strange/funny phrases in japanese

[giulianoz]

Hello,
a friend told me about a strange phrase in japanese that's pronounced like a long serie of "ooo"s (like ooo oooooo ooo o ooo ooo" the translation should be something similar to "the emperor travels with a large group of bodygards" (not the exxact translation, he doesn't remember well). I suspect the phrase is actually in chinese, even if he insists it's in japanese. Someone knows what he's talking about ? and maybe other interesting phrases or word games in japanese ?

thanks

giuliano

[Jordi]

Hello,
a friend told me about a strange phrase in japanese that's pronounced like a long serie of "ooo"s (like ooo oooooo ooo o ooo ooo" the translation should be something similar to "the emperor travels with a large group of bodygards" (not the exxact translation, he doesn't remember well).
giuliano

giulianoさん　the only part I can help you with is that the word "king" is 王 (おう) in Japanese so your friend could be on the right track:wink:
I'll look further into this but for now...

又ね

Jordi

[giulianoz]

Hello Jordiさん,
thanks for your help.

Does 王 (おう) refer to a "western style king" or to the emperor of Japan too (天皇、てんおう if I remember well )?

thanks

[giulianoz]

こんいちわ、
I've found also 倣(ほう) that should be "imitate" but also "follow"

giuliano

[typerlc]

I don't know the phrase you're referring to, but here's a start:

王 を 覆おう
ou wo ooou

[Belton]

Unfortunatly I can't find the one you're referring to but there are Japanese tongue twisters 早口言葉［はやぐちことば］at these links

Wikipedia in Japanese but with kana
Romaji collection
Difficult Kanji site
middle ground The one with 3 readings of 子 is interesting.


My favorite has always been
丹羽の庭には二羽の鶏は俄に鰐を食べた 。
にわ　の　にわ　には　にわ　の　にわとり　は　にわに　わに　を　たべた。
in (mr) Niwa's garden two chickens suddenly ate a crocodile.

However, although I've found this on a couple of Japanese websites, a Japanese friend of mine had problems with it. But I think one of the big problems was the idea of chickens eating a crocodile!