Wota in Translation

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 21:45:02.43 0

646 : 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 21:19:27.68 0
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Also, Hawaii… yeah.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ This was my second time in Hawaii. The first was around March, I think, but…
川*＾∇＾)||＜ This time I went there in August which is like the hottest time of the year, right? Even though it’s so hot in Japan, as well… so it’s like, why go to Hawaii in the first place!?
川*＾∇＾)||＜ … Yep.
(Strained laughter from audience)
川*＾∇＾)||＜ “So what? What’s your point?” you might be asking. (laughs)
(Audience laughs)
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Well… my point is… (laughs)
川*＾∇＾)||＜ My point is… it’s important to remember to apply sunscreen properly!
(Applause and thunderous laughter from audience)

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 21:46:05.59 0
No planning whatsoever went into that talk. (laughs)

5: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 21:51:56.13 0
Why the applause?! (laughs)

9: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:01:49.45 0
>>5
Because at least she managed some kind of a landing — even if it was a rough one. (laughs)

23: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:33:19.58 0
No, I’m pretty sure you couldn’t consider that a successful landing… (laughs)

15: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:25:45.20 0

川*＾∇＾)||＜ As for other recent events… let’s see…
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Umm… Ah, that’s right! So, lately I like going on walks with my pet dog, Mint.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ But I get sunburned really easily…
川*＾∇＾)||＜ I especially get sunburned around my hands and arms easily. They seem to absorb the sunlight really quickly. Yeah. How should I put it…
川*＾∇＾)||＜ So, I like to go on walks, but getting sunburned is a little… yeah… so it’s a bit of a bother.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Umm… but… well… (laughs)
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Like, what should I do? Um.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Next topic! Yep! Next topic! Let’s go to to the next one! Yes.
(Applause from the audience)
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Sorry. (laughs) I’m always going to be this way, so…
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Please stick with me! Please do.

17: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:29:45.45 0
Again I ask: why the applause?! (laughs)

18: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:30:40.75 0
Because it’s Kumai-chan.

21: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:32:00.58 0
Yesterday’s event sure was a lukewarm one… (laughs)

32: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:46:14.50 0
On Hawaii:

川*＾∇＾)||＜ Everyone loves shopping there, right? Yep.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ I’d love to go again.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ I bought quite a lot over there last time, too, but now I have even more stuff I’d like to buy.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Make-up… make-up and, um, cosmetics? I’d love to buy all kinds of stuff like that!
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Yeah…
(Audience laughs)
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Also, food! The pancakes over there are huge, right?!
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Yeah. Everything there is huge.
川*＾∇＾)||＜ So… those pancakes… they’re delicious. So I want to have those, too. (laughs)

34: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:49:06.98 0
>>32
Why does she always get so downhearted after she’s finished with one topic?! (laughs)

40: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:53:23.63 0
>>34
It always ends with one of these:
“That’s all!”
“And that’s about it.”
“… Sorry.”

37: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:51:41.17 0
Comes up with a topic → gets all excited talking about it → either suddenly stops talking about it, or loses interest → 川*＾∇＾)||＜ “That’s all!”

45: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 22:55:56.36 0
But Kumai-chan wota all expect those sort of tedious, pointless stories from her. They love it when she finally arrives at the “that’s all!” (laughs)

65: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 23:09:22.59 0
Kumai-chan must suck at writing, too.

67: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 23:13:32.38 0
I’m glad Kumai-chan is Kumai-chan.

77: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/10(木) 23:23:03.57 0
This one happened for real at a Yuke Yuke Monkey Dance event. As punishment for losing in a game, Momochi, Kumai-chan and Saki-chan had to do the handshake event while wearing the monkey costumes. (laughs)

Me: “Uki uki ukiki!” (Note: the sound monkeys make.)
Saki-chan: “Ukkii! Uki ukiki!”
Me: “Uki ukii!”
Momochi: “Uki ukii! Ukiikiki!”
Me: “Ukiki ukii!”
Kumai-chan: “Thank you.”

