Translation bump for this pool please?

Anyone knows what the "Umadachi" means?

And why did my attempts at reading the footnote get me "middle school"? How old are the girls?

Sigfried666 said:

Anyone knows what the "Umadachi" means?

And why did my attempts at reading the footnote get me "middle school"? How old are the girls?

I feel like @NNescio is the best person to ask when it comes to Umamusume lingo.

Unbreakable said:

I feel like @NNescio is the best person to ask when it comes to Umamusume lingo.

Not a good idea IMHO. He got so tired of explaining it every time he wrote a lengthy Wiki about the subject.

Sigfried666 said:

Anyone knows what the "Umadachi" means?

"Horseypals". Or "horseystand" (imitating a horse rearing up), which probably fits the original lyrics more, though most fans use it in the "-pals" sense.

Quoting myself from post #4537258:

NNescio said:

It's from the first line of the Umapyoi Densetsu lyrics. Roughly speaking, it's a unique 'constructed' portmanteau word similar to writing, say, "horseypals".

There's not a definitive meaning for the word yet (unlike, say Umapyoi), but fans will use it in a way similar to some of the more jargon/euphemistic use of Umapyoi (see sense 3. and 4. of Umapyoi as noted in post #4508118). Basically it means to get 'friendly" (i.e. "be pals") with a given umamusume. This "friendly" may be platonic, romantic, or straight-up *ahem* hanky-panky stuff.

TL:DR: It means to be "horsepals" with somebody. Or "horsebuddy". It can mean what it means (on the surface), or something deeper behind it under the cover of euphemism... if you know what I am saying.

Some continuum along the "Horsefriends → Horsepals → Horsebuddy → Horselovers → Horsefuckbuddy" scale, depending on context.

At this point it's basically used euphemistically like umapyoi.

Sigfried666 said:

And why did my attempts at reading the footnote get me "middle school"? How old are the girls?

Scarlet is in the middle school division of Tracen. Age not given.

Of course, considering that both Teio and Kitasan (plus McQueen and Diamond) are in same middle school division, that the umas can go through multiple annual races without a change in their academic status, and that model student Rudolf is still stuck in high school without graduating despite being in nearly the same position even back when Teio was still a kid... maybe there's some major timey-wimey shenanigans involved or maybe umagirls just grow differently and their schooling work differently too.

Jesus Christ that was a fast translation!

Sigfried666 said:

Anyone knows what the "Umadachi" means?

And why did my attempts at reading the footnote get me "middle school"? How old are the girls?

Well just like what NNescio said Umadachi to me is basically "tomodachi" but replacing tomo with uma- so it is pretty much "friends" or "horsebuddy" in some sense.

Actually "-tachi" "-dachi" is a kanji used as a suffix for plural.

Watashi - I
Watashitachi - Us
Tomo - Friend
Tomodachi - Friends

So in a literal sense "Umadachi" is just "horses". In fandom it has an alternate meaning being a playword between "friends" (tomodachi) and "horse" (uma).

EDIT: Also, is this how the Tazuna support card works?