Need a word or phrase translated?

[Elizabeth]

大ばん小ばん出てきました。
Can you translate this please.
Lots of something comes out in different sizes, but I couldn't figure out what it is.

Did you check the dictionary ? They fit the context as 大判 and 小判 I do believe.

 

[undrentide]

-darou is used after verbs. But -karou here comes after adjectives. I insist that it is something different from what you say.

-darou is after verbs? Yes, but not only with verbs, it is used with noun and na-adjective as well.

kireina - kireidarou.
taihenna - taihendarou.

darou is also used with i-adjective.

utsukushii - utsukushiidarou.
samui - samuidarou.

Difference between utsukushiidarou and utsukushikarou is that the latter sounds a little old-fashioned.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

-darou is used after verbs. But -karou here comes after adjectives. I insist that it is something different from what you say.

I would like to offer another hypothesis.

Perhaps this form did not come from the auxillary verb らむ , which connects to the 終止形 of a verb or adjective, but rather from the auxillary verb む , which connects to the 未然形 form of an adjective or verb. When we get to specific meaning, らむ indicates speculation in the present only (there is a separate auxillary verb for speculation in the past), whereas む is a much more generic speculation that is not tied to any time aspect.

When we put the 終止形 form of む to the ends of verbs in the 未然形 , we get (just a few examples):

落とす→落とさむ
思ふ→思はむ (pronounced おもわむ)
飛ぶ→飛ばむ
死ぬ→死なむ
有り→有らむ
蹴る→けむ
着る→きむ
見る→みむ
恨む→うらみむ

When we do the same to adjectives, (keep in mind that in the Japanese language, adjectives are very different than English ones in terms of form. There are 形容詞 and 形容動詞 . For the point of this exercise I will focus only on 形容詞 , and more specifically, ク活用 and シク活用 形容詞 .

高し→たかからむ
優し→やさしからむ

Now here is where it starts to get difficult. As happens a lot in Japanese, sounds get ommitted or change with time. I would like to posit that at some time, the /m/ from /mu/ was lost, changing the above /mu/ to /u/. Then we get the following changes (same words from above in the same order)

落とさう
思はう (pronounced おもわう)
飛ばう
死なう
有らう
けう
きう
みう
うらみう
高し→たかからむ→たかからう
優し→やさしからむ→やさしからう

Anyone who knows 歴史的仮名遣い can see where I'm going. In 歴史的仮名遣い , /a/ + /u/ becomes /ou/. In other words, the above words WHICH FIT THIS PATTERN would be read:

落とそう
思おう (because the /w/ of /wo/ was lost somewhere. This is why お and を and pronounced the same today.)
飛ぼう
死のう
有ろう
高し→たかからむ→たかかろう
優し→やさしからむ→やさしかろう

I can explain how
けう
きう
みう
うらみう
became
蹴よう
着よう
見よう
恨もう
if anyone wants; again I would do it using 歴史的仮名遣い .

So this is my hypothesis.

EDIT:

Since "ku" is a part of conjugated i-adjective, I don't think there's such a form for na-adjective.

Well, let's look at this, since it came up. na-adjectives are actually 形容動詞 or adjectival verbs. Although in modern usage there is no distinction, historically, there are two types, the なり活用 and たり活用 .

Using the same process as above, you would get the following forms:

静かなり→静かならむ→静かならう→静かなろう
堂々たり→堂々たらむ→堂々たらう→堂々たろう

I am not sure if these are ever used or not, but if my hypothesis holds, then they should at least be valid forms of these words.

 

[Fuumei]

働くということの大変さを近くで見て、何かできることはないかと考えました。

"He looked closely at the difficulties of working, and thought that there was nothing he could do."

近くで <- This is not "IN the vicinity" but a noun in adverb form meaning "Closely". Correct?

Also:

働くということ <- Is there any difference between this and just "Shigoto"? I'm a bit curious here.

As always, help is always greatly appreciated.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

and thought that there was nothing he could do."

"and wondered whether there wasn't anything he could do."

 

[Elizabeth]

働くということの大変さを近くで見て、何かできることはないかと考えました。
"He looked closely at the difficulties of working, and thought that there was nothing he could do."
近くで <- This is not "IN the vicinity" but a noun in adverb form meaning "Closely". Correct?
Also:
働くということ <- Is there any difference between this and just "Shigoto"? I'm a bit curious here.
As always, help is always greatly appreciated.

My reading would be slightly different and more within the scope of this:

Looking at the difficultly of the work being done by people close to me, I wondered if there wasn't anything I could do (for them) ? ☝

 

[Fuumei]

My reading would be slightly different and more within the scope of this:
Looking at the difficultly of the work being done by people close to me, I wondered if there wasn't anything I could do (for them) ? ☝

Hm, that's definitely an interesting take on the sentence. Let me write out the sentence in its entirety.

