Stealing time
Yay~ they're playing songs from the new album already!:D I was so happy to see that, it was quite a nice surprise last night when I came home from a long day at work^^ More on the songs later...;)
It's supposed to be spring!>_< It's been snowing all week, although most of it keeps melting...but we're all tired of winter by now. And it doesn't help that the heat's been broken at my work for nearly a month, so it's always over 25 degrees in there, which means it's completely backwards for this time of year: cool outside and boiling inside;P Argh.
And I burned myself on my straightening iron today so I have an ugly blister on one of my fingers...lovely^^;
Plus, it just doesn't feel like a day off anymore when all I do is stay homeXD When did that happen...;P I got most of my paper done yesterday, hopefully finish it tomorrow, then start the assignment. But, hopefully next week will be a little more fun^^
Today I have the translation of GRA #7, about soba!:D Mmm, making me hungry again...XDD
[Announcer: Speaking of the Japanese foods that everypne is familiar with, in line with sushi and tempura there is soba. By the way, do
you know the cultivated way to eat soba? To those of you thinking 'who cares about the cultivated way to eat soba', well, what a waste.
The cultivated way to eat soba is not just for appearances, it's actually a rule that makes the soba to times more delicious! Did
you know that? Which means that today's GRA is a big soba study!]
Aiba: Let's learn the cultivated way to eat soba~!
Itou: I think everyone would like to see the cultivated way to eat soba.
Kazuyo: Yes.
Itou: We invited a teacher in to help, let me introduce them. The Sukiji Academy's university president, this is Inoue Akira-sensei.
Aiba: Your favor please~!
Akira: Your favor please.
Itou: Your favor please~.
Aiba: There's rules for the cultivated way to eat soba too ne? (writing)
Akira: That's right ne. There are routines, by and large, that say it's delicious if you eat it a certain way. (writing)
[Announcer: Well then, without delay let's try out eating soba the cultivated way. The contest is by relay. From the beginning to the
end of eating the players will change whenever they make a mistake. If they get all 10 steps right they get to eat the delicious soba
that sensei made. The key players are the soba lovers Kokushou-san, Sakurai-kun, and Matsumoto-kun. If you can memorize this then
you'll be a soba conoisseur too! First up to bat is Kokushou-san. So, what will you do?]
Kokushou: I wonder which it would be?
Itou: So, first of all...
Aiba: Sensei, let's judge it ne. (writing)
[writing: Aiba, the overly enthusiastic judge]
Kanako: You're going to use that?? There's no way you can use that!
Itou: So, how about it?
Aiba: So how about it, what will you do?
Itou: What will you do first?
Kokushou: His eyes are kind of laughing at me. (writing)
Aiba: They are not!
Sho: This is scary ne~. (writing)
Nino: Scary.
Itou: It's okay, after this there's still 6 people to help. Yes...!
[writing: Fail]
Aiba: kokushou-san, you're out~!
[Announcer: You can't just eat the soba immediately. The thing you should do first is...?]
Itou: Up until then it was okay?
Aiba: She was on the right path ne?
Akira: She was fairly close. (writing)
itou: Fairly close.
[Announcer: Next is Sakurai-kun. Can he get it right?]
Aiba: begin~!
Sho: Thanks for the food~.
Kokushou: So, because they said I was doing it right up until then...
Aiba: That's right, up until then.
Sho: I ne, probably ne, think that you smell it first ne. (writing)
Kokushou: Ah, wait! Wait! (writing)
Aiba: Picking up a mouthful...
Sho: It's definitely- the beginning is definitely okay? You definitely don't dip it in the sauce. (writing)
Itou: Yeah. And now? You smell it, that's correct~! The first one is enjoying the smell. So, now...?
Aiba: What'll you do?
Itou: He ate it!
Aiba: Correct~!
Itou: He's passed the second step. It's enjoying the noodles by themselves first ne. Now, the third step.
Aiba: This is difficult.
Itou: he enjoyed the fragrance, ate them without putting anything on them....oh, now he's got the sauce in his hand! So...
Aiba: What'll you do with the sauce?
Itou: ...holding the sauce in hand...
Sho: No, just wait a sec! (writing)
Aiba: Ah~, why, what's wrong?
Sho: Eating it like this, then eating it with wasabi, isn't that closely eating it? (writing)
Aiba: Eating it closely?
[writing: What's 'eating it closely'?]
Aiba: 'Isn't that eating it closely?'XD
Itou: Ah, he's got the wasabi...
Aiba: The wasabi...
Itou: The wasabi...!
Sho: Wait a sec!
[writing: Pressure]
Itou: You can stop. Are you going to put it down?
Sho: No, I want to believe in myself.
Itou: He's put wasabi on the tips of his chopsticks and grabbed some noodles.
Nino: That's kind of cultivated.
Itou: And now, what next? Ah, there it goes! What's this sensei?
Akira: There's a different way to eat it, but this is okay.
Itou: But there was a way without eating wasabi?
Akira: There is.
Itou: That just now was actually the seventh step. Without dissolving the wasabi in the sauce, put a little on the tips of the chopsticks
and eat it savoringly. Magnificent!
Kazuyo: Magnificent!
Kanako: Amazing, amazing!
Itou: Acutally ne, we predicted that this might be the most difficult one, doing that before putting it in the sauce...
Aiba: That means you cleared it early.
Sho: I want ot hurry up and put the sauce on~. (writing)
Kokushou: Hahahaha. (writing)
Nino: So for 3, 4, 5, 6 there's sauce?
Aiba: It's sauce from here on. (writing)
Itou: That's right.
Sho: it's sauce from here on.
Itou: So, what'll you do from here on?
Aiba: The sauce...
Itou: The sauce...
Kokushou: The sauce...
Aiba: Ah, he poured some into the dish.
Itou: He moved the sauce.
Aiba: And...?
Itou: And what will you do with the sauce? Smell it;P
Nino: You're going to start to hate it.
Itou: he's taken a mouthful in his hand...
Aiba: He's got some noodles.
Nino: Don't do it, don't do it.
Aiba: And...?
Nino: Don't do it!
Aiba: He put....the noodles...in the sauce.
Itou: Yes, that's it~!
[writing: Fail]
Kanako: Huh??
Kokushou: I thought it would be the sauce ne...
[Announcer: First you enjoy the scent of the soba before you eat it, he did magnificently up until there. But putting the soba in
the sauce, unfortunately he's out! So if putting it in the sauce is no good...? Kana-chan the gourmand will give it a try.]
Itou: This ne...without a doubt the next part is what to do with the sauce ne?
Aiba: That's right.
Sho: Ah~, I know what it is...>_<
Itou: So, what will you do with that sauce?
Aiba: What'll you do?
Kanako: The soba...
Itou: Could it be, in your mouth? Oh, putting the soba in your mouth first-
Aiba: This is still this step.
[writing: Look carefully at this]
Aiba: You're still here;P
Nino: It's the second step, the second step.
Itou: So, and...?
Aiba: Aiba: And...?
Itou: Oh, she's putting the soba sauce in her mouth.
Aiba: Correct~!
Akira: That's there.
Kanako: Ehh??! Really?
Itou: It's called tasting the sauce.
Akira: So, there are up to hundred sauces in restaurants, so finding your favorite and testing out the way of eating it is the tasting.
Kanako: An examination ne.
Aiba: Yes, yes yes.
Itou: So, next is the fourth step.
Kazuyo: You're ready?
Aiba: And here...
Itou: Oh, it's the yakumi, the grated daikon. (yakumi means condiments)
Kanako: The yakumi...
Itou: She put it in. Yes, you're out!
[writing: Fail]
Kanako: Ehh?? Ehh??
[Announcer: Rather than tasting it she drank quite heartily, but she easily cleared the third step. But the soba path is not that easy.
Putting the grated daikon in the sauce, she's out! They haven't even cleared half out of tghe 10 steps! Matsui-san, if you please.]
AIba: kanako-chan-
Kanako: ...put the yakumi in the sauce and failed.
Aiba: -put the yakumi in the sauce and failed ne.
Kazuyo: It was the daikon ne?
Kanako: Yeah, it was the daikon.
Kazuyo: The wasabi is later...?
Aiba: That's right ne, because the wasabi is the seventh step ne.
Itou: because he miraculously hit on it ne.
[writing: The person who miraculously hit on it]
Aiba: Itou-san, Itou-san, she's picked up some onions, she's picked up some onions.
