Ask Geoff [Translations, Martial Arts, History]

cmkawasaki · Lazy Programmer Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 3388

I don't know what Geoff would say, but I'd venture a:

Mahou-Tsukai. It's been used in quite a few anime, but I'm more than certain there's another name for it.

Frankto · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 9:37 am Post subject:

Sennin (enlightened ones) were also called mages. Just something to note.
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BushidoPoet · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 3:02 pm Post subject:

仙人【せんにん】 Senin (n) hermit, wizard, fairy, (P)

鬼才【きさい】 Kisai (n) wizard, genius, great talent, (P)

神仙【しんせん】 Shinsen (n) mountain wizard

仙【せん】 Sen (n) hermit, wizard

魔法使い【まほうつかい】 Mahoutsukai (n) magician, wizard, sorcerer, witch

仙術【せんじゅつ】 Senjutsu (n) wizardry, secret of immortality

奇術師【きじゅつし】 Kijutsushi (n) conjurer, juggler, magician

魔術師【まじゅつし】 Majutsushi (n) magician, conjurer

手品師【てじなし】 Tejinashi (n) magician, juggler

妖術者【ようじゅつしゃ】 Youjutsusha (n) magician, sorcerer, sorceress

Here's everything i could come up with for this question...

After looking at all of them though I think that the most appropriate one is...

MAHOUTSUKAI!!!!! CONGRATULATIONS CMKAWASAKI YOU WIN A PUPPY!

IT WILL BE MAILED TO YOU IN AN AIRTIGHT BOX (to keep it fresh)

Hehe
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Padrino · Posted: Sun Mar 05, 2006 10:42 pm Post subject:

o_O Poor CMKawasaki...

Note to self: When BushidoPoet sends a package, DON'T OPEN IT EVER.

Thanks for the help, BP.
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Elon · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:42 pm Post subject:

Could you translate 'Dragon Warrior' and 'Dragon Warriors' for me, please? Lots of thanks in advance, Geoff Smile

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Frankto · Posted: Thu Mar 09, 2006 11:58 pm Post subject:

I'll take this one for Geoff. There aren't many ways to go about this one, namely:

-buke
-bushi
-musha
-bushin (god of war)
-mushin (also god of war)
-buben
-bujin
-bufu
-bugeisha (master of arms)
-kenshi (fencer)
-heishi
-kishi (knight)

Add Ryuu or Tatsu to any of those suffixes. All of them mean warrior, soldier or samurai unless specified.
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BushidoPoet · Posted: Fri Mar 10, 2006 12:30 pm Post subject:

Good answer.
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"Without knowledge of Learning, one will ultimately have no military victories."

"One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness."

Imagawa Sadayo

"It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly."

Hojo Shigetoki

Never confuse honor, with tactics.

Athildur · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 5:01 am Post subject:

Can you please translate 'crashing blow' for me?
I did a dictionary search but I'm not sure if Tsuiraku Itade is right...be it word order be it the simply meaning of it.
Thanks in advance for whomever answers it.

BushidoPoet · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:05 pm Post subject:

Tsuiraku Itade - Crashing Hard Blow

Tsuiraku Mouda - Crashiing Heavy Blow

Tsuiraku Uchi - Crashing Blow
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Geoff "Yukirou" Beeson

"Without knowledge of Learning, one will ultimately have no military victories."

"One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness."

Imagawa Sadayo

"It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly."

Hojo Shigetoki

Never confuse honor, with tactics.

Athildur · Posted: Wed Apr 26, 2006 12:07 pm Post subject:

Thank you ^_^, I think I'll use Mouda.

Sushi30 · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 6:01 am Post subject:

Well here's a word for you... It's basically child speech. When two friends are mad at eachother they use a word to describe the fact that they aren't talking to eachother... Do you know it by any chance?

cmkawasaki · Lazy Programmer Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 3388

I have a question... upon watching a few fighting anime, I've noticed that more than one refer to 'eight gates' within the body, and I was wondering if there was a historical reference to this, or perhaps we have some very alike-minded thoughts in Japan....

Blade55440 · Posted: Wed May 03, 2006 8:04 pm Post subject:

BushidoPoet · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:45 am Post subject:

Sorry for the slow answer busy with finals...

