Japanese to English Questions

Pan wrote:I think he meant "Pull urself together" :P

I know. But I just couldn't resist. To quote Bugs Bunny, "Ain't I a stinker?" :naughty: [/list:u]

hello, does anyone know what "sensei wa erai" means??
(the teacher is...)
thx for any help

kanae wrote:hello, does anyone know what "sensei wa erai" means??
(the teacher is...)
thx for any help

erai@(ˆÌ‚¢) = great [/list:u]

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w ‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢x‚͉pŒê‚Å‚È‚ñ‚Å‚·‚©HI know "‚Á‚Û‚¢"@is similar to "-like" in English, such as "—‚Á‚Û‚¢"@and "Žq‹Ÿ‚Á‚Û‚¢," but what does "‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢" mean?@The lack of a kanji makes it hard to guess its meaning.

Thanks.

PS-Someone has suggested that the word I'm thinking of is@‚¨‚Á‚Ï‚¢. But I overheard this word in conversation, and I'm 99% sure from context that the word I heard was NOT "‚¨‚Á‚Ï‚¢"I It was most definitely ‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢B

lol, i feel reterded after the last little thread in here but I am new at this so.....

At the beginning of the shows, when they display the sponsors, what are they saying?
It sounds like 'a takedei o chirstmass'
I know this is the wrong romanji spelling but i am spelling it how it sounds to me. I apologize if this has been asked.

Grungir wrote:lol, i feel reterded after the last little thread in here but I am new at this so.....

At the beginning of the shows, when they display the sponsors, what are they saying?
It sounds like 'a takedei o chirstmass'
I know this is the wrong romanji spelling but i am spelling it how it sounds to me. I apologize if this has been asked.

I think they're just saying "these are this drama's primary sponsors..."

Or do you mean what are they saying in Japanese? :ashamed:

gakusei1984 wrote:ŠF‚³‚ñA‚¿‚å‚Á‚ÆŽ¿–₪‚ ‚è‚Ü‚·I

w ‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢x‚͉pŒê‚Å‚È‚ñ‚Å‚·‚©HI know "‚Á‚Û‚¢"@is similar to "-like" in English, such as "—‚Á‚Û‚¢"@and "Žq‹Ÿ‚Á‚Û‚¢," but what does "‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢" mean?@The lack of a kanji makes it hard to guess its meaning.

Thanks.

PS-Someone has suggested that the word I'm thinking of is@‚¨‚Á‚Ï‚¢. But I overheard this word in conversation, and I'm 99% sure from context that the word I heard was NOT "‚¨‚Á‚Ï‚¢"I It was most definitely ‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢B

There is no such thing as ‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢.
I don't think it's a complete word.
I'm sure because I'm Japanese and I've never heard this word.
The only thing I can think of is that '‚¨' can possibly be the hiragana of the kanji '”ö' meaning tail. But I doubt it.

Grungir wrote:
At the beginning of the shows, when they display the sponsors, what are they saying?
It sounds like 'a takedei o chirstmass'
I know this is the wrong romanji spelling but i am spelling it how it sounds to me. I apologize if this has been asked.

The word for sponsor is@’ñ‹Ÿ pronounced "teikyo" the rest of it is probably "shimasu" which is the polite version of "suru" (to do) [/list:u]

thanks :)
When I first started watching JDramas, I couldnt figure out why every show I watched ran around Christmas time.... :doh:
I thought they were advertising christmas sales!

Grungir wrote:lol, i feel reterded after the last little thread in here but I am new at this so.....

At the beginning of the shows, when they display the sponsors, what are they saying?
It sounds like 'a takedei o chirstmass'
I know this is the wrong romanji spelling but i am spelling it how it sounds to me. I apologize if this has been asked.

I think it's something like:

goran no suponsaa no teikyou de okurishimasu.
‚²——‚̃Xƒ|ƒ“ƒT[‚Ì’ñ‹Ÿ‚Å‚¨‘—‚肵‚Ü‚·

goran: look / check (polite way)
teikyou: Offer / program sponsoring.

So basically they say please check our sponsor's offers. :)

Grungir wrote:
I thought they were advertising christmas sales!

