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Friday, October 9, 2009

Saturday, September 19, 2009

Silence of the Lambs チョウ

チョウ

"ちょう怖くて，超ハイテンション"

bird
鳥
The very first scene, with birds chirping around the trees.

morning
朝
early morning exercises!

challenge
挑
early morning obstacle course challenge!

heavy*
重
Heavy security to keep Hanibal underwraps. Cross-reference: Borat's fat assistant made a meal of by Hannibal.

portent
兆
Lecter portents future murders: "Bill's probably already looking for his next victim..."

symbol; indicator (indications)
徴
the symbols carved onto the bodies

tune
調
"Take it easy baby, make it last all night" [note: this kanji can also mean investigation.]

notebook
帳
Clarice re-writing "Lewis Carrol" to look for an anagram, hint or clue, in her notebook

penal
懲
a legalistic word...

tide
潮

stare
眺
Hannibal Lecter's intense stare.

intestines
腸
"I ate his intestines with some fava beans."

lucidity
澄
lucidity... clarity... CLARece....

place on the head
頂
What Clarece hits when searching for Buffalo Bill.

government office
庁
FBI office.

carve
彫
What Bill does to select parts of his victims' bodies.

listen
聴
The very end of the movie, Clarece is saved by her "listening" skills

condolences
弔
Send my condolences to the family of the victim.

dilate
脹
A lot of eye-close ups in this movie.

hop
跳
hop, or jump... something this movie will make you do quite a bit.

butterfly
蝶
See movie poster.

angling
釣
Angling... making measurements when carving up bodies and stitching them together.

long
長

lengthen
張

street
丁

village
町

transcend
超

RTK 3

wilt
凋

derision
嘲
Lecter's attitude toward Clarice?

chatter
喋

dangle
吊

quire
帖

counter for tools
挺
lots of them in this movie: jaws of life, flashlights, the little ones Hannibal uses as murder weapons...

secret agent
挺
Clarice.

keg
銚

sea bream
鯛

carefree
暢

founding
肇

label
牒

patronage
寵

Sunday, September 13, 2009

Godzilla & Godzilla VS. King Kong トウ

トウ

"トウtal destruction in トウきょう"

T'ang
唐
The "exorcism ceremony" being performed on the island... came from, Buddhism, came from China... hence T'ang.

arrival
到
At last! The arrival of Godzilla!

rice plant
稲
All the poor farmers of the village first terrorized by G-zilla... have veritably 1000s of rice plants.

transparent
透
Radiation, (a big theme of this first film) is transparent, and left behind in the wake of Godzilla.

escape
逃
"IT'S COMING OUT OF THE MOUNTAIN!!" The first great escape scene (of many, many many more to come).

hot water
湯
Godzilla often appears from some hot bubbling water. (underground volcanoes)

board
搭
People boarded the boat and now fear Godzilla, who appeared from the hot, bubbling water.

party
党
All of the political meetings that surround the Godzilla problem... there are political parties involved.

chastise
討
The Prof. chastises everyone for trying to kill Godzilla.

step
踏
Godzilla steps on the train!!!!

overall
統
overall, plans to defeat Godzilla fail miserably.

lamp
灯
Don't use lights! They'll only make him angry!!!!! In numerous scenes, lamps provoke GZ.

cylinder
筒
Cylinders = tank barrels, gun barrels, and everything else that NEVER WORKS to kill Godzilla.

etc.
等
Godzilla destroys buildings, people, temples, etc.

solution
答
There seems to be no solution to this problem.

lament
悼
The post-Godzilla lamentation scene. Very reminiscent of WW2, no?

ascend
登
Finally, the young doctor with the eyepatch refuses to ascend after using his "Oxygen Destroyer" on Godzilla.

Godzilla VS. King Kong

frozen
凍
Geiger readings coming from a frozen iceberg? What could it mean....

winter
冬
The scenes with subs crashing into glaciers in the beginning.

settlement
納
The native villagers "settlement"

pottery
陶
Though rustic, it looks like the natives have pottery down.

facsimilie
謄
The main character thinks that the native's "God" is merely a fascimilie.... boy was he wrong!

pox
痘
The main character's partner getting sick

steal
盗
The Japanese steal King Kong from the island!!

overthrow
倒

fight
闘
Godzilla VS. King Kong!!

throw
投
King Kong loves to throw boulders...

inflation
騰
The inflated balloon that lifts a sleeping King Kong!!

