Kappa

Sara touches her sara.

kappa no mizu-abi, osara ga ureshii

かっぱの水浴び お皿がうれしい

The water-bathing of the kappa, the plate is happy.

Shirikodama

shiri 尻

Butt.

Puns

yokubou , kibou 欲望, 希望

Desire. Hope. (both end in the same bou morpheme.)

, 欲望, 希望 Desire. Hope. (both end in the same morpheme.) sakushu 搾取

Extraction. shibori-toru 搾り取る

Squeezing out and taking.

搾取 Extraction.

keppi けっぴ

(the name of the kappa prince, "Keppi," is almost "kappa".) kappa かっぱ

Kappa.

けっぴ (the name of the kappa prince, "Keppi," is almost "kappa".)

Sara

Zanmai

sanmai 三枚

Three [flat things].

三枚 Three [flat things]. sara-zanmai 皿三枚

Three plates. sa さ becomes za ざ due to rendaku 連濁.

皿三枚 Three plates.

sara-zanmai 皿三昧

Being immersed in plates.

Being absorbed by plates.

Indulging yourself in plates.

It's all about these plates floating around all over the place in this anime!

皿三枚

Three plates.

Three plates. 皿三昧

A bizarre sort of plate addiction.

During sarazanmai, you can see their sarazanmai.

Dish

desu wa ですわ

Often used by "rich girl," ojousama お嬢様 characters

ですわ Often used by "rich girl," お嬢様 characters dattebayo だってばよ

This is Naruto.

Guddo Sarakku

gummoniin

グッモーニン

"Good morning."

グッモーニン "Good morning." rakkii jidori misshon ラッキー自撮りミッション

"Lucky" selfie "mission." jibun de toru 自分で撮る

To take [a photo] yourself.

ラッキー自撮りミッション "Lucky" selfie "mission."

gummooningu ★

kyou no akki jidori misshon

konpuriito dhisshu ★

グッモーニング★

今日のラッキー自撮りミッション

コンプリートでぃっしゅ★

Good morning ★

Today's lucky selfie mission

is complete dish ★

Saratto

Sara ni

mai nichi happi

rakki didori de sara ni happi!

毎日ハッピー

ラッキー自撮りでさらにハッピー！

Everyday happy,

With lucky selfies, even more happy!

Sarasu

Kapparau

kapparae! 掻っ払え！

[Go] steal! (imperative.)

kapparatta! 掻っ払った！

[I] stole [it]! (past form.)

ア Symbol

a ア

A.

Asakusa 浅草

The name of a district in Japan. This is an actual place, and you can find a lot of the locations shown in the anime in photos in real life.

Top-left: Asakusa Sara Terebi アサクササラテレビ

Middle: Sara Terebi サラテレビ



Kawauso

kawauso kouban 川獺交番

River otter police box.

Toriyama Sekien 鳥山石燕 (in Public Domain, see Illustration by鳥山石燕 (in Public Domain, see SekienKawauso.jpg - wikimedia.org

Kaisou

kaisou かいそう

(in hiragana .)

かいそう (in .) kaisou 回想

Reminiscence. Flashback.

回想 Reminiscence. Flashback. kaisou 海藻

Seaweed.

Tsunagaritai

tsunagu 繋ぐ

To connect. tsunaida 繋いだ

To have connected. (past form.)

繋ぐ To connect. tsunagaru 繋がる

To be connected.

To be tied together. To be interlaced.

To be linked. To be related.

To lead to. (if you follow the connection to the other thing.)

tsunagatta 繋がった

To have been connected. tsunagari 繋がり

The act of being connected. Of connecting.

A connection. tsunagarenai 繋がれない

To not be able to be connected.

繋がる To be connected. To be tied together. To be interlaced. To be linked. To be related. To lead to. (if you follow the connection to the other thing.) In soccer, passing the ball around to score a goal is also called "connecting" in Japanese.

Recurring Phrases

{dare nimo ienai} himitsu

誰にも言えない秘密

A secret [that] {[I] can't tell anyone}.

誰にも言えない秘密 A secret [that] {[I] can't tell anyone}. ubau 奪う

To steal. To take [from someone].

奪う To steal. To take [from someone]. tori-modosu 取り戻す

To take back.

取り戻す To take back. kankei-nai 関係ない

There's no relationship.

That has nothing to do with anything. With you.

It's none of your business. kankei-aru 関係ある

(antonym.) "Relationship exists." kankei oo-ari da!

関係おおありだ！

"A lot of relationship exists."

It has a lot to do with [me]. Etc.

関係ない There's no relationship. That has nothing to do with anything. With you. It's none of your business.

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Episode 1



kappazon.co.jp

A parody of amazon.co.jp, an online shopping website.

Maybe a pun on "kappa zombie," kappa zonbi カッパゾンビ, since the kappa zombies through the anime say the word "zon" when they die.

This place actually exists in Japan, by the way.

pic.twitter.com/z1xVIBKr0p カッパに遭遇してきた #さらざんまい May 16, 2019

The name of the bad guy is:

Hakoda Osamaru 箱田収丸

Box-field Reap-ball. osamaru 収まる

To settle down.

To fit in. (a box.)

箱田収丸 Box-field Reap-ball.

Destination: Azuma-bashi 吾妻橋

Azuma bridge.

Receiver: Hakoda Osamaru 箱田収丸

Tooi no yokubouトオイの欲望

Tooi's desire.

The phrases on the walls while they're going to the bridge:



yokubou no hako

欲望の箱

The box of desire.

欲望の箱 The box of desire. yokubou to hako

欲望と箱

Desire and box.

欲望と箱 Desire and box. yokubou wa hako

欲望は箱

Desire is box.

欲望は箱 Desire is box. kappa towa senshi no koto

カッパとは戦士のこと

Kappa is warrior. The next ones all have the same meaning.

