Glossary entry (derived from question below)
May 25, 2007 09:02
17 yrs ago
日本語 term
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Native in: マライ語 
Works in: 英語 から マライ語, マライ語, マライ語 から 英語
Dokodemo Door
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Me again, still doing Doraemon's gadgets. Another Japanese word is left untranslated. Does this have any cultural meaning? Thanks.
Proposed translations
(英語)
| 3 +2 | "Go anywhere door" (see important comments) |
Kurt Hammond
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| 4 +1 | warping door, ubiquitous door |
Yuki Okada
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Proposed translations
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"Go anywhere door" (see important comments)
"dokodemo" means "anywhere" - it means roughly "go-anywhere door" - The same cautions apply here as the previous posting though. Probably these were left as Japanese because the Japanese name of these 'inventions' are so well recognized by Japanese children anywhere. It's sort of like the word "anime" is not the same when called "Comics drawn or written in the Japan style" (or whatever).
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-05-25 09:07:17 GMT)
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oops, I meant to say "manga"
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Note added at 5 mins (2007-05-25 09:07:17 GMT)
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oops, I meant to say "manga"
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thank you, Kurt."
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3時間
warping door, ubiquitous door
I understand that you are not really looking for an English translation, and "go anywhere" suggested by Kurt is quite fine, but these are words that just came to my mind, especially from movie analogy. Some additional explanations:
Dokodemo door is a door that you place in front of you, and think of anywhere that you want to go. Then when you go though the door in front of you, you exit to the place that you wanted to go.
Dokodemo door is a door that you place in front of you, and think of anywhere that you want to go. Then when you go though the door in front of you, you exit to the place that you wanted to go.
Note from asker:
| Thanks again, Yuki. |
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