General Godzilla

read
読
Always lots of newspaper headlines flying around in these movies. "GODZILLA DESTROYS TOKYO, READ ALL ABOUT IT"

pagoda
塔
It's on the list of things Godzilla destroys.

ridgepole
棟
^^

beans
豆
Fart.

sugar
糖
cake.

wisteria
藤
As for these 3 trees, let's imagine Godzilla squashing all of them.

paulownia
桐

peach tree
桃

island
島

east
東

hit
当

head
頭

road-way
道

sword
刀

RTK3

prodigal
蕩
standstill
逗
downspout
樋
beseech
祷
helmet
兜
hackneyed
套
inch
吋
lamp [old]
燈
island [alt]
嶋
mandate
掟
mandate: EVACUATE THE CITY, GODZILLA IS COMIN!!!

From here on, anything I already know from experience I will leave story-less for you to fill in the gaps. (Only 2 or 3 people follow this blog anyhow, I mostly just do this for my own records.)

Wednesday, August 26, 2009

Goonies ホウ

ホウ

"Yo Ho ホウ!"

set free
放
The first scene.

seal
封
seal...glue...the whole bit with chunk breaking the "thing" of of Mom's statue.

emulate
倣
After the attic-discovery, the boys seek to emulate Chester Copperpot's search for the treasure.

embrace
抱
After the nasty businessmen come to hand over foreclosure agreements, Brand's brother Mikey embraces him.

sick and tired of* (Sated)
飽
The Goonies are sick and tired of being pushed around and the thought of losing their precious goondocks.

summit
峰
The memorable scene where Brand Walsh is sent flying off of a mountain road's "summit" at high speed on a pink tricycle.

call on
訪
Mikey, being the natural leader he is, calls on his goonies to keep on trying in the face of adversity, outside the restaurant: "Go home? In a few hours it ain't gonna be home anymore. C'mon guys..."

placenta
胞
Sloth's face?

report
報
"Chunk! Go get (report to) the police!" I think anything related to the Fratellis is good for this. Or you can learn the common word 情報

bubble
泡
The scene with the water pipes. Water bubbling out of fountains, toilets, etc.

sew
縫
the jacket with "troy sewn on it, coming up on the well instead of the girl. "YOU GOONIE!!"

crumble
崩
The piano-skeleton scene.

wrap
包
The two Fertelli brothers wrapped in rope and strung up.

cannon
砲
"Hey you guuuuyyyss!" Think pirate battles.

stipend
俸
stipend = a payment = the gold, or quest there of which this movie represents.

dedicate
奉
One-eyed Willy left a score of booty traps ("YOU MEAN BOOBY TRAPS" - "that's what I said!") dedicated to protecting his booty.

bountiful
豊
These two go together like a set, representing the final scenes of the movie.

treasure
宝

praise
褒
The end of the film.

perfumed
芳
perfumed = good smell = the girls

companion
朋
The Goonies. :)

home country
邦
The Italians, with their opera singing, are from their home country of Italy.

direction
方

method
法
Learn these two as a pair: 方法。

** RTK3

phoenix
鳳

wormwood
蓬
The state of the "restaurant" - wood full of bugs and worms!!

dumbfounded
呆
Mikey's face when he first meets "Sloth."

tryst
逢
Brand (older bro) and Stef (blond cheerleader)'s relationship throughout the film. To them the only reason for adventure is to go on a tryst.

cleaver
庖

dedicate (RTK3)
捧

germinate
萌

stew
烹

bee
蜂

sword's point
鋒
The sword's point thrust into the floorboards of the ship "hey don't touch that!!"

roc
鵬

summit [alternative]
峯

Notes:
Campier than I remember, but that's not surprising. Still a really fun movie with a lot of memorable lines and scenes. Next up?

Saturday, August 22, 2009

Total Recal キョウ

"キョウ (today) is the beginning of the rest of your life."

キョウ

gorge
峡
The very first scene. A rocky, red martian gorge.

Attractive
嬌
The woman he wakes up in bed with. A regular angel!

vie
競
"I can't believe you're jealous of a dream!" Blonde vs. Brunette - vying for Arnold's love.

together
共
The nice, husband/wife image of those two lovebirds together....... doesn't last long!

receive
享
Arnold, about to receive his memory implant.

shout
叫
Arnie getting a "schizoid embolism." Altho really, conjuring an image of Arnie shouting is not exactly difficult. :D

hometown
郷
Mars is like Arnie's real hometown here...

echo
響
And throughout the copious foreshadowing in the beginning, everything echos of Mars.

threaten
脅
Arnie is being threatened from all sides after his failed memory implant!!

wonder
驚
Arnie's wonder (or surprise, as this kanji means) about his wife trying to kill him!
OR "Get ready for a surprise!" BOOM

villain
凶
Mr. Copenhagen.

