Suzumiya Haruhi:Volume9 Translator's Notes
From Baka-Tsuki
第九巻: 涼宮ハルヒの分裂
[edit] Prologue
[edit] Cherry blossoms
Cherry blossoms' flowers bloom before their leaves.
[edit] Moses and the Exodus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Exodus. In this case, it describes a similar scene where the student body is seen making way for the student council president to walk through, much like how the crowd made way for Moses in the Exodus.
[edit] Honorifics
Although the honorific "-kun" is typically used in reference to males, high-ranking students like the council president may use it for both genders to demonstrate politeness. In Haruhi's case, the president is using it in a sarcastic, berating way.
[edit] Corrugated fibreboard
To put it simply, they are those cardboard boxes that your electronics (like TVs and computers) often come in. In this case, they are probably flattened as well for it to be recycled for other purposes.
[edit] European Robin
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Robin. A very cute and small bird in reference to the built and looks of Asahina.
[edit] Green Bristlegrass
http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=SEVI4. A very common form of grass that could be seen growing on unattended grass patches. Used in this case to describe how common the situation is.
[edit] Cheongsam
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qipao. An elaborate, traditional Chinese wear. Nowadays it is usually worn usually during special festivals such as the Lunar New Year.
[edit] Hanami
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanami. The Japanese traditional custom of enjoying the beauty of flowers, "flower" in this case almost always meaning cherry blossoms. In modern-day Japan, hanami mostly consists of having an outdoor party beneath the sakura during daytime or at night.
[edit] Butterflies' larva stages (Instar)
Moving from 4th to 5th instar typically only takes a day or less to happen.
[edit] A bolt of cloth
A bolt is 50 yards of fabric.
[edit] Nicolaus Copernicus
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nicolaus_Copernicus. Famous for first theorising that the earth orbited around the sun - at the time a very radical way of seeing the universe. Also introduced coin reform, including the modern copper coin now often seen.
[edit] Galton's whistle
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Galton's_whistle. A whistle used mostly during the training of dogs and cats since its sound waves cannot be caught by the human ears but not so for these animals.
[edit] Priestess of Delphi
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia. It is easier to just refer to the Oracle explanation below.
[edit] The Oracle
Delphi, about a two hours car ride away from Athens, is the most sacred city of ancient Athens as well as the “centre of the world” in ancient times, with the most famous attraction being the ruins of the Temple of Apollo. According to ancient Greek mythologies, as Zeus wanted to confirm the position of the “centre of the world”, released two eagles flying in opposite directions and made the point where they met the “centre of the world” before making his most beloved son, the God of Sun, Apollo, in charge of this area, and bestowed upon him a precious stone that made Delphi the origin of the Oracle.
[edit] Force majeure
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Force_majeure. Usually found in legal contracts, it usually refers to events that one knows exists or occurs but yet not within his or her control, such as acts of nature.
[edit] Photoelectric behavior
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Photoelectric_effect. Koizumi is trying to say that Sasaki's behaviour resembles the photoelectric effect, basically that every action she takes trigger disturbances, much like light.
[edit] Kaleidoscope
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kaleidoscope. A tube of mirrors containing loose coloured beads, pebbles or other small coloured objects. The viewer looks in one end and light enters the other end, reflecting off the mirrors. As the tube is rotated, the tumbling of the coloured objects presents the viewer with varying colours and patterns. Any arbitrary pattern of objects shows up as a beautiful symmetric pattern because of the reflections in the mirrors.
[edit] Jomon Period
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C5%8Dmon_period. It is simply a period of time when many fine art pieces are created.
[edit] Connoisseurship
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Connoisseur. Koizumi felt deeply humbled by Kyon's lethal ignorance towards the entire matter.
[edit] Language used by Sasaki
In the Japanese language, there are gender differences to words. For example, simply for the word “I”, the males can pronounce it as “boku” and “ore”, girls as “atashi” while “watashi” can be used by both genders for extremely polite situations. Normally, girls would stick to the female versions and vice versa of the pronunciation regardless of whether they are talking to males or females, unlike Sasaki.
