Literal translation of the word シレジレ


I'm not sure how to translate the word シレジレ.

Does it mean something like "perky, confident, opinionated, presumptuous"?

If so, may シレジレメカコラム be translated as "All-knowing Mecha Column" or "Wise
Guy's Mecha Column"?




[Entry for 痴れ痴れ on
Weblio](http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C):
「いかにもとぼけたさま」 == " _looking extremely stupid [possibly intentionally]_ ". I
don't think you want that one either. とぼける can mean _to play the fool_ , i.e.
to play dumb while actually being smart, or _to dissemble, to feign ignorance_
, such as when asked about something, but it can also mean _to be vacant,
absentminded_ and _to go senile, as with old age_.

The シレ in 痴{し}れ痴{じ}れ is from verb 痴{し}れる, which (confusingly) kinda means the
opposite of 知{し}れる. Main definition for 痴れる in my copy of Shogakukan:

  * 「判断{はんだん}・識別{しきべつ}の能力{のうりょく}が働{はたら}かなくなる。ぼける。ばかになる。」  
_To lose one's ability to make judgments or distinguish. To become senile or
dotty. To become stupid or foolish._

As suggested by 非回答者's ignorance of the term, it's probably not used very
commonly in mainstream Japanese. The katakana spelling only gets [162 Google
hits](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AC),
actually collapsing to [just 38 hits if you click **Next** a few
times](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AC#q=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AC&start=30).
The kanji spelling gets [677
hits](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%22),
collapsing to [just 109 hits if you click **Next**
enough](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%22#q=%22%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%22&start=99),
of which the first page is all dictionary sites, and a number of the hits on
the next two pages are of sites explaining the term.

If you're trying to come up with a column title, this might not be the word to
use. If instead シレジレメカコラム is something you found and you're wondering what it
means, my rough guess would be "goofy mecha column", with an emphasis on the
"ditzy" shades of meaning in "goofy" (some of the Google image results for
just 痴れ suggest "ditzy" in feminine ways; various images are NSFW, so I'll
leave that as an exercise for the reader). Without more context, though,
that's just a shot-in-the-dark guess.




[Entry for 痴れ痴れ on
Weblio](http://www.weblio.jp/content/%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C):
「いかにもとぼけたさま」 == " _looking extremely stupid [possibly intentionally]_ ". I
don't think you want that one either. とぼける can mean _to play the fool_ , i.e.
to play dumb while actually being smart, or _to dissemble, to feign ignorance_
, such as when asked about something, but it can also mean _to be vacant,
absentminded_ and _to go senile, as with old age_.

The シレ in 痴{し}れ痴{じ}れ is from verb 痴{し}れる, which (confusingly) kinda means the
opposite of 知{し}れる. Main definition for 痴れる in my copy of Shogakukan:

  * 「判断{はんだん}・識別{しきべつ}の能力{のうりょく}が働{はたら}かなくなる。ぼける。ばかになる。」  
_To lose one's ability to make judgments or distinguish. To become senile or
dotty. To become stupid or foolish._

As suggested by 非回答者's ignorance of the term, it's probably not used very
commonly in mainstream Japanese. The katakana spelling only gets [162 Google
hits](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AC),
actually collapsing to [just 38 hits if you click **Next** a few
times](https://www.google.com/search?q=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AC#q=%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AC%E3%82%B8%E3%83%AC&start=30).
The kanji spelling gets [677
hits](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%22),
collapsing to [just 109 hits if you click **Next**
enough](https://www.google.com/search?q=%22%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%22#q=%22%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%E7%97%B4%E3%82%8C%22&start=99),
of which the first page is all dictionary sites, and a number of the hits on
the next two pages are of sites explaining the term.

If you're trying to come up with a column title, this might not be the word to
use. If instead シレジレメカコラム is something you found and you're wondering what it
means, my rough guess would be "goofy mecha column", with an emphasis on the
"ditzy" shades of meaning in "goofy" (some of the Google image results for
just 痴れ suggest "ditzy" in feminine ways; various images are NSFW, so I'll
leave that as an exercise for the reader). Without more context, though,
that's just a shot-in-the-dark guess.

