Kronii Learns the meaning of Kintama from Polka

I always love the JP and EN collabs in Hololive and Polka and Kronii were no exception, I hope to see them collab more. This entire kintama discussion was Gold (hah)
Source of the video:
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Ouro Kronii:
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Omaru Polka:
/ @omarupolka
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[@ivanpetrov5255]

I love how Polka is unsure how to respond at first, but then goes "No! Just, No!" 😆

[@Nondescript_Brit]

As a Brit, the fact that Kronii somehow came across the word "bollocks" out of all this is just brilliant.

[@TheMan21892]

well, I mean, Canada is part of the commonwealth. I wouldn't be surprised if some of the prevailing terminology made it's home there.

[@achunkofbutter]

As a Canadian, she didn’t even recognise the word. 😂

[@Faath2]

@@TheMan21892 british columbia

[@Actiondanny]

I wonder what Polka sent her that "bollocks" was what came up first. She had to go through some kind of bizarre Japanese to British to Canadian pipeline.

[@jorgecristancho7260]

@@Faath2 British ColUmbia

[@muruharu]

Don't really know why but everytime Polka does that "super wide mouth open" expression, it's so cute. Especially on 6:37

[@NwinDii]

Her expression there is my favorite. It's so bubbly.

[@ZEITGEISTmusic]

Her closing her eyes just to shoot them back open in surprise is what gets me

[@muruharu]

@@ZEITGEISTmusic Ah yess that's true!! No wonder it looks so unique. The anticipation really kicks in on this one!

[@RorytheRomulan]

I like her playfully mocking Kronii too.

[@bena1826]

It always seems like her mouth is a little bigger than average

[@bhull242]

Fun fact: In the original Japanese releases of several Pokémon games (including the first ones), Nuggets are called “kintama”, and yes, they do make a joke out of it. It’s why there’s often an NPC that gives you a Nugget, and that NPC seems kinda shady sometimes. In one Gen, the Nugget-giver’s dialogue got localized in the English version to him wanting to give you a “nugget of wisdom”, but in the original Japanese version, the pun is much more straightforward/misleading, making it sound like he wants to offer his family jewels. Yes, this is real. It’s also why Nuggets are always perfect spheres.

[@Idiomatick]

One piece has a whole scene on the amazon island where they get luffy naked and are playing with his golden balls.

[@rafaelcalmon2858]

A fun trivia right on time for their newest release. Well timed. 👍

[@muhammadsyafiq1004]

@@Idiomatick Gintama has a whole arc, not just scene, about Kintama pun. Cause Gintama meant silver soul, and Kintama means golden soul but also testicle.

[@Malluc]

@@Idiomatick THE ONE PIECE IS REAL

[@neekk040]

BEHOLD the bollocks bridge!

[@jake33w]

The moment at 3:34 where polka thinks kronii said a really bad word in English and doesn’t know how to respond is hilarious

[@eucoliptus]

6:28 peaking the comedy scale ww I thought maybe Kronii heard "Nene likes Kintama"

[@juni5822]

"Nene wa warui" in Polka's voice must be my new favorite Hololive phrase

[@666Tomato666]

and that flat tone, perfect

[@ozarazil5745]

I imagine Polka panicking on the inside like "WHY DO I HAVE TO BE THE ONE EXPLAINING THE MEANING OF BALLS TO HER?!!! WHY ME?!!"" Hahahahah

[@RanmaNene]

While it would be interesting, I'm glad it was her and not Matsuri or Marine.

[@ozarazil5745]

@@RanmaNene I think that would be funny as well ahahaha

[@adamdapatsfan]

I've never been so fascinated by a conversation about the difference between "family jewels" and "family gems"

[@Slepepe]

this isn't really about japanese being hard.. it's just that half the words in existence can be used as an innuendo... I guess.

[@LOL-gn5oh]

Yes... It's like the expression "golden shower", these words alone have no bad connotation until you phrase them together.

[@Kanitoxx]

Japanese innuendos are kinda soft in comparison to english or other languages (in spanish we have some nasty sounding and meaning words)... but they have a fuck ton of them LOL I mean... bollocks sounds funny, testicles sounds too technical, balls is kinda meh, so refering to testicles is not that bad in english but to japanese it's fucking hilarious

[@dinosaurusrex1482]

@Dat Ch'e no its slang, just very common slang

[@Kris-od3sj]

Kind of ironic seeing an English speaker say that

[@Bobkierz]

This is where watching Filthy Frank comes in handy, you can at least pick up on stuff like this quicker.

[@Actiondanny]

Thank you for making this long clip with the full relevant conversations. Too many other clippers were cutting out the very important follow-up where Polka just throws her genmate right under the bus.