113: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/11(金) 00:18:07.71 0
On the topic of sleeping:

川*＾∇＾)||＜ I sleep really weird!
Audience: “Oh.”
川*＾∇＾)||＜ This one time when I opened my eyes, I woke up to find my pillow next to me! ← (this was apparently the whole point of her story)
Audience: “Oh.”
川*＾∇＾)||＜ …
Audience: “…”
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Huh? So… Like, when I woke up, my pillow was next to me! How crazy is that!?
Audience: “Uh…? And? So what?” (noises of the audience chatting in confusion)
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Huh!? Like I just said… when I woke up, my pillow was next to me!! Isn’t that just unbelievable!?

114: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/11(金) 00:18:43.76 0
Kumai-chan… (laughs)

225: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/06/12(土) 12:57:09.74 0
Language abuse. (laughs)

I want Kumai-chan to scream
“I hate you, dad!” at me
while crying her eyes out…

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 07:18:30.92 O
I would spend the following night in solitude, drinking my sorrows away…

7: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 11:14:07.24 O
I want Kumai-chan to yell “thank you, dad!” and hug me from behind after I’ve agreed to buy her a friend for Mint.

9: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 11:18:51.37 0
川#＾∇＾)||＜ Dad! You went through my journals, didn’t you!? I hate you!

10: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 11:24:21.00 0
“Here, dad. I’ll give this to you.“
That first present she ever gave to me… I want to just stare at it and drink until the sun comes up.

4: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 07:44:21.10 O
I’d probably wet myself if Kumai-chan was glaring at me like a professional killer.

14: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 11:29:05.60 0
Kumai Papa, becoming depressed just imagining how one day some lowlife bastard might sleep with his daughter…

17: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 11:44:16.65 O
I might seriously kill myself if I heard her say “mom, don’t wash mine and dad’s clothes together!“

18: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/12/16(日) 11:47:32.00 O
14 years old, huh… She’s right around the age when they start hating their dads.

Kumai-chan carefully
reading the instructions

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 19:30:22.77 0

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 19:31:20.67 0
I want to become those instructions.

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 19:35:39.16 0
That kitchen is far too low for Kumai-chan.

4: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 19:36:52.39 0
The girl who even reads the instructions of tissue boxes.

9: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 19:41:15.79 0

15: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:11:42.46 0
川*＾∇＾)|| ＜ Okay… let’s see… polyoxyethylene lauryl ether… ammonium sulfate…

17: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:12:35.46 0
Even thinking about writing user manuals is a turn-on if you know Kumai-chan is going to read them!

24: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:18:15.08 0
Kumai-chan is a perfectionist so she’s deathly afraid of straying from the protocol.

27: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:22:47.30 0
Kumai-chan wants to take all the necessary precautions, you see.

25: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:20:54.98 0
I want to become a technical writer and have Kumai-chan read all the user manuals that I’ve poured my heart in to.

33: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:26:53.15 0
I want Kumai-chan to read the manual of a Cisco router.

36: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:28:28.04 0
I want to steal all the instructions that Kumai has stashed away and watch from afar as she starts getting flustered when she notices they’re gone.

39: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:29:15.58 0
>>36
You… demon!

52: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:35:51.40 0
“FIRE!!! Kumai-chan, the fire extinguisher! Grab it quickly!!!”
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Just a second, I’m reading the instructions.

79: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:47:52.87 0
I want Kumai-chan to read the instructions and explain them to me afterwards.

82: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 20:48:31.89 0
Kumai-chan writing a book report on user manuals for her summer homework assignment.

136: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 21:06:43.73 0
“First put 500ml of water in the pan…”
Kumai-chan, unable to move on because she’s having difficulty measuring exactly 500ml.

137: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 21:07:36.61 0
>>136
Kumai-chan realizing that 500ml is the same as one half liter plastic bottle.