A man is talking about his friend who has gone blind:

目が見えないのに、働くということの大変さを近くで見て、何かできることはない
かと考えました。

So you think this sentence is referring to the though/action of the speaker and not the subject? Sorry for bringing this up even further, but if you can, let me know if you still think this way after the added information.

 

[undrentide]

A man is talking about his friend who has gone blind:
目が見えないのに、働くということの大変さを近くで見て、何かできることはない
かと考えました。

Sorry for butting in.
I would break this sentence as follows:
目が見えないのに、働くということ working without being able to see
の大変さを difficulty/difficulties of
近くで closely
見て、 saw
何かできることはないか is there anything I can do (for him)?
と (quote)
考えました。 I thought
Having seen closely (his) difficulties of working without being able to see, I wondered if there's anything I can do (for him).

 

[MikeM]

can someone please translate this:

ｺﾙﾂ勝ったでぇｰ

thanks again

 

[Elizabeth]

can someone please translate this:
ｺﾙﾂ勝ったでぇｰ
thanks again

I think they were trying to say "Colts won !" (*Colts win !).

 

[Fuumei]

Sorry for butting in.
I would break this sentence as follows:
目が見えないのに、働くということ working without being able to see
の大変さを difficulty/difficulties of
近くで closely
見て、 saw
何かできることはないか is there anything I can do (for him)?
と (quote)
考えました。 I thought
Having seen closely (his) difficulties of working without being able to see, I wondered if there's anything I can do (for him).

Ah, thank you. That brings everything into perspective. I definitely need to study more sentences with this kind of content. I don't enjoy tripping over everything I come across, but eventually I'll get where I want to. Thanks also to Elizabeth and Mikawa Ossan.

 

[Elizabeth]

Ah, thank you. That brings everything into perspective. I definitely need to study more sentences with this kind of content. I don't enjoy tripping over everything I come across, but eventually I'll get where I want to. Thanks also to Elizabeth and Mikawa Ossan.

Regards to everyone that answered everyone from me as well ! One step towards clarity that would help a lot, though, would be to include as much of the text in the original question as possible....Context is such a faithful, taken for granted friend in Japanese it's easy to forget what a contribution it often can make.

 

[Elizabeth]

働くということの大変さを近くで見て、何かできることはないかと考えました。
"He looked closely at the difficulties of working, and thought that there was nothing he could do."
近くで <- This is not "IN the vicinity" but a noun in adverb form meaning "Closely". Correct?

It's actually probably most natural to think of as "personally witnessed" or "saw for myself " in English. 直接見てということでしょうね。

 

[hkBattousai]

この年まで子どもがいないわしらに、この先、子どもができるわけがない。わしらの体の゛あげ゛をあつめて、にんぎょうでもこさえておくか
The word "age" in the sentence above is written in quotes in my reading book. I couldn't find its meaning in my dictionary.
By the way, there is no question mark or point at the end of this sentence. Is the か at the end a question tag?

 

[hkBattousai]

あれえ、゛あか゛で作ったにんぎょうが、本物の子どもになって

In this sentence it is written as "aka", not "ake" as in previous one.

 

[fine82]

Hi all

Thank you for the replys to my last question everyone.

I have another question if you could help.

I wanted to know how would you say 'gesturing with your hand'?

For example, how would you say to someone, "Hey, that person behind you is using hand signals to tell you to move out of the way".

Acutally, thinking about it now, I don't even know how to say that in English. But still I would like to know how to say that in Japanese.

Thank you.

 

[Zombina]

Konbanwa everyone!
Erm, this is my first time posting, so don't be too mean.
I'm also not very good with Japanese [I know basic phrases, and that's about it], so hopefully I'll learn a lot on here.

Anyway, about my request...
If you're a Dir en Grey fan, you'll know that they're currently touring America. Well, next week Tuesday, I'm going with my boyfriend and a few friends to see them in Chicago. At the end of the show, if you purchase their CD, you'll be allowed to meet and greet with them.

I want to learn the following in Japanese so I can try [my best, haha] to say it to them when I meet them.

Hello [yeah, Konnichiwa, that one's easy], it's very nice to meet you [I know this too, Hajimemashite].
- After this I'll probably pause and wait for a response and if they ask my name, I'll give to them. But this next one I haven't figured out yet.

I'm very happy that you decided to tour in America. I've been a fan of yours for many years.