カッパとは戦士のこと Kappa is warrior. kappa towa senshi nari

カッパとは戦士なり

Kappa is warrior.

カッパとは戦士なり Kappa is warrior. kappa towa senshi kero

カッパとは戦士ケロ

Kappa is warrior-kero. The place where they buy things from:This place actually exists in Japan, by the way.The name of the bad guy is:The phrases on the walls while they're going to the bridge:

Episode 2



Haru kappa 春かっぱ

"Spring kappa."

The username of Haruka 春河.

春かっぱ "Spring kappa." The username of 春河. nyan-tarou にゃん太郎 (or Nyantaro )

(the cat's name.) nyan にゃん

Meow. tarou 太郎

Common name suffix, given to one's first son.

にゃん太郎 (or ) (the cat's name.) kappamaki かっぱ巻き

Cucumber sushi wrapped in nori (seaweed).

o-sakana-zanmai お魚三枚 (or おさかなざんまい)

Three slices of fish. Fish fillet.

The slang for "weed" in Japanese is happa 葉っぱ, "leaves," which sounds like kappa.



During Sara news, the ukiyo-e 浮世絵 parodied was:



Urusasau うるささう, by Tsukioka Yoshitoshi 月岡芳年.

うるささう, by 月岡芳年. Photo from: 芳年と国周―「風俗三十二相」と「見立昼夜廿四時之内」 - ukiyoe-ota-muse.jp

te wo tsunagu

手を繋ぐ

To interlace hands.

To hold hands together.

手を繋ぐ To interlace hands. To hold hands together. tsunaida te wa ai no akashi!

keshite hanasaremasen'you!

繋いだ手は愛の証！決して離されませんよう！

Interlaced hands are the proof of love! By no means let [them] go apart! Lewd.

繋いだ手は愛の証！決して離されませんよう！ Interlaced hands are the proof of love! By no means let [them] go apart!

Name of the bad guy:

Nekoyama Moukichi

猫山毛吉

Cat-mountain Fur-luck.

During Sara news, words are replaced with cat-speak containing nya にゃ, "meow":

nyanto! ニャンと！

nanto! なんと！

What did [you] say that happened?! (interjection.)

ニャンと！ なんと！ What did [you] say that happened?! (interjection.) namen'nya yo なめんにゃよ

nameru na yo なめるなよ

Don't lick [me]. (literally.)

Don't underestimate [me].

The phrases on the walls going to the bridge:

sarazanmai towa

さらざんまいとは

Sarazanmai is...

さらざんまいとは Sarazanmai is... ishiki kyouyuu 意識共有

...sharing consciousness.

意識共有 ...sharing consciousness. sarazanmai niwa

さらざんまいには

For sarazanmai...

さらざんまいには For sarazanmai... risuku ga tsukimono

リスクがつきもの

...risk is an attached-thing. (i.e. risk always comes with sarazanmai.)

The pun when he's defeated:

neko-jerashii 猫ジェラシー

Cat "jealousy." This one is either:

猫ジェラシー Cat "jealousy." neko-jirashi 猫じらし

Cat "teasing." A way of playing with cats.

猫じらし Cat "teasing." neko-jarashi 猫じゃらし

Green foxtail. (Setaria viridis.) The green grass thing used to tease cats with.

猫じゃらし Green foxtail. (Setaria viridis.)

When the cat zombie disappears: shini zon nyaa

死にゾンにゃ～

(this doesn't mean anything.) shinu 死ぬ

To die. shini 死に is a conjugation, but it needs to come before something else, like shini-sou or shini-tai . zon ゾン is from "zombie," zonbi ゾンビ, and nyaa is the cat thing.

死にゾンにゃ～ (this doesn't mean anything.)

In the post-credits: nyanii~ ニャニィ～

nanii 何ぃ～

Whaat? Puns and notes for episode 2:The slang for "weed" in Japanese is葉っぱ, "leaves," which sounds likeDuring Sara news, the浮世絵 parodied was:Name of the bad guy:During Sara news, words are replaced with cat-speak containingにゃ, "meow":The phrases on the walls going to the bridge:The pun when he's defeated:

Episode 3



kisu キス

Kiss. kisu 鱚

Sillago. (type of fish.) kisu wo kutte kisu wo migake

キスを食ってキスを磨け

Eat sillago and polish [your] kisses. (polish in the sense of improving.)

キス Kiss. gomen'na sara ごめんな サラ

(a word with sara forced in it.) gomen'nasai ごめんなさい

Sorry.

ごめんな (a word with forced in it.) uso 嘘

Lie. kawauso 川獺

uso 獺 (or oso )

River otter.

嘘 Lie.

The ukiyo-e parodied was:





Uta Makura 歌満くら, by Kitagawa Utamaro 喜多川歌麿.

歌満くら, by 喜多川歌麿. Photo from 今「春画」が女性を夢中にする理由とは? 橋本麻里さんに聞いた“ギリギリ”の魅力 - excite.co.jp.

The place where Enta and Kazuki practiced soccer exists in real life.

#さらざんまい聖地巡礼 #さらざんまい好きな人と繋がりたい pic.twitter.com/yp5CuvWoiT さらざんまいで燕太がサッカーの練習をしてた場所 #さらざんまい May 15, 2019

The name of the bad guy:

Kissu Mottokuree

キース・モットクレー

(literally...) kisu motto kure

キスもっとくれ

Give [me] more kisses.

キース・モットクレー (literally...)

The officers' lines:

ore-ra tsutta

俺ら釣った

We caught [him]. tsuru 釣る

To fish. To angle. To lure.

To catch [a fish].

俺ら釣った We caught [him]. kinou no kisu

昨日のキス

Yesterday's kiss.

The Kissu of yesterday. (Kissu as in the bad guy.)

During Sara news, there's a reference to the anime movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky.





The phrases on the walls while running to the bridge:

kisu wo kutte kisu wo manabe

キスを食ってキスを学べ

Eat kiss, learn kiss.

