Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
妖怪をやったり…鬼をやったり
English translation:
picking monsters and ogres as main themes
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Yumico Tanaka (X)
Nov 21, 2008 10:32
15 yrs ago
Japanese term
妖怪をやったり…鬼をやったり
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I'm pretty stumped by an expression I encountered in the transcription of a speech given at an educational seminar. Here's the sentence in full:
毎年このワークショップでは，妖怪をやったりとか鬼をやったりとかということで５年目になります。
毎年このワークショップでは，妖怪をやったりとか鬼をやったりとかということで５年目になります。
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 +5 | picking monsters and ogres as main themes |
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Dec 5, 2008 06:56: Yumico Tanaka (X) changed "Edited KOG entry" from "<a href="/profile/657674">Yumico Tanaka (X)'s</a> old entry - "妖怪をやったり…鬼をやったり"" to ""picking monsters and ogres as main themes""
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picking monsters and ogres as main themes
I understand that the workshop is for educators to make up lesson plans or conduct cultural discussion about cultural/imaginary features in the folktales.
As in reference, it could mean performing or it could mean just "picking a theme" and I took the latter case.
As in reference, it could mean performing or it could mean just "picking a theme" and I took the latter case.
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Reference comments
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Reference:
やる＝演じる？
妖怪や鬼を演じたという事では？
あるいはテーマが妖怪や鬼だった。
あるいはテーマが妖怪や鬼だった。
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