Kay, that's it. Thank you! Ja ne. =]

 

[undrentide]

あれえ、゛あか゛で作ったにんぎょうが、本物の子どもになって

In this sentence it is written as "aka", not "ake" as in previous one.

垢（あか） is grime, basically those comes from one's own body.

 

[undrentide]

I wanted to know how would you say 'gesturing with your hand'?

For example, how would you say to someone, "Hey, that person behind you is using hand signals to tell you to move out of the way".

Acutally, thinking about it now, I don't even know how to say that in English. But still I would like to know how to say that in Japanese.

to gesture something is "____ toiu shigusa wo suru", to signal is "aizu wo suru".
'Gesturing with one's hand' and 'using hand signals to tell you to move out of the way' can be translated in many ways, depending on the context or nuance.

"Hey, that person behind you is using hand signals to tell you to move out of the way"
I might translate this:
"chotto, anata no ushiro no hito ga dokette aizu shiteru wa yo"
(assuming the speaker is female.)

Just for example.

 

[undrentide]

Hello [yeah, Konnichiwa, that one's easy], it's very nice to meet you [I know this too, Hajimemashite].

Yes, well done.


Note that "hajimemashite" can be used only when you meet the person for the first time. So it is more like "how do you do?".
But I'm sure you'll meet them for the first time in person, so hajimemashite is appropriate.

- After this I'll probably pause and wait for a response and if they ask my name, I'll give to them. But this next one I haven't figured out yet.

I'm very happy that you decided to tour in America. I've been a fan of yours for many years.

Amerika ni tsuaa ni kite kurete tottemo ureshii desu.
(I'm veeery happy that you come to America for a tour)
[watashi] nan'nen mo maekara zutto Dir en Grey no fan nan desu!
(I've been your fan since many years back)
*You can omit "watashi", because it is obvious that you are talking about yourself.

I hope you'll enjoy their concert and have a great time!

 

[Zombina]

Yes, well done.

Note that "hajimemashite" can be used only when you meet the person for the first time. So it is more like "how do you do?".
But I'm sure you'll meet them for the first time in person, so hajimemashite is appropriate.
Amerika ni tsuaa ni kite kurete tottemo ureshii desu.
(I'm veeery happy that you come to America for a tour)
[watashi] nan'nen mo maekara zutto Dir en Grey no fan nan desu!
(I've been your fan since many years back)
*You can omit "watashi", because it is obvious that you are talking about yourself.
I hope you'll enjoy their concert and have a great time!

Thank you so very much! This is going to be mega helpful and I hope that if I meet them, they'll be impressed that I'm attemping to talk to them in their language. ^__^ I'm sure it's hard for them to tour in a country where Japanese isn't really a big language, ha.


Oh, and just in case, how do I ask for their autograph? =]
Domo arigato for your help.

 

[Zaida]

Old Japanese book?

Not sure if this is a Japanese book or not. Anyway the story is I was cleaning my attic and inside this chest was this old book. I opened it and it has alot of old artwork that someone did and in front page was this kanji writing. Can anyone tell me what it says? Especially the "red stamp"if possible. I scanned the page and scanned one picture , I wonder what this book is. My grandpa went to japan years ago and I asume this was his book since it was in his personal chest of belongings. Thanks!


Zaida.

 

[hkBattousai]

この年まで子どもがいないわしらに、この先、子どもができるわけがない。わしらの体の゛あげ゛をあつめて、にんぎょうでもこさえておくか
The word "age" in the sentence above is written in quotes in my reading book. I couldn't find its meaning in my dictionary.
By the way, there is no question mark or point at the end of this sentence. Is the か at the end a question tag?

あれえ、゛あか゛で作ったにんぎょうが、本物の子どもになって
In this sentence it is written as "aka", not "ake" as in previous one.

Any answers?

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Not sure if this is a Japanese book or not. Anyway the story is I was cleaning my attic and inside this chest was this old book. I opened it and it has a lot of old artwork that someone did and in front page was this kanji writing. Can anyone tell me what it says? Especially the "red stamp"if possible. I scanned the page and scanned one picture , I wonder what this book is. My grandpa went to japan years ago and I assume this was his book since it was in his personal chest of belongings. Thanks!

Your grandfather may well have gotten this in Japan, but it is not written in Japanese. It is written in Chinese, and unfortunately, I can not read it.

Any answers?

Are you certain you're quoting this correctly? Could you provide more context? And yes, か is a question marker.

 

[epigene]

Any answers?

Undrentide-san had already answered your question.
More specifically, "aka" refers to old skin that peels off naturally when you take a bath--the image is of scum that floats on top of the bath water when you rinse your washing towel.

"ka" is used like a question tag, but not asking someone else but more talking to yourself.

HTH! :