Kazuyo: I picked up some onions.
Itou: She picked up some onions.
Aiba: The onions...
Itou: The onions...
Aiba: Together with the soba...
Itou: Yes, you're out!
[writing: Fail]
Jun: isn't this bad~??
[Announcer: Matsui-san is suddenly out. She put the onions together with the soba. You don't do that. Before putting in the yakumi
there has to be another thing to taste. Ninomiya-kun...]
Aiba: Let's go Ninomoya-kun!
Nino: Thanks for the food~.
Kokushou/Kazuyo/Kanako: Please, please, please~!
[writing: Those who want to eat soba]
Aiba: Amazing ne.
Itou: The wasabi is one of the yakumi here.
Aiba: That's right.
Itou: How many types of all yakumi are there?
Nino: In all there's 3 types.
Aiba: 3 types ne.
Itou: 1, 2, 3, huh? Which means that...
kokushou: Think- think about it carefully!
Nino: I'm doing it! I'm doing it! (writing)
itou: You went in front of the camera! The noodles...
Aiba: Cultivated ne.
Itou: Sensei? Is that okay?
Itou/Aiba: Okay~!
Itou: That's right.
Aiba: Thank goodness.
Itou: Eating the siba without putting it all in the sauce.
Aiba: He didn't put in on just now.
Itou: He didn't put in on just now.
Aiba: Cultivated ne.
Akira: It's the strength of it, putting it almost in, putting a little on. Because just now you tasted the sauce and tasted the noodles
you match the depth of the two.
Nino: I see.
Itou: So, there's more to come. What kind of yakumi?
Aiba: There's 3 kinds ne, which is it ne? Which one huh?
Kanako: Which could it be?
Nino: No, this is the daikon.
Aiba: oh. The daikon...
Itou: he took some daikon. Taking the daikon...oh.
Nino: Eh?
[writing: Fail]
[Announcer: It was good that he tasted the soba in the sauce before adding the condiments, but next, by putting the grated daikon on the
noodles, Ninomiya-kun is out. Too bad! So, there's only two left. Leaving Ohno-kun Matsumoto-kun the soba lover will try it out. There's
still 5 steps to clear, will a miracle occur?]
Jun: I don't know anything. (writing)
Sho: MatsuJun, this is actually our last one! (writing)
Jun: Seriously?
Kanako: There's still Riidaa.
[writing: There still me...]
Kazuyo: As a matter of fact ne.
Aiba: Ninomiya-kun did really well.
Itou: So, he took some grated daikon!
Aiba: That's good.
Itou: So, what will you do with it?
Aiba: With that...
Kokushou: Don't mess up ne.
Aiba: So...
Itou: Yes yes yes.
Aiba: oh, he's hesitating.
Itou: Which is it?
[Announcer: Matsumoto-kun, what'll you do?]
Itou: So, he took some grated daikon!
Aiba: That's good.
Itou: So, what will you do with it?
Aiba: With that...
Kokushou: Don't mess up ne.
Aiba: So...
Itou: Yes yes yes.
Aiba: oh, he's hesitating.
Itou: Which is it?
Aiba: He put it in.
Itou: Yes.
Aiba: he put it in.
Itou: He put it in.
Aiba: That's right, that's right. Put it in...
Itou: And now...the soba...
Jun: I'm super scared;P (writing)
Itou: He....ate the soba~! That's right.
Aiba: That's what you want to do ne.
Itou: First is just the daikon ne, putting a little on the tips of your chopsticks and then into the sauce, and eating the soba. So...
Aiba: Next...
Kokushou: The next is easy.
Jun: I'll put the onions in the sauce.
Kokushou: Ne?
Aiba: Putting the onions in...
Sho: Have some confidence.
Kazuyo: That's right.
Kanako: Have some confidence. That's right.
itou: Yes, that's right~.
Akira: At first you start with the weaker things and move towards the stronger ones. Which means that you enjoy each one of these one
by one.
[Announcer: There's 3 steps left. Please answer the way to finish up after eating the soba. (writing)]
Itou: As a special favor, let's open up number 10. This is it, ne. Leave after making sure the soba plate, soba cup, and dish for the
condiments is empty.
Aiba: That's respect for the people who made it.
itou: That's how it is.
Jun: I see. There's two!
Itou: Which means that? First of all, putting in the soba water, the soba water. (left in the pot after it was boiled)
Aiba: Yes.
Itou: And...? He took a little sip of it. Seeing how it tastes.
Kazuyo: he's getting it right?
Itou: Yeah. he's converting it ne.
Aiba: Does this mean he's adjusting it?
Itou: he's adjusting it ne~.
Aiba: Which means that...?
Itou: The 8th step. This one, yes. Pour a little soba water into the soba dish, after lightly tasting it add the sauce to adjust it
to your prefence. So, now...? He put all of the yakumi in there!
Aiba: he put it all in.
Itou: And...? He drank it, magnificent~!
Kanako/Kazuyo: We did it~!
Itou: In the end you put in all the remaining yakumi and eat them ne.
Sho: Is it okay if I interrupt?
Itou: Yes.
Sho: Even just a comment from Ohno-san... (writing)
[writing: No appearance at all!]
Itou: Sorry. Arashi, you were magnificent.
[Announcer: Well then, let's review the cultivated way to eat soba. First you enjoy the scent of a few strands of soba. Then you eat it
as is and enjoy the flavor of the soba by itself. Next you taste the strength of the sauce. You decide how much you'll put on the soba.
You place the soba in the sauce so that it's not completely covered and let the flavors of both expand in your mouth. Next is the
condiments. You start with the least stimulating, the grated daikon, and put it in the sauce to eat it with the soba. Next you do the
same thing with the onions. Lastly, you take a little wasabi and eat it by itself to cleanse your palate, or you put a little on
the soba and eat it together like sakurai-kun did. The cultivated way to finish up when you're done eating. First you pour the soba
water into the soba cup and adjust the flavor. If it's weak it's okay to add some sauce. When you've got the flavor to your liking
you add the remaining yakumi and drink it all to finish. This is the cultivated way to eat soba. They're the rules to make it even more
delicious. So, before eating the reward soba, here's a question: the Japanese have loved soba for a long time. Well then, do you know
since when they've been able to eat it? Now let's learn the history of soba.]
Itou: Since about when have you been able to eat soba in Japan?
Itou: Since about when have you been able to eat soba in Japan?
Aiba: Okay, who knows it? Kokushou-san?
kokushou: Um ne...I get the feeling there was some news about them finding soba from the Kofun period. (250-538 AD)
Itou: That it had come from the Kofun period?
Kokushou: That's kind of what I thought.
Itou: Hmm. Soba has been around since the Kofun period, that's what they say. Magnificent, Kokushou-san.
Aiba: That's amazing ne, getting it. Amazing!
[writing: Magnificent, Kokushou-san is correct!]
Akira: Depending on the theories, there's a theory saying it's been around since the Jomon period. (13000 to 300BC) Other theories
say that it came across from Korea through Kyushu in the Kofun period, although it's not really clear.
Aiba: it's plausible?
Akira: It's become plausible.
Itou: So, at that time how did they eat it? I'd like you to eat the soba as it was.
[writing: Soba substance]
Kokushou: Eh, this??
Jun: Eh, could this be...?
Kazuyo: What is this?
Itou: This is the state where the husk has been removed ne.
Akira: That's right, this is the state where the husk has been removed, the state it could bea eaten in.
Aiba: How is it everyone? Soba base, just as it is ne. It hasn't even been cooked.
Kanako: It's kind of like a very very faint sense of almonds. (writing)
Kokushou: Kanako-chan, you really do like eating after all ne. It doesn't even taste like almonds. (writing)
[Announcer: The Japanese have been enamoured of soba for over 1500 years ne.]
Itou: So, next is this here. This is about the year 722. It appears to have been read in the 'Shoku Nihon gi' ne(second great Japanese
historical text), written as a proclamation, it's Japan's oldest record.
Akira: They were asking what to do in the case of a large famine from not being able to grow rice or other grains ne. So they said
to grow soba ne, in this proclamation. Soba properly grows within 70 to 75 days, so even at times when the rice is done for
you can sow it and still make it in time ne. So early on, like the way they did with rice, they cooked it and it became the
sobagaki.
