English To Japanese Questions

tingtongbell wrote:i have just started learning japanese.

how do u say,

i am learning japanese


(in kanji/hiragana, not romanised)

arigato!

Well, in simple terms:

“ú–{Œê‚ð•×‹­‚µ‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·By‚É‚Ù‚ñ‚²‚ð‚ׂñ‚«‚傤‚µ‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·z@nihongo wo benkyou shite imasu ~ "I am studying Japanese"

•×‹­ y‚ׂñ‚«‚傤z"studying" doesn't neccesarily mean "being enrolled in a university" so you could use it on many occasions.

Good luck learning Japanese :woot:

I didn't want to start a new thread for this, since there was probably a thread around that had ppl translating words. Anyone think they can translate these to Japanese? Kanji would be the best and hiragana. I'd like to get these tattooed someday.

"May the heavens smile upon us."

"God's in his heaven, All's right with the world."

"Soar to the heavens"

supermidget wrote:

Well, in simple terms:

“ú–{Œê‚ð•×‹­‚µ‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·By‚É‚Ù‚ñ‚²‚ð‚ׂñ‚«‚傤‚µ‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·z@nihongo wo benkyou shite imasu ~ "I am studying Japanese"

•×‹­ y‚ׂñ‚«‚傤z"studying" doesn't neccesarily mean "being enrolled in a university" so you could use it on many occasions.

Good luck learning Japanese :woot:

I have been looking over this thread, since i am just beginning on my self study on Japanese from various books that i have bought. I find it very challenging, but i have been trying to build up my vocabulary with a few grammar lessons that i look over along with some Hiragana writing.

I am confused as to when i use Particles in a sentence and how they are used, such as (ni, o, wo, wa)
and the structure of a sentence is subject-object-verb, which is a different from our structure.

thanks for your information on this good thread for other japanese language learners on all levels. :applaud:

can i ask is tis 2 japanese word stand for italy ?ƒCƒ^ƒŠ[ and ƒCƒ^ƒŠƒA .and wat is the different?

adriansyc wrote:can i ask is tis 2 japanese word stand for italy ?ƒCƒ^ƒŠ[ and ƒCƒ^ƒŠƒA .and wat is the different?

One is the Japanese translation of Italy in english, Italy.

The last one is the Japanese translation of Italy in Italian, Italia.

I believe that is right, since my Nihongo-Sensei taught me only ƒCƒ^ƒŠƒA and she said it was the japanese translation of Italia.

beat me to it :D

I'm new here. I found that this forum is very useful to Japanese learners.
Especially this topic.

I've learnt Japanese for 2 years but so bad I still don't know much abt how they use it in many situation.

Some questions here.

1.How can you say - "Long time no see" ?
2.Does "O ba ke"@‚¨‚΂¯ mean Ghost? (I saw another word in page 17th...)
3.What exactly "Shibaraku"@‚µ‚΂炭 means? (I heard Japanese sometimes say this phrase)
4.The word "Need" in Japanese is "Irimasu" .
For example: "I need a book" - "Hon ga irimasu" –{‚ª—v‚è‚Ü‚·/ I need money - Okane ga irimasu.‚¨‹à‚ª—v‚è‚Ü‚·B But when I want to say "I need to learn English", can I use "Eigo o penkiosuru koto ga irimasu" ‰pŒê‚ð@•×‹­‚·‚邱‚Ɓ@‚ª@—v‚è‚Ü‚·?

Thanks so much.

Singhay wrote:

One is the Japanese translation of Italy in english, Italy.

The last one is the Japanese translation of Italy in Italian, Italia.

I believe that is right, since my Nihongo-Sensei taught me only ƒCƒ^ƒŠƒA and she said it was the japanese translation of Italia.

:muack: thx alot i really appreciate it well actually i wan to do a italy sticker but in japanese words n stick it on my motorcycle coz FOOTBALL is coming to town :hehe:

Hi all,

Would like to ask a question, hope someone here can help.

