Talk:The Nose (Akutagawa short story)
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Disambiguate article title
editThis article really needs another title than The Nose (short story). The existing article The Nose is already about a short story, this one by Nikolai Gogol. Potentially, both articles need their names changed if they're to be properly disambiguated. Lusanaherandraton (talk) 10:49, 3 October 2008 (UTC)
- This sounds reasonable to me. How about "The Nose_(Akutagawa)"? This is how Gogol's "The Nose" is titled. Quillaja (talk) 05:02, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
"Naigu" is not a person's name
editIn this article, the main character's name is described as "Zenchi Naigu". However, I think this is only partly correct because "naigu" is not a person's name, but rather a 'title'. In this case, the title naigu means (from WWWJDICT/EDICT)
内供 【ないぐ】 (n) (See 内供奉) (abbr) inner offerer (any of the 10 high-ranking monks serving at the inner offering hall).
So, I think his actual name in the story is more like "High Priest Zenchi" or (more japanese style) "Zenchi-high priest" (Zenchi-naigu). This is similar to -san -kun -chan -sensei titles in Japanese. I got some confirmation of this from some Japanese colleagues. If anyone agrees (or cares at all) I'll adjust the article. Quillaja (talk) 05:00, 2 October 2009 (UTC)
Duplicate or redundant sections
editI am going to delete the "plot introduction" section because it's contains the same info as the actual plot summary, and is therefore completely redundant. Quillaja (talk) 05:05, 2 October 2009 (UTC)