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5 🌸
It's Horiuchi Marina 👧
Only 5 days remain until our live performance ♪
Today is November 23, Labor Thanksgiving Day. 1
Everyone, students and workers, thank you for your hard work 💓 2
Since it's getting colder, haven't you caught cold?
In order to make the spirit pleasantly warm, Sakura Gakuin will do their best!! 3
Towards November 28's 2010 ✬ Sakura Gakuin Festival, let's go! 4
Translated by The Rado
Notes
1- Learn more about this Japanese national holiday on Wikipedia.
2- おつかれさまです or "otsukaresama desu" is a basic Japanese phrase often even used as a formal greeting, it simply means to express gratitude for hard work towards the person being greeted.
3- In other way, this can be translated as "in order to make your heart feel pleasant warmth" or such, you get the idea. It's nice that this is where Marina's thoughts lead her after talking about cold weather.
4- Similarly to a previous countdown post by Moa, Marina uses number five which is most often pronounced as "go".
Kanji Transcript
５
堀内 まり菜です
ライブまであと５日となりました
今日は１１／２３勤労感謝の日です。
みなさん、学校、お仕事おつかれさまです
寒くなってきましたが、かぜひいてませんか？
心はポッカポカになるようにさくら学院がんばります！！
１１／２８はさくら学院祭２０１０に Let's GO (５)
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RELAY
Hello everyone!
It's Horiuchi Marina! 💕
The other day, we had sports day (at school) 1
I was chosen to represent in relay running.
Of the 400m race, each person ran 100 metres.
I was the first leg runner. 2
Before running, I fastened the magic tape on my shoes tightly, and then I ran with all my heart. 3
My last relay in elementary school. 4
In the end, we finished second!
We came so close, but unfortunately didn't win. However, I had a good feeling because I gave it my best. 5
I love running.
Everyone, do you like running?
Marina
Translated by The Rado
Notes
0- Marina's running skills were later mentioned and praised in an episode of Night of Spica.
1- She doesn't mention it, but it presumably happened at her elementary school.
2- Expression トップバッター as in top batter is used here. It actually is a waisei-eigo used in baseball for the batter that starts the match/game/whatever it's called in that sport.
3- Don't worry, magic tape (マジックテープ) isn't one of Marina's inventions, it's just the name under which velcro is marketed in Japan.
4- Marina was in her final year of elementary school during her first year in Sakura Gakuin.
5- Explanation for the first sentence can be found here. Please let me know if you find a less painful way to translate it.
Kanji Transcript
リレー
みなさん、こんにちは
堀内まり菜です
先日、運動会がありました!
私は、リレーの選手に選ばれました。
400mリレーで、1人100mずっ走りました!!
なんと、私はトップバッターでしたっ!
走る前にくつのマジックテープをしっかり止めて、思いきり走りました!
小学校生活最後のリレー。
結果は2位でしたっ!
おしかったけど、がんばったので良い思い出になりました。
私は, 走る事が大好きです。
みなさんは好きですか??