lunatic
狂
Only a total lunatic would stick that metal contraption up his nose...

but of course
況
But of course, he does it.

rectify
矯
After listening to himself, he takes action to rectify the whole situation.... "get your ass to mars"

boundary
境
Arnold crossing the customs boundary. Fat Lady Explode scene.

mirror
鏡
Arnie's introspection throughout the movie.... is it real? is it not? who am I really? etc.

bosom
胸
TRIPLE-BOSOM SCENE!!!11

cramped
狭
Life on Mars, in colonies.

sandwiched
挟
See above.

co-
協
Will Arnie cooperate with the Prez of Recall, who says its all just a dream? Naaaaa.

submit
供
See above. (or think, terrorists who won't submit to the government)

respect
恭
the rebels feelings towards Kuato.

elder brother
兄
Hmmm. Maybe the host-body of Kuato?

bridge
橋
The man-made bridges in the Alien "machine."

fear
恐
Lots of scenes, pick whichever you like.

incense
香

sutra
経
These two don't fit too well. Imagine some Mutant fortune-telling ritual involving lots of incense and some weird sutras.

teach
教
教室、教師、etc.

entertain
興
興味. Or, something this movie does quite well. :)

strong
強
勉強. Imagine Arnie's muscles if you like.

capital
京
東京.

**

RTK3
heaven-high
喬

chivalry
侠

comely
佼

emigrant
僑

within my ability
叶

strengthen
彊

wince
怯

buckwheat
蕎

sturdy oak
橿

sled
橇

scissors
鋏

cheek
頬

feast
饗

owl
梟

evil
兇

set straight
匡

Notes: I friggin love this movie so much. So nostalgic to watch it again for the first time in what must be at least 7 or 8 years. Awesome. And the a good number of the keywords fit like it was meant to be - even the RTK3 ones! Several kanji listed with compounds are really basic, common ones any aspiring students should know, so I didn't bother fitting them into the movie. The rest is all very useful however for this rather ubiquitous reading.

Saturday, July 18, 2009

Indiana Jones Trilogy ショウ

Hell of a ショウ.

Raiders of the Lost Ark

focus
省
Indy's intense focus on the sandbag and the golden treasure, in the first scene.

correct
正
does Indy use the correct amount of sand? Er, no.

few
少
Just a few more grains of sand would have done it...

hinder
障
Bellock: "Once again Dr. Jones, we see there is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away."

refined
精
Despite being such a scoundrel, Bellock plays himself off as a refined French gentleman throughout the film.

prosperous
昌
Indy isn't very prosperous in the first major scene. (the golden idol gets taken away)

marsh
沼
Marsh makes me think of the tropical jungle in the beginning of the movie.

ford
渉
Indy running/swimming across the ford to the airplane, native arrows whizzing around his head.

imperial edict
詔
The nazis orders to recover the ark at all costs. "Hitler's been collecting religious artifacts, he's nuts on the subject"

badge
章
The scene where the government agents show up in the beginning - flash of their badges

patent
彰
In the scene where the two federal agents display their ignorance on the bible, Indy in turn shows off his patent knowledge of biblical history. (patent in this kanji meaning easily recognizable; obvious)

wee hours
宵
Indy arrives at his ex's hut in Nepal in the wee hours of the night.

extinguish
消
For what it's worth, Marion really should have kept a fire extinguisher in her bar/mountain hut/"sty" (as she calls it).

bake
焼
Marion's cabin gets "baked" (burnt) to smouldering ashes.

wound
傷
the coin wound embedded on the nazi's hand.

accompany
従
"I tell you what, until I get back my 5000 dollars, you're gonna get more than you bargained for. I'm your goddamn partner!!" - Marion

victory
勝
Indiana in one of my favorite, all time scenes of victory: the black swordsman shows up in the street and waves his sword around - Indy just sighs and shoots him.

measuring box
升
Not a box, but a coin, with measurements inscribed on it. (it is for finding a certain box though)

well
井
The Well of Souls - a.k.a. snake pit with obvious glass divider.

laugh
笑
The scene where Bellock and Marion are drinking, while she wears the white dress. They are laughing hysterically, but suddenly she pulls a knife and makes jokingly threatening face. They just keep laughing!

exhort
奨
I exhorted Indy all throughout the famous helicopter fistfight scene!!

bed
床
A bed-ridden Indy, on the ship, with Marion nursing his wouds.

make a deal
商
Indy, holding a bazooka, threatening to blow up the arc.

shining
昭
The ark shining.

illuminate
照
The ark illuminating.

detailed
詳
The detailed last scene of the movie, with the Ark being put in a warehouse full of identical boxes.

