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There's a note to be made here on the title of the Sentai episode. Episode 8 of Zyuranger is called "恐怖! 瞬間喰い (Terror! Eaten in an instant)," but it is mistranslated on the wiki ("Shunkan tabei"), and I fear I misspoke it more than once. I can only read enough Japanese so far to make a nuisance of myself.

The first kanji, 恐怖, is kyofu, meaning fear or terror. That part is pretty straightforward, as it's a common word. 瞬間, shunkan, means "an instant, a moment." And 喰, ku, means to eat or gobble up. I'm not sure what sort of grammatical construction 喰い, kui, is exactly, but the meaning is fairly clear.

However! The Zyuranger announcer, in the "next time on" segment of episode 7 AND the title card for episode 8, pronounces the title as "Kyofu! Shunkan'ui!" So clearly there is something happening here that is beyond my ability to understand at this time, and I beg your forbearance. If any of you dear listeners out there have more experience reading kanji, or know someone who does, please feel free to reach out with an explanation. We would be delighted to clear it up on the air!

Thank you for listening! The transcript for episode 7 is finished and will be posted soon, and work on episode 8's transcript is moving forward.

The transcript for episode 8 is HERE.