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Maybe. I think they're using their cellphone tho. Sometimes they reply 2 minutes after I sent my message. Whether it's 5am, noon or 9pm over there. :sweat:

They're sometimes using words that aren't in dictionaries tho. So I have to Google it and figure out what that means with the images or websites that pops up. :beaten: One girl writes Ž„‚ì instead of@Ž„‚Í too. I have no idea why. :sweat:

tabana wrote:Maybe. I think they're using their cellphone tho. Sometimes they reply 2 minutes after I sent my message. Whether it's 5am, noon or 9pm over there. :sweat:

They're sometimes using words that aren't in dictionaries tho. So I have to Google it and figure out what that means with the images or websites that pops up. :beaten: One girl writes Ž„‚ì instead of@Ž„‚Í too. I have no idea why. :sweat:

when you figure it out...let us know why...oshiete kudasai. :)

I'll copy/paste the answer, cause I'm not sure I'll understand it enough to translate it. :sweat:

tabana wrote:I'll copy/paste the answer, cause I'm not sure I'll understand it enough to translate it. :sweat:

maybe kokou could help you out, because i'm sure i can't! :beaten:

Tu_triky wrote:

maybe kokou could help you out, because i'm sure i can't! :beaten:

Haven't seen kokuou-sensei for a long time....

Anime Dad wrote:

Haven't seen kokuou-sensei for a long time....

posted once real quick sometime within the last 7 days.

I'm writing a paper about pachinko for one of my classes and I made an enquete I want to send to my Japanese friends and teachers (and everybody else I know/once have in my emailaddresses). My Japanese teacher already checked my enquete, but now I have to write the email. I;m not really good in being very polite, so I was hoping if someone can check my Japanese here. This is what I came up with:


æ¶‚Æ—F’B‚ÌŠF‚³‚ñ‚ցA

-Here Ifd like to put a phrase about the weather and I found this on the internet, but I feel itfs a bit too polite:
¡”N‚Í—á”N‚É‚È‚­—₦ž‚ޏH‚É‚È‚è‚Ü‚µ‚½BŠF—lA‚¨Œ’‚â‚©‚É‚¨‰ß‚²‚µ‚Å‚¢‚ç‚Á‚µ‚á‚¢‚Ü‚·‚©.


Ž„‚̓pƒ`ƒ“ƒR‚ɂ‚¢‚Ę_•¶‚ð‘‚¢‚Ä‚¢‚Ü‚·B“ú–{l‚ªƒpƒ`ƒ“ƒR‚É‚Ç‚¤Žv‚¤‚©’²‚ׂ½‚¢‚̂Ȃ̂ŁA’Z‚¢ƒAƒ“ƒP[ƒg‚ðì‚è‚Ü‚µ‚½B
‚P`‚Q•ª‚®‚ç‚¢‚©‚©‚é‚̂ŁAŽžŠÔ‚ª‚ ‚Á‚½‚çA‹L“ü‚µ‚Ü‚¹‚ñ‚©B

‚²‹¦—Í‚æ‚낵‚­‚¨Šè‚¢‚µ‚Ü‚·A

Krisje Meeuwsen

Ps: ‚³‚ç‚ɏî•ñ‚ª‚²“ü—p‚̏ꍇ‚́A‰“—¶‚È‚­‚²˜A—‚­‚¾‚³‚¢




Is this polite enough? Or should some things be changed?
‚h'd like to have the enquetes back as soon as possible. Should I write that in the email as well? Or do you think if Japanese see this email, they'll respond immediately?

thank you for your answer in advance :bow:



ps: I've only got 37 adresses so far, but I'd like to have more Japanese. Is there someplace on the internet where I can put my enquete and get a lot of response?

X-U wrote:Is there someplace on the internet where I can put my enquete and get a lot of response?

I'd say one of those cellphone chat site. Don't know any tho. =T

Tu_triky wrote:when you figure it out...let us know why...oshiete kudasai. :)

Seems to be a girl thing. They replace all the kana by their tiny equivalent (half width kana), or use 2 or 3 characters or symbols to make 1 kana. It's like writing |-| instead of H.