[@Criogenesis]

It took a long time but I wanted to do this entire interaction justice haha glad you enjoyed it

[@kylbarry4466]

@@Criogenesis was worth it thanks

[@Radiodragonofdoom]

@@Criogenesis Thanks from me as well. This kind of cross-cultural nonsense is what I live for.

[@soldio4143]

Similar to slapping the words "Test" and "Tickles" together.

[@Rapandreas]

Well, there is still more of a connection between golden balls and testes than test and tickles. I think it's more of an innuendo that has become popular enough to be a word in and of itself.

[@soldio4143]

@@Rapandreas 🤔 The how about; "Golden" and "shower"; But I think "Ben" "Dover" would be more culturally similar?

[@Rapandreas]

@@soldio4143 Golden shower is a good analogy. Since there's nothing wrong with a shower or the colour gold, but if you put them together, it suddenly becomes slang for a naughty word. I think Ben Dover is more of a pun than kin tama. Kin tama is just the words together, whereas Ben Dover are two unrelated names that when put together merely sound like something naughty.

[@st.haborym]

@@Rapandreas Anita Blackman

[@blueraine21]

@@Rapandreas That sounds like a good stand name for jojo... Golden experience shower

[@fermleegrasspit2187]

I like how polka had internal panic when Kroni said bollocks not knowing if it was a bad word or not. lol

[@ravstar52]

6:18 mishearing "nene of 5th generation" as "Nene of the peach nation" is a pretty big kusa, NGL.

[@Arexsis]

OK I was wondering what that was about, thank you for clearing that up. I thought that was so weird for polka to say lmao

[@skankalank2000]

Big kusa: deployed

[@MerchManDan]

I have to laugh at how Polka freaks out over "testicles" but happily screamed "FAQ THE POLICE" when she played Night In The Woods

[@BcDyxaLKgoNdgU]

Late to the party. Kiara talked about it some time ago, for ppl that have english as 2nd language, swearing in the native language feels "bad" or like you're doing something wrong. Its 1000x easier to swear in english or other languages for example. Its why she swears like a sailor in english, but german insults etc she doesnt wanna say

[@MerchManDan]

​@@BcDyxaLKgoNdgU Makes sense. It's probably the same for English speakers, we do love learning and using non-english swear words 😁 but then again, lots of English speakers aren't shy at all about cursing in English, so I guess it depends on the person 🤔

[@rodavi680]

Ahhh, warden of time finally conquering her fear of speaking japanese with her senpai, she literally worked hard to learn to speak Japanese and communicate with her jp senpais

[@TheMan21892]

It's the liquid courage xD

[@AndyStv2]

with the power of beer.. but yeah

[@DragonxFlutter]

And she used that liquid courage to mistakenly say ‘nutsack’ in one’s face. 😂

[@Just_Some_Guy_with_a_Mustache]

"Learning".

[@ScottJackson117]

Kronii: **exists** Polka: "PLEASE! STOP! I BEG YOU!"

[@odditykiller]

It’s a running theme

[@realMrVent]

"WE'RE DEAD!"

[@takoitsme4058]

THE WII SPORT BGM MAKES EVEN BETTER LMAOOOOO

[@jub8891]

it does. LOL

[@irohaordeath1037]

I just really love polka. I barely understand a word, but I still tune in to her live streams and then just watch clips later for subtitles.

[@ToxinStorm]

7:23 the pause that leads up to Kronii's soft-spoken reply here is incredibly cute. This reminds me of the K-Time incident with Lui

[@iamthinking2252_]

and then Lui saying “Oh my gahd”

[@bhull242]

What I learned from this clip is that confusion between “wrong” as in “incorrect” and “wrong” as in “yabai” also exists in Japanese.

[@YuSooKey]

Chigau vs Dame

[@moondust2365]

@@YuSooKey Yeah. "Chigau" is "incorrect" or "different" while "dame" is "not allowed" or "impossible"

[@stalwartarjuna]

It puts the sentence "Just because you're correct doesn't mean you're right" in a different light.

[@nny2055]

Sometime we say " Yabai" as good meaning like " awosome " how was the movie ? eiga dou datta? It's awsome!!!! Yaba katta!!! Yabai is kind a strange word, it used to be spoken edo period once. Meaning was "bad" or "bad timing". And it gone. And somehow we'v used again since 90s versatilely.

[@shinyhappyrem8728]

@@nny2055: what about YABE, is that just Fubuki's version?

[@RanmaYagami]

A collab between a clown and a circus, can't get better than this

[@user-we4kf5xm5u]

Fun fact: kintama *technically* means “gold ball” but can also mean “family jewels”

[@marknc7546]

Thank you for this clarification

[@goldengriffiny3694]

You can create family with “family jewels”. If you know what I mean.

