Chapter 68 first quarter

In the "Victoria" restaurant in Hibiya, the Onibuki police department and Tanana detectives are drinking kvass while waiting for the arrival of customers.Kvass is a Russian drink that tastes like beer and soda, and even ghosts who don't drink alcohol like it. "Is this wine or soda?" Dana stared at the liquid with brown bubbles in surprise. "This is not wine. It should be a kind of soda. It is made from rye flour and malt. Of course it will taste like beer." "Non-alcoholic beverages are not tasty enough, but this kind of drink is quite delicious."

Dana criticized and drank it down with pleasure. "There is another kind of kvass called 'Buza'. Do you want to try it? It is made of apples and pears. It is white in color, sweet and sour in taste, and smooth in the mouth." "Please order that drink for me so I can study." Dana licked his lips. After seeing the dawn of solving the Xizhiban case, because there were too many trivial matters to deal with, the celebration party held by the two privately in this Russian restaurant was postponed until tonight.Maybe it's because the Japanese are not familiar with Russian cuisine, but there are almost no customers in the rather large restaurant. Only in the corner opposite them, there are a few students who seem to be left-wing, biting fried sausages, Drinking vodka and arguing there.

The Oniguki Police Department will like this store, and it also likes the fact that there are not many customers. After Onigan Police Department called the waiter to order Bucha, Dana took out a cigarette and started smoking. "Who is the guest tonight?" "It's someone you don't know, and it's the first time I've seen him." "He seems very busy." Dana looked at his watch. "He is very busy. He said he only has ten to fifteen minutes to spare, so there is no way to treat him to a proper meal." "Is he a journalist?" "No, he's an actor, he should be here soon."

Dana looked surprised. "His name is Hirota Xiansuke. Acting is his profession, and he often appears on some radio and TV programs." "Sensuke Hirota? I think I've heard of this name before. But, why does a handsome actor come to our place?" After Dana exhaled the smoke, he flicked off the ash. "Didn't Murase, who died in a car accident, be with someone else when 'Lanlan' witnessed the deceased? That friend was Hirota." "Oh!" "We tried all kinds of methods to find out, but there was no reason. In fact, the theater troupe he belonged to went to Hokkaido for a performance. He seemed to hear that we were looking for him after he returned to Tokyo, although it was a bit late. But he's coming tonight to answer the question, 'What the hell did the voice actors find out?'"

When the "Buza" in the cup almost bottomed out, the actor of the new play finally showed up. "Sorry, I have to appear in the third act, and I can only stay for ten minutes." said the actor.He was about thirty years old, with a thin build, his eyes were shining, and his hair was thinning in front.But he seems to enjoy acting very much, which can be seen at a glance from his ambitious demeanor. Onigiri Police Department ordered black tea and Russian pies again.This deep-fried meat bun is as easy to eat as a sandwich. "First of all, I want to put the question of what Murase discovered to the back, and discuss with the two of you about Japanese pronunciation."

Mr. Hirota, who was biting the meat-wrapped bread, blurted out these words suddenly, and Dana stared at the actor's face with an expression of disbelief. "Recently, many foreigners have come to Tokyo, and local Tokyoites have been greatly influenced in many places. For example, before the war, saying 'ネギ(negi)' refers to Japanese green onions, and '玉ねぎ(tamanegi)' refers to onions. But now? Japanese onions are not called ネギ (negi), but they add a length to it and call it '长ネギ(chounegi)'. And this usage has now entered the room, even newspapers , radio and television are all in use. There is another example close to our daily life. When Edo people grill saury, they will cut the fish in half from the middle, and then grill the fish on the net. Edo people Originally, they were a group of people who knew what elegance meant. Even for inferior fish such as grilled saury, they would consider the length of the fish and knew that cutting the fish in half would make it look prettier. But now? Even TV cooking In the show, the fish was not cut and grilled directly. This is evidence that Tokyo people are oppressed by outsiders."

"I see." "There is also the point of adding 'さん(san)' when talking about beans and yams. For '豆さん(mamesan)' and '麦さん(imosan)', there will be people who add honorific names to everything no matter who they are. My thoughts are also influenced by the wrong perception of outsiders. I feel very sad that Tokyo people are poisoned by outsiders." I was just thinking about how to start the Japanese pronunciation class, and now I ran into the matter of saury and taro.Guiguan listened very attentively. Because Dana was born in a foreign country, whenever the other party talked about people from other places, he could not listen to it and felt very uncomfortable.He puffed up his cheeks a little, nibbling on his bruschetta.

"The language is the same. Those of us who have been trained in correct pronunciation and are extremely sensitive to speech feel very sorry that the recent teenagers can't even pronounce the nasal voiced sound of ガ行." "What is the nasal voice in ga (ga) line?" Dana was not really interested in language issues. "ガ(ga), ギ(gi), グ(gu), ゲ(ge), and ゴ(go) are ordinary voiced sounds with the same text, but there is another pronunciation with a nasal sound——が(Ya),ぎ(Yi), ぐ(Yu), げ(Ye), ご(Yo), these pronunciations with nasal sounds are nasal voiced sounds.” "So this is ah."

