2014.05.09 AD - Of mops and mishaps.
<º)))>< Translation of Ohno Satoshi's 'Arashi Discovery'.
<º)))>< Translations by ear (aided by Japanese transcripts).
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[BGM 'Daremo Shiranai']
Good morning. This is Arashi's Ohno Satoshi.
Every Friday I respond to the messages received on this show.
First up is one from Yoshie-san.
"Good morning. My 5-year-old son will be appearing in his first piano recital in July. I'm a complete newbie who's never played the piano before, but I'll be playing a duet with my son at the recital. I'm currently 29 years old and challenging myself right from the very basics at this age. Not only has my memory worsened with age, I'm also anxious and excited. It's a lovely thing to have a goal, isn't it? I'll do my best so I won't be outdone by my child. Ohno-san, is there anything you'd like to do your best at up until summer?"
Ohh. That's great, it's great being excited over that. For me... It's not quite 'up until summer', but once the drama's over, I really want to draw a big piece. I'm excited for that. Oh, and fishing.
Yeah. I've been holding off on it the whole time. So first I'll go fishing, and then I'll catch some mahi mahi, then once I've settled down, I'll start my big art piece. Well, it's kinda off-season, but it'd be nice to try for some tuna as well! (laughs) I'm excited for that!
Right, next, from Hiro-san.
"Recently, Satoshi-kun has been appearing in a lot of magazines and talking about all sorts of things and I'm happy about that. Amongst those, you mentioned that you've recently bought slippers with a mop attached. When I read that article, I had fun imagining you sliding around your room in those. I've been so curious as to why you bought that mop.
Is the answer any of the following?
(1) You find conventional mopping a pain.
(2) You discovered it in a shop and thought it was fashionable.
(3) You wanted to try sliding around in your room."
I guess it's (1)? Like there's a surprising amount of dust, right? My place has wooden floors, so I get a surprising amount of dust. Well, basically, I can clean while wearing those slippers. It's great. So I actually bought them and I slide around in them. (laughs)
They slide pretty well! It gets kinda dangerous sometimes. When I try doing turns with all my might, it's kinda... I've tried to see how many times I can spin. And I can moonwalk and stuff in them. Mm. I can dance while I clean! But the dust kinda dances too. It's tricky. (laughs) But well, it's interesting!
[BGM 'GUTS']
Next, from 'Careless Hachibei'-san.
"Satoshi-kun, good morning. I wrote in to get your advice on something. I'm often careless. The other day when I was telling my friend about one of my careless episodes, they were totally turned off. When I reached my office in the morning and took off my coat to change into my uniform, I realised I'd carelessly forgotten to wear a skirt and was just in my underwear. It just so happened that it was winter and my coat was long enough to hide my lower half so nobody on the train noticed, but this has been the second time already that I've accidentally gone out in just my underwear. When I was like, 'Everyone does that, right? Forget to wear clothes?', my friend was like, 'No, that's unthinkable! That's weird!' Am I weird? If you know any method of curing my carelessness, please share it!"
I see.
So like, (laughs) it's about the order in which you get dressed. Lay out your clothes before you go to bed! I think you'd be fine if you changed that order.
Does that happen in summer as well, then? You don't do that in summer, right? So like, it's the coat. It's when you wear your coat. You can't put on your coat - your long coat. It's because you have a long coat that it hides that. So like, you're better off wearing a short coat.
Once, while doing a quick costume change in a concert - I was to do a full-body quick change and then go straight on to my solo. I didn't wear any pants. I'd stripped off my trousers and was just in my underwear.
They stopped the music and let me change. And then I was there dancing seriously after that, I was super embarrassed. So that's happened. (laughs)
Well, so that does happen, of course! With quick changes, you've got to wear 2 layers or more. So like, Careless-Hachibei-san, all you gotta do is stop wearing long coats. Then it's all down to preparation. And checking. Let's stop wearing long coats! (laughs)
And so with that, the weekly Friday messages have been answered. I'll be awaiting your mail. The address is arashi@fmyokohama.co.jp. I'll be waiting for you to send me lots of messages.
See you next week; this was Ohno Satoshi!
