Re: [Lingo] モノクロ

[s smith <sjs@example.com>]

On 10/22/2012 06:22 PM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:
> s smith writes:
>
>   > This a link
>
> A missing link?
opps. Here's the yahoo page I found it on 
<http://videotopics.yahoo.co.jp/videolist/official/music/p14122e39bf5b533aa0a9d284e0479b4b>. 

>   > Also I know 変 means strange among other things, but I very rarely see
>   > it used that way.
>
> It's very frequently used in spoken Japanese, typically as 変です
> (that's odd) or 変な人よね！ (you're very weird!).
>      
>   > So does 一変 in this case mean #1 strange/very strange??
>
> No, it means "And now for something completely different:" as in Monty
> Python or Japanese politics.  It's also used for a complete change in
> circumstances, such as the recent unfortunate reversal in the Central
> League Championship.
More in the sense of 変わり then...

Actually -- I'm trying for JLPT 5 in Dec.  so I have plenty to learn 
yet. Most of my experience is in trying to read the language. Initially 
(long ago) I thought that 大変 was "big strange".  And right now I'm 
having fits with 自動詞／他動詞 usage.  So much to learn...

Thanks for the reply Stephen.  With 一変 tied to Monty Python -- I won't 
forget it any time soon.  I still don't understand what they're trying 
to say with "超ダークなモノクロ世界から一変" unless it's something like 
"from the black and white world to something completely different."

Steve S.