Maaya Sakamoto || Rie Fu || Bonnie Pink || Chihiro Onitsuka || Ringo Shiina || Cardcaptor Sakura || Shakira
	Singles back		Karuki Samen Kuri no Hana / Chalk, Semen, Chestnut Flowers 2003.02.23 1.    Shuukyou / Religion T 2.    Doppelganger T 3.    Meisai / Camouflage T 4.    Odaiji ni / Get Well Soon T 5.    Yattsuke Shigoto / A Damned Job T 6.    Kuki / Stem T 7.    Torikoshi Kurou / Over-anxiety T 8.    Okonomi de / As You Like It T 9.    Ishiki / Consciousness T 10.   Poltergeist T 11.   Souretsu / Funeral Procession T 12.   Ichijiku no Hana / Fig Flower T [Analog Edition Only] Notes: 'Karuki' comes from the German word "Kalk" and translates the easiest in English to 'chalk,' although what it really refers to is chlorinated lime: the chlorine pellets dropped into pools to disinfect them. According to Ringo, "Because my staff said the smell of 'karuki' was really like the smell of semen, I came to think 'Oh, karuki, how pretty'" (News23). The word 'Samen' (Semen) is also German (along with "Doppelganger" and "Poltergeist"! Lots of German words going on here). A chestnut flower also supposedly smells like semen, and one of the slang terms for one's clitoris in Japanese is "kuri-chan" (something like, 'my little chestnut'). Basically, this title can be interpreted to mean "Semen Smell, Semen, (Feminine) Semen Smell." back to Ringo Shiina
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