キスを食ってキスを学べ Eat kiss, learn kiss. kisu wo matte kisu wo nogase

キスを待ってキスを逃せ

Wait kiss, miss a kiss.

Wait kiss, let a kiss go. nogasu 逃す

To let free. (e.g. a fish.)

キスを待ってキスを逃せ Wait kiss, miss a kiss. Wait kiss, let a kiss go. kisu de semete kisu de horobe

キスで攻めてキスに滅べ

Attach with kiss, be ruined by kiss.

The bad guy's desire is too high level for me:

kisu-zanmai

きすざんまい

Fixation to sillago/kisses.

Three slices of sillago.

きすざんまい Fixation to sillago/kisses. Three slices of sillago. takusan no kisu wo tsutte sanmai ni orosu

沢山のキスを釣って三枚におろす

(too much pun.)

沢山のキスを釣って三枚におろす (too much pun.) takusan no kisu wo tsuru

沢山のキスを釣る

To reel in a lot of fishes.

To reel in a lot of kisses. tsuru 釣る

To fish. To angle. To lure.

沢山のキスを釣る To reel in a lot of fishes. To reel in a lot of kisses. sanmai ni orosu

三枚におろす

To fillet in three [slices]. mai 枚

Counter for thin things. In this case, slices of a fish. sanmai oroshi 三枚おろし

In cooking, to cut the head of the fish off, the slice the body twice, so you get three slices: the left, the middle-and-bottom, and the right. In order to do this, you need to remove the bones. [twitter.com/0_equal_all, accessed 2019-04-05.]

三枚におろす To fillet in three [slices]. hone-nuki ni suru 骨抜きにする

To make it so it's boneless. Consequently, to make it lose its core structure and become weakened. To make someone lax in their morals, as opposed of firm, because they're now boneless. In romance , to make someone someone completely in love with you, fall head over heels, "lovey-dovey," deredere デレデレ, etc. hone wo nuku 骨を抜く

To extract the bones. hone-nuki 骨抜き

Bone-extracting. -ni suru ～にする

To make [something] become [somehow else]. (e.g. you become bone-extracted.)

骨抜きにする To make it so it's boneless.

Stealing someone's flute, also called a "recorder," rikoodaa リコーダー, to go have an indirect kiss with them is is something perverted to do. That much is obvious. But note that this is a recurring trope in a number of anime, to try to frame someone as a recorder-stealing pervert, it just that this almost never actually happens, they're normally false accusations.



The logo of the hospital is an a ア as the alphabet "A."



Asakusa Sara Sougou Byouin

浅草皿総合病院

Asakusa Sara General Hospital. Puns and notes in episode 3:Theparodied was:The place whereandpracticed soccer exists in real life.The name of the bad guy:The officers' lines:During Sara news, there's a reference to the anime movie Laputa: Castle in the Sky.The phrases on the walls while running to the bridge:The bad guy's desire is too high level for me:Stealing someone's flute, also called a "recorder,"リコーダー, to go have an indirect kiss with them is is something perverted to do. That much is obvious. But note that this is a recurring trope in a number of anime, to try to frame someone as a recorder-stealing pervert, it just that this almost never actually happens, they're normally false accusations.The logo of the hospital is anア as the alphabet "A."

Episode 4



soba 蕎麦

Buckwheat. (a plant)

Noodles made from buckwheat floor. (a dish.)

蕎麦 Buckwheat. (a plant) Noodles made from buckwheat floor. (a dish.) soba 側

Near. Next. Close. By [someone's] side. soba ni iru そばにいる

To be by [your] side. ima made soba ni ite-yarenakute warukatta na

今までそばにいてやれなくて悪かったな

Until now, [I] couldn't stay by [your] side, [I'm sorry].

側 Near. Next. Close. By [someone's] side.

The name of the gang seems to be:

kamome 鴎

Gull. (a kind of bird.)

The name of the bad guy.

Sobatani Yudeo

蕎麦谷ゆで男

Soba-valley boiling-man. Sobatani is a real name. yude 湯で

To boil. (e.g. noodles.) -o ～男

Suffix meaning man.

蕎麦谷ゆで男 Soba-valley boiling-man.

The name of his soba shop:

soba no yu 蕎麦の湯

Soba's hot water. yu 湯

Hot water.

The "hot water" of a bath, for example.

蕎麦の湯 Soba's hot water.

The officers' lines:

soitsu wa ore-ra ga utta no sa

そいつは俺らが打ったのさ

That guy, it was us who caught him. utsu 打つ

To hit. To strike. soba wo utsu そばを打つ

"To hit soba noodles."

To make soba noodles. (e.g. そば打ち動画 - youtube.com) kawa wo utsu 縄を打つ

"To hit the ropes."

To catch a criminal and bind them with ropes.

そいつは俺らが打ったのさ That guy, it was us who caught him. sore wa kinou no soba na no sa

それは昨日のそばなのさ

That's yesterday soba.

That's the Soba[tani] of yesterday.

During Sara news:



higeki! sakki made soba ni ita noni

悲劇！さっきまで ソバ にいたのに

A tragedy! Even thought [it] was in the soba-noodles just a moment ago.

A tragedy! Even thought [he] was next to [me] just a moment ago. Note: iru いる is used with people and animated things. The verb aru ある means the same thing, but is used with inanimate things, like noodles.

悲劇！さっきまで にいたのに A tragedy! Even thought [it] was in the just a moment ago. A tragedy! Even thought [he] was just a moment ago.

The moving text at the bottom reads:

"Sara ha jitsuha udon ha dish."

Sara wa jitsu wa udon-ha dhisshu

サラは実は饂飩派でぃっしゅ

Sara actually prefers Udon, dish. udon 饂飩

A thicker type noodles. -ha ～派

Used after something you prefer, like saying your team. neko-ha 猫派

[I'm of] the "cat-team."