Her use in Japanese of male forms of speech when she talks with boys implies that she is a tomboy to a certain degree (bokukko). Information on bokukko characters can be found here.
[edit] Those two
Refers to Asahina and Yuki.
[edit] Mr. Sigmund Freud
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sigmund_Freud
[edit] Carl Justav Jung
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Gustav_Jung. A Swiss psychiatrist who was on very good terms with Sigmund Freud till they experienced a theoretical divergence, when they stopped working together.
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[edit] Chapter 1
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[edit] Chapter 2
[edit] Holding Olympics
Olympics happen every four years. A pun on the fact that the incident from Melancholy took place four years ago.
[edit] IFF
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Identification_Friend_or_Foe. Basically a system of determining whether something will be beneficial or harmful to himself or herself.
[edit] Superluminal particles
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superluminal. Transfer of information or matter faster than the speed of light.
[edit] Arithmetic Fundamental Operations
Addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
[edit] Ksitigarbha
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ksitigarbha. A popular Mahayana Buddhist Bodhisattva, usually depicted as a monk.
The reference to Ksitigarbha here is to refer to one of its japanese classic. It talks about a poor old man selling umbrellas in the city. On his way home, he discovered a statue of Ksitigarbha standing in the harsh cold winter, buried in the snow. The kind old man decided to leave one of the unsold umbrellas above the head of the statue. After reaching home, he surprisingly discovers that Ksitigarbha carried a sack of rice and gold to repay his kind deed.
[edit] Diamond dust and peony snow
Diamond dust refers to the effect created by falling snow during winter under light while peony snow refers to snow that falls only during spring’s warm yet moist condition.
[edit] Sakyamuni
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sakyamuni. A spiritual teacher from ancient India and the historical founder of Buddhism. He is universally recognized by Buddhists as the Supreme Buddha of our age.
[edit] Ippon
http://wiki.sports.163.com/stars/0/0ceeb1cceb948481dd35830d9c41e5d3.html (Note: Chinese article). Some content of that sentence is left out since I simply know nuts about Judo and cannot find their english descriptions after much searching. Perhaps a translator can help.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Judo When a person scores a ippon in judo, they win the match. An ippon is scored when the opponent is thrown onto their back, pinning an opponent for 25 or 30 seconds, or for opponent submission.
[edit] Student nomenclature
This is something of the Japanese language, though the Chinese explanation for this is well-written. Try to follow by looking at how the Chinese characters are written.
小学生 - Grade school student
中学生 - Middle school student
高校生 - High school student
大学生 - University student
You can see that for grade school, middle school and university, they are all "X"学生, only high school is "X"校生. They mean the same since a school is essentially 学校. Just that the character choice is different.
This is what Sasaki wanted to know the reason about. It is probably her way of hinting at the fact that she thinks that Kyon values high school life more so than the middle school one since it is more "unique". Jealousy?
[edit] Johannes Brahms
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brahms. May 7, 1833 – April 3, 1897. He was the last German composer of the Romantic period.
[edit] Mary Celeste
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Celeste. In December 4, 1872, Mary Celeste was spotted drifting along the Atlantic Ocean. All crew and passengers onboard are missing when Mary Celeste was found.
[edit] Gold of Russian Empire
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Russian_Empire. The Russian Empire controlled the modern-day Russia for over 300 years. The Tsar family lived a life of excess and enjoy special privileges, all of these possible with their immense wealth. People estimate the net worth of the the Tsar to be at about 112 billion US dollars.
[edit] Farce
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Farce. A comedy written for the stage, or a film, which aims to entertain the audience by means of unlikely and extravagant—yet often possible—situations, disguise and mistaken identity, verbal humour of varying degrees of sophistication, which may include puns and sexual innuendo, and a fast-paced plot whose speed usually increases even further towards the end of the play, often involving an elaborate chase scene. Broad physical humour, and deliberate absurdity or nonsense, are also commonly employed in farce.
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