/img161/5801/tennis0018198nq.jpg)

Thank you in advance. :( I hope it's not too troublesome...

Nihongaeri
09-04-2005, 04:26 AM
I just need a translation on what this means. I know it says "Kagerou Zutsumi"...I just don't understand what it means...Nor do I... It probably won't be of much help... But a 蜉蝣 "kagerou" is a insect, know in English apparently as a "mayfly" or a "day-fly". Also, because of its short life span, "kagerou" is also used as a metaphor for something of fleeting existence. 包み "tsutsumi" ("zutsumi" because it's connected to "kagerou") could be "bundle", "package" or "wrapping"...

Actually, given that translation is usually always contextually dependant, it's very possible that a better translation could be made if more of the context were known to me...


Also, while the characters are completely different, written as 陽炎, "kagerou" is a term referring to that shimmering that you might see coming off of, for instance, pavement on a really hot day.

Genkai5000
09-04-2005, 02:55 PM
Thank you for your help though. Everyone doesn't understand it where ever I go...Thank you for helping though...(Some people said it meant a dragonfly since it dies in 24 hours...I'm not sure) I think I can ask my Japanese teacher later...Thank you though.

waisuke
09-19-2005, 03:29 AM
Kagerou Zutsumi, the word appears in the anime "Price of tennis" and it says that it means "Dragonfly Wrap" I'm not sure though cos' it all sounds like it isn't right though it could be..