[I] like cats.

サラは実は饂飩派でぃっしゅ Sara actually prefers Udon, dish. "Nazenara saraudon ha arukedo saraSOBA ha naikara dish."

nazenara saraudon wa aru kedo sarasoba wa nai kara dhisshu

なぜなら皿饂飩わあるけど皿蕎麦わないからでぃっしゅ

That's because "sara-udon" exists, but "sara-soba" doesn't, dish. Sara is saying she prefers udon over soba because there's a dish called "sara udon," but there's no dish called "sara soba." sara udon 皿うどん

"Plate noodles." A dish native to the Nagasaki prefecture. [ちゃんぽんと長崎華僑, P101 cited in Sara udon - en.wikipedia.org, accessed in 2019-06-26.]

なぜなら皿饂飩わあるけど皿蕎麦わないからでぃっしゅ That's because "sara-udon" exists, but "sara-soba" doesn't, dish. "Sara to zaru ha betsu dish. Darenimo ienai himitsu dish."

sara to zaru wa betsu dhisshu

dare nimo ienai himitsu dhisshu

皿と笊は別でぃっしゅ

誰にも言えない秘密でぃっしゅ

Plates and "zaru" are different things, dish. [This is] a secret [I] can't tell anyone, dish. Although sara-soba doesn't exist, zaru-soba 笊蕎麦 does exist. It's served on a zaru 笊, which is a plate made out of bamboo. Sara is saying a plate made out of bamboo isn't a sara , so it doesn't count. By the way, "darenimo something himitsu" is the phrase used by the bad guys and everyone else when their shirikodama is about to get stolen.

皿と笊は別でぃっしゅ 誰にも言えない秘密でぃっしゅ Plates and "zaru" are different things, dish. [This is] a secret [I] can't tell anyone, dish.

What's written on the walls while running to the bridge:

soba-ha 蕎麦派

"Soba team."

Prefers soba. (e.g. over udon.)

During the fight:

hai dondon, hai janjan

はいどんどん、はいじゃんじゃん

A chant used in soba shops when serving more and more soba. hai はい

Yes. (used when accepting an order from a customer.) dondon どんどん

Gradually. More and more. (mimetic.) janjan じゃんじゃん

Continuously. (mimetic.)

はいどんどん、はいじゃんじゃん A chant used in soba shops when serving more and more soba. nokori-yu 残り湯

Remaining hot-water. Leftover hot-water. (generally bath hot water.) nokoru 残る

To remain. To be left.

残り湯 Remaining hot-water. Leftover hot-water. (generally bath hot water.) soba-yu 蕎麦湯

Soba hot-water. (water left in the pot after boiling the soba.)

蕎麦湯 Soba hot-water. (water left in the pot after boiling the soba.) temee no wagamama wo oshi-tsukete

soba ni itai da nante

amai nimo hodo ga anda yo

てめえのわがままを押し付けて

そばにいたいだなんて

甘いにも程があんだよ

Pushing [onto others] your selfishness,

saying "[I] want to be by [your] side,"

there's a limit to being naive. amai 甘い

Sweet. (taste.)

Naive. (thinking.) andayo あんだよ

aru-n-da yo あるんだよ

aru no da yo あるのだよ

There is.

てめえのわがままを押し付けて そばにいたいだなんて 甘いにも程があんだよ Pushing [onto others] your selfishness, saying "[I] want to be by [your] side," there's a limit to being naive. ii dashi moratta

いい出汁・・・もらった

[I] got a good soup-stock. dashi 出汁

Soup stock. (used with soba.)

Because it's used to improve the taste of food, it also means:

Something you use for your own benefit.

いい出汁・・・もらった [I] got a good soup-stock. nusunda nokori- yu de soba yu detakatta-n-da

盗んだ残り 湯 で蕎麦を 湯 でたかったんだ

[He] wanted to boil (in hot water ) the soba-noodles with the leftover bath (hot) water [he] stole.

盗んだ残り で蕎麦を でたかったんだ [He] wanted to boil (in ) the soba-noodles with the leftover bath [he] stole. yude-zon da ゆでゾンだ

[I'm] a boiled "zom." zonbi ゾンビ

Zombie.

ゆでゾンだ [I'm] a boiled "zom."

Not a pun, but:

ima sara dare ni nani wo iwareta tte kamawanai

今さら誰に何を言われたって構わない

Now, after all this, whatever [I'm] told by anyone [I] don't care.

The episode title:

tsunagaritai kedo

soba ni inai

つながりたいけど

そばにいない

[I] want to connect but, [I'm] not nearby. Puns and notes in episode 4:The name of the gang seems to be:The name of the bad guy.The name of his soba shop:The officers' lines:During Sara news:The moving text at the bottom reads:What's written on the walls while running to the bridge:During the fight:Not a pun, but:The episode title:

Episode 5



kaminari gorogoro kaikan

雷５６５６会館

(this isn't on the anime, this is an actual place, but anyway...) gorogoro ゴロゴロ

*thundering* (onomatopoeia.) From go-roku-go-roku ５６５６. See numbers spelling Japanese words.

雷５６５６会館 (this isn't on the anime, this is an actual place, but anyway...) Pro-tip: find a girl that looks at you the way Sara looks at cucumbers.

sashe サシェ

Sachet.

サシェ Sachet. nioi-bukuro 匂い袋

Smell-bag. fukuro 袋

Bag. (the fu ふ becomes bu ぶ because of rendaku .) ofukuro お袋

A word for "mother" in Japanese.

匂い袋 Smell-bag.

The name of the bad guy:

nioi-no fuku-rou 匂野福郎

Smell-field luck-man. nioi no fukuro 匂いの袋

A bag of smell. -rou ～郎

A common suffix for male names, as seen in Tarou , Ichirou , Jirou , Saburou , Shirou 太郎, 一郎, 次郎, 三郎, 四郎.

