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Smurf

Japanese translation: スマーフ

13:04 Jun 15, 2005
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Other / comics, tv series for children
English term or phrase: Smurf
Dwarfs from the comic albums (and tv series) that bear their name ("de smurfen" = plural). Created by the Belgian autor Peyo. They have blue bodies and wear white bonnet and white pants. The "grote smurf" (= sort of the king) wears a red bonnet and pants.
Arnaut
Japanese translation:スマーフ
Explanation:
grote smurf is papa smurf, or パパスマーフ

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Note added at 4 hrs 23 mins (2005-06-15 17:28:20 GMT)
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Sorry, the amazon.co.jp reference is broken. Just go to http://www.amazon.co.jp and search for スマーフ...
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Kurt Hammond
United States
Local time: 09:59
Grading comment
It might be my computer settings but the displayed response is unpronouncable to me. Phonetic sounds might have made this easier to understand. Anyway, the term I found somewhere else and that is more convenient to me is "sumafu".

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5 +6スマーフ
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14 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +6
smurf
スマーフ


Explanation:
grote smurf is papa smurf, or パパスマーフ

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Note added at 4 hrs 23 mins (2005-06-15 17:28:20 GMT)
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Sorry, the amazon.co.jp reference is broken. Just go to http://www.amazon.co.jp and search for スマーフ...


    Reference: http://www.popup-toy.com/smurfpvc1.htm
    Reference: http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/search-handle-url/index%...
Kurt Hammond
United States
Local time: 09:59
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 21
Grading comment
It might be my computer settings but the displayed response is unpronouncable to me. Phonetic sounds might have made this easier to understand. Anyway, the term I found somewhere else and that is more convenient to me is "sumafu".

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  amysakata: 確か白い帽子を被った青い小人でしたよね？
21 mins
  -> yes, checkout the first URL reference.
agree  statusquo (X): yep
1 hr
agree  Can Altinbay: Nice references.
4 hrs
agree  zenlee
10 hrs
agree  KathyT: natsukashii!
10 hrs
agree  Minoru Kuwahara
2 days 1 hr
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