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February 13

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Japanese - sounds like EE-ZA-JIN-JO-NI-SHOV A

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Google translate can't decipher [1]. Help will be appreciated. Zarnivop (talk) 19:20, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]

I believe it is 'īsa-jin jō ni shōbu'. Didn't get far enough in my studios to come up with guesses of the meaning. Context and source? 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 19:22, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
いざ尋常に勝負: "now, let's have a fair match" GalacticShoe (talk) 19:56, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
Kudos, both of you Zarnivop (talk) 23:05, 13 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]
'iza jinjō ni shōbu', apparently. Slightly different from what I heard. 惑乱 Wakuran (talk) 00:29, 14 February 2024 (UTC)[reply]