Shanadoo?

[tanuki]

Hello, people!

So, I was chatting with this German friend of mine (who knows I'm learning Japanese) and he asked me how do you say "group" (as in musical group) in Japanese. I told him グループ but he didn't seem satisfied. He told me then that the reason he was asking was because there is this Japanese girl group called Shanadoo who now have a hit song (J-Pop) and he'd read in some website that "Shanadoo" was Japanese for "Girl group" and he wanted to confirm it.

"Shanadoo" looks very weird (not very Japanese) to me, and I didn't find anything in my dictionary, so that's why I'm asking you guys. Does "Shanadoo" really mean "girl group", or what does it mean? Does it even have a meaning at all?

Thanks a lot in advance, bye!

[paul_b]

tanuki wrote:
he'd read in some website that "Shanadoo" was Japanese for "Girl group" and he wanted to confirm it.

I think "some website" was mistaken.

[AJBryant]

"Shanadoo" looks very weird (not very Japanese) to me,

Shanadoo is *a* girl group (Here's their official website) but it doesn't mean girl band. They appear to be doing the David Hasselhoff thing -- they're all working in Germany rather than Japan right now.

Remember, to, that "oo" = "ou" as in おう and not as in "moo" (like a cow). The "doo" *may* be 党, which *is* "party, group, band (of people)." It's not a musical band, though. It's the same "band" you'd see in "band of brothers" or party/group as in a political faction.

Tony

[two_heads_talking]

maybe it is a playon english she and japanese doo with a na as a marker in the middle signifying belonging too.. band of girls (play off the movie band o fbrothers) or once again maybe i am thinking too hard.

[AJBryant]

It's been my experience that with Japanese pop boy- and girl- bands, *any* thinking is thinking too hard... (And I say this as someone who was once a contributing editor for a monthly magazine that was all about the Japnaese entertainment industry.)


Tony