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May. 6th, 2008

  • 12:50 AM
Ahaha no.
A serious question (I mean that without any irony) regarding porn. Namely, Japanese lesbian porn that one might hypothetically be translating for class.


Okay, so here's the deal. My project for this semester for my independent study has been translating a Japanese novella that has a lot of lesbian sex. Which is mostly okay, except that I'll run across conversations which include references to female genitalia. And...I don't really know a lot of terms for female genitalia that are used in casual conversation in a non-charged and non-ridiculous way. The best I really have is "pussy," which works for some lines and not for others. In the narration, I think I can mostly use "vagina," but it seems too clinical for the conversation.

Part of this is that I don't have a great sense of how slang-y the Japanese terms being used are. My dictionary has stuff like "sexual organ" for some things, but my prof tells me that the Japanese isn't that deeply awkward. A lot of it is also my inability to take some terms seriously (pussy!) or my just...complete aversion to them (I hate hate hate cunt as a word), so even with the more natural words I can come up with, I'm kind of ehhhh about using them.

So, um. Does anyone have suggestions for alternate vocab words? I'm...kind of at a loss.
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[info]emilytheodd wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:15 am (UTC)
if I think of anything, I will let you know. Thus far Thesaurus.com has proved deeply unhelpful.
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:16 am (UTC)
I did not think to look there, but I'm somehow not surprised.

I could check urban dictionary, but I'm kind of scared.
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[info]emilytheodd wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:32 am (UTC)
oh my gosh that would be terrifying.

DUDE. you could look on fanfic.net!
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[info]darknightrain wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:19 am (UTC)
.... man I think Zazzle had this problem a while back while writing lesbian porn and I know she found a website with all sorts of magical slang for genitalia, b-but I can't for the life of me remember what it was. Google maybe? :(
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:24 am (UTC)
I thought about asking google but then I decided it might do more harm than good. I will look for this!
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[info]darknightrain wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:25 am (UTC)
... yeah I was going to say "TURN SAFE SEARCH ON" but that might be even less helpful. LEMME ASK HER AND SEE IF SHE REMEMBERS.
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[info]inupr0n wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:31 am (UTC)
... dude, wasn't it Kio?
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[info]rebel_by_knight wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:32 am (UTC)
IT MIGHT HAVE BEEN KIO TOO? But this one was when Zazzle was writing that Axel/Larxene/Marluxia thing ages ago.
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[info]inupr0n wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:34 am (UTC)
I think Kio's was more recent.
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:34 am (UTC)
...wait how is Axel/Larxene/Marluxia lesbians.
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[info]rebel_by_knight wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:37 am (UTC)
IT IS NOT, I was thinking of this one Yoruichi/Soi Fong fic by her I read a while back, but then I remembered the actual issue had happened while writing the KH one.

Marluxia ttly counts as a lesbian, anyway.
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[info]abfluvver wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:37 am (UTC)
I'm trying to remember if I actually did one.

I think I may have... I think.
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[info]rebel_by_knight wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:38 am (UTC)
I just remember this one post you made also hating on the word "cunt" but other than that, my memory fails me.
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[info]abfluvver wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:40 am (UTC)
OH HEY
http://abfluvver.livejournal.com/156910.html

This?


HAHAHAHA, yawning maw of eternity.

Edited at 2008-05-06 05:40 am (UTC)
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[info]rebel_by_knight wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:42 am (UTC)
Re: OH HEY
DING DING DING, yes that one.

A-Also what hahahaha sob.


--and o hey, you were actually defending the word. I HAS GOOD MEMORY

Edited at 2008-05-06 05:49 am (UTC)
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:45 am (UTC)
Re: OH HEY
I can see forever!
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[info]gottabendemall wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:29 am (UTC)
Japanese slang or American slang?
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:30 am (UTC)
American.
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[info]gottabendemall wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:32 am (UTC)
What about Vajayjay? That's a pretty popular word these days.
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:33 am (UTC)
I think my prof would just write "????" next to that. And now my brain hurts.
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[info]inupr0n wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:30 am (UTC)
USE "VAGOO"
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:31 am (UTC)
I was thinking I would just use YOUR MOM
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[info]inupr0n wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:33 am (UTC)
...

"she lid a finger inside YOUR MOM"

... I think it'd work.
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[info]inarticulate wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:33 am (UTC)
??

…Please do not use bearded clam. For my sanity.
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[info]rebel_by_knight wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:36 am (UTC)
fdgkfgdlgkdf bearded clam haahahhahaahahha
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[info]inarticulate wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:37 am (UTC)
That's better than some of the other search results I got.

Taco, poon, hatchet mark, seafood pit, clam, camel toe, hair pie

box, beaver, slot, twat, snatch, gash

8(
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[info]rebel_by_knight wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:39 am (UTC)
BOX
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:39 am (UTC)
see this is why I was having so much trouble ._.
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[info]inarticulate wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:41 am (UTC)
just... invent your own euphemism

it will be a million times better than anything
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:44 am (UTC)
There's a kind of unfortunate extended metaphor in the Japanese where the vagina is a pond. And swimming is prohibited. And then the ass is the swamp behind the pond. I cried. Mostly because it went on SO LONG.
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[info]inarticulate wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:46 am (UTC)
…

…







…

ENVY IS THE POND VAGINA?!
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:47 am (UTC)
CLEARLY
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[info]rebel_by_knight wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:48 am (UTC)
i lol'd
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[info]lady_ganesh wrote:
May. 7th, 2008 01:28 am (UTC)
Some kind of flower metaphor perhaps? Her petals and the like?
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[info]chash wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:37 am (UTC)
"Such a common bearded clam, all covered in the grime of men."
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[info]inarticulate wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:38 am (UTC)
super sexy.
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[info]tinaeu wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:38 am (UTC)
..B-BOX
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[info]inarticulate wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:41 am (UTC)
IT'S JUST A BOX
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[info]tinaeu wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 05:46 am (UTC)
uhuhu snake in my box
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[info]ningen_demonai wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 06:16 am (UTC)
*Hums the Camel Toe song*
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[info]laserdragon wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 09:06 am (UTC)
WHAT ABOUT JUST VAG?
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[info]green_queen wrote:
May. 6th, 2008 02:47 pm (UTC)
This post has the funniest comments ever, I swear.
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