匂野福郎 Smell-field luck-man.

The officers' lines:

soitsu wa ore-ra ga kaida no sa

そいつは俺らが嗅いだのさ

That guy, we smelled. kagu 嗅ぐ

To smell. (a smell.)

To sniff out. To discover. (a secret.)

そいつは俺らが嗅いだのさ That guy, we smelled. sore wa kinou no sashe na no sa

それは昨日のサシェなのさ

That was yesterday's sachet.

Sara's escaping line:

saratto dasshutsu

さらっと脱出

Simply, escaped.

Before his grandfather died, Haruka and Kazuki are seen wearing pink clothes. After finding out, Kazuki wears a different color. Wearing matching colors is called, in Japanese:

pea-rukku ペアルック

"Pair look." sotsugyou suru 卒業する

To graduate. (school.)

To stop being or doing something, advancing to a next step. (e.g. wearing matching clothes.)

ペアルック "Pair look."

When Sara shows up:

sara tto o-sanpo shite-kita-n-dhisshu

さら っとお散歩してきたんでぃっしゅ

[I] was simply taking a walk. sanpo 散歩

A walk. Stroll. (the o- お～ prefix she uses is bikago 美化語, "beautification language," as seen in female language.)

っとお散歩してきたんでぃっしゅ [I] was simply taking a walk.

The phrases on the walls going to the bridge:

sashe towa nioi-bukuro

サシェとは匂い袋

Sachet is a "smell-bag."

サシェとは匂い袋 Sachet is a "smell-bag." sashi towa taiman

サシとはタイマン

(other two words that mean the same thing.) sashi 差し

For to people to do something. (like fight.) sashi-mukau 差し向かう

To be face to face. taiman タイマン

One-on-one fight.

サシとはタイマン (other two words that mean the same thing.) saji towa supuun

サジとはスプーン

(both words mean "spoon.") saji 匙

Spoon. (like in Gin no Saji .) supuun スプーン

Spoon. (katakanization.)

サジとはスプーン (both words mean "spoon.") pafe towa suiitsu

パフェとはスイーツ

Parfait is a sweet.

パフェとはスイーツ Parfait is a sweet. porushe towa kuruma

ポルシェとは車

Porsche is a car.

The battle:

nioi no kioku wa shinu made kienai

匂いの記憶は死ぬまで消えない

The memory of the smell doesn't disappear until death.

[I] won't forget the smell until [I] die. kieru 消える

To disappear. To vanish. (e.g. a smell.)

匂いの記憶は死ぬまで消えない The memory of the smell doesn't disappear until death. [I] won't forget the smell until [I] die.

After the battle, Keppi says:

heso de cha ga waku

臍で茶が沸く

The tea boils with the belly button. (literally.) From the idiom: heso de cha wo wakasu

臍で茶を沸かす

To make tea boil with one's belly button. heso ga cha wo wakasu

臍が茶を沸かす

The belly button boils the tea. Generally means something is too stupid or ridiculous. Obviously it doesn't mean what it literally means. Afterwards, Keppi is seen drinking tea.

臍で茶が沸く The tea boils with the belly button. (literally.) Puns and notes in episode 5:The name of the bad guy:The officers' lines:Sara's escaping line:Before his grandfather died,andare seen wearing pink clothes. After finding out,wears a different color. Wearing matching colors is called, in Japanese:When Sara shows up:The phrases on the walls going to the bridge:The battle:After the battle,says:

Episode 6





Anime: Osomatsu-san おそ松さん (Episode 6),

Sarazanmai さらざんまい (Also episode 6) The "sasheeeeeh" thing Sara does during her news is a reference to a "sheeh" thing from the manga and anime Osomatsu-san.

The ukiyo-e parodied was, probably:



Ōzumō Torikumi no Zu 大相撲取組之図 by Utagawa Kuniaki 歌川国明

大相撲取組之図 by 歌川国明 Photo from 歌川国明: 「大相撲取組之図」 - ukiyo-e.org.

Not a pun, but:

sarawareru

攫われる

To be kidnapped. To be abducted. Episode 6 notes:Theparodied was, probably:Not a pun, but:

Episode 7



uso 嘘

Lie.

嘘 Lie. uso 獺

kawauso 獺

Otter.

獺 獺 Otter. usoo-kun

うそ男くん

Otter-man-kun.

Lie-man-kun. kun くん

Names of mascots often get this suffix when it's a male mascot, or chan ちゃん when it's a female mascot.

うそ男くん Otter-man-kun. Lie-man-kun.

The subway actually exists, but the mascot is a mole called Chika-o-kun ちか男くん instead. The chika 地下 part means "underground."



昼間だったんで、例のメンテはしてませんでした。#聖地巡礼 pic.twitter.com/NiRMK9pMig 今日、実は行ってきました…ww昼間だったんで、例のメンテはしてませんでした。 #さらざんまい May 23, 2019

ningyou-yaki 人形焼

"Doll-baking." Baked doll pastry.

This is the name for pastry in the shape of small people, animals, and so on. ningyou 人形

Doll. One of the officers is called a "doll" in this episode. In the previous episode, the other officer also called him "a doll that had lost its emotions."

人形焼 "Doll-baking." Baked doll pastry. This is the name for pastry in the shape of small people, animals, and so on.

The officers are eating:

Uso ngu Soosu Yakisoba

ウソ ングソースやきそば

"Usong" Sauce Yakisoba. This parodies a real brand: Pasungu Soosu Yakisoba

ペヤングソースやきそば

Peyoung Sauce Yakisoba.

ングソースやきそば "Usong" Sauce Yakisoba.

The thing Toi complains about:

yobisute 呼び捨て

Calling someone informally. Without an honorific suffix. (e.g. -san ～さん) And by first name, Toi , instead of family name, Kuji . From: yobu 呼ぶ

To call. suteru 捨てる

To throw away.

