North_Ranger
Staff member
And it's time for another installment in our series "NR asks stupid language questions"
As I've mentioned before, I'm currently in the middle of two Changeling: The Lost campaigns, and I've been tinkering a lot (both as a player and as an ST) with the mechanics of various things in that setting. Now... I'm considering having either my character or an NPC character in the other game forge a new kind of magic blade, a poisonous wakizashi (or possibly tanto) that delivers a potent venom with each cut.
Now, the character involved is likely interested in the Japanese culture, and seeing how the Lost have a tendency to name such magic items quite colorfully (eg. Blood Poppet, Glimpsing Mirror, the Jerusalem Mile, etc.), I thought giving a proper sobriquet for that blade in both English and Japanese would be perfect.
Thing is, my knowledge of Japanese is limited to a couple of words, ranging from 'banzai' to 'kawaii'.
So, any help from our Japanese-speakers would be quite welcome.
Possible names:
Serpent's Fang
Serpent's Kiss
Nightshade Blade
As I've mentioned before, I'm currently in the middle of two Changeling: The Lost campaigns, and I've been tinkering a lot (both as a player and as an ST) with the mechanics of various things in that setting. Now... I'm considering having either my character or an NPC character in the other game forge a new kind of magic blade, a poisonous wakizashi (or possibly tanto) that delivers a potent venom with each cut.
Now, the character involved is likely interested in the Japanese culture, and seeing how the Lost have a tendency to name such magic items quite colorfully (eg. Blood Poppet, Glimpsing Mirror, the Jerusalem Mile, etc.), I thought giving a proper sobriquet for that blade in both English and Japanese would be perfect.
Thing is, my knowledge of Japanese is limited to a couple of words, ranging from 'banzai' to 'kawaii'.
So, any help from our Japanese-speakers would be quite welcome.
Possible names:
Serpent's Fang
Serpent's Kiss
Nightshade Blade