Learning Japanese with Berserk: Dark eyes
Added 2022-10-05 09:00:04 +0000 UTCSince the recut version of the 2012 movie trilogy – the so-called Memorial Edition – is now airing, I figured I'd highlight a scene they did not feature but that is meaningful to the story. In volume 4, when Casca warms Guts' body as he lays delirious, he has a nightmare about Gambino and Donovan. In this feverish state, he briefly wakes up and feels her presence, only taking note of her eyes.
What he says in Japanese is 黒い瞳, pronounced くろい ひとみ (KUROI HITOMI). In English, "black eyes" or "dark eyes". We already know 黒い from 黒い剣士 (Black Swordsman). 瞳 is an interesting word because it technically refers to the "dark part" of the eye specifically, meaning the pupil and iris (no blue-eyed people in Japan back in the day!). By extension it's used as an emphatic word to talk about someone's eyes as a whole. In that case Guts is referring to the color of Casca's eyes.
