Saturday, October 24, 2015

Japanese through anime - Urusai

うるさい - Urusai

Usage:
This is used to tell someone to be quiet. In fights when someone tells the hero he can't win He'll often respond "URUSAI!" Or "URUSE" and then proceed to win the fight.


Definiton:
1. shut up!; be quiet!
2. noisy; loud

Examples:
その うるさおと には 我慢がまんできない
sono urusai oto ni wa* gaman dekinai
I can't stand the noise.

2)べこべうるさいよやるのかやらないのか!?
bekobe urusai yo, yaru no ka yaranai no ka!?
Quit your bellyaching. You goin' to do it, or not!?

うるさいなっ!すこしの頭痛ずつうくらい我慢がまんしろ。魔力まりょくがすっからかんだそれもこれもひめのせいだぞ
urusaina-! sukoshi no sutsu kurai gaman shiro. yo ha maryoku ga sukkarakan da. sore mo kore mo hime no sei da zo.
Shut up! Don't make such a fuss over a little headache. I'm flat out of magical power - this is all your fault princess!

* This hiragana is a particle marker that is written ha(は) but pronouced “wa”

Other Notes:

“Urusei Yatsura” is a manga/anime by Rumiko Takahashi (Inuyaha, Ranma1/2). The name is a play on words. The aliens on the show come from a planet called “uru” and “sei” is added to denote a heavenly body (mercury- sei ) Yatsura means “those People” So the title can either mean “those annoying people” or “ those people from the planet uru” Word games like this are fun and Rumiko Takahashi is a master of them. Most don’t translate to English.

This word is often pronounced "uruse" mostly by men, or tomboyish girls.

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