[Announcer: They say that it was already being eaten in the Nara period, sobagaki. (soba dumpling)]
Itou: It's gotten smoother ne.
Aiba: How is it Kanako-chan?
Jun: Mm, delicious.
itou: It's delicious?
Aiba: Tasty?
Kazuyo: It's delicious.
Kanako: Ah, delicious!
Kokushou: Delicious.
Aiba: This totally feels like it would work well even now.
Itou: Yes, although it felt like everyone was pretty careles about the very first soba bits. Now they're eating everything on their
plates.
Aiba: Yes.
Itou: Next ne, there was a historic discovery! In 1574 in the writings of the Joushou Temple's priest ne, there was a description of
'soba'. This was a major step towards the main stream.
Akira: That's right.
Itou: And 10 years later, in 1584, Japan's oldest soba restaurant [Sand pit] was born.
Aiba: Ah, that's the famous 'sand pit'.
Itou: Actually ne, this oldest 'Sand pit' has actually become a park now. Yes, right here. There's a ston erected, saying 'Sand pit
originated here'. By seeing this stone the mothers in the park will get the idea that there used to be a sandbox here, but actually
this is where the soba restaurant 'sand pit' was.
Jun: Why is 'Sand pit' called sand pit? (writing)
Akira: Um, when they were erecting Osaka castle ne, that's where they put the raw materials.
Itou: It was the 'raw material place'.
Akira: The 'sand pit spot'. There was a soba restaurant there called 'Iken', but no one called it by name because it was by the sand pit.
They'd sayd 'let's go to the sand pit', so it became 'Sand pit'.
Aiba: It's a given that because of the trend from this 'soba' that 'sand pit' was born ne. (writing)
Akira: That's right ne.
Jun: Let's eat!
Aiba: Soba...you want to eat?
Jun: Let's eat.
Kazuyo: I want to eat~.
Kanako: Thanks for the food.
[Announcer: The steamed soba from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603) was eaten as sauce soba with miso that had been melted in water.]
Aiba: What kind of flavor does it have?
Jun: It has an incredibly strong smell. I guess it's the strainer.
Kokushou: You might not be able to eat a lot like you do now.
Aiba: Ahhh, is that so?
Kokushou: It has an incredible...think, coated noodle sensation.
[Announcer: Since they didn't have soy sauce at the time it appears that they ate soba with this dipping sauce, or with spicy daikon
soup. By the way, the current 'Sand pit' is in Tokyo's Minamisenju, preserving the traditional flavor.]
Itou: Next is this one here.
Aiba: Yes.
Itou: So, this is the Edo period (1603-1867). The birth of broth-soaked soba. Next is the Kansei era (1789-1801), the broth-soaked
soba evolves into soba soup. So, and...this here. Please take a look at this time.
Aiba: Yes yes.
Itou: 'Sandpit', 'Yabu', 'Sarashina', the 3 reputed houses are born.
Jun: I like Sarashina the best. (writing)
Aiba: You do?
Jun: Yeah.
Itou: Which one does the other soba lover prefer? (writing)
Nino: What do you think?
Sho: I like Fuji soba. (writing)
[writing: Sakurai, the idol for the common people]
[Announcer: The 'Yabu' soba that was popular with common people in the Edo period is in Kanda. Sarashina, which was popular with
Daimyou and high-class women is in Azabujuuban. Even now they're loved by many.]
Itou: So, next, we've entered the present era. In the year Meiji 30 'station soba' appears, and entering the Showa era there is
the so-called 'standing soba' in the shopping districts.
Aiba: 'Standing soba' ne. (where you eat standing up)
Itou: That's when they appeared.
Aiba: So, right now I have something I want to ask everyone. If you're an adult then having alcohol at a soba restaurant is pretty
much a maeda cracker ne. (writing; type of food and play on words....*groan*)
Kazuyo: That's old ne~.
Itou: Yes, the only one who got it was sensei.
[writing: Sensei's overjoyed]
Aiba: Sensei is...sorry;P But sensei, is there a reason for there being alcohol at soba restaurants?
Akira: Of course there is. A long time ago, um, um...alcohol was called 'before soba' ne. Everyone called it 'before soba'. It was a
given that it was something you enjoyed before eating soba.
[Announcer: The deep connection between alcohol and soba. The reason is...first of all, no matter how much you drink the nutrient
lutein in soba will protect you from a hangover. Also, because the snacks in a soba restaurant are extremely simple it's good to have
something along with them that won't cover up the flavor. And of course, in a soba restaurant you can drink alcohol at noon. Bravo!]
Itou: So then ne, when you go to a soba restaurant there are lots of snacks ne?
Kazuyo: Yes, there are ne.
Itou: Standard items. I'd like to just introduce them.
Aiba: Let's do it, let's do it. Eh, there's poached herring, grilled nori, garnished grated daikon, fish paste, and omelets. Everyone,
is there anything you notice seeing these snacks?
Sho: You put soy sauce on them?
Aiba: Soy sauce- ah~ you're wrong huh~.
Jun: They're grilled? Grated daikon, that's wrong huh.
Aiba: Of course you're wrong. These could be called ne, that kind of thing: they cooked the soba toppings in this way and put them
out.
Kokushou: Ah, herring soba!
Aiba: That's right.
Kanako: Ah, grated daikon soba, there's that, there's that.
Kazuyo: I see.
Aiba: They're all like that ne.
Itou: And the fish paste is a common one after all ne.
Kokushou: Yes. And also when you have dashimaki you always eat egg omelet.
Akira: You do.
Aiba: Eh~, she's a connoisseur ne, after all ne. But there's things that even Kokushou-san doesn't know, right Itou-san? (writing)
Kokushou: What what? Tell me! (writing)
Itou: Actually we haven't introduced them yet ne. There is a so-called ultimate snack.
Aiba: this ne, shall we have a little quiz?
Itou: Yes.
Aiba: Right now.
Itou: Here's the question. They call this ultimate snack in a soba restaurant 'nuki'. What kind of snack could this 'nuki' be?
Aiba: 'Nuki'. What kind of snack is 'nuki'?
Itou: You only have 3 seconds to answer.
Kanako: Chikuwa. (writing; tube-shaped fish cake)
Aiba: Wrong~!
Kanako: Ehh??
Aiba: Wrong, it's not chikuwa~.
Kanako: Cause you could put it in the hole.
Itou: Ah, you have a good way of thinking about it.
Aiba: Hey.
Nino: It's ultimate right? (writing)
Aiba: It's ultimate. (writing) Correct~!
Sho: Onions. (writing)
Kokushou: What?
Aiba: Onions. Wrong. Because it's an ultimate snack ne.
Kazuyo: Edamame. (writing)
Aiba: It's not edamame. Wrong!
Kazuyo: No good?
Aiba: Wrong.
Kanako: Eh, what could it be~...
Itou: Oh, Riidaa huh?
Aiba: Riidaa Riidaa, let's go Riidaa.
Kokushou: 'Nuki'?
Ohno: No yolk. (writing)
Aiba: No yolk. Meaning the white of the egg? Wrong!
Itou: Wrong. Let's do a hint. We'll give you a hint.
Aiba: This is incredibly difficult, so look closely ne, look closely ne.
Itou: So, he's rolling out something~. Oh, what could he be drawing out? Huh~?
Kokushou: I've got it!
Kanako: Eh~, what~?
Aiba: I wonder if they got it. I gave away the answer!
Jun: Soba water. (writing)
Aiba: It's not soba water. It's not soba water.
Ohno: I've got it.
Aiba: Then- Riidaa! Riidaa, quickly, quickly! Correct~! You got it ne, you got it ne!
Itou: All three of you do it, try doing it all three of you. All three of you please do a charade hint.
Aiba: Eh? How??
Itou: Then Riidaa will be the person placing the order. (writing)
[writing: Person placing the order]
Aiba: Yeah. Ah, then Riidaa's making the order ne?
Itou: Riidaa's the person placing the order, the two of you do it.
Aiba: The person making the order ne?
Itou: The person placing the order.
Aiba: Then Nino will be the server ne. (writing) And I'll be the person making it ne. (writing) Here we go~.
Itou: So it's charades. He's drawing out something.
Aiba: Alright.
Itou: he's drawing something out ne~.
Kokushou: This is the part that's vague ne.
Aiba: Here.
Nino: Here.
Ohno: Here.
Itou: Why?
[writing: Hey!]
Nino: No, you're supposed to say 'thanks for the food'!
