#final world

As usual, I'm a big newb wrt 日本語 Japanese, and thanks to a certain someone for all their hard work and effort in teaching our small group 日本語 so far 💖

If anything's wrong/etc, please do post a comment so I can improve :D

Without further adieu (and with gratuitous use of yomitan + jisho), let's get this started!

Here's a table of character names (I abbreviated them):

Kairi → K

Riku → R

Fairy Godmother → FGM

K：それは？

→ [and] that is?

は is a particle that shows the subject of a sentence, and to me at least a sentence feels unfinished when it ends a sentence. With the rising pitch Kairi uses, this is a question.

FGM：では、会いに行きましょう

→ so then, let's go and meet [her]!

Here [her] is implied. Refers to The Nameless Star, which it's very curious the Fairy Godmother knows about. Quite diff to the EN too!

R：ええ？【EN: Huh?】

→ eh?

K：ここは⸻

→ this place is.....

Another unfinished sentence, Kairi remembers! Loving the vibes on this scene :D

R：知ってるのか？【しってるのか？】

→ [you] know [this place] already?

JP verbs are so flexible.... it's hard to put into words! The -いる part is like a continuing action. There's also context inferred here - ofc as with all translations, I put inferred stuff that isn't directly mentioned in [square brackets].

K：うん　ソラと来て⸻【うん　ソラと　きて⸻】

→ Yeah. [I] came [here] with Sora...

うん is informal yeah, as expected here. Love the suuuper long dash「⸻」 here to indicate like trailing off / thoughtful mood ✨

K：さっきまで調査でも【さっきまで、ちょうさでも】

→ [I came here] too not long ago, at [the] examination [of my heart].

Interesting! In 日本語、Kairi's more explicit about it being the examination [of my heart] rather than "while I slept" like in EN.

Sentence structure confused me here, so I ended up making a guess based on the components I looked up.

K：ここは⸻

→ this place is......

Part 1/2 of my fav moment in this whole scene! I just looooove the way Kairi says this pair of lines :D

K：終わりの世界【おわりのせかい】

→ The Final World

Gosh, this is such a good name in 日本語。Romanised, it's owari no sekai、which uses the form 『<label> no <thing>』. おわり means end/「ending/close/conclusion」．．．but it also has a secondary meaning of 「end of (one's) life/death」.

This is a really powerful name for me that indicates that The Final World means that it's like lit. "The end of one's life world", which just hits like a tonna bricks...!

This and Kairi's tone leaves no room for doubt.

Such a great scene!

でもここには誰も⸻【でもここには　だれも⸻】

→ but, who is in this place too? [there's nobody here.]

Another complex sentence structure. 誰も can mean either "everyone/anyone", or "no one/nobody", but the latter is only after a verb apparently. 誰 on it's own is also "who", so multiple ways to interpret this.

All lead to the same place tho in the end ^_^

FGM： ううん、よーく見て【ううん、よーくみて】

→ no, look closely and....

Credit t @yoroshiu for translation help here (and for other places too!)! うん means "yes", but ううん can be an interjection meaning "no", which I missed initially.

見て is the -te form of the verb 見る、which means "to see/look/watch/etc". Hence, the sentence is left open as she gestures for Kairi to take a closer look. It all checks out \o/

よーく I believe is intended to be 良く、which is "nicely/properly/skillfully/etc".

K：よく見ると、星がたくさん【よーくみると、ほしが　たくさん】

→ on a closer look, [I see] lots of stars

たくさん is "a lot/a large number/etc". Not entirely sure but there's a slight rising tone in Kairi's voice too, so that indicates a questioning tone.

FGM： そう　ここは生と死の狭間にある【そう　ここは　せいとし　の　はざまにある】 強い心が留まる場所【つよいこころ　が　とどまる　ばしょ】

→ correct. this place exists as a space/threshold between life and death. → strong hearts stop [in this] place

Woah, what a lot to unpack! I'm proud I was able to decode this one :D

生と死の狭間 is like "life and death の [p. labeller] interval/space/threshold/loophole (in a wall)/etc", so quite literally there "interval/space between life and death, like it gives the vibe it's not a literal place (but ここ "koko" earlier in the sentence means "here/this place" which literalises it). 狭間 has many meanings, and I like the "loophole (in a wall)" one as it kinda fits, but didn't end up going with it.

場所【ばしょ】 isn't the word for place I know 【ところ】、but the dict is always right :P

Edit: @yoroshiu says that 場所【ばしょ】 means like more of a physical place, but 所【ところ】 can be more abstract, which def fits w/the "physical place" vibe here - tysm!!

More generally it's interesting in 日本語 it's like "strong hearts stop [in this] place" and not "gather here after death" as in EN. JP, as always, is context heavy - requiring inference to understand what's going on.

FGM：きっと彼女はここにいるはずよ【きっと　かのじょはここきいるはずよ】

→ surely she should exist here [somewhere]

R：彼女？【かのじょ？】　【EN: She?】

→ she?

FGM：最後の鍵よ【さいご　の　かぎ　よ】 【EN: The final key.】

→ [she's the] final key!

I feel like in 日本語 I automatically infer the "she's the", but in EN it's like just "the final key", which feels less human in a way, even tho it roughly literally translates to the same thing.

Again with the 『<labeller> の <thing>』 syntax, which is quite common in JP:

"end/final/conclusion/last の key/lock/key (to a problem)/clue"

...with よ being a sentence-ending particle that gives an informative feel**, like hoping to hand over some kind of wisdom.... though meanings in JP as in English are complicated and I'm a newb so identifying context here isn't smth I've got much xp w/yet.

ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ ᓚᘏᗢ

That's all I got for now, thanks so much for reading! If you've got a scene you'd like translating, suggestions/corrections on the translations (or any other question)/brainrot rolling around in your head rent-free as a result of this, please feel free to let me know :D

終わりの世界 The Final World is just such an interesting phrasing in 日本語 Japanese hk adohwoqwidhjksdh 🌟✨ :D

Also also, I just love 日本語Japanese の Fairy Godmother's voice actor, whoever they are. It's just such a cool and expressive vibe!

I feel like I've improved a lot since last time I translated here, and I even know of a few compound particles - tho I'm not very good at remembering them yet :P

Hope you enjoyed!