呼び捨て Calling someone informally.

Now Kazuki is wearing pink again. The "pair look" thing is back.



The Sara news includes the pun:

tamageta! たまげた！ (or 魂消た)

To be astonished. To be flabbergasted. (literally "soul-disappeared.")

The Sara news also has a double reference.

E.T., the 1982 movie. Captain Tsubasa, the soccer manga and anime, in which "the ball is my friend" is the main character's motto. Note, however, that the phrase is said in Tsubasa in Japanese, but Sara says it in katakanized English.

The frog-hating Keppi mistakes a word for "frog."

kangaeru 考える

To think.

考える To think. kaeru 蛙

Frog.

蛙 Frog. The part gaeru がえる looks like kaeru かえる with rendaku . For example: kan gaeru 蟇蛙

Toad.

がえる looks like かえる with . For example:

The text on the walls on the way to the bridge highlights the joke.



sara no koto wa

ato de kangaeru

皿のことは

あとでかんがえる

The thing about the dishes [we] think later.

We can figure out what to do about the dishes later. The dots under gaeru are emphasis marks.

皿のことは あとでかんがえる The thing about the dishes [we] think later. We can figure out what to do about the dishes later. gaeru ikooru kaeru

がえる＝カエル

" gaeru " equals "frog."

がえる＝カエル " " equals "frog." kaeru ikooru saijou-kyuu no bujoku

カエル＝最上級の侮辱

"Frog" equals an insult of the highest level.



During the battle:

booru ボール

"Ball." (English katakanization.) tama 玉

Ball. (anything round.) tama 球

Ball. (of a sport, like soccer.) The only exception are in other words loaned from English, like: booru-gyagu ボールギャグ

Ball-gag.

ボール "Ball." (English katakanization.) tama たま

Balls. Testicles. (colloquially.) tamatama たまたま

(same meaning, but used mostly by women. See reduplication of plurals for body parts for reference.)

たま Balls. Testicles. (colloquially.) tama niwa 偶には

Occasionally. tamatama 偶々

Occasionally.

By chance.

偶には Occasionally. tamatama toreta

タマタマ取れた

[Something] was taken [off] by chance.

[My] balls were taken [off].

タマタマ取れた [Something] was taken [off] by chance. [My] balls were taken [off]. korya tama ran

こりゃ… タマ らん

kore wa tama ranai

これは 堪 らない

As for this, [I] can't get enough of.

[I] can't get enough of this. tamaranai 堪らない

To not get enough of something. To never get tired of doing something.

こりゃ… らん これは らない As for this, [I] can't get enough of. [I] can't get enough of this. tamashii no sakebi

魂の叫び

Scream of the soul.

The piece of cloth Enta wears tied around his nose is a Japanese thing. Thief characters are generally portrayed wearing something like that for some reason. Episode 7 notes:The subway actually exists, but the mascot is a mole calledちか男くん instead. The地下 part means "underground."The officers are eating:The thingcomplains about:Nowis wearing pink again. The "pair look" thing is back.The Sara news includes the pun:The Sara news also has a double reference.The frog-hatingmistakes a word for "frog."The text on the walls on the way to the bridge highlights the joke.During the battle:The piece of clothwears tied around his nose is a Japanese thing. Thief characters are generally portrayed wearing something like that for some reason.

Episode 8



The store Umeya 梅屋 is a parody of a real Japanese brand. Matsuya 松屋

梅屋 is a parody of a real Japanese brand.

During Sara news, Chikai is the suspect behind:

Shikotama Sagi Jiken

シコタマ詐欺事件

The " Shikotama " Fraud Case. shikotama しこたま

Lots. Plenty of. (adverb.) So it also means "Lots of Fraud Case."

シコタマ詐欺事件 The " " Fraud Case.



The goyou da! goyou da! 御用だ！御用だ！ thing Sara does is a Japanese thing seen in historic period pieces, where policemen yell that as they try to catch a fugitive. Episode 8 notes:During Sara news,is the suspect behind:The御用だ！御用だ！ thing Sara does is a Japanese thing seen in historic period pieces, where policemen yell that as they try to catch a fugitive.

Episode 9





Sarazanmai さらざんまい (Episode 9, rights reserved)

Photo by Anime:さらざんまい (Episode 9, rights reserved)Photo by Mj-bird CC BY-SA 4.0 , see Ichibanboshi_(Dekotora),_Fuso_T-Series,.jpg - wikimedia.org dekotora デコトラ

Short for "decorated truck."

デコトラ Short for "decorated truck." Specifically, this may be a reference to the series Torakku Yarou トラック野郎, aired in the 70's. The main character, Hoshi 星, literally "star," has a truck called Ichibanboshi 一番星, "first star." [トラック野郎 - ja.wikipedia.org, accessed 2019-06-28]

I don't know if Masa is supposed to mean something, however:

taka 鷹

Falcon. The name of the guy Chikai fights against is Taka . Previously, his gang was called Kamome , "gull," which is another bird.

鷹 Falcon.

Is this a Neon Genesis Evangelion reference?



Episode 9 notes.I don't know ifis supposed to mean something, however:Is this a Neon Genesis Evangelion reference?

Episode 10



Kuro Keppi 黒ケッピ

Black Keppi. I'm probably wrong about this one, but: kuroketto クロケット

Croquette. I mean, they did talk about croquettes once out of nowhere. But is every word in this show a pun?

黒ケッピ Black Keppi.

It's only now that I realize it, but when Black Keppi gets out of Keppi in episode 6, there's a sound of something breaking. I thought it was supposed to symbolize a container, like a vase. But the same sound effect is used when dishes are broken in this episode.



yokubou ga wareru

欲望が割れる

Desire will be split. Keppi was split in two parts: Keppi and black Keppi.

