English To Japanese Questions

chiba wrote:

yeah..tanoshimi ni suits better than omedetou!!thanks :thumbsup:

Actually, you can't use 'tanoshimi ni' for 'happy' in this case.
The only way it would work is if you had a special day planned for your father, and to get him excited for the day, you said:

u•ƒ‚Ì“ú‚ðA‚¨Šy‚µ‚݂ɂˁBv

Which would mean something like, "I hope you're excited for Father's Day!"

If you are just wishing him Happy Father's Day, then all you can really say is:

u•ƒ‚Ì“úA‚¨‚ß‚Å‚Æ‚¤Bv
(Chichi no hi, omedetou) <-- One 't'; i.e. not 'omedetto'

HTH,
š‘‰¤

kokuou wrote:

Actually, you can't use 'tanoshimi ni' for 'happy' in this case.
The only way it would work is if you had a special day planned for your father, and to get him excited for the day, you said:

u•ƒ‚Ì“ú‚ðA‚¨Šy‚µ‚݂ɂˁBv

Which would mean something like, "I hope you're excited for Father's Day!"

If you are just wishing him Happy Father's Day, then all you can really say is:

u•ƒ‚Ì“úA‚¨‚ß‚Å‚Æ‚¤Bv
(Chichi no hi, omedetou) <-- One 't'; i.e. not 'omedetto'

HTH,
š‘‰¤

:doh: what i meant by 'suits better' was in terms of sound cos it sounds better than omedetou..baka me :bonk:thanks kokuou!!learning something new today!! :thumbsup:

what's OFFLINE in japanese?

suugakusha07 wrote:what's OFFLINE in japanese?

ƒIƒtƒ‰ƒCƒ“ (ofurain)
:woot:

HTH,
š‘‰¤

kokuou wrote:

ƒIƒtƒ‰ƒCƒ“ (ofurain)
:woot:

HTH,
š‘‰¤

thank you ^^ but what does ofukai mean?

suugakusha07 wrote:

thank you ^^ but what does ofukai mean?

Ofukai (or ƒIƒt‰ï), is a mixture of two words: 'offline' and 'kai'.
A '-‰ï' is a kind of gathering for the purpose of whatever comes before it.
So, in this case, it's an offline gathering or party (as opposed to only talking to people on message boards or chatting online).

HTH,
š‘‰¤

how do you say "its bothersome" I heard it was mendouksai but then I heard other ways to....anyone know

the most general word for irritating, bothersome is absolutely urusai.

shiroi_tora wrote:how do you say "its bothersome" I heard it was mendouksai but then I heard other ways to....anyone know

Mendouksai is like "a pain in the ass" :hehe:

So bothersome is not that wrong. :victory:

Oh, didn't realize there is a english-> japanese thread.. gomen.

When in a restaurant, I want to order tea, i would say " O-cha kudasai", how about if I want to ask for more tea (when my cup is empty!)?

ƒPƒ”ƒBƒ“ wrote:the most general word for irritating, bothersome is absolutely urusai.

i thought that urusai was "shut up"

fayewolf wrote:Oh, didn't realize there is a english-> japanese thread.. gomen.

When in a restaurant, I want to order tea, i would say " O-cha kudasai", how about if I want to ask for more tea (when my cup is empty!)?

i already answered this in another thread but in case you haven't read it....
you can say 'okawari onegai shimasu' while showing empty cup. this is asking for a refill. or you can say ' mata ocha onegaishimasu' which is asking for more tea.

How do you say;

"May I borrow a USB port for a little while to charge my mp3 player?"

Thanks! :)

Julieh wrote:How do you say;

"May I borrow a USB port for a little while to charge my mp3 player?"

Point at their USB port, point at your mp3 player, bow several times while saying "onegaishimasu" [/list:u]

gaijinmark wrote: Point at their USB port, point at your mp3 player, bow several times while saying "onegaishimasu" [/list:u]

yep, that should work.
also try 'mp3 no tame ni usb o stukatte mo/karite mo yoroshii desu ka?'

shiroi_tora wrote:

i thought that urusai was "shut up"

literally it means iritating, annoying. But if one screams it like Urusai ! it would mean shut up or stop it..

ƒPƒ”ƒBƒ“ wrote:

literally it means iritating, annoying. But if one screams it like Urusai ! it would mean shut up or stop it..

so then how would you tell someone shut up...or just be quiet....if I was telling it to a friend as a joke or something

shiroi_tora wrote:

so then how would you tell someone shut up...or just be quiet....if I was telling it to a friend as a joke or something

You could say "yamete" (the "te" form of "yameru") which means stop, or knock it off [/list:u]

So if i were talking to a friend and jokingly tell them to shut up urusai is ok right???

shiroi_tora wrote:So if i were talking to a friend and jokingly tell them to shut up urusai is ok right???

Well, as long as they know you're joking. IIRC, I had a conversation with kokuou about this awhile back, and kokuou said "urusai" is preferred over "damaru"