Temple of Doom

symptoms
症
The first major scene of the movie. Symptoms of being slipped poison may include intense action scenes...

blue
青
The blue vial of antidote. Or the semi-attractive (but failure of an actress) who is the main heroine of the film's blue eyes.

little
小
Shortround.

appellation
称
Seriously. Indiana and short round. Nice appellation, guys.

elephant
象
Indy, riding an elephant out of the Indian village.

skirt
裳
Who wears a skirt like that in India? Really?

extract
抄
Indy finds an extract that tells of the 5 magic stones in sanskrit... brought to the village by a dying child.

voice
声
"The biggest problem with her is the noise" - says Indy of the annoying blonde. Her voice is pretty irritating.

sex
性
"I'm not that easy you primitive ape!"
"I'm not that easy either"
"Five minutes! You'll be back here in 5 minutes!"
"I'll be asleep in 5 minutes."

nitrate
硝
The inners of the cave/volcano area.

chant
唱
heart-taking-outing-scene.

char
焦
Sacrifice charred in a volcano.

auspicious
祥
All ancient religions have their strange, auspicious ceremonies. This one just happens to resemble the aztecs...

inter-
相
Indy and his shortround's interactions.

manipulate
掌
In order to manipulate Indy, they feed him that evil blood drink. [image: him writhing around on the stone bed surrounded by candles]

cosmetics
粧
How exactly does she manage to keep a fresh plate of make-up on throughout the entire film? (Or the laughable makeup of the cult priests)

collide
衝
The mining cart almost colliding with the wall, as Indy stops it with his shoes.

rise up
昇
Indy can rise up from the bottom of the cut wooden bridge. (the whole final action scene)

above
上
See above.

The Last Crusade

evidence
証
The tablet is seen as evidence that the holy grail really exists!

reparation
償
reparations for finding a 500 year old gold cross? Dinner and champagne. (also a general theme: he is always making mention of his payment for getting artifacts to the museum)

seduce
召
Dr. Snyder. Oh yea

beckon
招
See above

bell
鐘
Dr. Snyder, looks a southern-bell for a woman with a thick German accent

pure
清
The pure beauty of an afternoon lunch in Venice, ruined by Dr. Jones and Dr. Snyder crawling up out of the sewer. (outside of the library/church. Everyone in the scene is weairng pure white colors)

acquiesce
承
Indy acquiesces the nazis by handing over the book in exchange for Dr. Snyder's life! BIG MISTAKE!

resemblance
肖
Is there any resemblance between Indy and his father? Really?

leader
将
Indy and his father are constantly bickering over who is the leader!

sparkle
晶
The real holy grail is not one of the many sparkling cups in the last scene.

General Indy

attire
装
There are so many scenes to choose from. Any time Indy dons his hat, jacket, whip, any of his classic attire.

life
生
Indy risking his life again and again throughout each film.

star
星
He's the star. He has the luck of the stars to not be dead 100 times over already.

prize
賞
He's always going after some sort of prize.

esteem
尚
You can't help but hold Indy in high esteem; He's a believable yet noble hero, with somewhat flexible morals. (shooting nazis is 100% ok?)

surname
姓
His surname is just fine. Really, there's nothing wrong with Jones. It's the Indiana part that is just plain weird.

politics
政
Nazis.

reef
礁
Surfs up Indy! I imagine him holding a surfboard. Surely I won't forget.

introduce
紹
(don't need a story - 紹介する)

pine tree
松
I imagine Indy and his dad, gathered around a pine tree for Xmas

sue
訟
We oughtta sue Spielburg for Indiana Jones 4. Seriously, f**king aliens??!

artisan
匠
Steven Spielburg (in the 80s)

**RTK3**

small craft
艘
scout
哨
whisper
囁
harlot
娼
shire
庄
rubbing
摺
spoils
捷
yearn
憧
iris
菖
banana
蕉
mallet
樵
balancing scales
秤
concubine
妾
Chinese panpipe
笙
soy sauce
醤
hoe
鍬
rust
錆
cluster
鍾
saddle straps
鞘
accolade
頌
lick
嘗
soar
翔

Notes:

All finished! If I'm not mistaken this is the biggest on-yomi group, so WHEW. おつかれ. For the two people who follow my blog, I hope you enjoy it. :)

Friday, July 3, 2009

Ghostbusters キ

キ 53 characters.

