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How to translate フォー・ダークネス

Japanese Language Asked by R. 久蔵 on October 25, 2021

I’m not sure how to translate フォー・ダークネス (alternatively 闇のもの) to English as " ___ Darkness ".

This is the name of some monster. It might be some sort of word play or some reference to the Shoggoth. I cannot tell.

The フォー part sounds like: four, for, foe, pho, fore, foo, …
but I don’t think any of them match.

I thought maybe "full" but that’s written with フル

Any ideas?

EDIT

Looks like it’s a name attributed to a set of monsters

闇のもの【フォー・ダークネス】 の1体 ダーク・ショゴスだ

One Answer

So this is from 時間停止勇者. I initially thought this フォー is "four" (i.e., ショゴス is one of the four mid-bosses collectively called ダークネス) because having four mid-bosses is a very common trope (aka 四天王 or "Elite Four").

However, in a recent episode, I found that a small unnamed enemy is also called a フォー・ダークネス, so now I think this フォー is "for" (i.e., beings that work "for darkness").

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I doubt "foe" is relevant simply because this word is way too difficult to average Japanese readers.

Either way, we may have to forget how it sounds to English speakers, and you do not necessarily have to translate something like this literally.

Answered by naruto on October 25, 2021

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