English To Japanese Questions

aishite iru.also you can say vatashiva anataga suki de :woot: su.

Bsalez wrote:Really...I just knew dat :hehe: San kyu ne :naughty:

i never heard before this word!

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Kenshin wrote:How to say mother in Japanese?

okasan.you can call your mother "haha"

minera wrote:
okasan.you can call your mother "haha"

The full, polite, term is •êã, or hahaue.

minera wrote:
okasan.you can call your mother "haha"

I'm not sure wether I'm interpretting your sentence correctly, but anyhow I think it's a little confusing. One would say okaasan ‚¨•ê‚³‚ñ to ones own mother, and also use this word to speak about other people's mothers (outgroup). But when speaking to outgroup people (not your own family) about your mother, you would refer to her using "haha"@•ê.

[code:1]
Your... (Polite) &
said to one's own: My... (Humble)
okaasan haha (mother)
otousan chichi (father)
ojiisan sofu (grandfather)
obaasan soba (grandmother)
[/code:1]

For example:

Is your mother home?
okaasan ha irasshaimasu ka?

(calling:)

Mother, are you there??
okaasan? imasu ka?

(no response comes)

I'm sorry, my mother seems not to be home:
sumimasen, haha ha inai rashii desu

Although this is mainly true, you still have some Japanese folk who refer to their own mother (in front of their own mother) as "haha".

It was most commonly used in the Edo period and before then. A dying terminology (used upfront to one's own mother), if you may.

supermidget wrote:

I'm not sure wether I'm interpretting your sentence correctly, but anyhow I think it's a little confusing. One would say okaasan ‚¨•ê‚³‚ñ to ones own mother, and also use this word to speak about other people's mothers (outgroup). But when speaking to outgroup people (not your own family) about your mother, you would refer to her using "haha"@•ê.

[code:1]
Your... (Polite) &
said to one's own: My... (Humble)
okaasan haha (mother)
otousan chichi (father)
ojiisan sofu (grandfather)
obaasan soba (grandmother)
[/code:1]

For example:

Is your mother home?
okaasan ha irasshaimasu ka?

(calling:)

Mother, are you there??
okaasan? imasu ka?

(no response comes)

I'm sorry, my mother seems not to be home:
sumimasen, haha ha inai rashii desu

good information to know.
but noticed in j-dramas they alway refer to the polite way of saying mother, father..etc
i haven't really heard them saying the informal way of saying it, when referring to their own family members.
any explanation on this...

qilver wrote:but noticed in j-dramas they alway refer to the polite way of saying mother, father..etc
i haven't really heard them saying the informal way of saying it, when referring to their own family members.
any explanation on this...

Really? I've heard okaasan, kaasan, kaachan, okaasama, ofukuro, mama, all used when talking to one's mother.

qilver wrote:

good information to know.
but noticed in j-dramas they alway refer to the polite way of saying mother, father..etc
i haven't really heard them saying the informal way of saying it, when referring to their own family members.
any explanation on this...

the informal way

Maybe my explanation was a bit confusing because I said 'polite' in the scheme, but neither of the two ways are more formal than the other. It's just a question of which is appropriate in what situation. One should catagorize them as being "honorable" or "humble". Ofcourse those with "-san" "-sama" etcetera are honorable, and they are used when speaking TO your own family or TO/ABOUT another one's family.

Only when speaking ABOUT your own family, you'd use the humble form. In this case you also can not use the polite form since it sounds strange. Just like you never add -san to your own name.

/edit/edit/
Maybe it's not the same as saying -san to yourself. Cause indeed I did hear some people talking about their father as "otousan" in some occasions. I guess Japanese youth are not so concerned anymore about hyrarchy as used to be normal in Japan. ~ still, in official terms it's *not supposed* to happen :)

I need help translating 2 sentences a 2 words in japanese. I need help so anything helpful will be appreciated very much! :bow:
Thank you!

1. To get to Blue Beach, you have to cross the bridge.

2. The ocean is below the bridge.


How do you say famous and ghost?[/i]

CHOCOLATE wrote:I need help translating 2 sentences a 2 words in japanese. I need help so anything helpful will be appreciated very much! :bow:
Thank you!

1. To get to Blue Beach, you have to cross the bridge.

2. The ocean is below the bridge.


How do you say famous and ghost?[/i]

We already have a thread for these kind of questions, so please search for them before making a new thread. I'm merging this thread.

Anyway, here are your tranlsations:

1. ƒuƒ‹[ƒr[ƒ`‚֍s‚­‚ɂ́A‹´‚ð“n‚ç‚È‚¯‚ê‚΂Ȃè‚Ü‚¹‚ñB(Blue beach he iku ni ha, hashi wo wataranakereba narimasen.)
2. ŠC‚́A‹´‚̉º‚Å‚·B(Umi ha, hashi no shita desu.)

Famous - —L–¼ (yuumei)
Ghost - —H—ì (yuurei)

HTH,

‘‰¤š

dochira wrote:
The full, polite, term is •êã, or hahaue.

what about •êe@i‚Í‚Í‚¨‚âjhahaoya?

when do we use this?

Hm, if anyone could help me translate/correct this, I would be very grateful! :D

Pleased to meet you (hajimameshite ?), I am Julie (watashi wa Jurii/ƒWƒ…ƒŠ[ desu ?). I am 19 years old, and I am a graphic design student.