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Grab the audio for this entry here; courtesy of the lovely
nepheliads ♥
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<º)))>< Translations by ear (aided by Japanese transcripts).
<º)))>< Check my FAQ if you have questions.
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[BGM 'Daremo Shiranai']
Good morning. This is Arashi's Ohno Satoshi.
Every Friday I respond to the messages received on this show.
First up is one from Yoshie-san.
"Good morning. My 5-year-old son will be appearing in his first piano recital in July. I'm a complete newbie who's never played the piano before, but I'll be playing a duet with my son at the recital. I'm currently 29 years old and challenging myself right from the very basics at this age. Not only has my memory worsened with age, I'm also anxious and excited. It's a lovely thing to have a goal, isn't it? I'll do my best so I won't be outdone by my child. Ohno-san, is there anything you'd like to do your best at up until summer?"
Ohh. That's great, it's great being excited over that. For me... It's not quite 'up until summer', but once the drama's over, I really want to draw a big piece. I'm excited for that. Oh, and fishing.
Yeah. I've been holding off on it the whole time. So first I'll go fishing, and then I'll catch some mahi mahi, then once I've settled down, I'll start my big art piece. Well, it's kinda off-season, but it'd be nice to try for some tuna as well! (laughs) I'm excited for that!
Right, next, from Hiro-san.
"Recently, Satoshi-kun has been appearing in a lot of magazines and talking about all sorts of things and I'm happy about that. Amongst those, you mentioned that you've recently bought slippers with a mop attached. When I read that article, I had fun imagining you sliding around your room in those. I've been so curious as to why you bought that mop.
Is the answer any of the following?
(1) You find conventional mopping a pain.
(2) You discovered it in a shop and thought it was fashionable.
(3) You wanted to try sliding around in your room."
I guess it's (1)? Like there's a surprising amount of dust, right? My place has wooden floors, so I get a surprising amount of dust. Well, basically, I can clean while wearing those slippers. It's great. So I actually bought them and I slide around in them. (laughs)
They slide pretty well! It gets kinda dangerous sometimes. When I try doing turns with all my might, it's kinda... I've tried to see how many times I can spin. And I can moonwalk and stuff in them. Mm. I can dance while I clean! But the dust kinda dances too. It's tricky. (laughs) But well, it's interesting!
[BGM 'GUTS']
Next, from 'Careless Hachibei'-san.
"Satoshi-kun, good morning. I wrote in to get your advice on something. I'm often careless. The other day when I was telling my friend about one of my careless episodes, they were totally turned off. When I reached my office in the morning and took off my coat to change into my uniform, I realised I'd carelessly forgotten to wear a skirt and was just in my underwear. It just so happened that it was winter and my coat was long enough to hide my lower half so nobody on the train noticed, but this has been the second time already that I've accidentally gone out in just my underwear. When I was like, 'Everyone does that, right? Forget to wear clothes?', my friend was like, 'No, that's unthinkable! That's weird!' Am I weird? If you know any method of curing my carelessness, please share it!"
I see.
So like, (laughs) it's about the order in which you get dressed. Lay out your clothes before you go to bed! I think you'd be fine if you changed that order.
Does that happen in summer as well, then? You don't do that in summer, right? So like, it's the coat. It's when you wear your coat. You can't put on your coat - your long coat. It's because you have a long coat that it hides that. So like, you're better off wearing a short coat.
Once, while doing a quick costume change in a concert - I was to do a full-body quick change and then go straight on to my solo. I didn't wear any pants. I'd stripped off my trousers and was just in my underwear.
They stopped the music and let me change. And then I was there dancing seriously after that, I was super embarrassed. So that's happened. (laughs)
Well, so that does happen, of course! With quick changes, you've got to wear 2 layers or more. So like, Careless-Hachibei-san, all you gotta do is stop wearing long coats. Then it's all down to preparation. And checking. Let's stop wearing long coats! (laughs)
And so with that, the weekly Friday messages have been answered. I'll be awaiting your mail. The address is arashi@fmyokohama.co.jp. I'll be waiting for you to send me lots of messages.
See you next week; this was Ohno Satoshi!
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Grab the audio for this entry here; courtesy of the lovely
nepheliads ♥
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