Kokushou: I've got it!
Aiba: You've got it? You've got it Kokushou-san? Correct~!
Itou: Correct~!
Aiba: The end! That's it~! (writing)
Itou: Yes, that's it~.
Aiba: That's it~! That's it.
Itou: Well then, I'll announce the answer. Please look over here. Ne. 'Nuki' is...this here. 'Nuki' is...this here. It's the sauce and
toppings without the soba. That's the ultimate snack ne.
Kazuyo: What a waste~! (writing)
Aiba: How about it sensei?
Akira: Um, people who are drinking alcohol, when they eat soba first-
Kazuyo: They get full.
Akira: -they get full. So the people who eat it afterwards always have a large helping.
Jun: I see.
Kazuyo: I see~.
[Announcer: The ultimate snack, without the soba, 'nuki'. If you know about this then you're undoubtedly a soba connoisseur! Which
means that, finally, let's all eat soba together the cultivated way.]
Jun: Delicious!
Aiba: That's great ne~. The sounds of soba is great ne, incredibly.
Kanako: Delicious~.
Aiba: It's delicious? How is it Riidaa? How is it? (writing)
Kokushou: Delicious.
Kazuyo: Delicious!
Ohno: It's cultivated ne~. (writing)
Aiba: It's cultivated ne, Riidaa, that's right! You got it, you did it ne.
Haha, poor OhnoXD He didn't get to play the game at all...but at least he got to eat this time;) Wow, I didn't know soba had been around that long!O_o There really are a lot of things to know about it...this show is proving to be far more interesting than I first thought, although I guess it depends on how much you like learningXD And Jun looked so cool when he was eating the soba and getting the steps right...I was wodnering if he just said he didn't know anything so that if he screwed yup he wouldn't look bad;P (I do that tooXD). Next week, oden...man, if it wasn't for lozing the quizzes they'd all be gaining weight from this showXD
Now back to the songs...I did my best to translate the two I heard on Jun's radio show:3 Sirius and Move Your Body!^^
Now, the quality of the songs was pretty good this time, but there were still a couple words I couldn't quite catch, so I put asterisks around them. I'll fix it when I get lyric sheets, but this is fairly accurate I feel sure^^ First, Sirius:
hitori de tsubuyaku, shiroi fuyu no asa
namida no wake mo sora de yuki ni natta ka na
hitotsu hitotsu ushinatte iku you na koi ni furueteta
hitotsu dake sora ni takaku hikaru
boku no namae yobu koe
toozakaru hoshi ni ai wo chikau
soko ni ite mukae ni yuku ima sugu ni
dareka ga itteta (dareka ga), kizu wa iyasareru (iyasareru)
kyou koso machiawaseta basho de aeru ka na
mune no oku ga hoshi tsubusaresou
wakatteiru tsumori demo
tameiki ga shiroku sora ni tokeru
kiseki wo mita futari de oikaketa
kisetsu modoreru nara
nidoto soba wo hanarenai aishiteiru
itami mo kanashimi mo
zenbu dakishimetai
hitotsu dake sora ni takaku hikaru
boku no namae yobu koe
toozakaru hoshi ni ai wo chikau
futari de mita kiseki wo oikaketa
kisetsu modoreru nara
nidoto soba wo hanarenai aishiteiru
nidoto soba wo hanarenai aishiteiru
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murmuring to myself, a white winter morning
I guess the reason for the tears has become snow in the sky
I trembled at the love I seemed to be losing bit by bit
just one shining high in the sky
the voice that calls my name
I pledge my love to the passing stars
stay there, I'll come get you, right away
someone said (someone), your wounds will heal (will heal)
I wonder if I'll be able to see you at our meeting place today
the inside of my heart seems like it will crush the stars
even though I thought I knew
my sigh melts whitely into the sky
we saw a miracle, the two of us pursued it
if I could turn back the seasons
I'd never leave your side again, I love you
the pain and the sadness
I want to embrace it all
just one shining high in the sky
the voice that calls my name
I pledge my love to the passing stars
I chased the miracle the two of us saw
if I could turn back the seasons
I'd never leave your side again, I love you
I'll never leave your side again, I love you
Such a sweet little song, very light and airy somehow. I love Jun's solo~<3 It reminds me a little of snowflake because of the white imagery, but I like that it has the name of a star:3 I like it, but I can't say I love it yet...it's kind of a comfortable song for me I guess, but that's okay for now^^ Next, Move Your Body:
Kagami no naka utsuru sekai
yeah yeah yeah
itsumo doori wo kaeru tonight
yeah yeah yeah
nettemo sametemo yume mitai kara
mezase go to floor dddddance
hikari abiru supastaa, sou tsugi wa kimi no tame ni
koyoi maru de universe move your body
enryo shirazu no boys and girls, mou junbi dekiteiru darou
karada yurase miraa ball don't stop music
supa supa supa supastaa
utau amekaze nuku asa
sora no aosa naru you na fukasa
tsubasa matou sugata
tsuuka saa
modorenain da, mou orera to nara mada mada iin darou
miraa ball shake it shake your body
hi ga *aboridashi mashitachi* agaru made wa move your body
honnou mezametai, itsuka *miseba de*
yeah yeah yeah
jinsei kakeru daisu, zettai hazusenai
yeah yeah yeah
ichidokiri no chance, kimi ga iru kara
ikuze got to talk ch-ch-ch-ch-check
ryou te agete clap your hands, ima hitotsu ni nareru toki
koyoi maru de paradise move your body
mune wo kizamubeki kiss, mou tomeru koto wa dekinai
soul afureru microphone don't stop music
breakdown
check
dance
hikari abiru supastaa sou tsugi wa kimi no tame ni
koyoi maru de universe move your body
engi shirazu no boys and girls mou junbi dekiteiru darou
karada yurase miraa ball don't stop music
ryou te agete clap your hands, ima hitotsu ni nareru toki
koyoi maru de paradise move your body
mune wo kizamubeki kiss, mou tomeru koto wa dekinai
soul afureru microphone don't stop music
(itsuka miseba de)
move your body
(kaeru tonight)
don't stop music
hikari abiru supastaa
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the world reflected in the mirror
yeah yeah yeah
going to change the usual tonight
yeah yeah yeah
because I want to dream whether I'm awake or asleep
aim for it, go to floor, d-d-d-d-dance
superstar bathed in light, that's right the next one is for you
tonight is the whole universe, move your body
the boys and girls who don't know how to hold back, probably already ready
body-swaying mirror ball, don't stop music
super super superstar
sing, morning that overtakes the driving rain
a depth that becomes as blue as the sky
the figure wearing wings
or rather
you can't go back anymore, it's still good if you're with us
mirror ball shake it shake your body
until the sun rises above the city skyline move your body
I want to wake my instincts, someday on the stage
yeah yeah yeah
I definitely can't slip away from the dice my life is riding on
yeah yeah yeah
my one and only chance, because you're here
here I go, got to talk, ch-ch-ch-ch-check
raise your hands, clap your hands, now is the time we can become one
tonight is like a paradise, move your body
a kiss I have to engrave in my heart, I can't stop anymore
the microphone overflowing with soul, don't stop music
breakdown
check
dance
superstar bathed in light, that's right the next one is for you
tonight is the whole universe, move your body
the boys and girls who don't know how to hold back, probably already ready
body-swaying mirror ball, don't stop music
raise your hands, clap your hands, now is the time we can become one
tonight is like a paradise, move your body
a kiss I have to engrave in my heart, I can't stop anymore
the microphone overflowing with soul, don't stop music
(someday on the stage)
move your body
(change tonight)
don't stop music
superstar bathed in light
This one really reminds me of Lucky Man! I love the rhythym and the energy, it really makes me want to dance, and it's got a nice edge to it that we haven't seen in awhile<3 And Sho's rap was almost entirely comprehensible, a nice bonusXDD But the imagery is perfect, it perfectly conjures the dance scene and the emotions therein....X3 Ah~, wish I could go dancing right nowXD This will be so awesome in concert, they need to announce more dates!>_<
Well, hope you liked the songs as much as I did^^ I'm going to go try and watch a movie to relax, forget about the paper for the rest of the night;P Thanks for being so supportive and tolerant of my inability to get things done lately...>_< Have a great week and shoot for the stars!:D
夢みていたかな。。。ここまでのことは全部夢のような感じがしますからさ。本当だったのかは今判断できない。。。考えない方がいいかも。
It's supposed to be spring!>_< It's been snowing all week, although most of it keeps melting...but we're all tired of winter by now. And it doesn't help that the heat's been broken at my work for nearly a month, so it's always over 25 degrees in there, which means it's completely backwards for this time of year: cool outside and boiling inside;P Argh.