[@Ninjujitsu]

kintama pretty much always means balls. gold colored balls would be kin iro no tama or kin no tama

[@mya_ga_san]

Every Friday, Nenechi yells "Kintama Kirakira Kinyoubi!"(Twinkling kimtama Friday) By the way, this word was trending on Twitter in Japan every Friday. It was japanese traditional culture. However, Twitter updates have prevented it from trending recently.

[@slayer0235]

Kronii pretending not to understand just to draw Polka’s suffering out for 8 whole minutes is comedy gold(en balls).

[@RiaGracewood]

Man, I love Polka. She has such a fantastic sense of humour and an infectious laugh. I'd watch her so much more if it wasn't for the language barrier. I've never had an aptitude for languages, so I really appreciate that she puts subtitles on her prerecorded videos.

[@IAmEnormous]

Imagine Nene getting a message after the collab that's just Kronii going "kintama??????" nene kintama???"

[@mugendono23]

Couldent help but think about that Gintama episode with Sakata Kintoki. lmao

[@johnsonwang7253]

The way the wii spots theme is just blasting in the background while they're having this conversation adds so much entertainment value to this whole thing

[@davidkaminski615]

The reason why Nene changed from her original outfit has become clearer.

[@jaspar2236]

I was laughing thinking about the arc in Gintama where kintoki, the gold-haired, better liked and respected version of Gintoki takes GIn's place and the title in the opening changes to 'Kintama."

[@mllrd]

So she thought bollocks was just an expletive lmao

[@YuSooKey]

I didn't know originally myself as no one uses that word in America. We just say balls or nuts and you go with the context.

[@kamo7293]

polka (frustrated and panicking): yes golden ball = kin tama but please I'm begging you don't say it!

[@drakuro6618]

Yeah, she would definitely knew about kintama if she likes Gintama. That's one of the running jokes they always use after all

[@veritasmod7013]

The smile of Polka's model whenever she's terrified here is perfect. XF

[@ShadowWulfGaming]

Good ol Papa Franku's lesson coming in well

[@MainGoldDragon]

thank you for including this whole interaction and not cutting out parts, or shortening it 🙏

[@groerhahn225]

Man Kronii really studied some Japanese this year, huh? I mean she is far from fluent but she totally improved by a lot since back then when she had that legendary minecraft collab.

[@casuallystrolling7827]

Hearing Polka so flustered like this is giving me life lmao

[@ottoarvidsson4526]

0:22 Man! Polka's laugh is so genuine and contagious, you can't help but to laugh yourself when you hear it.

[@Penpen2crayon]

"...bollocks..." "o..."

[@JE.M07]

Polka's vibe is so contagious.

[@overlordjames6644]

I love how polka will make fun of kronii's reactions by mimicking her.

[@VSWST]

That no from polka is just😂

[@goukenslay7555]

only reason i know kintama is from gintama

[@Nex-oz]

Me too

[@Qilinkasa]

Same here-

[@waterfox2492]

4:22 This one polka laugh is so precious. ( x///x)

[@rikishikato5001]

SHE GOT THE "nihongo jouzu" TREATMENT LMAOOOOOO

[@RaiKageRyu]

Kronii's japanese has come a long way

[@nobafan7515]

One day, the rough parts will be smoothed and rounded out, and her japanese will be golden.

[@The-Beyonder]

@@nobafan7515 Golden Ball foreshadowing

[@tdelfino2509]

6:20 It should be "fifth generation", but Nene is indeed of the Peach Nation so it still works

[@deptusmechanikus7362]

I love Polka's laugh so much. It's sounds so mischievous. Like, even when paniking she's partially enjoying the chaos

[@marv6424]

I laughed so much about this, thank you!

[@ClawManV3]

My guess on why "golden balls" means testicles in Japanese is probably because throughout human history, gold has always been viewed as one of the most precious metals. It signified wealth, power, and influence among many nations. But another running theme throughout human history, probably due to patriarchal reasons or simply the reverence over something that quite literally creates new life (which is viewed as a miracle in itself), is making testicles out to be incredibly precious. You can see evidence of this in Japanese culture by looking at mythological tanukis, creatures with giant testicles who symbolize wealth and prosperity, though there's actually a more _literal_ reason why tanuki balls symbolize prosperity in that a very old tradition involved hammering golden leaves into real life tanuki testicles because they were insanely strong and stretchy, hence "balls of gold", kin no tama, or kintama. The giant tanuki balls are also supposed to represent a tanuki's shrewd and mischievous nature in that they never pay back what they owe, so in reference to how stretchy real life tanuki balls are, it's also a metaphor for "stretching one's dollar", how far you can go with the least amount of cash.

[@rioz886]

I just love that they knew how stretchy the balls of tanuki were lmao

[@morratrako5652]

Well in my native language they are called jewels or eggs cause of their fragility

[@thebossman5470]

I don't know but the music in the background just amplifies everything 10-fold.

