Japanese to English Questions

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

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

Hmm. In your case Ueno Juri or Yonekura Ryoko ;)

g-mark wrote:
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I don't need to know kanji to guess what THAT says ;)

gaijinmark wrote:@—ûK,@‰‰K,@—ûK[/list:u]

what does that mean?

shiroi_tora wrote:

what does that mean?

"renshu, renshu, renshu" (practice, practice, practice) see, you just learned another kanji!!! :applaud:

gaijinmark wrote: "renshu, renshu, renshu" (practice, practice, practice) see, you just learned another kanji!!! :applaud:

Exactly what I thought it said :victory:

shari wrote:åj -- I've never seen this kanji before. Is it a Chinese version of †?

åj is the traditional way of writing †.

cori wrote: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.

You have to read them in the context of a sentence. For example:
”’’¹‚³‚ñ‚ÍŽsê‚ɍs‚Á‚āA”’’¹‚𔃂¢‚Ü‚µ‚½B
Now it's easy to see shiratori and hakuchou.

IZUMIgrad wrote:
You have to read them in the context of a sentence. For example:
”’’¹‚³‚ñ‚ÍŽsê‚ɍs‚Á‚āA”’’¹‚𔃂¢‚Ü‚µ‚½B
Now it's easy to see shiratori and hakuchou.

I can see them but I have absolutly no idea what you just wrote...its one reason why I cant wait to start taking Japanese classes in school.

On a slightly other note is there a kanji way to say "I came, I saw, I conqured"? Also known as vini vidi vici in Latin. (maybe I should post this in the english to JApanese questions :bonk: )

shiroi_tora wrote:

I can see them but I have absolutly no idea what you just wrote...its one reason why I cant wait to start taking Japanese classes in school.

On a slightly other note is there a kanji way to say "I came, I saw, I conqured"? Also known as vini vidi vici in Latin. (maybe I should post this in the english to JApanese questions :bonk: )

:rofl: :rofl: I have no idea either, but Babelfish translates it as "The swan going into the market, the swan was bought". Shows you how much use those translators are :P

Anime Dad wrote:

:rofl: :rofl: I have no idea either, but Babelfish translates it as "The swan going into the market, the swan was bought". Shows you how much use those translators are :P

:lol: :rofl: Thats what happends when a swan goes to a market. He ends up being bought. :mrgreen:

Anime Dad wrote:

:rofl: :rofl: I have no idea either, but Babelfish translates it as "The swan going into the market, the swan was bought". Shows you how much use those translators are :P

LOL :rofl: :rofl:

Well......online translation are funny :mrgreen:

K.T.Tran wrote:Well......online translation are funny :mrgreen:

But it beats sitting there clueless. :beaten:

shiroi_tora wrote:I can see them but I have absolutly no idea what you just wrote...its one reason why I cant wait to start taking Japanese classes in school.

On a slightly other note is there a kanji way to say "I came, I saw, I conqured"? Also known as vini vidi vici in Latin.

Ah, sorry. I should have translated it. It's Mr. Hakuchou went to the market and bought a swan (shiratori). It sounds a bit silly now that I read it again but I think it shows the context...

I came, I saw, I conquered: —ˆ‚āAŒ©‚āA•—êr‚µ‚½B

IZUMIgrad wrote:
Ah, sorry. I should have translated it. It's Mr. Hakuchou went to the market and bought a swan (shiratori). It sounds a bit silly now that I read it again but I think it shows the context...

I came, I saw, I conquered: —ˆ‚āAŒ©‚āA•—êr‚µ‚½B

Wait, wha?? I thought it would be "Mr. Shiratori went to the market and bought a swan (hakuchou)" instead. :confused:

Yes, that's what I meant. Sorry. I won't change jobs to become a teacher.

IZUMIgrad wrote:

I came, I saw, I conquered: —ˆ‚āAŒ©‚āA•—êr‚µ‚½B

Thanks alot. How is it said in Romaji?

Kanji quizz of the day.

Try deciphering these:
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The answer...

Can someone translate the interview of off this site please. Thanks in advance

http://www.espguitars.co.jp/gallery/gazette/interview/aoi.html

What does momiji manju mean? Isnt manju like a type of food?

shiroi_tora wrote:What does momiji manju mean? Isnt manju like a type of food?

momiji is Japamese maple. Manjuu is a steamed bun (food).... not sure if it's a type of steamed bun though.

Good luck with getting someone to translate that whole interview! It's a LOT to do :sweat:

That is so weird. I just went to a store that sells Japanese food today and found myself looking at momiji manju too. It looked cute, but I wasn't in the mood for that type of food.