"For nouns, the voiced sound is at the beginning of a word, and the nasal voiced sound is probably in the middle of a word. For example, the Chinese characters for '草' and '学文' will be pronounced as 'ガ(ga)' and 'ガくもん(gakumon)', and '雨合羽' and 'Sagacho' can be pronounced as 'アマがツパ(amaYappa)' and 'サがチョウ(saYachou)' with a nasal voice. (gi)' is an ordinary voiced sound, and 'ぎ(Yi)' in 'representative' is a nasal voiced sound. Of course, what I'm talking about is just a principle. ' is a nasal voiced sound, but the second 'discussion' is a relatively blunt ordinary voiced sound. Needless to say, the reason is because this is a compound language. At first glance, there will be such a contradiction, but..."

"It sounds so difficult. If I don't learn these things, I can't go out and act. I will definitely not be an actor." "No, your pronunciation is already very correct. People from Hokkaido, Tohoku, Kanto and Kansai can probably make nasal voiced sounds naturally, but people from Kyushu can't, and I don't know why, even the horses People in the county can’t send it out either. You can go to listen to the live radio programs recorded in Takasaki and Ota, and you will definitely mistakenly think that they were recorded in Kyushu.” "Indeed, it's not easy to understand Japanese that doesn't have a nasal voice."

"That's right, that's how it is. But like I said just now, perhaps due to the influence of people born west of the Yamaguchi, many teenagers born and raised in Tokyo today can't make a nasal voice. Just listen to the radio. ,but……" The actor swallowed the Russian pie and continued: "Maybe they are paralyzed by the way of speaking without nasal voice when imitating jazz singers. I don't know why, when jazz singers sing in Japanese, they deliberately don't Nasal voiced sound is used. It is said that this is because: the first person to sing jazz in Japan was from Gunma Prefecture, and he could not produce nasal voiced sound when singing, and the singers after that did not understand it, so they sang like others. In short, we have to It takes a conscious effort to protect our Japanese, especially the choice of words by politicians." Dana thought these words were boring, but Mr. Hirota was different. He seemed to think that if he was happy, the listener would be happy too. "However, people in Tokyo who have nasal voices also tend to make nasal voices in everything. An announcer of a certain state-owned radio station sometimes pronounces 'ファゴシト(fagotto)' as 'ファごシト(faYotto)', 'オルガン(orugan)' is pronounced as 'オルがン(oruYan)', this is the so-called too much." "Thank you, your words have helped us a lot." Dana said, not sure if he was sighing or sarcastic. "You're welcome." The actor replied with a serious expression, causing Dana to lower his eyes hurriedly. "There is also a standard language problem that is not easy to solve for foreigners, that is, the silence of カ行 and TA行." Dana looked up with a bored expression, as if saying: Please hurry up and get into the topic. "For example, in '冬になると重つてくる雪(fuyuninaruto futtekuru yuki)', 'き(ki)' of snow has a sound, but when snow becomes a child's name '雪ちやん(yukchan)' When 'き(k)' is silent. If all the sounds are made, it will sound like each sound is separated. The same is true for 'つ(tsu)', which means The character 'つ(tsu)' in DESK's 'machine' is also silent. If it is written in Roman alphabet, it should be 'tskue' instead of 'tsukue'. Digression, I cannot rashly agree with those who argue for Roman alphabet The reason is that if Japanese is written in Roman alphabet, the distinction between sound and non-sound will become more and more confusing. Let’s not talk about this for now. If you criminal police can learn these things, it should be very helpful to handle the case. Isn't it?" "Yeah." Dan said with a disapproving expression. "Back to the topic of Murase. I will hear Murase say that he is very concerned about the fact that the person who was poisoned to death in the waiting room of Hamamatsu Station never left Tokyo." "That's right, I remember that he read the report in the newspaper on the radio station, and then deduced the answer based on the news in the newspaper, right." The ghost police department nodded and replied. Seeing that the topic suddenly turned to Murase, Dana stared at the actor in surprise again. "I think the conclusion I deduced from that information should be the same as that of Murase. If someone named Narayama is a native of Tokyo, and he is most proud of never leaving Tokyo, then what he said should be Purely standard language is right. Although he may use Tokyo Shitamachi language, there may be some errors in saying that he speaks standard language, but in any case, what he speaks should be quite close to standard language." "I see." "However, the man with the mustache who ate at 'Lan Lan' apparently spoke standard language, but as I said just now, he couldn't pronounce the nasal voiced sound of ga (ga) at all. Not only that, it should be Where there is no sound in the カ (ka) line and タ (ta) line, he also makes a sound. Just like a painter is very sensitive to color, and a musician is very sensitive to incongruous sounds, we will never listen I missed this pronunciation error. Later I read the experience of Nishinohata. It turns out that he grew up in Kyushu when he was a child. Didn't go to 'Lan Lan' for dinner under the disguise of Xi Zhi Ban as the search headquarters always thought." The actor, who was looking at his watch in the middle of the talk, finished speaking in a half-squat, said "It's time to play", then stood up straight, thanked them for inviting them to eat, and apologized for leaving halfway. , and walked out quickly. It was like a motor making a running sound, suddenly stopped, and the surroundings were quiet. After a while, the two looked at each other, and a bitter smile appeared on their faces at the same time.The long-standing mystery, the sense of relief that was finally solved, and the disappointment that the long-awaited answer was so simple and neat made them smile naturally. "So that's what happened." After pondering for a while, Dana said in a self-contained manner, showing a look of shame for taking the actor's words as nonsense just now. "Eating this is really not enough to fill your stomach. Do you want to have a bowl of borscht? Although it is not suitable for summer." Ghost Guan Police Department made a suggestion.

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