Japanese to English Questions

chiba wrote:

owh..got it! :woot: so its like an informal words used in conversations!thanks :victory:

They're not really informal words, per se.
You hear them a lot in informal speech, but they can also appear in more formal conversations, albeit some more than others.

They're an extensive class of words, called ‹[‘ÔŒê (gitaigo) and ‹[‰¹Œê (giongo), that describe a state or sound, respectively.

For example, ƒpƒNƒpƒNH‚ׂé (pakupaku taberu) is the sound of someone eating, whereas ‚Ê‚é‚Ê‚é (nurunuru) describes something that is slimy.

These are some of the hardest words to master in Japanese, but with a little diligence and a lot of practice, you can get the most common ones (and even some of the stranger ones) down! :victory:

HTH,
š‘‰¤

kokuou wrote:

They're not really informal words, per se.
You hear them a lot in informal speech, but they can also appear in more formal conversations, albeit some more than others.

They're an extensive class of words, called ‹[‘ÔŒê (gitaigo) and ‹[‰¹Œê (giongo), that describe a state or sound, respectively.

For example, ƒpƒNƒpƒNH‚ׂé (pakupaku taberu) is the sound of someone eating, whereas ‚Ê‚é‚Ê‚é (nurunuru) describes something that is slimy.

These are some of the hardest words to master in Japanese, but with a little diligence and a lot of practice, you can get the most common ones (and even some of the stranger ones) down! :victory:

HTH,
š‘‰¤

Thanks for the explaination :victory:

chiba wrote:

Its ohayossu..it means good morning same like ohayou (gozaimasu).

Found this article : There are men in Nagoya who will answer when jogging, "Ohayossu!" as a contraction of Ohayo Gozaimasu that he reports the Japanese ear hears as more polite than Osu but less polite than "Ohayou."

Ohayossu - more athlethic, male exspressions :victory:

Ahhhhh okies. Thanks chiba, enna, and A-Oyaji. :victory:

"kimoi no ni kawaii" what's "no ni" from that sentence means?
:crazy:

suika_suki wrote:"kimoi no ni kawaii" what's "no ni" from that sentence means?
:crazy:

IMHO, noni - though/although

so, the sentence= " unpleasant although it is beautiful" or something like that..my english is bad so, please bare with me :ashamed:

**calling for help!!anyone? :mrgreen:

Wynter wrote:

Ahhhhh okies. Thanks chiba, enna, and A-Oyaji. :victory:

Yeah thanks chiba-chan, that's a new one on me ;)

chiba wrote:

IMHO, noni - though/although

so, the sentence= " unpleasant although it is beautiful" or something like that..my english is bad so, please bare with me :ashamed:

**calling for help!!anyone? :mrgreen:

your english is good ^^ and thanx for the translation^^

Anime Dad wrote:

Yeah thanks chiba-chan, that's a new one on me ;)

wynsensei wrote:Ahhhhh okies. Thanks chiba, enna, and A-Oyaji. :victory!:

dou itashimashite!! i'm in the process of learning to..learning together like this is better!! keep our brain works better!! :woot: :thumbsup:

suika_suki wrote:your english is good ^^ and thanx for the translation^^

youre welcome!!still learning :victory: hope that translation is correct :ashamed:

When is ‚Ì used in an english sentence??

What (if any) pronunciation is used for this character: ¦ [/list:u] I know it's used for products, but I have no idea what it's called and it's driving me crazy!!! :bonk:

shiroi_tora wrote:When is ‚Ì used in an english sentence??

‚Ì is a possessive particle. Like in english:

"It's your apple" => "Anato no ringo". "your" has been replaced by "no".
The personal pronoun that is right before the "no"-particle is the person who posseses the object in the phrase.

gaijinmark wrote:What (if any) pronunciation is used for this character: ¦ [/list:u] I know it's used for products, but I have no idea what it's called and it's driving me crazy!!! :bonk:

I'm afraid that's not even a character. Just enter it in google and you won't even get any results.

ƒPƒ”ƒBƒ“ wrote:

I'm afraid that's not even a character. Just enter it in google and you won't even get any results.

If it ain't a character, they sure do use it a lot in Japan. Here's an example from a Yahoo! Japan auction:

¦‚»‚ꂼ‚êˆê’·ˆê’Z‚ª‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·‚̂ŃŠƒ“ƒNæ‚ð‚æ‚­‚¨“ǂ݂ɂȂ育Ž©g‚Å”»’f‚µ‚Ä‚­‚¾‚³‚¢

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It's probably just a symbol like we would use an asterix "*". But for shure it's not a character..

That's what I was thinking. Like the repeat sign X But what the hell does that other sign mean??? :headscratch:

kokuou wrote:

They're an extensive class of words, called ‹[‘ÔŒê (gitaigo) and ‹[‰¹Œê (giongo), that describe a state or sound, respectively.

Am I right in thinking the above words refer to the many "sound effects" etc used in manga?

Ones I see a lot are ƒhƒT (dosa)@= sound of a body falling down.
ƒhƒ“ (don) = bang.
ƒsƒ|@(pipo) = beep.

Apologies if the above examples are not right.

gaijinmark wrote:That's what I was thinking. Like the repeat sign X But what the hell does that other sign mean??? :headscratch:

¦ is a character used, like someone said above, an asterisk.
It's usually to get the reader's attention to let them know that the following sentence is important.
It comes from the character •K, meaning "necessary."
If you want to type it, you use ‚±‚ß (kome), because it looks like •Ä.

The more you know ™ƒ~

HTH,
š‘‰¤

Keps wrote:

Am I right in thinking the above words refer to the many "sound effects" etc used in manga?

Ones I see a lot are ƒhƒT (dosa)@= sound of a body falling down.
ƒhƒ“ (don) = bang.
ƒsƒ|@(pipo) = beep.

Apologies if the above examples are not right.

ƒsƒ“ƒ|ƒ“I (Ding Ding!)
Hehehe... sorry, I couldn't resist.

But yeah, you're exactly right.
Although, DOSA isn't specifically for the sound of a falling body; anything heavy that makes a loud "THUMP!" can be expressed using it.

HTH,
š‘‰¤

kokuou wrote:

¦ is a character used, like someone said above, an asterisk.
It's usually to get the reader's attention to let them know that the following sentence is important.
It comes from the character •K, meaning "necessary."
If you want to type it, you use ‚±‚ß (kome), because it looks like •Ä.

The more you know ™ƒ~

HTH,
š‘‰¤

Arigato kokuou!!! :bow: That's been driving me nuts for the longest time! I figured if you didn't know it, no one would!Thanks, again! :applaud: [/list:u]

kokuou wrote:

ƒsƒ“ƒ|ƒ“I (Ding Ding!)
Hehehe... sorry, I couldn't resist.

But yeah, you're exactly right.
Although, DOSA isn't specifically for the sound of a falling body; anything heavy that makes a loud "THUMP!" can be expressed using it.

HTH,
š‘‰¤

Thanks Kokuou. Lol, I've just seen a heck of a lot of falling bodies in the manga I've read. That's where I get that connection from.
I like horror manga, so it figures. :mrgreen: