From: nobu.nokada@...
Date: 2003-01-16T22:14:06+09:00
Subject: Re: Quick question for Japanese speaker

Hi,

At Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:01:26 +0900,
Simon Cozens wrote:
> > But Yuki (aka "snow") tells me that Japanese people 
> > are more likely to associate that with a certain
> > kind of apple, and that perhaps I should use the
> > katakana instead.
> 
> "kuranai tama" literally means "purple jewel",  but yeah,
> the association's there.

Well, "kurenai" means "deep red" and sometimes used as color of
blood, so it seems to be translated to "crimson" usually.  In
this particular case, "kougyoku" could be read as "akai tama"
simply.

-- 
Nobu Nakada