A question about "The Kung Fu"

[Nando]

So the cover has "THE"

the kung fu part is 功夫

what are the characters above wushu? (see what I did there?)

seriously though, is that like "the" in JP? does it read, THE "the" 功夫 

[Arkhan]

that is katakana up top for "Kung Fu"

So, it just says "The KUNG FU KUNG FU!"

[SignOfZeta]

Furigana (more or less), kana to give pronounciation help to people who can't read Chinese characters.

[Nando]

I C

makes sense, "subtitles" of sorts. lol

[Tatsujin]

Furigana (more or less), kana to give pronounciation help to people who can't read Chinese characters.

THIS.

Altough the peeps here pronounce it more like kanfū (カンフー) than kunfū.

I C

makes sense, "subtitles" of sorts. lol

"abovetitles" sort of. lol

[Arkhan]

THE KANGAROOFUU~!!!1``213RFG

[Tatsujin]

seriously though, is that like "the" in JP? does it read, THE "the" 功夫  

one of those Japanese oddities is that peeps here kinda like to use the "THE" [ザ] in like brand names, company names, shops etc.
dunno from where it exactly comes really, but there are probably thousands of ザ + a name examples here in Japan.

one of the parade example is the biggest 100yen chain shop DAISO which calles itself THE DAISO / ザダイソー

[SignOfZeta]

Considering there is no Japanese equivalent to "the", I'd say they have what Freud would call "The Envy".

[Tatsujin]

Lol, za right.

[Nando]

Considering there is no Japanese equivalent to "the", I'd say they have what Freud would call "The Envy".

HAHAHAH

Awesome insight Tats! Thanks!