It takes awhile to get your ear "tuned" to listening to Japanese. When I first started watching Japanese news shows, I couldn't figure out why they were saying "suki desu" before every news story. Did they like this story? Then I realized they were saying "tsugi" (next) as in "tsugi desu" or "this is next". I felt like such a moron. :bonk: [/list:u]

It would be nice if every Japanese person spoke nice and slowly and clearly too :) But just like every other country, that doesn't happen :)

Shoy wrote:

There is no such thing as ‚¨‚Á‚Û‚¢.
I don't think it's a complete word.
I'm sure because I'm Japanese and I've never heard this word.
The only thing I can think of is that '‚¨' can possibly be the hiragana of the kanji '”ö' meaning tail. But I doubt it.

Hmmm.....perhaps it was ‚¨‚Á‚Ï‚¢ then. :doh: ƒXƒPƒx...

Anyway, I have another question: what does ‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚ç mean?

‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·B

gakusei1984 wrote:
Anyway, I have another question: what does ‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚ç mean?

"‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚ç" means "maybe" although it seems like "‚½‚Ô‚ñ" is used more often. [/list:u]

tabana wrote:
I think it's something like:

goran no suponsaa no teikyou de okurishimasu.
‚²——‚̃Xƒ|ƒ“ƒT[‚Ì’ñ‹Ÿ‚Å‚¨‘—‚肵‚Ü‚·

goran: look / check (polite way)
teikyou: Offer / program sponsoring.

So basically they say please check our sponsor's offers. :)

Actually, the ‚²—— here is referring not to what they want the people watching to do (although, I suppose they are in a round-about kind of way), but syntactically, it is referring to what the person is seeing on the screen.
This phrase is usually said while they're showing the program's sponsors' logos and actually means, "This show is brought to you by [the sponsors you see on the screen]."

HTH!

š‘‰¤

gakusei1984 wrote:

Hmmm.....perhaps it was ‚¨‚Á‚Ï‚¢ then. :doh: ƒXƒPƒx...

Anyway, I have another question: what does ‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚ç mean?

‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·B

It was most likely ‚¨‚Á‚Ï‚¢ that you heard. :beaten:

As for ‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚ç, it does mean something similar to ‚½‚Ô‚ñ (maybe), but weaker in meaning.
For example, ‚½‚Ô‚ñs‚­ means that you'll probably go (70%ish chance), whereas ‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚çs‚­ is, to me anyway, more like a 50% chance of going.
It can also be used for potential or hypothetical situations.
For example, u‚ ‚¢‚A‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚çs‚­‚ñ‚¶‚á‚È‚¢‚©‚ȁBv could, if said with a question intonation, mean, "You don't think she'd actually go, do you?" If said more like a statement, it would mean, "You know, I think she just might go."

These kinds of words are always wishy-washy in terms of their strength and what they actually mean, so it's best to learn by listening, but that's a rough explanation of how ‚à‚µ‚©‚µ‚½‚ç works.

HTH,

š‘‰¤

kokuou wrote:

Actually, the ‚²—— here is referring not to what they want the people watching to do (although, I suppose they are in a round-about kind of way), but syntactically, it is referring to what the person is seeing on the screen.
This phrase is usually said while they're showing the program's sponsors' logos and actually means, "This show is brought to you by [the sponsors you see on the screen]."

HTH!

š‘‰¤

Alright. Thank you. :D Welcome back btw. :victory:

ƒqƒ}ƒƒŠ (himawari) - I've seen this translated as both "sunflower" and "dandelion". It can't be both, can it? @
:sweat:

Keps wrote:ƒqƒ}ƒƒŠ (himawari) - I've seen this translated as both "sunflower" and "dandelion". It can't be both, can it? @
:sweat:

Hmmm, I always thought "dandelion" was "tanpopo" ‚½‚ñ‚ۂہ@[/list:u]

tabana wrote:
I think it's something like:

goran no suponsaa no teikyou de okurishimasu.
‚²——‚̃Xƒ|ƒ“ƒT[‚Ì’ñ‹Ÿ‚Å‚¨‘—‚肵‚Ü‚·

goran: look / check (polite way)
teikyou: Offer / program sponsoring.

So basically they say please check our sponsor's offers. :)

Whenever I heard this, I thought it was "grando suponsaa", like "grand sponsor"...which one is it really????