learning one opens your eyes up in so many ways
you begin to see connections between things which previously seemed seemingly random
for example, as i learn more of jap... all the characters in flame of recca seem to make more sense
its kinda blunt... but all their names point to their power of their Madōgu
for example, thers this evvil character called mokuren who possessed the elemental device for controlling trees...
... while learning the days of the week.. i came across thursdae i.e. 木曜日 (もくよび) i.e. mokuyobi.. and since that sounded kinda familiar.. i researched it up and learnt tht it literalli stood for wood day..
.... so moku literalli means wood... ohhh.. umm.. tht makes sense.. i guess a jap person watching the anime would hav noen mokuren's power instantly
similarly wednesday i.e. 水曜日 (すいよび) i.e. suiyobi meant water day.. which told me why mikagami tokiya's ICE sword was called ensui !
Consider the word tuesday in a couple of different languages:
| English | Tuesday | Tyuz day |
| French | Mardi | Maar thee |
| Hindi | मंगलवार | Mangal vaara |
| Japanese | 火曜日 (かよび) | Kaayobee |
These seem like a very random set of words.
Yet…
- Tuesday derives from Tyrsday.. which, not surprisingly, means Day of Tyr who was the Norse God of War
- Mardi comes from the latin ‘dies Martis’ which meant Day of Mars, the Roman God of war, who, in his spare time, pretends to be a planet!!
- मंगलवार means Day of Mangal.. which happens to be the Sanskrit word for the planet Mars.
- 火曜日 means..ummm.. lets break the kanji down
Kanji Meaning 火 ka Fire (which is RED!!) 曜 yo luminary; shining body 日 bi Sun (whose movement defines a DAY)
Ohkae so 火曜日 means day attributed to the celestial body which reminds us of fire.. i.e. is red…. Oh wait .. that’s Mars..
So 火曜日 also means Mars’ Day.
Apparently the whole 7-day week with names named of Gods was invented in Egypt/Mesopotamia and from there went on to Greece and india… and in the 8th century some Buddhist monk took it from India and brought it to Jap. (Oh kool!! An Indian connection!!)
And all those made me wonder what Recca (the main guy in Flame of Recca, who controls the 9 flame dragons) means.. Hmmm.. Recca … Ree Ka…. ohwaitiknowthatalreadi!!!
And Quentin Tarantino has a bad sense of humor. I thought starting the movie with a Klingon proverb was bad enough.. but no.. he goes on to name the dangerous female assassin and queen of the Japanese yakuza (underworld) – Oren ishii.
Ishii is one of the first jap words I learnt.. it means delicious
Oren.. I jst looked this up… It means Orange
WTF!! :@:@:@:@ He names the most dangerous woman in Tokyo- “Delicious Orange”!!
Grr.. still love his movies.. especially all the hattori hanzo scenes…
I would really like to recreate all three “Man from Okinawa” scenes..with me getting the sword in the end.. cos I think they r reeli kool..
Anyways.. I better start my 212 hw now.. so sayounara!!
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