欲望が割れる Desire will be split. sara wo watta

皿を割った

To have split (broken) the dish.

tsunagatteiru

繋がっている

To be interlaced. Connected. (in this case, two circles.) I guess this is the same rationale behind the Olympic rings?

繋がっている To be interlaced. Connected. (in this case, two circles.) Episode 10 notes.It's only now that I realize it, but when Black Keppi gets out of Keppi in episode 6, there's a sound of something breaking. I thought it was supposed to symbolize a container, like a vase. But the same sound effect is used when dishes are broken in this episode.

Episode 11





Before fixing the broken miçanga, Kazuki says:

tsunagari wo tebanasanai

繋がりを手放さい

[I] won't let go of [our] connection. This mirrors the lines of the officers: yokubou wo tebanasu na!

欲望を手放すな！

Don't let go of [your] desire! tebanasu 手放す

To let go. te 手

Hand. hanasu 放す

To distantiate. So literally "to hand-distantiate," to put your hands, grasp, away from something. In the scene, Kazuki physically grabs the miçanga with his hand.

繋がりを手放さい [I] won't let go of [our] connection. Since he fixes the miçanga by tying the ends together, that's also a tsunagari .

. nando datte tsunaide-yaru

なんどだって繋いでやる

[I'll] connect [the ends of the miçanga] as many times [as necessary].

[I'll] connect [with you] as many times [as necessary]. Wait, does that mean the saying is "no start, no end, no connection" because you can't connect the start and the end in a miçanga-like loop if there's neither a start nor and end? I don't know where the wordplay start and end anymore. Send help.

なんどだって繋いでやる [I'll] connect [the ends of the miçanga] as many times [as necessary]. [I'll] connect [with you] as many times [as necessary].

During the boukyaku 忘却, "oblivion," Enta and Kuji use the verb tebanasu.

ore wa akirame ga warui kara, nani hitotsu tebanasu tsumori wa nai

俺は諦めが悪いから、何一つ手放すつもりはない

I'm bad at giving up so, [I] don't have an intention of letting go of anything.

俺は諦めが悪いから、何一つ手放すつもりはない I'm bad at giving up so, [I] don't have an intention of letting go of anything. naku koto mo warau koto mo yurusarenai ore wa, kibou wo tebanashita

泣くことも笑うことも許されない俺は、希望を手放した

I, who wasn't permitted to laugh or cry, let go of hope.

In episode 7, Toi complained Kazuki called him Toi, his first name, rather than Kuji, his family name. This is called yobisute, and implies they're friends enough skip formalities. He always called the other main characters by their family names, Yasaka and Jinnai. In this episode 11, before starting the sarazanmai, he calls the other characters by their first name for the first time: Kazuki and Enta.



The brand of the ball is "kapadas," a parody of the real brand called "adidas."



Later, Keppi says:

sekai no en wa maruku tamotareta

世界の円は丸く保たれた

The circle of the world was kept round. (literally.) marui 丸い

Round. (literally.)

From its literal meaning: smooth, without defects, faults, problems. maruku naru 丸くなる

To become so [it's] round-ly.

To have its problems smoothed out.

世界の円は丸く保たれた The circle of the world was kept round. (literally.)

You know, now that I think about it the only real thing that wasn't given a different name in this anime was The Little Prince, which is called Hoshi no Oujisama 星の王子様, "The Prince of the Star," in Japanese.



The ED loosely resembles Toi's story, but it also loosely resembles a lot of other sad stories, including any of the other two protagonists, so I'm guessing it's not an extremely contrived musical wordplay.



Some things did match with the music, though, like this cut which was synchronized with one of the lines:



hiza wo kakaete akogareteita no wa

itsuka no zanzou

膝を抱えて憧れていたのは

いつかの残像

Holding-with-arms [my] knees what [I] yearned for was

an afterimage of sometime. In other words, a memory of something that happened in the past.

膝を抱えて憧れていたのは いつかの残像 Holding-with-arms [my] knees what [I] yearned for was an afterimage of sometime.

The new Asakusa News mascot is a frog now, and "frog" is kaeru 蛙, just like "to return [home]" is kaeru 帰る.



The best anime always end with an



Some final notes.



The fights occur in a bridge probably because a bridge "connects" places.



Almost everything that was taken is spelled with two kana or two mora (time taken to pronounce it). Usually, one kana takes one mora to be pronounced.



hako ハコ

Box.

ハコ Box. neko ネコ

Cat.

ネコ Cat. kisu キス

Kiss.

キス Kiss. soba ソバ

Buckwheat noodles.

ソバ Buckwheat noodles. sashe サシェ

Sachet. she シェ is spelled with a two kana compound, one of them being a small kana . It's a single diphthong syllable and takes one more to be pronounced.

サシェ Sachet. tama タマ

Ball.

タマ Ball. Mabu マブ

(the officer's name.) Although the music is about getting back their "connection," tsunagari 繋がり, the text on the hologram-like rings around the bridge say Mabu , just like it previously said hako , neko , kisu , soba , sashe , and tama . Reo レオ.

(the name of the other officer.)

マブ (the officer's name.) Toi トイ

(one of the main character's names.) Although there's no fight, when the main characters meet at the bridge, Toi asks what the other two were doing, they explicitly Toi wo torimodoshi ni , "[we came] take-back Toi ."

トイ (one of the main character's names.) tsunagari ツナガリ

Connection. In the very, very last fight, the hologram on the bridge shows a four-mora word instead.