And I burned myself on my straightening iron today so I have an ugly blister on one of my fingers...lovely^^;
Plus, it just doesn't feel like a day off anymore when all I do is stay homeXD When did that happen...;P I got most of my paper done yesterday, hopefully finish it tomorrow, then start the assignment. But, hopefully next week will be a little more fun^^
Today I have the translation of GRA #7, about soba!:D Mmm, making me hungry again...XDD
[Announcer: Speaking of the Japanese foods that everypne is familiar with, in line with sushi and tempura there is soba. By the way, do
you know the cultivated way to eat soba? To those of you thinking 'who cares about the cultivated way to eat soba', well, what a waste.
The cultivated way to eat soba is not just for appearances, it's actually a rule that makes the soba to times more delicious! Did
you know that? Which means that today's GRA is a big soba study!]
Aiba: Let's learn the cultivated way to eat soba~!
Itou: I think everyone would like to see the cultivated way to eat soba.
Kazuyo: Yes.
Itou: We invited a teacher in to help, let me introduce them. The Sukiji Academy's university president, this is Inoue Akira-sensei.
Aiba: Your favor please~!
Akira: Your favor please.
Itou: Your favor please~.
Aiba: There's rules for the cultivated way to eat soba too ne? (writing)
Akira: That's right ne. There are routines, by and large, that say it's delicious if you eat it a certain way. (writing)
[Announcer: Well then, without delay let's try out eating soba the cultivated way. The contest is by relay. From the beginning to the
end of eating the players will change whenever they make a mistake. If they get all 10 steps right they get to eat the delicious soba
that sensei made. The key players are the soba lovers Kokushou-san, Sakurai-kun, and Matsumoto-kun. If you can memorize this then
you'll be a soba conoisseur too! First up to bat is Kokushou-san. So, what will you do?]
Kokushou: I wonder which it would be?
Itou: So, first of all...
Aiba: Sensei, let's judge it ne. (writing)
[writing: Aiba, the overly enthusiastic judge]
Kanako: You're going to use that?? There's no way you can use that!
Itou: So, how about it?
Aiba: So how about it, what will you do?
Itou: What will you do first?
Kokushou: His eyes are kind of laughing at me. (writing)
Aiba: They are not!
Sho: This is scary ne~. (writing)
Nino: Scary.
Itou: It's okay, after this there's still 6 people to help. Yes...!
[writing: Fail]
Aiba: kokushou-san, you're out~!
[Announcer: You can't just eat the soba immediately. The thing you should do first is...?]
Itou: Up until then it was okay?
Aiba: She was on the right path ne?
Akira: She was fairly close. (writing)
itou: Fairly close.
[Announcer: Next is Sakurai-kun. Can he get it right?]
Aiba: begin~!
Sho: Thanks for the food~.
Kokushou: So, because they said I was doing it right up until then...
Aiba: That's right, up until then.
Sho: I ne, probably ne, think that you smell it first ne. (writing)
Kokushou: Ah, wait! Wait! (writing)
Aiba: Picking up a mouthful...
Sho: It's definitely- the beginning is definitely okay? You definitely don't dip it in the sauce. (writing)
Itou: Yeah. And now? You smell it, that's correct~! The first one is enjoying the smell. So, now...?
Aiba: What'll you do?
Itou: He ate it!
Aiba: Correct~!
Itou: He's passed the second step. It's enjoying the noodles by themselves first ne. Now, the third step.
Aiba: This is difficult.
Itou: he enjoyed the fragrance, ate them without putting anything on them....oh, now he's got the sauce in his hand! So...
Aiba: What'll you do with the sauce?
Itou: ...holding the sauce in hand...
Sho: No, just wait a sec! (writing)
Aiba: Ah~, why, what's wrong?
Sho: Eating it like this, then eating it with wasabi, isn't that closely eating it? (writing)
Aiba: Eating it closely?
[writing: What's 'eating it closely'?]
Aiba: 'Isn't that eating it closely?'XD
Itou: Ah, he's got the wasabi...
Aiba: The wasabi...
Itou: The wasabi...!
Sho: Wait a sec!
[writing: Pressure]
Itou: You can stop. Are you going to put it down?
Sho: No, I want to believe in myself.
Itou: He's put wasabi on the tips of his chopsticks and grabbed some noodles.
Nino: That's kind of cultivated.
Itou: And now, what next? Ah, there it goes! What's this sensei?
Akira: There's a different way to eat it, but this is okay.
Itou: But there was a way without eating wasabi?
Akira: There is.
Itou: That just now was actually the seventh step. Without dissolving the wasabi in the sauce, put a little on the tips of the chopsticks
and eat it savoringly. Magnificent!
Kazuyo: Magnificent!
Kanako: Amazing, amazing!
Itou: Acutally ne, we predicted that this might be the most difficult one, doing that before putting it in the sauce...
Aiba: That means you cleared it early.
Sho: I want ot hurry up and put the sauce on~. (writing)
Kokushou: Hahahaha. (writing)
Nino: So for 3, 4, 5, 6 there's sauce?
Aiba: It's sauce from here on. (writing)
Itou: That's right.
Sho: it's sauce from here on.
Itou: So, what'll you do from here on?
Aiba: The sauce...
Itou: The sauce...
Kokushou: The sauce...
Aiba: Ah, he poured some into the dish.
Itou: He moved the sauce.
Aiba: And...?
Itou: And what will you do with the sauce? Smell it;P
Nino: You're going to start to hate it.
Itou: he's taken a mouthful in his hand...
Aiba: He's got some noodles.
Nino: Don't do it, don't do it.
Aiba: And...?
Nino: Don't do it!
Aiba: He put....the noodles...in the sauce.
Itou: Yes, that's it~!
[writing: Fail]
Kanako: Huh??
Kokushou: I thought it would be the sauce ne...
[Announcer: First you enjoy the scent of the soba before you eat it, he did magnificently up until there. But putting the soba in
the sauce, unfortunately he's out! So if putting it in the sauce is no good...? Kana-chan the gourmand will give it a try.]
Itou: This ne...without a doubt the next part is what to do with the sauce ne?
Aiba: That's right.
Sho: Ah~, I know what it is...>_<
Itou: So, what will you do with that sauce?
Aiba: What'll you do?
Kanako: The soba...
Itou: Could it be, in your mouth? Oh, putting the soba in your mouth first-
Aiba: This is still this step.
[writing: Look carefully at this]
Aiba: You're still here;P
Nino: It's the second step, the second step.
Itou: So, and...?
Aiba: Aiba: And...?
Itou: Oh, she's putting the soba sauce in her mouth.
Aiba: Correct~!
Akira: That's there.
Kanako: Ehh??! Really?
Itou: It's called tasting the sauce.
Akira: So, there are up to hundred sauces in restaurants, so finding your favorite and testing out the way of eating it is the tasting.
Kanako: An examination ne.
Aiba: Yes, yes yes.
Itou: So, next is the fourth step.
Kazuyo: You're ready?
Aiba: And here...
Itou: Oh, it's the yakumi, the grated daikon. (yakumi means condiments)
Kanako: The yakumi...
Itou: She put it in. Yes, you're out!
[writing: Fail]
Kanako: Ehh?? Ehh??
[Announcer: Rather than tasting it she drank quite heartily, but she easily cleared the third step. But the soba path is not that easy.
Putting the grated daikon in the sauce, she's out! They haven't even cleared half out of tghe 10 steps! Matsui-san, if you please.]
AIba: kanako-chan-
Kanako: ...put the yakumi in the sauce and failed.
Aiba: -put the yakumi in the sauce and failed ne.
Kazuyo: It was the daikon ne?
Kanako: Yeah, it was the daikon.
Kazuyo: The wasabi is later...?
Aiba: That's right ne, because the wasabi is the seventh step ne.
Itou: because he miraculously hit on it ne.
[writing: The person who miraculously hit on it]
Aiba: Itou-san, Itou-san, she's picked up some onions, she's picked up some onions.
Kazuyo: I picked up some onions.
Itou: She picked up some onions.
