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a-nesuto wrote:

a world without that person

something like that :)

Thanks.

I agree with the above, but darou and deshou are more like an "isn't it" kind of thing?

example:
omae no sei darou
it's your fault isn't it?

I agree about the unsure part, but you usually say darou or deshou just to get your point across

Hello,

A Japanese friend recently wrote me a letter, and I'm having trouble on the meaning of this phrase.

u‚ ‚ƁAƒ}ƒCƒN‚̍À‚è•û‚́A‚߁A‚¿‚á‚©‚Á‚±‚¢‚¢‚ȁIv

I'm not 100% sure on "À" and "•û". I have trouble reading handwritten kanji, but I've searched through my kanji dictionary, and those two are the only ones that closely resembled the written ones.

Any help is much appreciated! Thanks.

IZUMIgrad wrote:You say "da yo" to put emphasis on a statement. You say "da ne" when you agree with someone else's statement or if you're not totally sure about your own statement or if you want the other person to agree with you. "Daro" is casual speak for "desho" (both have long o). You use it when you are even less sure about your statement.

Ii inu da yo = It's really a nice dog.
Ii inu da ne = It's a nice dog, isn't it?
Ii inu daro/desho = It should be a nice dog.

Space Cat wrote:I agree with the above, but darou and deshou are more like an "isn't it" kind of thing?

example:
omae no sei darou
it's your fault isn't it?

I agree about the unsure part, but you usually say darou or deshou just to get your point across

Thanks guys. Both explanations help. :victory:

gakusei1984: "The way Mike sits is totally cool!"

IZUMIgrad wrote:gakusei1984: "The way Mike sits is totally cool!"

Thanks for answering!

Is that a Japanese idiom? Because it really doesn't make sense in the context of the letter. Maybe I read the kanji wrong...are there any kanji that closely resemble "Àh@and h•ûh? I couldn't find any.

Here is another part of the letter I don't quite understand:

uƒ}ƒCƒN‚ª‚­‚ꂽƒKƒ€‚́A‘¼‚̃Kƒ€‚æ‚è‚àA‚¨‚¢‚µ‚©‚Á‚½‚æB@‚ ‚ƁA‚¤‚¿‚Ì“ú–{Œê‚Ü‚¶‚è‚̉pŒê‚³‚«‚¢‚Ä‚­‚ê‚Ä‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚µ‚½B@ˆê¶H–½•·‚¢‚Ä‚­‚ê‚ÄŠð‚µ‚©‚Á‚½Iv

The "?" represents a kanji I couldn't identify. I'm also not sure on "‘¼", but it was the closest I could find.

Again, thanks for your help!

‘¼ ‚Ì (tano) means "other" in your example: "the other gum was also delicious"[/list:u] ˆê¶ (issho) means "life" or "lifetime"

I've just finished watching Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! .

In one ep, a guy called Gennosuke was running for mayor. But all the promotional stuff had his name in Hiragana - ‚°‚ñ‚Ì‚·‚¯@Wouldn't it normally be written in Kanji?

Anime Dad wrote:I've just finished watching Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! .

In one ep, a guy called Gennosuke was running for mayor. But all the promotional stuff had his name in Hiragana - ‚°‚ñ‚Ì‚·‚¯@Wouldn't it normally be written in Kanji?

maybe his constituency is only semi-literate. :P

Anime Dad wrote:I've just finished watching Erai Tokoro ni Totsuide Shimatta! .

In one ep, a guy called Gennosuke was running for mayor. But all the promotional stuff had his name in Hiragana - ‚°‚ñ‚Ì‚·‚¯@Wouldn't it normally be written in Kanji?

Not necessarily. My wife's name is hiragana, not kanji, as is our daughter's. Parents don't always choose to use kanji in their children's names. Alternatively, it could be a choice made to make the name stand out more or a case of a kanji that is frequently misread.

pearl jam wrote:

Not necessarily. My wife's name is hiragana, not kanji, as is our daughter's. Parents don't always choose to use kanji in their children's names. Alternatively, it could be a choice made to make the name stand out more or a case of a kanji that is frequently misread.

