V Live - 10/3

ALL of my two brain cells were summoned to the heights of their potential as V spoke in like 2-3 languages the entire time... weaving in and our of Korean, Japanese, and Mandarin Chinese loll 🤪

V Live - 10/3
V Live, 10/3 https://weverse.io/bts/live/3-211029311

요 Yo

My commentary in green. He spoke a lot of Japanese which I am not fluent in - so if any Japanese speakers see anything wonky with my translations or anything I missed, please let me know! As you may or may not know, he kept switching languages - weaving in and out of Korean and Japanese especially so please be gentle if there are mistakes - it took EVERY LAST BRAIN CELL I HAVE to translate this lmao


ah.. i just woke up
mm but i just woke up?

ah
one sec..
I'm opening the gifts I just received
wow.. wow

ah... in Japanese
should I speak in... Japanese?
my Japanese has improved since I recently watched a Japanese movie

what should i do today?
yesterday...
yesterday...
I ate a lot of herbal medicine for my stomach
um... what is it..
oh? ah...
it's moldy?
and..
uh...
very..
bloated* i'm like 12% sure this is what he said but in context it tracks.. but I'm not sure.. the point is he had some kind of mild stomach discomfort and then he ate these little herbal things that Koreans use to settle the stomach, there's also a Japanese word for this type of eastern herbal meds
and also..
uh..
I'm hungry
so this morning I ate otaisan (a type of herbal medicine for the stomach)
cuz I had some otaisan

Sunday...
'thank you for the meal'
'I ate well/a lot'

This in Japanese is "gochisousama deshita" (ごちそうさまでした) and it's what you say after eating a meal to express gratitude for the food - esp from a host-very common and you'd likely hear it all the time, similar to "잘 먹었습니다" in Korean.

Chinese? but I don't speak Chinese well...
he's decided today is the day to throw out all the chinese he's ever known/heard.. which is very cool for me. very fun. 😑
and friends. i lowkey minored in Chinese and forgot a lot of it but here we go lmao. Chinese-speakers, please correct me if I'm wrong!
Hi Everyone
I'm Kim Taehyung
I'm 24 years old
thank you...
today...somethingsomething "Happy New Year"
you're very handsome

(😑)

but okay i'm so groggy..
no so..
cuz I just woke up..
my face is all...
i'm not in the best condition
hmm.. unrelated..

what should i do?
one sec..
so right now.. .
music...
i kinda wanna listen to music

🎶Pretender (Live)-Official Hige Dandism
singing along

Oh! yesterday I watched...
yesterday...
yesterday...
was it yesterday?
yesterday...

I watched the 2-hour video of 'Pretender Live' that came out recently
It was so fun - they were so awesome

What are you all up to today? What are you up to today?

You came to eat?
huh?
ah sushi?
oh dentist?...
white stew?
you came to eat okinomiyaki?
"Yogoreta Inu no Shou" (The Dog of Flanders)
hakwon? (academy*)
free time?

I'm not sleepy right now
I'm okay (gwenchana)
I..
recently..
worked out...
running too... running too how...
🎶First Love - Hikaru Utada
🎶Lady - Kenshi Yonezu

what else..
by myself.. I ..yesterday.. my.. with my family
my mom and dad.. is that right?
well. ..whatever it is..
we ate together

with my friend.. and my family ate together

one sec...

LOLLL as I'm translating I realize... V has the same filler words in Japanese as he does in Korean loll. "잠시만요" = "ちょっと待って" = "one sec/hold on/wait a moment/etc."

::translating from Korean to Japanese::
with my friends and family..
work..
work..
work.. right, work
work
wait this isn't it..

::sighs::
bruh, me too.

I achieved my goal! I'm 65kg now. 65kg. Let me check now. How many kilos? One sec.
hmm!
65.85..[the extra weight is] is phone and pants....
when I take my clothes off I'm 65[kg]... in my 알몸 (al-mohm= naked) state

turns camera on featuring the iconic signature BTS just-woke-up-hair-looks-mildly-electrocuted-sprout and then just shows us his legs stepping on a scale like it won't destroy us all.. the. sheer. audacity.