Aiba: The onions...
Itou: The onions...
Aiba: Together with the soba...
Itou: Yes, you're out!
[writing: Fail]
Jun: isn't this bad~??
[Announcer: Matsui-san is suddenly out. She put the onions together with the soba. You don't do that. Before putting in the yakumi
there has to be another thing to taste. Ninomiya-kun...]
Aiba: Let's go Ninomoya-kun!
Nino: Thanks for the food~.
Kokushou/Kazuyo/Kanako: Please, please, please~!
[writing: Those who want to eat soba]
Aiba: Amazing ne.
Itou: The wasabi is one of the yakumi here.
Aiba: That's right.
Itou: How many types of all yakumi are there?
Nino: In all there's 3 types.
Aiba: 3 types ne.
Itou: 1, 2, 3, huh? Which means that...
kokushou: Think- think about it carefully!
Nino: I'm doing it! I'm doing it! (writing)
itou: You went in front of the camera! The noodles...
Aiba: Cultivated ne.
Itou: Sensei? Is that okay?
Itou/Aiba: Okay~!
Itou: That's right.
Aiba: Thank goodness.
Itou: Eating the siba without putting it all in the sauce.
Aiba: He didn't put in on just now.
Itou: He didn't put in on just now.
Aiba: Cultivated ne.
Akira: It's the strength of it, putting it almost in, putting a little on. Because just now you tasted the sauce and tasted the noodles
you match the depth of the two.
Nino: I see.
Itou: So, there's more to come. What kind of yakumi?
Aiba: There's 3 kinds ne, which is it ne? Which one huh?
Kanako: Which could it be?
Nino: No, this is the daikon.
Aiba: oh. The daikon...
Itou: he took some daikon. Taking the daikon...oh.
Nino: Eh?
[writing: Fail]
[Announcer: It was good that he tasted the soba in the sauce before adding the condiments, but next, by putting the grated daikon on the
noodles, Ninomiya-kun is out. Too bad! So, there's only two left. Leaving Ohno-kun Matsumoto-kun the soba lover will try it out. There's
still 5 steps to clear, will a miracle occur?]
Jun: I don't know anything. (writing)
Sho: MatsuJun, this is actually our last one! (writing)
Jun: Seriously?
Kanako: There's still Riidaa.
[writing: There still me...]
Kazuyo: As a matter of fact ne.
Aiba: Ninomiya-kun did really well.
Itou: So, he took some grated daikon!
Aiba: That's good.
Itou: So, what will you do with it?
Aiba: With that...
Kokushou: Don't mess up ne.
Aiba: So...
Itou: Yes yes yes.
Aiba: oh, he's hesitating.
Itou: Which is it?
[Announcer: Matsumoto-kun, what'll you do?]
Itou: So, he took some grated daikon!
Aiba: That's good.
Itou: So, what will you do with it?
Aiba: With that...
Kokushou: Don't mess up ne.
Aiba: So...
Itou: Yes yes yes.
Aiba: oh, he's hesitating.
Itou: Which is it?
Aiba: He put it in.
Itou: Yes.
Aiba: he put it in.
Itou: He put it in.
Aiba: That's right, that's right. Put it in...
Itou: And now...the soba...
Jun: I'm super scared;P (writing)
Itou: He....ate the soba~! That's right.
Aiba: That's what you want to do ne.
Itou: First is just the daikon ne, putting a little on the tips of your chopsticks and then into the sauce, and eating the soba. So...
Aiba: Next...
Kokushou: The next is easy.
Jun: I'll put the onions in the sauce.
Kokushou: Ne?
Aiba: Putting the onions in...
Sho: Have some confidence.
Kazuyo: That's right.
Kanako: Have some confidence. That's right.
itou: Yes, that's right~.
Akira: At first you start with the weaker things and move towards the stronger ones. Which means that you enjoy each one of these one
by one.
[Announcer: There's 3 steps left. Please answer the way to finish up after eating the soba. (writing)]
Itou: As a special favor, let's open up number 10. This is it, ne. Leave after making sure the soba plate, soba cup, and dish for the
condiments is empty.
Aiba: That's respect for the people who made it.
itou: That's how it is.
Jun: I see. There's two!
Itou: Which means that? First of all, putting in the soba water, the soba water. (left in the pot after it was boiled)
Aiba: Yes.
Itou: And...? He took a little sip of it. Seeing how it tastes.
Kazuyo: he's getting it right?
Itou: Yeah. he's converting it ne.
Aiba: Does this mean he's adjusting it?
Itou: he's adjusting it ne~.
Aiba: Which means that...?
Itou: The 8th step. This one, yes. Pour a little soba water into the soba dish, after lightly tasting it add the sauce to adjust it
to your prefence. So, now...? He put all of the yakumi in there!
Aiba: he put it all in.
Itou: And...? He drank it, magnificent~!
Kanako/Kazuyo: We did it~!
Itou: In the end you put in all the remaining yakumi and eat them ne.
Sho: Is it okay if I interrupt?
Itou: Yes.
Sho: Even just a comment from Ohno-san... (writing)
[writing: No appearance at all!]
Itou: Sorry. Arashi, you were magnificent.
[Announcer: Well then, let's review the cultivated way to eat soba. First you enjoy the scent of a few strands of soba. Then you eat it
as is and enjoy the flavor of the soba by itself. Next you taste the strength of the sauce. You decide how much you'll put on the soba.
You place the soba in the sauce so that it's not completely covered and let the flavors of both expand in your mouth. Next is the
condiments. You start with the least stimulating, the grated daikon, and put it in the sauce to eat it with the soba. Next you do the
same thing with the onions. Lastly, you take a little wasabi and eat it by itself to cleanse your palate, or you put a little on
the soba and eat it together like sakurai-kun did. The cultivated way to finish up when you're done eating. First you pour the soba
water into the soba cup and adjust the flavor. If it's weak it's okay to add some sauce. When you've got the flavor to your liking
you add the remaining yakumi and drink it all to finish. This is the cultivated way to eat soba. They're the rules to make it even more
delicious. So, before eating the reward soba, here's a question: the Japanese have loved soba for a long time. Well then, do you know
since when they've been able to eat it? Now let's learn the history of soba.]
Itou: Since about when have you been able to eat soba in Japan?
Itou: Since about when have you been able to eat soba in Japan?
Aiba: Okay, who knows it? Kokushou-san?
kokushou: Um ne...I get the feeling there was some news about them finding soba from the Kofun period. (250-538 AD)
Itou: That it had come from the Kofun period?
Kokushou: That's kind of what I thought.
Itou: Hmm. Soba has been around since the Kofun period, that's what they say. Magnificent, Kokushou-san.
Aiba: That's amazing ne, getting it. Amazing!
[writing: Magnificent, Kokushou-san is correct!]
Akira: Depending on the theories, there's a theory saying it's been around since the Jomon period. (13000 to 300BC) Other theories
say that it came across from Korea through Kyushu in the Kofun period, although it's not really clear.
Aiba: it's plausible?
Akira: It's become plausible.
Itou: So, at that time how did they eat it? I'd like you to eat the soba as it was.
[writing: Soba substance]
Kokushou: Eh, this??
Jun: Eh, could this be...?
Kazuyo: What is this?
Itou: This is the state where the husk has been removed ne.
Akira: That's right, this is the state where the husk has been removed, the state it could bea eaten in.
Aiba: How is it everyone? Soba base, just as it is ne. It hasn't even been cooked.
Kanako: It's kind of like a very very faint sense of almonds. (writing)
Kokushou: Kanako-chan, you really do like eating after all ne. It doesn't even taste like almonds. (writing)
[Announcer: The Japanese have been enamoured of soba for over 1500 years ne.]
Itou: So, next is this here. This is about the year 722. It appears to have been read in the 'Shoku Nihon gi' ne(second great Japanese
historical text), written as a proclamation, it's Japan's oldest record.
Akira: They were asking what to do in the case of a large famine from not being able to grow rice or other grains ne. So they said
to grow soba ne, in this proclamation. Soba properly grows within 70 to 75 days, so even at times when the rice is done for
you can sow it and still make it in time ne. So early on, like the way they did with rice, they cooked it and it became the
sobagaki.
[Announcer: They say that it was already being eaten in the Nara period, sobagaki. (soba dumpling)]
Itou: It's gotten smoother ne.
Aiba: How is it Kanako-chan?
