Talk:Water Release: Jadeite

Kanji
Leaving no kanji at the moment because the only source I can find at the moment is verifiably incorrect. Based on the romaji and the Viz anime translation, this might be one of those jutsu that has word play in it. Just suishō could be 水晶, but then the "jadeite" translation wouldn't make sense since this is more to "crystal" or "quartz". The 翠 kanji which is part of the word for "jade" does have a "sui" reading. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:44, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * "Jade" is "hisui". The pun seems to be on "sui" (翠) being the second part of jade 9also used with emeralds, or green gemstones in general) with "shou", which is crystal; that's likely where "Jadeite" comes from. But it's a very odd translations, hence why I translated it as "Crystal Water"; I double, and triple checked, and Narutopedia translates "Suishou" as "Crystal" (see Haku and Guren's techniques). I added the "water" part simply because it's a stream of water and make a reference to a "crystal clear water". So "Crystal Water", or "Crystal", if you want to be more technical, is a consistent translation with what is on this website. FoxfireBraixen (talk) 09:07, 9 May 2022 (UTC)
 * Suishō is crystal, but when written with those specific kanji, we don't have kanji for this one. I can see two sources now that seem to conflict with the actual episode. Listening to Funamushi in the episode, what I hear him say is "Suiton: Suishō", even watched at half-speed to be sure, but in both sources I usually check, they give his line as "水遁・ヒスイショウ"/"Suiton: Hisuishō", where the "jadeite" translation makes more sense. I just can't hear the "hi" in his line no matter how hard I listen. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 18:33, 9 May 2022 (UTC)