ツナガリ Connection. Episode 11 notes.Before fixing the broken miçanga,says:During the忘却, "oblivion,"anduse the verbIn episode 7,complainedcalled him, his first name, rather than, his family name. This is called, and implies they're friends enough skip formalities. He always called the other main characters by their family names,and. In this episode 11, before starting the, he calls the other characters by their first name for the first time:andThe brand of the ball is "kapadas," a parody of the real brand called "adidas."Later,says:You know, now that I think about it the only real thing that wasn't given a different name in this anime was The Little Prince, which is called星の王子様, "The Prince of the Star," in Japanese.The ED loosely resembles's story, but it also loosely resembles a lot of other sad stories, including any of the other two protagonists, so I'm guessing it's not an extremely contrived musical wordplay.Some things did match with the music, though, like this cut which was synchronized with one of the lines:The new Asakusa News mascot is a frog now, and "frog" is蛙, just like "to return [home]" is帰る.The best anime always end with an egao 笑顔 , I see.Some final notes.The fights occur in a bridge probably because a bridge "connects" places.Almost everything that was taken is spelled with twoor two mora (time taken to pronounce it). Usually, onetakes one mora to be pronounced.

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The animeさらざんまい airing this season has so many puns and cultural Japanese references that I thought it'd be a good idea to list them here for further reference. This way you'll finally be able to unders... to understan......Okay you won't be able to understand the anime, but you'll be able to understand the Japanese part of the anime, and that's one step, at least, so let's content ourselves with that. Anyway.The first part of the article assumes you have already watched. After that, there's a second spoiler warning, and sections. So scroll with caution!The河童 is a legendary creature part of the Japanese folklore, an妖怪Etymologically, it comes from川, "river," plus童, "child." So a "river-child." Theわらは changed pronunciation toわっぱ, joined togetherかわわっぱ, then turned intoかっぱ.Theare said to like cucumbers.They have a ","皿, on top of their heads. This is very important.It's said that if the plate dries, they die.The尻子玉, "butt-child-ball," also spelled尻小玉, "butt-small-ball," is a an organ that thecan extract from the butt of a person. Some legends say theis the intestine or the stomach, but the anime follows the legend it's a different, fictitious organ.According to the legends, thewould drown people in the river and then extract theirThe origin of this legend might be the fact that when someone dies they stop contracting their muscles. If they drown, water will start entering their mouth, and then bowels. And then, because their anal sphincter, which is a muscle, won't be contracting any longer, it dilates, they will just shit themselves. Literally. That's what theis.There's a lot of puns in this anime, and I can't really say I got all of them.Before anything, let's start with the obvious someone who doesn't know Japanese is going to miss.You don't even need to know Japanese to get this one, but:The word皿 means "plate" in Japanese, like the plate of aAndis the name of the idol girl in the anime,吾妻サラ.You'll see there are some other things calledin the anime, like吾妻橋, "Azuma Bridge," the bridge where they fight in the first episode.A plate, being a flat object, is counted with枚, the counter for flat objects like sheets of paper.The number "three" in Japanese is三.Meanwhile, the word三昧 means the "samadhi," which is a Buddhist term for a state of intense concentration achieved through meditation.When used as a suffix, it becomes -～三昧, again because of, in which case it can mean "to be immersed in" whatever it's suffixed to, in the same devoting sense as becoming in a "state of intense concentration achieve through meditation."You'll see that characters they defeat in the anime that have an fixation for something will say something-when they're defeated.Note that, normally, you would be able to tell between the twofrom theirHowever, the title of the anime was stylized in, asさらざんまい. So you can't tell if it's one thing or another. Which is precisely why,, you wouldn't spell it like this., so it can refer to the fact that we have three main characters with 3 plates on their heads, on the fact that there are plate references everywhere in the anime.Often,will end her sentences with "dish,"でぃっしゅ. This isn't a Japanese word, it's the katakanization of the English word "dish." A dish is a kind of plate.As for whykeeps saying "dish," it's just how she speaks. In anime, it's common for characters to end their sentences in some weird way or another, like cat-girls sayingにゃ, "meow," at the end of everything.It's just a cute way of speaking.The word "dish" was probably chosen because it resembles desu です , which is a polite copulative verb and as such is normally at the end of sentences in Japanese.The term for such things is語尾, by the way. Other's include:By the way,, theprince, uses aケロ as, which is the sound frogs make , "ribbit."The phraseグッドック is a pun made bywith the word. It's supposed to mean "good luck," which would be justグッドラック without theサ instead.She also uses other English phrases, but those aren't puns, I think, like:The wordっと is a mimetic word for "smoothly," "simply," generally about doing something without any trouble, or bothering with anything.It has nothing to do with "plates,"皿, but it's used in anime because it also hasin it.Like other, similar mimetic words,is a baseplus the adverbial particleと joined by a glottal stop expressed by the small tsu っ The base is also the simplex of the reduplication さらさら, which means "rustling," like tree leaves, and, also, "free-flowing."The phrase更に means "further," as in "more." It's an adverb.The word晒す means "to expose," like oneself naked (expose one's shame), or expose one's secret.The word掻っ払う means "to steal." It has nothing to do with, but the word was probably chosen because of how it sounds.Literally, it's掻く, "to scratch," plus払う, "to pay," but in this case, "to wipe away." Theは becomesぱ because of sokuonbin 促音便 The symbol in a bunch of dishes around the anime is a single katakana character:If you were going to say abcdefgh... in Japanese, this would be the first letter... after the 50, which come before theIt's likely thisア comes fromサクササラテレビ, Asakusa Sara TV, which is the title of's (the idol's) TV program.This ア symbol isin the anime. Like, LITERALLY, EVERY, SINGLE, WHERE.The word川獺, also spelled 川ウソ, means "river otter" in Japanese. Reminder:are river creatures.The symbol on the back side of theア dishes is a river otter.The police box where the police officers are has a sign that reads:Like the, the otter is also said to be anin Japanese folklore.This is even said on screen, but:The phrase繋がりたい means "want to be connected." The anime makes a few puns around this verb. For reference, some conjugations:A few phrases that are said over and over in the anime and you might want to pay attention for:I'm not sure how hard this is to notice, but pretty much every episode has a background music featuring a chant of the words, or a keyword of the episode over and over.From here on, there are episode-specific notes.Well, that's it, I guess.