 Pronunciation question, Shiawase? |
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 Jan 15 2008, 06:29 AM
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Target  Group: Members Posts: 38 Joined: 12-May 06 From: Melbourne, Australia Member No.: 8,551  |
Ok then,
How do you pronounce Shiawase? As far as I am aware it's the Japanese word for "Happiness", and I believe it's pronounced as She-a-wa-say. Am I close enough? Enjoy Random |
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Jan 15 2008, 06:36 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
Close enough for me. :) |
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Jan 15 2008, 06:45 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
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~J, utterly unhelpful :) Edit: ok, I'm being helpful now: there's a set of audio files most of the way down the page here—queue up "si.wav", "a.wav", "wa.wav", and "se.wav", play them all together, and then try to edit out the gaps with your mind. There's more to the pronunciation, but that gets into intonation, which I am sadly not particularly proficient at. Maybe if we have a more advanced learner or a native speaker around. The word means, according to EDICT, "happiness, good fortune, luck, blessing". |
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Jan 16 2008, 05:33 AM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Shiawase nara te o tatako...
"If you're happy and you know it, clap your hands." I learned the Japanese version of that song in school. I laughed and laughed every time it came up, because I imagined Shiawase employees greeting eachother in darkened rooms by solemnly clapping. |
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Jan 16 2008, 10:45 AM
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The ShadowComedian Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 14,538 Joined: 3-October 07 From: Hamburg, AGS Member No.: 13,525 |
bwahahaahaha
that's golden ^^ |
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Jan 16 2008, 10:50 AM
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Immoral Elf Group: Members Posts: 15,247 Joined: 29-March 02 From: Grimy Pete's Bar & Laundromat Member No.: 2,486 |
I'm just going to have to put that into my game. :D
I can just see the entire employee base rising in place for the Corporate pledge, and then singing and clapping and stamping their feet together, getting into the spirit of the company song. |
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Jan 16 2008, 07:46 PM
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Moving Target Group: Members Posts: 325 Joined: 9-December 06 From: the Maaatlock-Expressway! Member No.: 10,326 |
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Jan 16 2008, 08:24 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
Oh my god. I think I just gave myself epilepsy. Yes, just like that, only slightly less surreal.
Miyavi makes anything more surreal, though. |
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Jan 17 2008, 12:32 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,629 Joined: 14-December 06 Member No.: 10,361 |
Oh? She-a-wa-say? I've always said Shy-a-wase (Like waste without the T).
I must say the former sounds much less sinister, which I expect from such a nuclear powered and insidious family-oriented corporation. |
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Jan 17 2008, 12:53 AM
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Runner Group: Members Posts: 2,883 Joined: 16-December 06 Member No.: 10,386 |
Fixed! :grinbig: |
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Jan 17 2008, 01:01 AM
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Manus Celer Dei Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 17,006 Joined: 30-December 02 From: Boston Member No.: 3,802 |
On the other hand, the latter would most likely mean "gratitude lined kimono", which has much less potential for sinister interpretation than "happiness". ~J |
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Jan 17 2008, 01:26 AM
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Shooting Target Group: Members Posts: 1,629 Joined: 14-December 06 Member No.: 10,361 |
That definitely has connotations of a bunraku doll with low standards of hygiene, though.
Edit: OH... Did I just say doll doll? |
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Jan 18 2008, 07:25 PM
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Deus Absconditus Group: Dumpshocked Posts: 2,742 Joined: 1-September 03 From: Downtown Seattle, UCAS Member No.: 5,566 |
I believe you specifically stated "music figure doll" or perhaps "art music doll", owing to the fact that "bunraku" is composed of 文　and 楽, which are "literature, (visible) figures, art" and "comfort, music" respectively.
I know that doesn't literally make much sense, but that's because bunraku isn't the original name of the art form. The original name roughly translates to "Puppet chanting" (äººå½¢æµ„ç‘ ç’ƒ). Bunraku is some strange stuff. So is Noh, when you get down to it. They have some...unusual roots. |
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Jan 18 2008, 10:24 PM
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Immortal Elf Group: Members Posts: 11,410 Joined: 1-October 03 From: Pittsburgh Member No.: 5,670 |
i know it's supposed to be pronounced "shee-ah-wah-say", or something similar, but i usually have a hard time remembering that. my natural inclination is to pronounce is "shy-uh-ways", as someone else mentioned above.
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