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May 25, 2007 09:08
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Take-Copter
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Still on Doraemon's gadgets...
His tiny cap with a propellor on top is called take-copter. Is "take" an English word and if yes, what is "take-copter" trying to describe? If it's a Japanese word, what does it mean?
Thank you.
His tiny cap with a propellor on top is called take-copter. Is "take" an English word and if yes, what is "take-copter" trying to describe? If it's a Japanese word, what does it mean?
Thank you.
Proposed translations
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| 4 +4 | Bamboo-copter (boy, these are bringing back memories)... |
Kurt Hammond
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| 4 +2 | portable helicopter |
Yuki Okada
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Bamboo-copter (boy, these are bringing back memories)...
The cultural significance here is that there is a real toy that is made out of bamboo. You spin in your hands to make it fly up like a helicopter. I forget the real name of the real toy.
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-05-25 09:15:12 GMT)
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the real toy is called 竹とんぼ which is "bamboo dragonfly" - Picture below: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/care/benri/asobi/img/aso4_06a.jpg
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Note added at 6 mins (2007-05-25 09:15:12 GMT)
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the real toy is called 竹とんぼ which is "bamboo dragonfly" - Picture below: http://www.toshiba.co.jp/care/benri/asobi/img/aso4_06a.jpg
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Mumu Watanabe (X)
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nordlys75
: this is really tough one! When I was a child, the gadget's name "Take-copter" reminded me of the "Take-tonbo" without any additional explanations.
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yeah. As a foreigner I only know "take-copter" and I had to look up take-tombo :-)
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michiko tsum (X)
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Nobuo Kameyama
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4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Thanks for this one too, Kurt."
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portable helicopter
Again, just read it for explanation. As Kurt says take is bamboo and take-copter is made to look like the toy, take tombo.
Take copter is a small "take tombo" look-alike that you attach to the top of your head, then you can fly in the air. I wouldn't translate the "take" (bamboo) part for readers who don't know that toy, take-tombo.
Take copter is a small "take tombo" look-alike that you attach to the top of your head, then you can fly in the air. I wouldn't translate the "take" (bamboo) part for readers who don't know that toy, take-tombo.
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