Japanese Language Questions? Ask Here.

Long live "King"

Kokuou, all of them I understood thanks so much. :say_cool:

I just would like to ask one thing.

I think I have confused "taishite" and "taishou shite" since their pronunciations are very similar. You have me already explained gni taishiteh on previous mails. :confused:

Could you give me an example for gtaishou shiteh(which means in contrast to) so that I understand its using.

Ilker wrote:Long live "King"

Kokuou, all of them I understood thanks so much. :say_cool:

I just would like to ask one thing.

I think I have confused "taishite" and "taishou shite" since their pronunciations are very similar. You have me already explained gni taishiteh on previous mails. :confused:

Could you give me an example for gtaishou shiteh(which means in contrast to) so that I understand its using.

Hehe, no problem!

Although 'tai shite' uses 'ni', 'taishou shite' uses 'to', and means what you pointed out 'in contrast to'.

Eg:
—é–Ø‚³‚ñ‚ƑΏƂµ‚āA“c’†‚³‚ñ‚Í‚¸‚Á‚Æ‚«‚ê‚¢‚Å‚·B(Suzuki-san to taishou shite, Tanaka-san ha zutto kirei desu.) Compared to Ms. Suzuki, Ms. Tanaka is much prettier.

•Ç‚̃yƒ“ƒL‚̐F‚ƃJ[ƒyƒbƒg‚̐F‚́A‚Æ‚Ä‚à‘ΏƓI‚Å‚ ‚Á‚½B(Kabe no penki no iro to carpet no iro ha, totemo taishouteki de atta.) The color of the paint and the color of the carpet were in great contrast.

I hope that helps you out at least a little.

‘‰¤š

Kokuou, hi again. "Taishou shite" too is okay :say_cool: Thanks for your help
Dehamata

^ ‚±‚±‚Å‚¨‘Ò‚¿‚µ‚È‚¢‚Å‚¢‚½‚¾‚¯‚Ü‚¹‚ñ‚Å‚µ‚傤‚©B(koko de omachi shinaide itadakemasen deshouka.)

thats kinda weird lol

how about this?
‚±‚±‚Å‚¨‘Ò‚¿‚¢‚½‚¾‚©‚È‚­‚ÄŒ‹\‚Å‚·B( koko de omachi itadakanakute kekkou desu.)

if you see "s‚­", would you say iku or yuku?

which one is more common?

murasaki wrote:if you see "s‚­", would you say iku or yuku?

which one is more common?

Hey murasaki.

'Iku' is the common reading.
However, that is not to say that 'yuku' isn't used.
You can hear 'yuku' in songs and other poetic types of Japanese, as well as other sayings such as s‚­”N (yuku toshi) = "the old year."

There are many more, but, as explained above, 'iku' is the more common reading.

HTH

‘‰¤š

thank you so much. that was confusing me for quite awhile now. I always hear it in songs, so I never understood it.

Thank you for clearing it up for me! :woot:

I've heard both "yakamashii" and "urusai" used as abrupt commands to tell someone to shut up ... are they pretty interchangable? Or are there differences one should be aware of? Thanks.

loris wrote:I've heard both "yakamashii" and "urusai" used as abrupt commands to tell someone to shut up ... are they pretty interchangable? Or are there differences one should be aware of? Thanks.

Well, they mean the same thing, "loud, boisterous, noisy."
'Urusai', in my experience, is more used than 'yakamashii'.
I also believe that 'yakamashii' is more used, but not limited to, the Kansai area. In my experience, at least, I have heard my Osaka friends use it more than my other friends.

HTH,

‘‰¤š

kokuou wrote:Well, they mean the same thing, "loud, boisterous, noisy."

Thanks, I think it's interesting that Japanese tell people to shut up by saying "you're noisy". I guess the proper behavior is just understood.

So, when I say "damaru" am I just being a dumb gaijin? :crazy:

gaijin mark wrote:So, when I say "damaru" am I just being a dumb gaijin? :crazy:

I hear damaru a lot in movies and dramas too. I guess that's just being more explicit. Like in English you might say "silence!" instead of "shut up!"

gaijin mark wrote:So, when I say "damaru" am I just being a dumb gaijin? :crazy:

Well, 'damaru' is the dictionary form, and if said alone means, "I will shut up."
The command form 'damare' is heard, but it is extremely rude (even when joking), unless you are very close with the person.
'Damatte kudasai' can also be heard, but again, I would only use this if you know the person well.

HTH,
‘‰¤š

Thanks Kokuou, this person is a rude, inconsiderate, pain in the butt, so I don't feel so bad! :mrgreen:

let's see what do i know???

Watashi - i
Anata - you
Supein - Spain, Supeinjin -Spanish?
Eigo - English Language
Nihon - Japan, Nihon jin - Japanese Person, Nihon go - Language
Amerika - America, Amerikajin - American
Yoku - good/well
Wakarimasu - understand, Warkarimasen - don't understand
ne - right, hai - yes, iie - no
Ja na/Ja ne - See you later
sukoshi - a little
desu - is, am , are/ ja arimasen - is not, am not, are not
jyouzu - skillful
arigatou gozaimasu - thank you
Konnichi wa - good afternoon
Konban wa - good evening
Oyahou - good morning
Yo - spoken exclamation mark
Ka - spoken question mark.............................
:shocked: .... :metaldevil: wow my teacher is pretty good if I learned that in 1 day. :sweat: THIS IS TRUE :twisted:

^ Please try not to double post. I know it happens at times, so be careful next time.


*Edit*

ahochaude wrote:Fixed

ILOVEREINA4EVUR wrote:
desu - is, am , are/ ja arimasen - is not, am not, are not

I'd be careful with the above quote.
'Desu' and 'da' although can mean the equivalent of the English 'are, be', you shouldn't have that down as a hard fact in your brain if you are serious about learning Japanese.
See my post a page or so back for further information.

HTH,
‘‰¤š

What does •ª‡ mean when used in the context of a medical operation?

jade_frost wrote:What does •ª‡ mean when used in the context of a medical operation?

it's not even in my dictionary...
for what i know the first kanji can be pronounced 'wake' meaning 'the reason / how it works' but it can also mean many other things and the second kanji would mean 'to fit/ to match'. It doesn't give u an answer but maybe it helps..

to detach and reattach? lol im reading it from a chinese perspective and that's what it means to me in chinese.. pretty much the same meaning in japanese too i suppose.. where did you extract the characters from? perhaps if we read the entire line we might understand it better.