So you end up with something like ·®¶× or —F’B‚¢¯[‚Ϩ. You probably need to be a gyaru to understand all that crap. :sweat: :beaten:

Mis post... sorry.

tabana wrote:
Seems to be a girl thing. They replace all the kana by their tiny equivalent (half width kana), or use 2 or 3 characters or symbols to make 1 kana. It's like writing |-| instead of H.

So you end up with something like ·®¶× or —F’B‚¢¯[‚Ϩ. You probably need to be a gyaru to understand all that crap. :sweat: :beaten:

Kind of reminds me of the way some girls type in the states.

HeLlO mY nAmE iS aHo

or something like that. :beaten:

:rofl: :rofl:

Welcome back btw. :victory:

I just realized you came back for your wife's birthday. ;)

hi,
a lot of questions:
1) how wld u say u cant tell who is going to win? coz i translated it as:
‚䂤‚µ‚傤‚·‚邪Œ©‚¦‚È‚¢ bt im sure it prob sounds weird...
2) when u use genkooyooshi (writing vertically) n the character in the first box is gonna be a ( | )katakana long sound thing, do u squish it into the last box of the previous line or can u start a new line?
3) is catching a comp virus using the same verb as catching a disease virus i.e ‚¤‚‚é@H
4) what do the different particles after ‘ŠŽèi‚ ‚¢‚ājsuch as ‚É and ‚ð change the meaning of it?
5) what does ‘åØ‚È‚Ì‚Å‚Í‚È‚¢‚¾‚낤‚© mean?

thank u to ppl who answerrr it:D

Tu_triky wrote:

posted once real quick sometime within the last 7 days.

:bow:

I'm SOOOOO sorry, guys!
It's been uber-crazy with me lately!
So much work, school, and just general hecticness!

I haven't forgot about y'all, though! I'm here to spread some <3.

Anywho, yeah, those things you see like:

Ž„‚ì (sometimes even ‰Ñƒ€ ƒŒ‚æ <--- supposed to be Ž„ ‚Í)

are called "ƒMƒƒƒ‹•¶Žš" (gal moji).
It's basically the Japanese version of |_337 5p34|< (leet speak) that girls use in Japan. I don't know if it's all that popular anymore, but it was for a while. Incredibly hard to read, but creative, I'll give them that.

You can read all about it here:

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gyaru-moji

HTH :mrgreen:

š‘‰¤

Woot! Thank you. :bow:

I might work on a gal moji translator later. :mrgreen:

Hello :D

I have a question ...
What's the difference between ˆ¤ (ai) and —ö (koi) because I think they both mean love but when do I use one and when the other?

Thanks for your help ^.^
maryanne

Hi all! I know that this is the old word for India (used also in Chinese and Korean). Now I see that it appears in contexts like “VŽ±–²—¿—ˆó“x‰®. An example:

http://www.sumire201.com/tabehoudai/tabehoudai_zukan/detail/indoya_shinjuku_higashiguchi_ten.html

I have some knowledge of Japanese, but it does not go so far to do a Internet search to find out the origin of “VŽ±. Namely, does it have a connection with bamboo (Ž±) or was it just a pronunciation of an initially non-Chinese word (Tianzhu - Chinese, Tenjiku - Japanese)?

Other question would be about “VŽ±–²—¿—, do you know if this group is pronounced Tenjiku yume ryouri or does it have other specific pronunciation (eventually other meaning than "Tenjiku dream food")? I say this because when I search on-line there appear many results with “VŽ±–², making me wonder whether this is an established expression with a specific meaning.

Many thanks

maryanne wrote:Hello :D

I have a question ...
What's the difference between ˆ¤ (ai) and —ö (koi) because I think they both mean love but when do I use one and when the other?

Thanks for your help ^.^
maryanne

koi used in lovers.
ai is not only used in here.it is more means than koi.example parents and children, you can use ai but not koi

Rakan wrote:Hi all! I know that this is the old word for India (used also in Chinese and Korean). Now I see that it appears in contexts like “VŽ±–²—¿—ˆó“x‰®. An example:

we call India(ˆó“x) “VŽ±(TianZhu).the name is origin from Buddhism of China.
so, “VŽ± is ˆó“x. i think it is means "the dream food of tenjiku".

hptm wrote:

we call India(ˆó“x) “VŽ±(TianZhu).the name is origin from Buddhism of China.
so, “VŽ± is ˆó“x. i think it is means "the dream food of tenjiku".

Hi, thanks for the info..