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watatsuki no yorihime and watatsuki no toyohime (touhou) drawn by kezune_(i-_-i)

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    【東方4コマ】おいくら万円【55】

    東方の四コマです

    次 seiga #3882104
    前 seiga #3829270

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    UTW
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    colBoh said:

    Either this is mistranslated or there's a pun or animé reference in there we're missing...

    Well, that dialogue would fit in with the visuals. Maybe it's because caviar is a costly delicacy? Anyway that untranslated note at the bottom looks like it's referring to the line so maybe that would explain it.

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    monhan
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    It's a bilingual pun involving Russian. I'm also confused on how to explain and translate it.

    Okay, here it is:
    One of the basis of Toyohime's character is the Toyotama-hime, better known as Otohime, who is half or a personification of a shark(same in Japanese)
    The eggs of Green sturgeons(chousame) are called Caviar.
    However, Sharks and Sturgeons are of different species.
    Meanwhile, ikura is the japanese word for Salmon eggs. In Russian, "ИКРa"(pronounced 'ikura') is the term for all kinds of fish eggs, including caviar.
    So, the oni's question can mean "Are you (laying out) ikura?", hence Toyohime's "Mine is CAVIAR!" response.

    In short, this joke still works, as we can see, without having to explain it in such a convoluted manner. DAMN YOU, kezune.

    Updated by monhan

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    monhan
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    usr234 said:

    It's pronounced [ik'ra], which sounds somehow similar to いくら/イクラ [ikura] Japanese for "salmon roe" AND "how much?" phrase.

    I know. That's already obvious enough and doesn't warrant an explanation.
    I'm just explaining the innuendo that he often does.

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    monhan
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    usr234 said:

    I just thought that for those without sufficient knowledge of Japanese the connection of "how much" with all that fish egg stuff would not be so obvious.

    Duh.

    True. Didn't think of that since it was already translated that way. Sorry guys.

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