--- Thermopyle <Thermopyle@tds.net> からのメッセージ：

Tendo dojo?  This makes more sense, to me, but

I'm not completely sure.

Tendo

home wouldn't be capitalized, after all, so I'm

not sure that Tendo dojo

would

be, unless it was the actual name of the place. 

I don't think there's a

sign

there that says 'Tendo Dojo', though.  More

likely any such sign would say

something along the lines of the type of martial

arts taught at the place.

Yes there is.  It's written in Kanji on a plaque

on the front gate.  Tendo

Dojo is the formal name for the location that

Tendo-ryu Musabetsu kakuto is

taught at.... what else would it be called? 

Taikukan?

Eh?  Sounds strange, but if it's advertised like a
business as 'Tendo Dojo',
then I guess...  Thought maybe it would be
advertised as 'Tendo School of...'
etc.  'Tendo Dojo' just sounds so abrupt,
uninformative for what is taught
within.  No mention of a style of martial arts.  I
mean, if you saw some place
that said Tendo Dojo, maybe had a picture of a guy
in a martial arts gi on the
window, wouldn't you wonder what exactly they taught
there?  So, 'Tendo Dojo'
just doesn't seem natural as a name.

*shrugs*

Whatever.

As if Lotteria (hamburger restaurant), or Sunkus
(convenience store) mean much.  Beyond the Japanese naming
of things... the Tendo Dojo is not part of a major
nationwide chain or something like Kyokushin Karate. 
Likely if you're going there to learn, you know what
you're getting into...  The fact that is says "dojo" gives
away the martial arts, and besides... we are talking about
a building name, not the name of the "school" (style). But
whatever...in the end it's more a stylistic thing I
guess..

You don't have to use this, particularly since

I'm not sure where exactly

the

three of them are and the location might not

have so many chairs

available,

but you could definitely benefit from rewording

what you already have.

I was under the impression that they are STILL at

home as they had been duri

ng the earlier argument with Hotaru.  So anywhere

outside of the bathroom,

toilet, kitchen and bedroom would have plenty  of

chairs..like the living

room or dinning room.

Yeah... I didn't know where in the house they were. 
Michiru collapsed into a
chair later on, though, so obviously there are some
in that particular room.
So did Setsuna, actually.

I can understand that.  Probably would be better if it was
made a little clearer in the text.

end of the earth.  --she's not refering to the

planet by name, here, but

the

planet in general.  A bit of a distinction...

Wrong again.  "ends of the Earth"  If the Earth is

flat (as they used to

believe) then it would have more than one

end...like a piece of paper.

Er... no.  That wasn't what I was referring to at
all.  I missed the end/ends
thing.  I was talking about the difference between
earth and Earth.  Earth
refers to the planet by name, earth refers to,
according to dictionary.com,
'the land surface of the world'.  'earth' fits
better, and I believe it's what
is used in this particular saying, not Earth.

oh. ^^;  The sentence didn't feel like that at first
glance... but I guess so...

I could be wrong, of course... but the saying, with
the word 'earth' rather
than 'Earth', is also then usable on say, Mars, or
Uranus, or whatever planet
they happen to be on, without having to change it to
'I will chase you to the
ends of Mars!' or 'Neptune!' or whatever the planet
they are on happens to be.

I get what you're saying... "tsuchi" vs "chikyuu".  No
prob.

J

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