"I am the キmaster... are you the gatekeeper?"

how many
幾
How many ghosts are there in this movie? How many people get marshmellowed?

strange
奇
Egon is the epitome of strange.
Venkman: "This reminds me of the time you tried to drill a hole in your head"
Egon: "That would have worked if you hadn't stopped me."

draw near
寄
As slimer draws near, Venkman really should have moved. Eww!

equestrian
騎
I thought there was nothing remotely equestrian (related to horse riding) in this movie, but one scene with Rick Moranis talking to a horse comes close!

mechanism
機
The traps, the zappers, this movie is loaded with awesome mechanisms.

spirit
気
I ain't 'fraid of no ghost!....or spirit!

vapor
汽
"At noon, 10 people witnessed a free floating full torso vaporous apparition!" - Ray, about the library ghost. Or you can think of vapor as dry ice, one of the most overused special effect of the 80s, and this movie is no exception.

desk
机
Venkman giving the poor guy with the fro electric shocks from across the wooden desk. or the secretary's desk in the GBs HQ.

hungry
飢
Slimer is always hungry!

previously
既
The GBs get kicked out of their previous college facilities. So, they take a previously run-down firehouse and turn it into HQ!

hope
希
Sygounrney Weaver hopes that the ghostbusters can help her!

standard
規
The GB's set the standard for "paranormal elimination" in NYC

dangerous
危
Don't cross the streams! It's too dangerous!!!

scribe
記
Janine Melnintz, the secretary, is a memorable scribe. I think of that scene where Egon pops out from under her desk. *AHEM*

self
己
Ray: "We really haven't had a successful test of this equipment
Egon: "I blame myself."
Venkman: "So do I."

rouse
起
The scene where Ray is roused from his sleep by a female ghost undoing his belt... I don't seem to remember that from when I was a kid, hmm...

chronicle
紀
Chronicle sounds like the name of a newspaper, so, the various newpaper headlines involving GBs that pop up during the montage.

mourning
忌
When Bill Murray thinks his girlfriend his dead (And doesn't know she is alive inside a crumbling shell of a statue)

national flag
旗
I imagine the national flag of zuul looks something like this.

chess piece
棋
Sigourney Weaver and Rick Moranis play characters who are used like chess pieces: the keymaster and the gatekeeper.

fundamentals
基
The fundamentals of ghostbusting: aim steady, set the trap and don't cross the streams!

period
期
Both Moranis and Weaver's characters (keymaster and gatekeeper) are possessed for a period of time in this movie.

branch off
岐
Venkman's expertise branches off into many fields, but mostly ghostbusting and lady killing.

brandish
揮
The GB's brandishing their badass zappers.

radiance
輝
This could reference many of the paranormal scenes of the movie... when Sigourney Weaver's characters sees the radiant light behind her door.

abandon
棄
The GBs are forced to abandon operations when they get arrested!

seasons
季
This kanji reminds of me of changes in weather, so I think of the dark clouds, storms and all around hell-breaking-loose weather that comes when Zuul is in season.

undertake
企
The GB's undertaking their first case, in the hotel.

homecoming
帰
The end of the movie.

precious
貴
Dr. Venkman, in the beginning of the movie, is loathe to collect the precious ectoplasm. "Somebody blows their nose and you wanna keep it?"

rut
軌
The GBs are in a "rut" when they are overloaded with work.

rejoice
喜
All of NYC rejoices when the Stay Puff Marshmellow Man is defeated!

utensil
器
utensil... this kanji is also used for weaponry. Hence, the GBs zappers (or protoplasm emitters if you prefer)

ghost
鬼
I ain't afraid of no ghost!

tortoise
亀
It just doesn't fit the flick, so, I imagine some kind of funky tortoise ghost, maybe Slimer's 2nd cousin twice removed...

pray
祈
when the catholic priest shows up in the mayor's office! "I'm not gonna call a press conference and tell everyone to start praying."

**RTK3**

break 毀
overjoyed 嬉
hollyhock 葵
glitter 暉
zelkova 槻
rocky beach 磯
sparse 稀
peep 稀
winnowing fan 箕
ornate 綺
kneel 跪
tuna 鮪
fish fin 鰭
giraffe 麒
capital suburbs 畿
stalwart 毅
cheer 煕

--

Notes: As you may have already noticed, I've added lists of kanji from Remember the Kanji 3 (an expansion of the first book with another 1000 characters) that match my on-yomi groups. My plan is to go back and make stories for them, most likely next year after I've learned them sufficiently. It will also be a good chance to review my old templates.

Notable, recurring correlations: 己、棋 (right side)、奇。This template is much more random than some previous ones.

This movie is just plain fun. I hope you enjoyed this as much as I did, (if not for studying, than for the nostalgia!) I'm a busy man, but I'm trying to generally update once a week. See you next time...

The Movie Method in Action

Friday, October 9, 2009

Star Wars セイ