Talk:Mukoku/@comment-24103083-20170129111457

Hello, I am the friend TomboyJessie13 referred to. I'll explain why I think it's a mistranslation.

Mothy's original sentence was this: リィ関係の後日談は「東の広大な国」というのがミソ.

First, considering the context, ミソ[mi-so] means "key (main) point; good part (of something)" in Japanese. (Reference: http://jisho.org/search/みそ Check third meaning of "miso" on this link.)

Second, Katakana is not exclusively used for foreign words and names. In this case, it seems to be used to express weak emphasis.

Third, considering the sentence structure, "リィ関係の後日談" itself is not "ミソ" nor "東の広大な国". If "miso" were the name of the kingdom, the sentence would be like リィ関係の後日談では「ミソ」という「東の広大な国」が登場します or something. Not like the original one.

So the correct meaning will be like "The key point of the aftermath related to Li is 'the Great Kingdom of East'."

My first language is not Japanese(nor English) but I've studied it for many years, and my Japanese friend confirmed that "miso" means "point" in this case.

If you understand what I'm saying, I would like to ask you to revise this article. Sorry for the lengthy comment.