Thanks :) If nothing else, it makes it easier for dumb gaijins like me who can't read kanji :)

gakusei1984 wrote:uƒ}ƒCƒN‚ª‚­‚ꂽƒKƒ€‚́A‘¼‚̃Kƒ€‚æ‚è‚àA‚¨‚¢‚µ‚©‚Á‚½‚æB@‚ ‚ƁA‚¤‚¿‚Ì“ú–{Œê‚Ü‚¶‚è‚̉pŒê‚³‚«‚¢‚Ä‚­‚ê‚Ä‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤‚²‚´‚¢‚Ü‚µ‚½B@ˆê¶H–½•·‚¢‚Ä‚­‚ê‚ÄŠð‚µ‚©‚Á‚½Iv

"Mike gave me another piece of gum that tasted better than the other one. I thanked him with a mixture of Japanese and English. It was nice of him to put up with it."

The missing kanji is "ken" in "kenmei". "Uchi no ... sa" is country dialect for "watashi no ... wo".

IZUMIgrad wrote:

The missing kanji is "ken" in "kenmei". "Uchi no ... sa" is country dialect for "watashi no ... wo".

Arigato IZUMIgrad, I stand corrected :bow: [/list:u]

Gaijinmark: What you wrote in the previous page was quite correct.

I'm quite confused. This is a line from Ito Yuna's "TRUTH":

‚ß‚®‚荇‚¦‚½ ŠïÕ‚ðM‚¶‚Ä

From the actual NANA 2 subs, they translate it to "I believe in the miracle that we have met." But from somebody's WordPress, it translates to "Believing in miracles we can come across"

Which one is more correct? Isn't it the first one?

IZUMIgrad wrote:
"Mike gave me another piece of gum that tasted better than the other one. I thanked him with a mixture of Japanese and English. It was nice of him to put up with it."

The missing kanji is "ken" in "kenmei". "Uchi no ... sa" is country dialect for "watashi no ... wo".

Your translation came up pretty close to the one I settled on, so it's very comforting to have it confirmed. Your help is greatly appreciated. ‚ ‚肪‚Æ‚¤I

obentou wrote:I'm quite confused. This is a line from Ito Yuna's "TRUTH":

‚ß‚®‚荇‚¦‚½ ŠïÕ‚ðM‚¶‚Ä

From the actual NANA 2 subs, they translate it to "I believe in the miracle that we have met." But from somebody's WordPress, it translates to "Believing in miracles we can come across"

Which one is more correct? Isn't it the first one?

it depends on the context. i need to know what comes before or after. the shinjite could be saying "Believe in the miracle(s) that you came across" like an order, or it could be "I believe in the miracle(s) that I came across, and...." etc. because the shinjite could connect to the next sentence and mean something else. you normally can't translate japanese line by line...you need to read what's before and after. i would think the first trans is closer though.

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‚È‚ñ‚Å‚±‚ñ‚È‚Ì‚ª•`‚¯‚郏ƒPH
What exactly does that mean? Something along the lines of "Why are the eyes drawn like that?"

But I know now •`‚¯‚é is the potential form of to draw. So that doesn't seem correct.

And what does ƒƒP mean in this case? I found 2 meanings:
•ª‚¯ (‚킯) :: sharing | division | draw | tie
–ó (‚킯) :: meaning | reason | circumstances | can be deduced | situation

Thanks!

cannedtuna wrote:

it depends on the context. i need to know what comes before or after. the shinjite could be saying "Believe in the miracle(s) that you came across" like an order, or it could be "I believe in the miracle(s) that I came across, and...." etc. because the shinjite could connect to the next sentence and mean something else. you normally can't translate japanese line by line...you need to read what's before and after. i would think the first trans is closer though.

Oh, ok. Here's the whole chorus:

‚ß‚®‚荇‚¦‚½@‹K§‚ðM‚¶‚Ä
‘t‚łčs‚«‚½‚¢@‚ ‚È‚½‚ւ̃ƒƒfƒB
‚à‚µ‚à‚·‚ׂĂð@‚È‚­‚µ‚Ä‚µ‚Ü‚Á‚Ä‚à
‚±‚ÌŽv‚¢‚́@‰i‰“‚È‚Ì
It's my truth

IZUMIgrad wrote:
"Mike gave me another piece of gum that tasted better than the other one. I thanked him with a mixture of Japanese and English. It was nice of him to put up with it."

The missing kanji is "ken" in "kenmei". "Uchi no ... sa" is country dialect for "watashi no ... wo".

You've almost got it.
The last two sentences actually mean:

"Thanks for listening to my mixture of Japanese and English. It made me happy that you were listening so intently."

HTH,
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