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Old 2009-08-22, 07:27   Link #399
ijuinkun
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Originally Posted by thirdlc View Post
True except that it's koharubiyori.
Yes I am quite familiar with the rendaku phenomenon. However, the joke requires less explanation if we ignore the sound changes brought on by making it a compound word.


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It's zenjinmitou, "without precedent" as a.f.k. translated. I don't have a problem with the point that it's the pun for future, but the kanji supposed to be in her name is "mi".

It's kikiippatsu, "nick of time" as a.f.k. translated.
My apologies on these two--we don't get a very good view of the fourth kanji on Mikuru's headband or the first on Kyon's, so I extrapolated.
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