Tuesday, July 5, 2022
Previous senryu
- 「半分こ 上手に割れて姉迷い」
はんぶんこ・じょうずにわれて・あねまよい
My halfsies: / So perfect, sister / is flummoxed
Notes:
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to @LaVieQ -
to @tiredkiwi -
Tough call, but “halfsies” made me grin. I don’t think I’ve heard that since I was eight. (Aaaand just now I see that it’s even the JMdict entry for 半分こ, but it still gets the win.)
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半分こ is a childish word for splitting up a treat. The law is universal and strictly enforced: one child splits, the other chooses!
Current senryu challenge
Volume: Ladies
- 「何とかいう人から電話と留守の母」
Hints:
Another easy one (famous last words). Nothing past level 16 today, but this Kenkyusha dictionary entry may prove helpful:
なんとか【何とか】 [ローマ字](nantoka)
1 〔不明・不特定なものを表現して〕 something; something or other; anything; 〔人〕 a so-and-so.
►なんとかさん, なんとかいう人 Mr. So-and-So; Mr. What’s-His┏-Name[-Face]; ᐦ《口》 Mr. Thingummy
・なんとか殿下 Prince Somebody-or-other
・佐々木なんとかいう人 Sasaki ┏Somebody [What’s-His-Name]
・あのなんとかいう日和見主義者たち those opportunistic so-and-sos.
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