Jun: Mm, delicious.
itou: It's delicious?
Aiba: Tasty?
Kazuyo: It's delicious.
Kanako: Ah, delicious!
Kokushou: Delicious.
Aiba: This totally feels like it would work well even now.
Itou: Yes, although it felt like everyone was pretty careles about the very first soba bits. Now they're eating everything on their
plates.
Aiba: Yes.
Itou: Next ne, there was a historic discovery! In 1574 in the writings of the Joushou Temple's priest ne, there was a description of
'soba'. This was a major step towards the main stream.
Akira: That's right.
Itou: And 10 years later, in 1584, Japan's oldest soba restaurant [Sand pit] was born.
Aiba: Ah, that's the famous 'sand pit'.
Itou: Actually ne, this oldest 'Sand pit' has actually become a park now. Yes, right here. There's a ston erected, saying 'Sand pit
originated here'. By seeing this stone the mothers in the park will get the idea that there used to be a sandbox here, but actually
this is where the soba restaurant 'sand pit' was.
Jun: Why is 'Sand pit' called sand pit? (writing)
Akira: Um, when they were erecting Osaka castle ne, that's where they put the raw materials.
Itou: It was the 'raw material place'.
Akira: The 'sand pit spot'. There was a soba restaurant there called 'Iken', but no one called it by name because it was by the sand pit.
They'd sayd 'let's go to the sand pit', so it became 'Sand pit'.
Aiba: It's a given that because of the trend from this 'soba' that 'sand pit' was born ne. (writing)
Akira: That's right ne.
Jun: Let's eat!
Aiba: Soba...you want to eat?
Jun: Let's eat.
Kazuyo: I want to eat~.
Kanako: Thanks for the food.
[Announcer: The steamed soba from the Azuchi-Momoyama period (1573-1603) was eaten as sauce soba with miso that had been melted in water.]
Aiba: What kind of flavor does it have?
Jun: It has an incredibly strong smell. I guess it's the strainer.
Kokushou: You might not be able to eat a lot like you do now.
Aiba: Ahhh, is that so?
Kokushou: It has an incredible...think, coated noodle sensation.
[Announcer: Since they didn't have soy sauce at the time it appears that they ate soba with this dipping sauce, or with spicy daikon
soup. By the way, the current 'Sand pit' is in Tokyo's Minamisenju, preserving the traditional flavor.]
Itou: Next is this one here.
Aiba: Yes.
Itou: So, this is the Edo period (1603-1867). The birth of broth-soaked soba. Next is the Kansei era (1789-1801), the broth-soaked
soba evolves into soba soup. So, and...this here. Please take a look at this time.
Aiba: Yes yes.
Itou: 'Sandpit', 'Yabu', 'Sarashina', the 3 reputed houses are born.
Jun: I like Sarashina the best. (writing)
Aiba: You do?
Jun: Yeah.
Itou: Which one does the other soba lover prefer? (writing)
Nino: What do you think?
Sho: I like Fuji soba. (writing)
[writing: Sakurai, the idol for the common people]
[Announcer: The 'Yabu' soba that was popular with common people in the Edo period is in Kanda. Sarashina, which was popular with
Daimyou and high-class women is in Azabujuuban. Even now they're loved by many.]
Itou: So, next, we've entered the present era. In the year Meiji 30 'station soba' appears, and entering the Showa era there is
the so-called 'standing soba' in the shopping districts.
Aiba: 'Standing soba' ne. (where you eat standing up)
Itou: That's when they appeared.
Aiba: So, right now I have something I want to ask everyone. If you're an adult then having alcohol at a soba restaurant is pretty
much a maeda cracker ne. (writing; type of food and play on words....*groan*)
Kazuyo: That's old ne~.
Itou: Yes, the only one who got it was sensei.
[writing: Sensei's overjoyed]
Aiba: Sensei is...sorry;P But sensei, is there a reason for there being alcohol at soba restaurants?
Akira: Of course there is. A long time ago, um, um...alcohol was called 'before soba' ne. Everyone called it 'before soba'. It was a
given that it was something you enjoyed before eating soba.
[Announcer: The deep connection between alcohol and soba. The reason is...first of all, no matter how much you drink the nutrient
lutein in soba will protect you from a hangover. Also, because the snacks in a soba restaurant are extremely simple it's good to have
something along with them that won't cover up the flavor. And of course, in a soba restaurant you can drink alcohol at noon. Bravo!]
Itou: So then ne, when you go to a soba restaurant there are lots of snacks ne?
Kazuyo: Yes, there are ne.
Itou: Standard items. I'd like to just introduce them.
Aiba: Let's do it, let's do it. Eh, there's poached herring, grilled nori, garnished grated daikon, fish paste, and omelets. Everyone,
is there anything you notice seeing these snacks?
Sho: You put soy sauce on them?
Aiba: Soy sauce- ah~ you're wrong huh~.
Jun: They're grilled? Grated daikon, that's wrong huh.
Aiba: Of course you're wrong. These could be called ne, that kind of thing: they cooked the soba toppings in this way and put them
out.
Kokushou: Ah, herring soba!
Aiba: That's right.
Kanako: Ah, grated daikon soba, there's that, there's that.
Kazuyo: I see.
Aiba: They're all like that ne.
Itou: And the fish paste is a common one after all ne.
Kokushou: Yes. And also when you have dashimaki you always eat egg omelet.
Akira: You do.
Aiba: Eh~, she's a connoisseur ne, after all ne. But there's things that even Kokushou-san doesn't know, right Itou-san? (writing)
Kokushou: What what? Tell me! (writing)
Itou: Actually we haven't introduced them yet ne. There is a so-called ultimate snack.
Aiba: this ne, shall we have a little quiz?
Itou: Yes.
Aiba: Right now.
Itou: Here's the question. They call this ultimate snack in a soba restaurant 'nuki'. What kind of snack could this 'nuki' be?
Aiba: 'Nuki'. What kind of snack is 'nuki'?
Itou: You only have 3 seconds to answer.
Kanako: Chikuwa. (writing; tube-shaped fish cake)
Aiba: Wrong~!
Kanako: Ehh??
Aiba: Wrong, it's not chikuwa~.
Kanako: Cause you could put it in the hole.
Itou: Ah, you have a good way of thinking about it.
Aiba: Hey.
Nino: It's ultimate right? (writing)
Aiba: It's ultimate. (writing) Correct~!
Sho: Onions. (writing)
Kokushou: What?
Aiba: Onions. Wrong. Because it's an ultimate snack ne.
Kazuyo: Edamame. (writing)
Aiba: It's not edamame. Wrong!
Kazuyo: No good?
Aiba: Wrong.
Kanako: Eh, what could it be~...
Itou: Oh, Riidaa huh?
Aiba: Riidaa Riidaa, let's go Riidaa.
Kokushou: 'Nuki'?
Ohno: No yolk. (writing)
Aiba: No yolk. Meaning the white of the egg? Wrong!
Itou: Wrong. Let's do a hint. We'll give you a hint.
Aiba: This is incredibly difficult, so look closely ne, look closely ne.
Itou: So, he's rolling out something~. Oh, what could he be drawing out? Huh~?
Kokushou: I've got it!
Kanako: Eh~, what~?
Aiba: I wonder if they got it. I gave away the answer!
Jun: Soba water. (writing)
Aiba: It's not soba water. It's not soba water.
Ohno: I've got it.
Aiba: Then- Riidaa! Riidaa, quickly, quickly! Correct~! You got it ne, you got it ne!
Itou: All three of you do it, try doing it all three of you. All three of you please do a charade hint.
Aiba: Eh? How??
Itou: Then Riidaa will be the person placing the order. (writing)
[writing: Person placing the order]
Aiba: Yeah. Ah, then Riidaa's making the order ne?
Itou: Riidaa's the person placing the order, the two of you do it.
Aiba: The person making the order ne?
Itou: The person placing the order.
Aiba: Then Nino will be the server ne. (writing) And I'll be the person making it ne. (writing) Here we go~.
Itou: So it's charades. He's drawing out something.
Aiba: Alright.
Itou: he's drawing something out ne~.
Kokushou: This is the part that's vague ne.
Aiba: Here.
Nino: Here.
Ohno: Here.
Itou: Why?
[writing: Hey!]
Nino: No, you're supposed to say 'thanks for the food'!
Kokushou: I've got it!
