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== Event descriptions ==
 
== Event descriptions ==
The English names are from Snoopy's Silly Sports Spectacular.
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Each of these has ゲーム, i.e. "game", appended in its corresponding intro screen.
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{{ja-k-en
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|みのむし
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|蓑虫
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|Bagworm}}
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* The sack race. A bagworm is a type of moth that constructs a "bag" to live in during its larval stage.
  
{| border="1"
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{{ja-k-en
! Japanese !! Literal meaning !! English name
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|くつなげ
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|靴投げ
| {{gloss|みのむし|蓑虫}} || Bagworm || Sack race
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|Shoe throwing}}
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* 投げ comes from {{gloss|投げる|なげる}}, meaning "throw". The masu stem of a verb is used to turn it into a noun. We'll see this construction a couple more times.
| {{gloss|くつなげ|靴投げ}} || Shoe toss || Boot throwing
 
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| ホッピング || Hopping || Pogo
 
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| {{gloss|おとしっこ|落としっこ}} || Dropping contest || Overboard
 
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| {{gloss|ピザはこび|ピザ運び}} || Pizza carrying || Pile of pizza
 
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| {{gloss|かわとび|川跳び}} || River jumping || River jump
 
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Each of these has ゲーム, i.e. "game", appended in its corresponding intro screen.
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{{ja-en
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|ホッピング
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|Hopping}}
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* The pogo event.
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{{ja-k-en
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|おとしっこ
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|落としっこ
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|Throw-down contest}}
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* This is the gondola event, where the objective is to throw your opponent off the gondola. 落とし is from 落とす; again, the masu stem makes it a noun. The suffix っこ basically means "contest".
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{{ja-k-en
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|ピザはこび
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|ピザ運び
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|Pizza carrying}}
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{{ja-k-en
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|かわとび
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|川跳び
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|River jumping}}
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* 跳ぶ means "jump". There is a related verb 飛ぶ (which is also read とぶ) which means "fly". Try not to confuse 'em!
  
 
[[Category:ja-en]]
 
[[Category:ja-en]]

Latest revision as of 18:14, 4 September 2012

This game's text originally used little to no kanji. We have added kanji in case they would be of interest.

Event descriptions[edit]

Each of these has ゲーム, i.e. "game", appended in its corresponding intro screen.

Japanese
みのむし
Kanji
蓑虫
English
Bagworm
  • The sack race. A bagworm is a type of moth that constructs a "bag" to live in during its larval stage.
Japanese
くつなげ
Kanji
靴投げ
English
Shoe throwing
  • 投げ comes from 投げる, meaning "throw". The masu stem of a verb is used to turn it into a noun. We'll see this construction a couple more times.
Japanese
ホッピング
English
Hopping
  • The pogo event.
Japanese
おとしっこ
Kanji
落としっこ
English
Throw-down contest
  • This is the gondola event, where the objective is to throw your opponent off the gondola. 落とし is from 落とす; again, the masu stem makes it a noun. The suffix っこ basically means "contest".
Japanese
ピザはこび
Kanji
ピザ運び
English
Pizza carrying
Japanese
かわとび
Kanji
川跳び
English
River jumping
  • 跳ぶ means "jump". There is a related verb 飛ぶ (which is also read とぶ) which means "fly". Try not to confuse 'em!