139: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 21:09:22.40 0
Kumai-chan going out to buy two bottles of tea, drinking one and putting exactly the same amount of water in it as there is tea in the other one.

149: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 21:13:23.47 0
Kumai-chan starting to read the product information of the tea she just bought.

163: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 21:19:33.06 O
I’m just watching the DVD now and she’s seriously spending ages reading the instructions. (laughs)

353: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/28(火) 19:32:54.11 0

141: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/27(月) 21:10:40.09 O
Kumai-chan reading everything there is to read about raising kids before she starts making them.

370: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/28(火) 22:08:49.18 0
Kumai-chan is angry because her parents didn’t read the instructions on raising children before they had her and that’s why she just keeps growing taller and taller.

314: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/28(火) 03:01:36.46 0
川*＾∇＾)||＜ Does anyone have the user manual for Momochi?!

337: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/28(火) 12:53:26.95 0
Kumai-chan: “There are still so many instructions in this world that I have yet to read.”

360: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/08/28(火) 20:45:09.56 0
I know it’s the wrong thread for this, but man, this girl is really beautiful.

Berryz members are forced to wear
thick-soled shoes because of Kumai

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2006/09/16(土) 20:27:20.63 0

2: 名無し募集中。。。 2006/09/16(土) 20:28:06.89 0
On the contrary, it was probably Kumai-chan that got told to take hers off. The poor thing…

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2006/09/16(土) 20:28:48.16 0
Wait a minute… isn’t Kumai-chan bare-footed?! (laughs)

14: 名無し募集中。。。 2006/09/16(土) 20:32:28.72 0
You guys will never be able to understand Yurina’s feelings from when the cameraman told her to take off her sandals…

77: 名無し募集中。。。 2006/09/16(土) 20:43:52.83 0
Kumai-chan…

86: 名無し募集中。。。 2006/09/16(土) 20:45:44.04 0

At last they’ve prohibited
Kumai from even standing up

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/02/24(土) 00:16:31.36 0
Well, at least she gets to be in the center so that’s good I guess…

6: 名無し募集中。。。 2007/02/24(土) 00:29:03.72 0
If she keeps growing at this pace, she’s going to end up being taller than the others even when she’s sitting down.

Kumai finally exceeds
the height of a skyscraper

1: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 01:42:48.41 0

3: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 01:46:01.85 0
And to think that even Junjun is 168cm…

11: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 01:49:45.59 0
She’s got to be at least 15cm taller than Junjun.

7: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 01:47:19.32 0

13: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 01:50:36.07 0
Kamei: 157cm, Junjun: 168cm, Shimizu: 152.9cm, Kumai: 176cm.
Are these official numbers accurate?

14: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 01:51:27.78 0
Her shoulders are 15cm higher than the 168cm Junjun’s are. Besides, her back isn’t straight and she has bad posture in the picture.

49: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 02:11:02.44 0
I was thinking it must be because of her heels, but she’s wearing sneakers!

68: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 02:39:11.13 0
From last year. Pay attention to the differences in their heels.

56: 名無し募集中。。。 2010/07/09(金) 02:21:35.85 0
There’s no doubt in my mind that if Kumai-chan suddenly fell on me from the sky, I’d die instantly.

Henkka: To wrap up this important day for Berryz:

"March 3, 2004. The eight youthful magicians cast a spell that shall never be broken." pic.twitter.com/nWST6ZStlq

— Wota in Translation (@wotatranslation) August 2, 2014

Sources: http://blog.livedoor.jp/morningcoffee_blog/archives/51745680.html, http://blog.livedoor.jp/morningcoffee_blog/archives/51394409.html, http://blog.livedoor.jp/morningcoffee_blog/archives/51353711.html, http://blog.livedoor.jp/morningcoffee_blog/archives/50994975.html, http://blog.livedoor.jp/morningcoffee_blog/archives/51176192.html, http://blog.livedoor.jp/morningcoffee_blog/archives/51752722.html