Japanese to English Questions

gomenasai?
sumimasen?

sassyanne wrote:gomenasai?
sumimasen?

gomenasai = I'm sorry, sumimasen = excuse me[/list:u]

tsumarainai koto

can you tell me what it means?:sweat:

and can please explain how to use koto in verbs..tnx ^^

Whoa, that sig is gonna get you a butt kicking :P

tsumaranai = boring, insignificant, unimportant

koto (in this case) =thing/matter/fact/circumstances/business/reason/experience

so tsumaranai koto would be something like "boring thing" - depending on context.

ihvana_003 wrote:tsumarainai koto

can you tell me what it means?:sweat:

and can please explain how to use koto in verbs..tnx ^^

Adding koto to the end of a verb, like taberu koto, turns the verb into a noun in terms of grammar. So you can say "taberu koto ga suki," or "I like (the thing of) eating. A quick google will find you plenty of info on this.

please kindly translate to english
Aozora??
yasashii??

meoinkie2 wrote:please kindly translate to english
Aozora??
yasashii??

Aozora = blue sky

yasashii - easy, or kind,gentle - depending on context, and which of the kanji is used.

ihvana_003 wrote:tsumarainai koto

can you tell me what it means?:sweat:

and can please explain how to use koto in verbs..tnx ^^

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How about reading the Posting Guidelines before doing anything else??? :grumble:

Anime Dad wrote:

Aozora = blue sky

yasashii - easy, or kind,gentle - depending on context, and which of the kanji is used.

arigatou!! :mrgreen:
so for Aozora,
Ao is blue then zora is sky?? just like with Koizora (Sky of Love)

wanna ask again.. XD

zutto??
itsumademo??

meoinkie2 wrote:

arigatou!! :mrgreen:
so for Aozora,
Ao is blue then zora is sky?? just like with Koizora (Sky of Love)

Yeah, I think when the two are combined that is correct. If memory serves, as an adjective blue is aoi. Also sky can be spelled "sora" - so the AV actress is "Blue Sky" :hehe:

meoinkie2 wrote:wanna ask again.. XD

zutto??
itsumademo??

Itsumademo = forever/for good/eternally/as long as one likes/indefinitely/
zutto = consecutively/throughout/lot

As found using the search box at the top of the page - use the drop-down and select JDict ;)

Actually, I think zutto can have different meanings depending on context.

Anime Dad wrote:
As found using the search box at the top of the page - use the drop-down and select JDict ;)

i didn't notice that feature ever since i've joined jdorama..LOL..thank you for the tip!! :victory: :mrgreen:

meoinkie2 wrote:
i didn't notice that feature ever since i've joined jdorama..LOL..thank you for the tip!! :victory: :mrgreen:

Seriously, I use it all the time. It helps if you know the "proper" romaji for the word though :P

Anime Dad wrote:

Yeah, I think when the two are combined that is correct. If memory serves, as an adjective blue is aoi. Also sky can be spelled "sora" - so the AV actress is "Blue Sky" :hehe:

It's not so much that it can be spelled "sora" so much as a linguistic phenomenon called assimilation.

The "s" sound is voiceless (that means that your vocal chords don't vibrate), but when you combine "sora" with another word that ends in a vowel (all vowels are voiced - the opposite of voiceless), the "s" sound assimilates, or becomes like, the preceding sound, and an "s" voiced is simply a "z". This happens all the time in Japanese:

Ø‚é [kiru] - to cut
— Ø‚é [uraGiru] - to betray

Ž† [kami] - paper
Ü‚莆 [origami] - origami, or paper-folding

And so on and so forth.
It doesn't happen all the time, and there are certainly exceptions to the rule, but it's a good one to stick in the back of your brain.

Okay, enough playing teacher for me for one night. :bleh:

kudasai ?

sassyanne wrote:kudasai ?

kudasai = please

kokuou wrote:

It's not so much that it can be spelled "sora" so much as a linguistic phenomenon called assimilation.

The "s" sound is voiceless (that means that your vocal chords don't vibrate), but when you combine "sora" with another word that ends in a vowel (all vowels are voiced - the opposite of voiceless), the "s" sound assimilates, or becomes like, the preceding sound, and an "s" voiced is simply a "z". This happens all the time in Japanese:

Ø‚é [kiru] - to cut
— Ø‚é [uraGiru] - to betray

Ž† [kami] - paper
Ü‚莆 [origami] - origami, or paper-folding

And so on and so forth.
It doesn't happen all the time, and there are certainly exceptions to the rule, but it's a good one to stick in the back of your brain.

Okay, enough playing teacher for me for one night. :bleh:

I have noticed that, but never knew the reason why. Now I know.

Arigatou, Kokuou-sensei!

I think I've posted this translation site/link before (from Australia, no less! :) )

http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1C

kokuou wrote:long explanation....

So certain family names are really preference when it comes to the kami/gami kiru/giru stuff? For instance Hamasaki Ayumi's name. There are a lot of people who are called Hamazaki, but hers is one of the few that doesn't do the name change thingy.