drama babble || random Japanese question

[ltgmars]

I think I figured out why I'm having (or had once) funny dreams about Nino. It's because I've been watching a bunch of his dramas/specials. Non-stop. In the past week I watched Ryuusei no Kizuna (I cried), Sukoshi wa Ongaeshi ga Dekitakana (I cried), and Minami-kun no Koibito (I should have cried, considering how dissatisfied I was with the ending). I also have Yasashii Jikan, Namida wo Fuite, and Marathon queued up to watch. Those are the last three Nino dramas that I haven't yet seen that are available on the interwebs (as far as I know), but since they're all fairly heavy (or at least they all fall into the "human drama" or "kandou" category), I've decided to hold off for now and switch to something lighter and a little more adorable: Yoiko no Mikata.

So far, Sho is two for two in the "crying at the end of an episode" department. Reminds me of Nino in Yamada Tarou Monogatari. But this time there are dozens of adorable children and annoying mothers (instead of six adorable children and one mother who isn't that annoying), so the atmosphere's a little different. "Tension up" or something.

Also. I've been thinking about this... what's a good way to translate "tension" (that is, the Japanese slang term テンション, which doesn't actually mean "tension")? "Excitement" doesn't quite catch it all, I think. Our favorite and sometimes useless Jim Breen says it means "spirits", but I connote "getting your spirits up" with the process of being sad and then feeling better, which isn't quite it either. Any thoughts on this?

ALSO. Waiting in anticipation for the last episode of UtaOnii. It's been a good run; I hope it's a happy ending.

ALSO ALSO. I've been inconsistent with the italicization/quotation (respectively) of titles. I hate that.

Comments

[athena8.livejournal.com]

I think of high tension as perky, bouncy or animated. On the other hand, low tension is lethargic, depressed or sad.

[ltgmars.livejournal.com]

That's a good way to think of it. Thanks! :D

[whisper132.livejournal.com]

I just put "tension" in there with "genki" as one of those words that you can kinda translate but that you lose the edge to it when you do.

[ltgmars.livejournal.com]

So this one time I accidentally translated "genki" as "healthy" when I was seeing friends after coming home from winter break in Japan.

Inez: Hey, guys! You all look so healthy!
Friends: ...

[rebecka-jo.livejournal.com]

Your dream entry gave me high tension (which I always translate as feeling full of or buzzing with [positive emotion]). I think I wrote a similar drabble once, but instead of you it was Toma. & I make out with my stuffed animals all the time, for no real reason.

Remember! You can do all things through Nino who strengthens you. I actually have always avoided JE dramas because I am afraid they will be awful and it will make me like so-and-so less. But if saucy dreams may come of this, then count me in!

P.S. I didn't know about Kitten Wars until you linked me and I ... that's two hours of my life I can never get back. :D

[ltgmars.livejournal.com]

I used to ask my mom to kiss my stuffed Pikachu whenever I went up to bed, and she always refused because she insisted that I "drooled all over him". Maybe I did. D:

Nino-strength! Maybe now I'll eat very little and start being stingy. AND! JE dramas are the best because they're usually okay, and if they're really that bad, you can just focus on the pretty.

:3