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06-13-2011, 06:44 AM

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Originally Posted by languagehacker View Post
I thought that maybe this song was about ナンパ in the summer time, and 落とし物 was a girl's virginity. I thought that アッタク meant ラブアッタク. Was I wrong?

One really interesting part of this song that I don't quite understand is the part that says 裸撫GAME.

I tried to look up 裸撫, and I can't find this word. Is this a pun? What does 裸撫 mean?
No, you are not wrong except, perhaps, about "girl's virginity". The girls who would actively seek one-night stands would not usually be virgins, dontcha think?. Think of 落とし物 more as a memory to leave behind.

裸撫 is a coined word and it is a play on word as well. The kanji culture makes this possible. The author would want you to read it as ラブ as the two kanji CAN be read ラ and ブ respectively for their on-readings. You know about on and kun, right? And the two kanji, respectively, mean "naked" and "to caress". So, it was coined for both the sounds and meaning. Dang, what a cool language we have!


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