Also, how do you say Norwegian? I believe Norway is noruuxee, would I just add 'jin' to it? So, noruuxee-jin <- would that mean Norwegian?

So if anyone could translate the above for me, in both Kanji/Kana and romanji, thanks! :)

Lol, and sorry about all the questions! :P

Julieh wrote:Hm, if anyone could help me translate/correct this, I would be very grateful! :D

Pleased to meet you (hajimameshite ?), I am Julie (watashi wa Jurii/ƒWƒ…ƒŠ[ desu ?). I am 19 years old, and I am a graphic design student.

Also, how do you say Norwegian? I believe Norway is noruuxee, would I just add 'jin' to it? So, noruuxee-jin <- would that mean Norwegian?

So if anyone could translate the above for me, in both Kanji/Kana and romanji, thanks! :)

Lol, and sorry about all the questions! :P

‚±‚ñ‚É‚¿‚́AƒOƒ‰ƒtƒBƒbƒNƒfƒUƒCƒ“Šw‚̃Wƒ…ƒŠ[‚Å‚·A‚P‚XÎ‚Å‚·B‚æ‚낵‚­‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·B
kon'nichi wa, gurafikku dezain gaku no jurii desu, juukyu sai desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

Hello! I am Julie of the Graphics Design school, I'm 19 years. Nice to meet you!

ƒmƒ‹ƒEƒF[l‚Å‚·B
noruwee jin desu.

I'm a norwegian.


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The usual way of introduction is by telling what company / school you are from, then stating one's name. I don't know wether ƒOƒ‰ƒtƒBƒbƒNƒfƒUƒCƒ“ (gurafikku dezain) is a common word for the term though.

supermidget wrote:


‚±‚ñ‚É‚¿‚́AƒOƒ‰ƒtƒBƒbƒNƒfƒUƒCƒ“Šw‚̃Wƒ…ƒŠ[‚Å‚·A‚P‚XÎ‚Å‚·B‚æ‚낵‚­‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·B
kon'nichi wa, gurafikku dezain gaku no jurii desu, juukyu sai desu. yoroshiku onegaishimasu.

Hello! I am Julie of the Graphics Design school, I'm 19 years. Nice to meet you!

ƒmƒ‹ƒEƒF[l‚Å‚·B
noruwee jin desu.

I'm a norwegian.


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The usual way of introduction is by telling what company / school you are from, then stating one's name. I don't know wether ƒOƒ‰ƒtƒBƒbƒNƒfƒUƒCƒ“ (gurafikku dezain) is a common word for the term though.

Thank you :)

hmmm.... how do you say and write

"Life's a miser, it's a nightmare
that only awakes in the dephts of sadness" ??

hyde's_Jr wrote:hmmm.... how do you say and write

"Life's a miser, it's a nightmare
that only awakes in the dephts of sadness" ??

Well, it's pretty metaphoric, but here's my attempt:

uƒCƒmƒ`‚Æ‚¢‚¤‚̂́A
[‚¢”ß‚µ‚Ý‚Ì’†‚Å‚µ‚©–Ú‚ðÁ‚ß‚È‚¢A
‚µ‚Ý‚Á‚½‚ê‚ň«–²‚̂悤‚È‚à‚Ì‚¾Bv

Here's a back translation:

"Life is something that is
miserly and like a nightmare
and only awakens in deep sadness."

For grammatical purposes, line two of my translation corresponds to line three of my back translation, and line three of the Japanese to line two of the back translation.

HTH,

‘‰¤š

kokuou wrote:


Well, it's pretty metaphoric, but here's my attempt:

uƒCƒmƒ`‚Æ‚¢‚¤‚̂́A
[‚¢”ß‚µ‚Ý‚Ì’†‚Å‚µ‚©–Ú‚ðÁ‚ß‚È‚¢A
‚µ‚Ý‚Á‚½‚ê‚ň«–²‚̂悤‚È‚à‚Ì‚¾Bv

Here's a back translation:

"Life is something that is
miserly and like a nightmare
and only awakens in deep sadness."

For grammatical purposes, line two of my translation corresponds to line three of my back translation, and line three of the Japanese to line two of the back translation.

HTH,

‘‰¤š

thanks! how do i read it anyway? sorry can't read kanji... :shamefulcry:

by the way what's the difference between ˆ¤ and —ö ?

hyde's_Jr wrote:

thanks! how do i read it anyway? sorry can't read kanji... :shamefulcry:

by the way what's the difference between ˆ¤ and —ö ?

No problem ;)

uƒCƒmƒ`‚Æ‚¢‚¤‚̂́A
[‚¢”ß‚µ‚Ý‚Ì’†‚Å‚µ‚©–Ú‚ðÁ‚ß‚È‚¢A
‚µ‚Ý‚Á‚½‚ê‚ň«–²‚̂悤‚È‚à‚Ì‚¾Bv

is read

"Inochi to iu no ha,
fukai kanashimi no naka de shika me wo samenai,
shimittare de akumu no you na mono da."

The difference between —ö and ˆ¤ is one that would take a lengthy explanation and even then would probably still not be 100% understood. You actually have to be Japanese or have a fair knowledge of the culture and language to understand the difference.

You could say that ˆ¤ is deeper than —ö, but that would leave so much out of the equation.

I know that's not much help, but it's late and I have to sleep. Maybe someone else can offer a better explanation. If not, I'll have a go at explaning it another day.

HTH,

‘‰¤š