Japanese to English Questions

thtl: åj -- I've never seen this kanji before. Is it a Chinese version of †? The radical reads "gou" in Japanese but I can't make out the other part. Is it a counter for something? (Alice Nine-Lives? Alice in Ninederland?)

Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could help translate the japanese text above the arrows which show the love relationship between the characters of this really enjoyable and hilarious jdrama called hotaru no hikari.

I like to know what the magazine says.

Thankyou thank you :)

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blade123 wrote:Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could help translate the japanese text above the arrows which show the love relationship between the characters of this really enjoyable and hilarious jdrama called hotaru no hikari.

I like to know what the magazine says.

Thankyou thank you :)

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on the left;
in the heart it says 'koi' so they're lovers or in love.
below the two girls are love rivals.
bottom arrow, the guy likes the girl.

on the right;
top arrow i think is suggesting they are gay and is asking if he likes him with the arrow underneath.
not sure about the next arrow but the bottom line again could be that they're gay.
maybe.

kenjilina wrote:

on the left;
in the heart it says 'koi' so they're lovers or in love.
below the two girls are love rivals.
bottom arrow, the guy likes the girl.

on the right;
top arrow i think is suggesting they are gay and is asking if he likes him with the arrow underneath.
not sure about the next arrow but the bottom line again could be that they're gay.
maybe.

Yes Yes! :woot: They be 'gay' those two guys - well the guy on the right wud be.

As for the girls on the right, what association do they have with Ayase's characeter - are they 'gay' with her to?

blade123 wrote:Hi all,

I was wondering if anyone could help translate the japanese text above the arrows which show the love relationship between the characters of this really enjoyable and hilarious jdrama called hotaru no hikari.

I like to know what the magazine says.

Thankyou thank you :)

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Uh, shouldn't you be making this inquiry in that drama's respective thread? :headscratch:

I need help understanding something in Kanji
why is it that Byakuyakou (”’–és) and Shiroi kage (”’‚¢‰e) both start with ”’? I know that the character is shiro meaning white and I know Byakuya meand true light (at least when you extract it from Byakuyakou) so how is it that ”’ is used in both?

shiroi_tora wrote:I need help understanding something in Kanji
why is it that Byakuyakou (”’–és) and Shiroi kage (”’‚¢‰e) both start with ”’? I know that the character is shiro meaning white and I know Byakuya meand true light (at least when you extract it from Byakuyakou) so how is it that ”’ is used in both?

Welcome to the wonderful world of kanji. Just about all kanji have at least 2 different ways to be pronounced. In the example you used, ”’–é@you would pronounce the first character as either haku or byaku because it has another kanji character following it. As ”’‚¢, it's pronounced shiroi because it's alone by itself. Confused? Welcome to the club. [/list:u]

shiroi_tora wrote:I need help understanding something in Kanji
why is it that Byakuyakou (”’–és) and Shiroi kage (”’‚¢‰e) both start with ”’? I know that the character is shiro meaning white and I know Byakuya meand true light (at least when you extract it from Byakuyakou) so how is it that ”’ is used in both?

”’ can mean "white," but it also means "pure/innocence" in some instances.

cori wrote:

”’ can mean "white," but it also means "pure/innocence" in some instances.

so when you read Kanji how do you know how to pronouce byakuyakou if it starts with ”’

shiroi_tora wrote:

so when you read Kanji how do you know how to pronouce byakuyakou if it starts with ”’

I'm honestly as stumped as you are. I think you just have to memorize the word.

Even though you usually use on-readings when having a compound kanji word, I've seen cases where you have to use the kun-reading.

For instance, ”’• is pronounced "shirokuro," ”’l is "hakujin," etc.

The worst is when you can read a kanji compound 2 ways:

”’’¹ (hakuchou) - swan
”’’¹ (Shiratori) - a Japanese last name

There must be a rule to this sort of thing, and I hope that someone can explain it.

gaijinmark wrote: Confused? Welcome to the club. [/list:u]

May I join the club? :hehe: Kanji is really a pain to learn... but rewarding too.

cori-san, I'm really enjoying your explanations. :D

LOL, I am just starting to learn Kanji. These explanations help, but it's still a big struggle... how are you supposed to memorise 4000+ of thise things?? :grumble:

Anime Dad wrote:LOL, I am just starting to learn Kanji. These explanations help, but it's still a big struggle... how are you supposed to memorise 4000+ of thise things?? :grumble:

Sex for language lessons.

Tu_triky wrote:

Sex for language lessons.

Is that how you learnt?? :applaud:

Anime Dad wrote:

Is that how you learnt?? :applaud:

if that were true it would show that obviously i was a bad student :hehe:

i never learned more than a few hundred kanji and they are almost all forgotten.

Anime Dad wrote: how are you supposed to memorise 4000+ of thise things?? :grumble:

you don't. nobody does. like with the english language you only know what you use regularly. shinpai nai ne. :mrgreen:

obentou wrote:cori-san, I'm really enjoying your explanations. :D

Thanks! I only hope that I'm not screwing up on the explaning parts. :sweat:

Tu_triky wrote:

if that were true it would show that obviously i was a bad student :hehe: .

Probably more educated in other aspects, I assume. :naughty:

Ahhh it is too confusing but I think yall are right about memorizing them. I heard that some Japanese native speakers dont even know how to say some Kanji words if they have never seen them.

I also heard that if you learn Chinese first learning Japanese is easy.

Anime Dad wrote:LOL, I am just starting to learn Kanji. These explanations help, but it's still a big struggle... how are you supposed to memorise 4000+ of thise things?? :grumble:

You don't: you hook up with someone who already knows them all. :beaten:

This is what the kids learn in Japanese schools

The jōyō kanji (í—pŠ¿Žš) are the 1,945 kanji issued by the Japanese Ministry of Education on October 10, 1981. It is a slightly modified version of the tōyō kanji, which was the initial list of secondary school-level kanji standardized after World War II.