Re: [semi-SUMO] More Shikona stuff!

[Masumi Abe <abe@accesscom.com>]

What Doc said is not quite accurate.

Particularly in Haiku, Tanka, Senryu and Kyoka, xx-keri is often used for
"through with" or "done with", such as "Sumotori, Haiku wo Sotto Hineri-keri."

When I heard "hineri-keri" the first time, I automatically thought this type
of example in traditional Japanese poems, rather than "twisted kick." I don't
think too many Japanese could guess "twisted kick" from "hineri-keri" even if
that is the intention of the person used "hineri-keri."

-Toshiyori Masumiriki

Doc Wonmug wrote:

> Keri Sibley wrote...
>
> >I broke out the jisho (dictionary) found that keri
> >sounded similar to a word that means "through with" or "done with".  So
> >hinerikeri loosely translates to "done with twisting" or my interpretation
> >"done with going in circles".
>
> Since it's your name, you get to decide; but anyone who understands
> Japanese would automatically think your name meant "twisting kick" or
> something along that line. The meaning you cite is not really
> contained in the word "keri" itself; it requires the full expression
> "keri wo tsukeru" or "keri ga tsuku".
>
> Not that any of this matters, but FYI....
> --
> Doc Wonmug, Tokyo
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