Thank you in advance.

How do you congratulate someone that just recieve a promotion?

is "‚µ‚傤‚µ‚ñ wo ‚¨‚ß‚Å‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚·" correct ?

I would think "omedeto gozaimasu" is sufficient. They would know it's about the promotion.

I know this guy who's in the same class as me. He likes to say words like 'iie' or 'dame' or 'yamatte' in an erotic sort of way. I would really like to throw some words back at him....something like 'you're a jerk' or 'you're an idiot'. How do you say those words in japanese? Any other suggestions?

yessy wrote:I'm new here. I found that this forum is very useful to Japanese learners.
Especially this topic.

I've learnt Japanese for 2 years but so bad I still don't know much abt how they use it in many situation.

Some questions here.

1.How can you say - "Long time no see" ?
2.Does "O ba ke"@‚¨‚΂¯ mean Ghost? (I saw another word in page 17th...)
3.What exactly "Shibaraku"@‚µ‚΂炭 means? (I heard Japanese sometimes say this phrase)
4.The word "Need" in Japanese is "Irimasu" .
For example: "I need a book" - "Hon ga irimasu" –{‚ª—v‚è‚Ü‚·/ I need money - Okane ga irimasu.‚¨‹à‚ª—v‚è‚Ü‚·B But when I want to say "I need to learn English", can I use "Eigo o penkiosuru koto ga irimasu" ‰pŒê‚ð@•×‹­‚·‚邱‚Ɓ@‚ª@—v‚è‚Ü‚·?

Thanks so much.

for #1 you could say ‹v‚µ‚Ô‚è
for #3 Žb‚­ means for a while

I was just wondering how to say Irish man the other day. Is it Irish-jin? It sounds more like a drink than someone. :sweat:

tabana wrote:I was just wondering how to say Irish man the other day. Is it Irish-jin? It sounds more like a drink than someone. :sweat:

ƒAƒCƒ‹ƒ‰ƒ“ƒh‚Ì‚¨‚Æ‚±
A-i-ru-ra-n-to no o-to-ko

Jin makes it known that its people. Since Irish is describing the man, it would be an adjective. In the way I wrote it, its Irish as the describing word.

Theres other ways to say man, I just used otoko cuz of Densha Otoko.

ƒAƒCƒ‹ƒ‰ƒ“ƒhl
A-i-ru-ra-n-to ji-n

That would mean Irish, as in the people.

Thank you for the explanation Singhay. :bow: I forgot I could use otoko too. :ashamed:

maika_chan wrote:I know this guy who's in the same class as me. He likes to say words like 'iie' or 'dame' or 'yamatte' in an erotic sort of way. I would really like to throw some words back at him....something like 'you're a jerk' or 'you're an idiot'. How do you say those words in japanese? Any other suggestions?

from my very limited japanese language experience that i do know of, from watching j-dramas and reading japanese language books,

baka = stupid, not sure how you would use that when directing it to that guy...
yamatte kudasai - "please stop". I think iie - could mean many things, but I think in this case perhaps, iie = "no". dame = "bad, wrong".

I want to learn japanese now. but it's difficult for me to learn kanji. can you tell me how to learn 'kanji' quickly? arigatoo for your advise

I'm not really learning kanji, but I've learn kana with flashcards. (reading and not writing) :)

I've spent an hour daily for a few days to learn them all. For Kanji, it'll take a long time though...

tabana wrote:I'm not really learning kanji, but I've learn kana with flashcards. (reading and not writing) :)

I've spent an hour daily for a few days to learn them all. For Kanji, it'll take a long time though...

kanji is the toughest to learn...so many strokes in the characters

i am learning the hiragana first...still learning it.

tabana wrote:I'm not really learning kanji, but I've learn kana with flashcards. (reading and not writing) :)

I've spent an hour daily for a few days to learn them all. For Kanji, it'll take a long time though...

they say it takes mastery of about 2000 kanji to be able to read the average newspaper article.