Aiba: You've got it? You've got it Kokushou-san? Correct~!
Itou: Correct~!
Aiba: The end! That's it~! (writing)
Itou: Yes, that's it~.
Aiba: That's it~! That's it.
Itou: Well then, I'll announce the answer. Please look over here. Ne. 'Nuki' is...this here. 'Nuki' is...this here. It's the sauce and
toppings without the soba. That's the ultimate snack ne.
Kazuyo: What a waste~! (writing)
Aiba: How about it sensei?
Akira: Um, people who are drinking alcohol, when they eat soba first-
Kazuyo: They get full.
Akira: -they get full. So the people who eat it afterwards always have a large helping.
Jun: I see.
Kazuyo: I see~.
[Announcer: The ultimate snack, without the soba, 'nuki'. If you know about this then you're undoubtedly a soba connoisseur! Which
means that, finally, let's all eat soba together the cultivated way.]
Jun: Delicious!
Aiba: That's great ne~. The sounds of soba is great ne, incredibly.
Kanako: Delicious~.
Aiba: It's delicious? How is it Riidaa? How is it? (writing)
Kokushou: Delicious.
Kazuyo: Delicious!
Ohno: It's cultivated ne~. (writing)
Aiba: It's cultivated ne, Riidaa, that's right! You got it, you did it ne.
Haha, poor OhnoXD He didn't get to play the game at all...but at least he got to eat this time;) Wow, I didn't know soba had been around that long!O_o There really are a lot of things to know about it...this show is proving to be far more interesting than I first thought, although I guess it depends on how much you like learningXD And Jun looked so cool when he was eating the soba and getting the steps right...I was wodnering if he just said he didn't know anything so that if he screwed yup he wouldn't look bad;P (I do that tooXD). Next week, oden...man, if it wasn't for lozing the quizzes they'd all be gaining weight from this showXD
Now back to the songs...I did my best to translate the two I heard on Jun's radio show:3 Sirius and Move Your Body!^^
Now, the quality of the songs was pretty good this time, but there were still a couple words I couldn't quite catch, so I put asterisks around them. I'll fix it when I get lyric sheets, but this is fairly accurate I feel sure^^ First, Sirius:
hitori de tsubuyaku, shiroi fuyu no asa
namida no wake mo sora de yuki ni natta ka na
hitotsu hitotsu ushinatte iku you na koi ni furueteta
hitotsu dake sora ni takaku hikaru
boku no namae yobu koe
toozakaru hoshi ni ai wo chikau
soko ni ite mukae ni yuku ima sugu ni
dareka ga itteta (dareka ga), kizu wa iyasareru (iyasareru)
kyou koso machiawaseta basho de aeru ka na
mune no oku ga hoshi tsubusaresou
wakatteiru tsumori demo
tameiki ga shiroku sora ni tokeru
kiseki wo mita futari de oikaketa
kisetsu modoreru nara
nidoto soba wo hanarenai aishiteiru
itami mo kanashimi mo
zenbu dakishimetai
hitotsu dake sora ni takaku hikaru
boku no namae yobu koe
toozakaru hoshi ni ai wo chikau
futari de mita kiseki wo oikaketa
kisetsu modoreru nara
nidoto soba wo hanarenai aishiteiru
nidoto soba wo hanarenai aishiteiru
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murmuring to myself, a white winter morning
I guess the reason for the tears has become snow in the sky
I trembled at the love I seemed to be losing bit by bit
just one shining high in the sky
the voice that calls my name
I pledge my love to the passing stars
stay there, I'll come get you, right away
someone said (someone), your wounds will heal (will heal)
I wonder if I'll be able to see you at our meeting place today
the inside of my heart seems like it will crush the stars
even though I thought I knew
my sigh melts whitely into the sky
we saw a miracle, the two of us pursued it
if I could turn back the seasons
I'd never leave your side again, I love you
the pain and the sadness
I want to embrace it all
just one shining high in the sky
the voice that calls my name
I pledge my love to the passing stars
I chased the miracle the two of us saw
if I could turn back the seasons
I'd never leave your side again, I love you
I'll never leave your side again, I love you
Such a sweet little song, very light and airy somehow. I love Jun's solo~<3 It reminds me a little of snowflake because of the white imagery, but I like that it has the name of a star:3 I like it, but I can't say I love it yet...it's kind of a comfortable song for me I guess, but that's okay for now^^ Next, Move Your Body:
Kagami no naka utsuru sekai
yeah yeah yeah
itsumo doori wo kaeru tonight
yeah yeah yeah
nettemo sametemo yume mitai kara
mezase go to floor dddddance
hikari abiru supastaa, sou tsugi wa kimi no tame ni
koyoi maru de universe move your body
enryo shirazu no boys and girls, mou junbi dekiteiru darou
karada yurase miraa ball don't stop music
supa supa supa supastaa
utau amekaze nuku asa
sora no aosa naru you na fukasa
tsubasa matou sugata
tsuuka saa
modorenain da, mou orera to nara mada mada iin darou
miraa ball shake it shake your body
hi ga *aboridashi mashitachi* agaru made wa move your body
honnou mezametai, itsuka *miseba de*
yeah yeah yeah
jinsei kakeru daisu, zettai hazusenai
yeah yeah yeah
ichidokiri no chance, kimi ga iru kara
ikuze got to talk ch-ch-ch-ch-check
ryou te agete clap your hands, ima hitotsu ni nareru toki
koyoi maru de paradise move your body
mune wo kizamubeki kiss, mou tomeru koto wa dekinai
soul afureru microphone don't stop music
breakdown
check
dance
hikari abiru supastaa sou tsugi wa kimi no tame ni
koyoi maru de universe move your body
engi shirazu no boys and girls mou junbi dekiteiru darou
karada yurase miraa ball don't stop music
ryou te agete clap your hands, ima hitotsu ni nareru toki
koyoi maru de paradise move your body
mune wo kizamubeki kiss, mou tomeru koto wa dekinai
soul afureru microphone don't stop music
(itsuka miseba de)
move your body
(kaeru tonight)
don't stop music
hikari abiru supastaa
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the world reflected in the mirror
yeah yeah yeah
going to change the usual tonight
yeah yeah yeah
because I want to dream whether I'm awake or asleep
aim for it, go to floor, d-d-d-d-dance
superstar bathed in light, that's right the next one is for you
tonight is the whole universe, move your body
the boys and girls who don't know how to hold back, probably already ready
body-swaying mirror ball, don't stop music
super super superstar
sing, morning that overtakes the driving rain
a depth that becomes as blue as the sky
the figure wearing wings
or rather
you can't go back anymore, it's still good if you're with us
mirror ball shake it shake your body
until the sun rises above the city skyline move your body
I want to wake my instincts, someday on the stage
yeah yeah yeah
I definitely can't slip away from the dice my life is riding on
yeah yeah yeah
my one and only chance, because you're here
here I go, got to talk, ch-ch-ch-ch-check
raise your hands, clap your hands, now is the time we can become one
tonight is like a paradise, move your body
a kiss I have to engrave in my heart, I can't stop anymore
the microphone overflowing with soul, don't stop music
breakdown
check
dance
superstar bathed in light, that's right the next one is for you
tonight is the whole universe, move your body
the boys and girls who don't know how to hold back, probably already ready
body-swaying mirror ball, don't stop music
raise your hands, clap your hands, now is the time we can become one
tonight is like a paradise, move your body
a kiss I have to engrave in my heart, I can't stop anymore
the microphone overflowing with soul, don't stop music
(someday on the stage)
move your body
(change tonight)
don't stop music
superstar bathed in light
This one really reminds me of Lucky Man! I love the rhythym and the energy, it really makes me want to dance, and it's got a nice edge to it that we haven't seen in awhile<3 And Sho's rap was almost entirely comprehensible, a nice bonusXDD But the imagery is perfect, it perfectly conjures the dance scene and the emotions therein....X3 Ah~, wish I could go dancing right nowXD This will be so awesome in concert, they need to announce more dates!>_<
Well, hope you liked the songs as much as I did^^ I'm going to go try and watch a movie to relax, forget about the paper for the rest of the night;P Thanks for being so supportive and tolerant of my inability to get things done lately...>_< Have a great week and shoot for the stars!:D
夢みていたかな。。。ここまでのことは全部夢のような感じがしますからさ。本当だったのかは今判断できない。。。考えない方がいいかも。