My friend asked me the meaning of the following commercial. I think that this ad uses curling because the players look like they are washing the floor with a mop. I did not know this sport when I was in Japan.
“It’s a car!”
“It’s a car!”
“It’s a car….!”
We are polishing (cars).
Our service is professional as well as reasonable (inexpensive).
Car-Washing Professionals!
(Japanese)
「車だ！」 （くるまだ）
「車だ！」（くるまだ）
「車だ～・・・」（くるまだ）
車磨いてます（くるま みがいてます）
洗車のプロ、しかも安い！（せんしゃ の ぷろ しかもやすい！）
洗車職人！ （せんしゃしょくにん）
Kuruma da!
Kuruma da!
Kuruma da!
Kuruma migaitemasu
Sensha no puro, shikamo yasui!
Sensha shokunin
I don't know why, but I really love watching curling. ^^
ReplyDeleteI just learned that curling wasn't an official Olympic sport until the 1998 Nagano games. Prior to that it had only been a demonstration sport. In 星のカービィ64 (released in 2000), Kirby could turn into a curling rock, which surprised a lot of people. The Nagano games probably introduced a lot of Japanese people to the sport.
ReplyDeleteI used to curl nearly 10 years ago, it's really fun.