I know you might have already translated the page in the Dairugger book where Keats and Kirigas’s gems glow, but the rough translation refers to the gem as Taisanatama or Tama. So maybe it could be the name of their gems. But I wanna know what you think and translated.
Hi there, thank you for the Ask!
I don’t see Taisanatama in that page spread, but the text calls the gems tama (hiragana: たま, kanji: 玉) twice. Tama can mean: marble, ball, lens, gem, bead, jewel, etc. Did you mean chiisanatama (小さなたま) instead?
If so, that means small marble, ball, gem, lens, bead, jewel, etc. Chiisanatama is what is written in the first mention of it on the page. The second mention is hitainotama (ひたいのたま) I suspect the intention is to mean bead or jewel.
If I were localizing this translation, then I'd call it "mind lens", "psionic gem", "oracle stone", or similar due to the context of its use. Personally, I like "mind lens" the best.
Full text:
ラガー•ガードは無事にうさ縫うの旅を続けていた。 戦いもなく、メンバーもそれぞれくつろいでいた。 ところが、キーツ•チーフの額についている小さなたまが、突然光り始めた。 「何か怪しい物を感じる！」 「私も」 見ると、キリガッスの額のたまも光っていた。
My amateur translation combined with Google translate:
The Rugger Guard continues their journey safely. There was no fighting, and so each member was relaxing. However, the small jewel on Chief Keats' forehead suddenly began to glow. “I feel something strange!” “Me too.” When they looked, the jewel on Kirigas’ forehead was also glowing.
Scan of the page spread is below for those who haven't seen it before. Since this is from a book for children, words that would otherwise be written with kanji are in hiragana instead. I swapped out some it for kanji when typing up the text.