Don't know thw word the kids use...at least not by the description you gave me.

One possiblility for the eight gates is that it is related to the eight gates of buddhism. Reference it here.

http://www.mro.org/mrotraining/8gatesofzen/index.html
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"Without knowledge of Learning, one will ultimately have no military victories."

"One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness."

Imagawa Sadayo

"It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly."

Hojo Shigetoki

Never confuse honor, with tactics.

Athildur · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 1:52 pm Post subject:

I think it might be more related to the eight gates described in Taijiquan (which uses symbols similar to those of I Ching)

These are basically eight gates in your body that regulate the flow of yin and yang. Seems to me like this might be translated easily into chakra or energy or whatnot.

I don't know much more than this...but it's the thing I found that seems to fit in the best.

Blade55440 · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 4:04 pm Post subject:

Seems we're all in agreement here. Very Happy

Athildur · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 6:22 pm Post subject:

Another question:
Is there a japanese version/word of/for 'the (or an) all-seeing eye' ?

If not, what would be a proper translation for an all-seeing eye?

Thanks in advance. (P.S. Googling didn't really turn to be a help for me on this one :p)
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Frankto · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 7:12 pm Post subject:

Toushi (clairvoyance/x-ray vision) is probably close to what you're looking for. Took all of 3 minutes to find.
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Blade55440 · Posted: Thu May 04, 2006 8:47 pm Post subject:

Athildur · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:34 am Post subject:

X-ray/clairvoyance isn't exactly what I'm looking for...I really do mean something as an 'all-seeing eye'...or something very similar...but thanks for the info. I'll go on that if there's nothing else to be found.

I'll check on that third eye thing.
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Shinken · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:44 am Post subject:

the third eye, or eye of mind, is known as shingan in japanese
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Frankto · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 6:51 am Post subject:

Shingan is literally "Mind Eye(ball)". I guess it can be read as Godface if you try really hard.
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cmkawasaki · Lazy Programmer Joined: 21 May 2005 Posts: 3388

Athildur, I got one thing to say.... Byakugan.

That's closest to everyone's description of the all seeing eye.

Sushi30 · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:01 pm Post subject:

What does zekkou suru mean?

Athildur · Posted: Fri May 05, 2006 4:36 pm Post subject:

Hrm, yer, but I can't use byakugan...because that name's kinda already occupied Razz

. Thanks for the help all.
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BushidoPoet · Posted: Tue May 23, 2006 1:12 am Post subject:

Hey Guys...

Sorry I have been gone for so long...

I had finals and then I went on vacation to Japan for a couple weeks... It was awesome but its nice to be back.

zekkou suru could mean any of the following depending on the kanji used

to do something perfectly

to become speechless

or to cause a breach (like a breach of decorum or a breach of a contract)
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"Without knowledge of Learning, one will ultimately have no military victories."

"One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness."

Imagawa Sadayo

"It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly."

Hojo Shigetoki

Never confuse honor, with tactics.

Athildur · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 8:28 am Post subject:

Could you help me translate the following into japanese:

Riding the Wind.

Thanks a bundle ^_^.
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Sushi30 · Posted: Fri Jun 09, 2006 3:44 pm Post subject:

"Kaze o noru" perhaps?

BushidoPoet · Posted: Sat Jun 10, 2006 5:08 pm Post subject:

actually desite the fact that it is pronounced "o" the correct romanization is "wo"

kaze wo noru - ride the wind

kazenori - winding riding

kaze de tobu - flying on the wind
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Geoff "Yukirou" Beeson

"Without knowledge of Learning, one will ultimately have no military victories."

"One should not be envious of someone who has prospered by unjust deeds. Nor should he disdain someone who has fallen while adhering to the path of righteousness."

Imagawa Sadayo

"It is truly regrettable that a person will treat a man who is valuable to him well, and a man who is worthless to him poorly."

Hojo Shigetoki

Never confuse honor, with tactics.

Athildur · Posted: Sun Jun 11, 2006 5:28 am Post subject:

Yeh, I knew about the o-wo thing.

Thanks, you both ^-^.
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