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Radish

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"Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 06:16:

Hey. I'm having a hard time figuring put something. I'm replaying ST3 and at one point Erika goes
"ノリノリです" or something like that. I can't seem to figure out what norinori means, although I've found several references to it elsewhere. Any help would be appreciated.

[this message was edited by Radish on Mon 27 Jan 06:26]

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exodus

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"Re(1):Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 11:17

quote:
Hey. I'm having a hard time figuring put something. I'm replaying ST3 and at one point Erika goes
"ノリノリです" or something like that. I can't seem to figure out what norinori means, although I've found several references to it elsewhere. Any help would be appreciated.

"norinorinori, life is but a story, barabara tachi, you and me!"

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uh...dunno. nori means seaweed, but probably something else as well.

sabo10

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"Re(2):Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 11:44:

I think it has something to do with music.

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[this message was edited by sabo10 on Mon 27 Jan 11:47]

Adon

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"Re(3):Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 12:09

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I think it has something to do with music.

Since it was written in Katakana I would say there is a real good possibilty that it is a foreign word imported into Japanese or it could also be just a meaningless thing like "ha ha ha" Another possibilty for the katakana is it is being used to make a certain word or expression STAND OUT! I feel it most likely is one of the 1st two options. Those are the three uses of katakana I recall.

RugalBernstein

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"Re(1):Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 12:47:

Slang, most likely. The fish-man boss of the second area in Silhouette Mirage yells " NORINORINORI DAZE " right before he starts attacking you.

edit: Ha ha ha, just spotted my sloppy error, and fixed it. Bit late, though.

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[this message was edited by RugalBernstein on Mon 27 Jan 15:32]

Radish

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"Re(2):Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 12:55

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Slag, most likely. The fish-man boss of the second area in Silhouette Mirage yells " NORINORINORI DAZE " right before he starts attacking you.

Yeah, I was assuming it was some teeny bopper slang considering it's presence in DDR, the SM boss and Erika's bubbly speak, but I can't figure out what it's referring to exactly.

sabo10

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"Re(3):Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 13:25:

It sounds like it comes from manga sound effect if you ask me... (pikapika, norinori, tokimeki, gan, don, hyuuuu, fuwafuwa, tan)

They are also written in Katakana and usually don't have anything to do with foreign words.

I would really like to see a resource that explains the meaning of a lot of these. I think most people just learn them from context.

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[this message was edited by sabo10 on Mon 27 Jan 13:27]

Kikkoken

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"Re(4):Japanese question" , posted Mon 27 Jan 13:39

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It sounds like it comes from manga sound effect if you ask me... (pikapika, norinori, tokimeki, gan, don, hyuuuu, fuwafuwa, tan)

They are also written in Katakana and usually don't have anything to do with foreign words.

I would really like to see a resource that explains the meaning of a lot of these. I think most people just learn them from context.

I have this link, http://www.lejapon.org/portail/sections.php3?op=viewarticle&artid=47 , which explains a number of onomatopees in context, but all the explanations are in French. I think using Google's translation service will give you a good translation. But I didn't find norinori in the list :-(

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