[@dr.koupop880]

This is probably my favorite clip in a long time.

[@idanchen4934]

I love how Kronii is trying to understand the difference between "gold" and "silver" XD

[@HoloFix]

this was precious. Subbed!!

[@Faath2]

7:23 i love this

[@NwinDii]

i love polka's deeper belly laugh.

[@JustyHakubi]

This was such a blessed collab.

[@paperluigi6132]

This whole conversation is a perfect example of just how context heavy Japanese is as a language.

[@brianrigsby7900]

0:09 love how polka just starts panicking 😂

[@cosmic_coconut7503]

Man, that test tickles.

[@unownnnn]

And we've been waiting for the Nene collab ever since

[@ExoticBankai]

Really funny conversation !

[@isaacshepard1474]

This is such an unexpected matchup, I didn't know Kronii knew Japanese so well. I always love when Hololive has collabs that are cool from both sides coming together like this

[@cheeseburgerpaladin]

I've never watched Polka before but I think I'll tune in to her streams

[@adsgalore777]

Wait till she learns that Nenechi likes to randomly sing Kintama Kira Kira Kinyoubi.

[@kaofee]

Kronii got nihongo jouzu'd

[@teguhharyadi7741]

FYI Gintama became Kintama for once. coz Sorachi sensei thought Gintoki with silver hair is not good enough example of a MC so he once changed the MC to Golden Haired Android and make all the characters forgor about Gintoki, he literally changed the anime Gintama to Kintama 🤣🤣🤣 it was gOLD 6:09 this is something like Miko would say probably 🤣🤣

[@lastnamefirstname8655]

we all love the kintamas.

[@spikey556]

something tells me Kronii knew exactly what she was doing when clowning the clown

[@LuckyBird551]

Every time Kronii said "Kintama" Yagoo shed a tear of broken dreams...

[@battomang]

The BGM makes it perfect 🤣

[@Slayerthecrow]

Underrated pair, they are a great combination. Ps: Poor Nene.

[@tacoonthereaper]

I love cross cultural communication.

[@marcelostalker]

I bet this joke was made a number of times already, but this interaction is gold.

[@yesno2696]

harharhar... harharhar

[@hreaper]

I like the fact that Kronii's level of Japanese comprehension is about the same as mine. I need to take awhile to construct the sentence but I generally understand the gist of what the other person is talking about. 😅

[@ToudouAoi]

November - Gin December - Kin You know what I mean

[@iamthinking2252_]

Not quite November - Aoi

[@drewmendoza2041]

Love that this happens with Polka since her model has a "kill me now" expression. 🤣🤣🤣

[@rastyshka]

She need ask Nenechi about Kintama xD

[@Nanashi20]

that polka laugh after kronii says she likes gintama was hella contagious

[@RiobasTayem]

they actually had this exact joke/topic in Gintama as well, thats where I leanred the difference

[@AragonBattleBorn]

5:45 the point where Polka's mind is now starting to doubt that gintama is safe. i.e. (silver balls.) :P Also the only reason I knew about Kintama is cause of a few english sub episodes of One Piece. ^_^

[@jando5980]

I am impressed how good is kroni as playing ignorant

[@astreastar-]

I like that Polka never tried to change the topic and played along with Kronii

[@user-ge7je3bc5f]

The Golden ball incident of November 2022. Aware

[@aadipdip1326]

this give me a flashback about Risu, Iofi, Oga, and Fubuki Kira kira incident 😂

[@TwilightWolf032]

TESTICLES, KRONII! KINTAMA MEANS TESTICLES!! XD

[@moisesfreire6408]

Funnily enough I learn te meaning of Kintama by watching Gintama.

[@luthfiosvex8892]

ID ring proud of you. Kroni

[@S_Boomer98]

Polka's scream at 0:51 gives me life.

[@danscornerofyoutube]

Nene just suddenly got dragged into the convo and ended up being bad is just hilarious 😂

[@Levio100]

A lot of people assuming Kronii is just playing dumb. No, if you've seen Kronii solve puzzles in games, this is about average for her figuring things out.

[@livecarsonreaction]

This took me right back to Japanese 101 with Papa Franku

[@yzashclipsnmixx6965]

I love it that polka has a ton of patience just to make Kronii understand. Such a good senpai ❤

[@erickthomas6133]

It’s hilarious how long it took Kroni to wrap her head around this 😂

[@mole2100]

6:32 LOOOOOL

[@jayfe86]

That first no was visceral

[@chilledgeek3732]

I refuse to believe that Kronii didn't know what Kintama meant

[@scottslusher5589]

I love ❤️❤️polka and kronii they are funny and awesome to them on this channel. I love them ❤️❤️ I would give them a big big hugs how beautiful they are.