Japanese to English Questions

Started by kazuichikun · 14 Nov 2003 · 730 replies

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29 Apr 2009, 08:23 #701
hello!
could someone please translate this:
‚¢‚ܐL‚тȂ«‚á,‚Ç‚±‚ŐL‚Ñ‚é‚ñ‚¾‚Á‚Ä,‚¢‚Â‚à‚»‚Ì‹CŽ‚¿‚ð–Y‚ꂸ‚É‚ª‚ñ‚΂肽‚¢‚ÆŽv‚Á‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·
thanks in advance
29 Apr 2009, 13:45 #702
kanae wrote:hello!
could someone please translate this:
‚¢‚ܐL‚тȂ«‚á,‚Ç‚±‚ŐL‚Ñ‚é‚ñ‚¾‚Á‚Ä,‚¢‚Â‚à‚»‚Ì‹CŽ‚¿‚ð–Y‚ꂸ‚É‚ª‚ñ‚΂肽‚¢‚ÆŽv‚Á‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·
thanks in advance


Hi kanae! I think that means:
"You must progress now; no matter when and where you progress, I think you will always want to work hard and never forget this feeling."
30 Apr 2009, 01:29 #703
thanks for the translation kiwisannnn ^^
7 May 2009, 00:18 #704
you're quite welcome, kanae =)
13 May 2009, 07:46 · edited #705
would someone, please translate these 3 sentences
1)
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(the little sentence at the left also, please)
2)
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3)
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13 May 2009, 07:46 #706
I'd appreciate the help
14 May 2009, 17:07 #707
kanae wrote:would someone, please translate these 3 sentences
1)
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(the little sentence at the left also, please)
2)
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3)
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Hi kanae! Here's my best shot at these sentences (I've also romanized them in case anybody was wondering how they're pronounced):

1. "Yappari kirei da ne" itte n zya nai no~? (the quote is in the left rectangular box)
Didn't you say "as I thought, it's beautiful, isn't it?"

2. Mitsume atta futari ga e ni natta.
The two people who gazed intently at each other became a painting.

3. Boku o taisetsu ni shite kudasai!!
Please treat me as somebody precious!!

Hope this helps! :D
14 May 2009, 20:57 #708
Thanks kiwisannnn :applaud: [/list:u] That "kirei" had me all messed up. Whenever I see katakana I just assume it's an english word, drives me crazy! :bonk:
20 May 2009, 22:34 #709
gaijinmark wrote:Thanks kiwisannnn :applaud: [/list:u] That "kirei" had me all messed up. Whenever I see katakana I just assume it's an english word, drives me crazy! :bonk:


No problem! I know exactly what you mean -- before I started living in Japan, I always assumed katakana = foreign words. Actually, it still takes me a longgggg time to read katakana... kind of pathetic :grumble:
26 May 2009, 12:03 #710
gaijinmark wrote:Thanks kiwisannnn :applaud: [/list:u] That "kirei" had me all messed up. Whenever I see katakana I just assume it's an english word, drives me crazy! :bonk:


Think of katakana as either a foreign word, or our version of bolding or italics for emphasis. :D
26 May 2009, 21:40 #711
kokuou wrote:
Think of katakana as either a foreign word, or our version of bolding or italics for emphasis. :D
‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤@æ”y! The other thing that drives me crazy is sometimes they'll write –{“–‚É, and then in the very next line, they'll write it as ‚Ù‚ñ‚Æ‚¤‚É. There doesn't seem to be any rule or system setup, they just write whichever way they feel like. :crazy: [/list:u]
27 May 2009, 16:09 #712
gaijinmark wrote: ‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤@æ”y! The other thing that drives me crazy is sometimes they'll write –{“–‚É, and then in the very next line, they'll write it as ‚Ù‚ñ‚Æ‚¤‚É. There doesn't seem to be any rule or system setup, they just write whichever way they feel like. :crazy: [/list:u]


Yeah, you'll see that. They sometimes do it to give it a more Japanese feel, or to soften the emphasis. As you can tell, kanji are quite square and pointy, whereas hiragana are softer and more rounded. The less formal nature of using katakana can also be used to make the reader feel "closer" to the write, more like a friend. ;)
29 May 2009, 10:38 #713
could someone kindly translate this phrase?? thank you so much!! :mrgreen:
—’AŽ©“]ŽÔ”­“d‚Łu‚±‚êAƒLƒcƒC‚Á‚·Iv‚Æ”R‚¦s‚«‚é
29 May 2009, 22:15 #714
meoinkie2 wrote:could someone kindly translate this phrase?? thank you so much!! :mrgreen:
—’AŽ©“]ŽÔ”­“d‚Łu‚±‚êAƒLƒcƒC‚Á‚·Iv‚Æ”R‚¦s‚«‚é
Is this a song title or lyrics? I'm just gonna translate the characters and maybe that'll help.
—’ = Arashi (you know who they are)
Ž©“]ŽÔ = Jitensha - bicycle
”­“d = Hatsuden - telegraph
‚Å = de, short for desu = is
‚±‚ê = kore - this
ƒLƒVƒC = kisshi - got no idea what that means, maybe "kiss"?
‚Æ”R‚¦s‚«‚é = to moe tsukiru - and the flame is burned out.
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14 Jun 2009, 02:22 #715
what Nandayo means?
Thanks.
17 Jun 2009, 19:05 #716
gaijinmark wrote: Is this a song title or lyrics? I'm just gonna translate the characters and maybe that'll help.
—’ = Arashi (you know who they are)
Ž©“]ŽÔ = Jitensha - bicycle
”­“d = Hatsuden - telegraph
‚Å = de, short for desu = is
‚±‚ê = kore - this
ƒLƒVƒC = kisshi - got no idea what that means, maybe "kiss"?
‚Æ”R‚¦s‚«‚é = to moe tsukiru - and the flame is burned out.
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sorry for the so late reply.. :beaten: :sweat:
thanks a bunch!! :victory:


another set of translation requests.. :hehe:

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they're just some titles/author of some dvds..
21 Jun 2009, 08:23 #717
tinyamaki wrote:what Nandayo means?
Thanks.
‰½‚¾‚æ, usually means "What's up?" "What's going on?" something like that. [/list:u]
26 Jun 2009, 21:46 #718
gaijinmark wrote:‰½‚¾‚æ, usually means "What's up?" "What's going on?" something like that. [/list:u]

I'd say more like, "What do you want?!"
It's not a 'casual' (what's up) phrase, but is rather used in a more hostile context.
23 Jul 2009, 08:11 #719
hi! could someone please, translate this sentence?
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I'll appreciate any help
8 Sep 2009, 14:30 #720
someone asked me this "anata wa sundeimasuka?"
what does it mean????
please help me... :bow:

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