Shougeki! One Phrase
Recording finished
It was really, reeeeeeeally fun
With Marie-chan
Marie-chan...
Has good style
And is cute
And she's my junior, but nonetheless sexy
That kind of Marie-chan...
"Boogie Train '03 is my karaoke specialty"
She said
Singing my solo single from 7 years ago so well
I'm just delighted to death
Translation Notes:
- This isn't really necessary information to understand the entry, but it's kind of interesting, so I'll go ahead and put it here. Apparently, when talking about karaoke, the term "１８番" (juuhachi-ban, "#18" or "18th" literally) is used to refer to the song you're best at singing (thanks to H!P46 for the correction on that). I was completely baffled by that when I encountered it in Miki's entry, so I did some research to find out what it meant...and, in the process, I also found out that it relates somehow to Kabuki theater - a famous Kabuki writer who wrote 18 very successful plays, or something to that effect. I guess the phrase came into use in that time period and just kind of stuck around up through today (much like many other things in Japan :P). My information here may not be entirely accurate, since I just did some quick poking around in Google search results (I've got homework to get done...can't spend forever researching karaoke terminology on the internet :P), but I'm fairly confident that I've got the general idea right. XD
- Also, this is the second time Miki has talked about how attractive she thinks a girl is...and they've both been girls who obviously aren't very Japanese looking...maybe Miki has a thing for gaijin girls? XDDDD
Original entry here.
6 comments:
i think you're right, Miki got a thing for gaijin girls...i wonder if Ayaya would be jealous if she knows about this...heheheh...
Wait... Marie is younger than Miki?! 0.0
Somebody's 18番 is more what they are good at than their favourite. It's possible they could be the same thing but not necessarily so.
"My karaoke speciality is Boogie Train '03"
Ah...so I was close, haha. Honestly, I was lucky to even find out that much...had to sift my way through Japanese results for "カラオケの１８番” to learn what little I posted here originally. :P
Thanks again!
Japanese Wikipedia has variations of the etymology. :P
Well what do you know, there it is. I'll keep that in mind next time I encounter something I don't understand in one of Miki's blog entries.
Thanks again...again. XD
- Zac
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