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someone save me. I'm crylaughing at his japakorean and my last 2 brain cells are fighting for their lives. halp. me. but LOLLLL...
the extra weight is ...from the phone and pants.. .so.. yup. logic checks out 1000%

hehe
thank you thank you
thank you thank you
uh...
no big deal/nothing special...

::checks translations from KOR->JP
::practicing saying this like over and over again cuz he's happy he remembered it correctly lol::

next i'll speak in Chinese... then in Russian... then in Thai...
I remember that Cantonese had more tones...
6? oh it's 9...

I can't..
there are too many tones in Cantonese
there are too many tones...

RM hyung's Japanese skills are better than mine
I can't speak with Namjoon hyung but.. something I'll try my best
mm.. maybe.. second?
learning Japanese...
um...
FOOD IS HERE!
I'm going to start eating now

doorbell rings
::coughs like a six year old::
::ASMR of him opening the door and receiving food::

um.. right now..
uh..
hm..
I'm not decent...so I can't go on camera
thank you for understanding!

::ASMR of him opening like a crinkly bag for 45 years::
okay I'm going to start [eating]
I'm eating goguma salad (sweet potato salad)
oh shhii..
wait one sec..
"water tissue" wet tissue/napkin
okay
what am i eating?
oh I should show you this too I gues...
ughh
huh?

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should I check for you? ok

ah.. okay
good.

have you ever watched a Japanese movie on Netflix?

yes.. i have never watched a movie. ..i have never watched a movie?
yes. i have never watched a movie.. ?

RIP 2 BRAIN CELLS. good bye. you'll be fondly remembered.

yes please recommend me Japanese movies, animations, films
I...watched..
what family?
and..
I watched 'can I meet your girlfriend?' tomorrow. I watched 'perfect days'.

'can i meet your girlfriend?' = 君は彼女と会ったことがあるか (Kimi wa Kanojo to Atta Koto ga Aru ka) 'perfect days' = パーフェクトデイズ (Paafekuto Deizu)
tbh i think he names a few series but since I'm unfamiliar with a ton of Japanese media I can't be sure but I do recognize Alice in Borderland! ...I'd be surprised if he watched it though it's quite gory

the japanese series Alice in Borderland?
Recent drama Glass Art is supposed to be fun?
Glass Art?

Our Heart?
Our Heart? Do you have a dream?
i don't know..
::ASMR nom sounds::
genre?
there are so many..

wait ..mumbles
???
You all really like "Unnatural"
"Unnatural"
"Unnatural"
"Shigau"

"Confidence Man"..? Confidence Man?
It's not here..

"Confidence" "Man?" A Man with Confidence?

???
wait a sec.. there are FIVE?
I don't see it..
Please recommend things on Netflix..

if you eat it with wasabi it's so good..

::nom sounds for another 37 year::
::vigorous typing sounds::

"the world without spring"
Check Netflix for "the world without spring"

noms while speaking japakorean...
Korean has never felt so familiar and comfortable and appreciated as it does in this live.
zero brain cells are left in the building. thank you for coming. it's been nice hanging with you all.

Legal High
Legal High

huh? huh? that's fun?
oOoo
oh? oh? it has up to episode 14?
okay
COUGH

oh it looks fun~

is it fun?
일일 시호일 (il-il si-ho-il)

there is a film, 日日是好日 (Every Day a Good Day), which in Korean is translated 일일시호일 (il il shi hoil) from 2018 (2019 in Korea) on Netflix

::food eating noises::

oh maybe you don't know this??

oh.. this is 앙: 단팥 인생 이야기 (A: Danpat Insaeng Iyagi) (A: Story of My Sweet Life, another Japaned film on Netflix with this title in Korean)
::nom nom nom::

I like documentaries more.. documentaries

oOh this looks fun

okay..
yea..
it's not coming up

::nom sounds -_-::

i'm gonna finish eating and then charge my phone and I'll be back..
actually not sure if i'm coming back or not but..
"i ate well" (see above note on that comment in Japanese)

spoiler. he does in fact come back ...lol stay tuned for part 2 coming soon from 10/3... and RM's ...and V's Live from today lolll🤪 i've had a very chaotic past two days so thank you for bearing with me lol