Need a word or phrase translated?

[GoldCoinLover]

I need the following translated:

さざえさん一家のお話です。
サザエさん一家はとても仲良しのほのぼのしたアニメです。
Nozomi says:
この歌は、その仲良し家族を皆極悪な人の設定で作ったものです。
Nozomi says:
元々のテーマソングを元に作ってあるので、元々の歌も聞いてみたらどうですか？？
Nozomi says:
私もヤダ・・・
英語難しすぎ・・・・・・

 

[Fuumei]

Just a short question here, if I may.

そして、「午」の刻より前は午前、「午」の刻より後は午後というわけです。

The thing that confuses me here in this sentence is the "の刻より前は" portions. Yori is used strangely here, at least to me. As a literal translation for "yori mae" I can't seem to wiggle my way into the meaning. Thanks to the brave soul who decides to give this a shot. I appreciate it.

 

[Elizabeth]

Just a short question here, if I may.
そして、「午」の刻より前は午前、「午」の刻より後は午後というわけです。
The thing that confuses me here in this sentence is the "の刻より前は" portions. Yori is used strangely here, at least to me. As a literal translation for "yori mae" I can't seem to wiggle my way into the meaning. Thanks to the brave soul who decides to give this a shot. I appreciate it.

Do you have any context ? Based on this, From the time of noon....is my best guess.

 

[Glenn]

I'm pretty sure Elizabeth is 100% accurate. This reminds me of something we read for class last year called 時計をはずして that talked about Japan's old way of marking time, among other things.

 

[Fuumei]

Do you have any context ? Based on this, From the time of noon....is my best guess.

Ah that makes sense, I wasn't quite sure what to think of it really. Thanks Elizabeth-san!

 

[taid]

i love teaching people japanese its so much fun..

 

[Debezo]

Yori is used strangely here, at least to me.

I'm sorry if I misunderstand the point of your question and my late post.
より specify base(reference) point.
から specify starting point.
because より can be used for comparison and "from".
白より黒がいい
Black is better than white.
白線より内側に入らないでください
Don't go into the inside from the white line.
if end point is indicated clearly, から is more natural than より.
東京から京都へ行きたい
I want to go to Kyoto from Tokyo.
東京より京都へ行きたい。
I want to go to Kyoto than Tokyo.(not "from")
1から100まで
From 1 to 100
1より100まで
(not natural)
In your case, It can be said base point rather than starting point, uses より.

 

[Glenn]

Wow, that's more detailed than I've ever seen those explained before. Thanks, Debezo!

 

[Elizabeth]

I'm sorry if I misunderstand the point of your question and my late post.
より specify base(reference) point.
から specify starting point.
because より can be used for comparison and "from".
白より黒がいい
Black is better than white.
白線より内側に入らないでください
Don't go into the inside from the white line.
if end point is indicated clearly, から is more natural than より.
東京から京都へ行きたい
I want to go to Kyoto from Tokyo.
東京より京都へ行きたい。
I want to go to Kyoto than Tokyo.(not "from")
1から100まで
From 1 to 100
1より100まで
(not natural)
In your case, It can be said base point rather than starting point, uses より.

より used to indicate "from" I've usually seen used in the context of a person as the source giving something over, such as a gift. I assumed in that sense it was only more formal than から。

 

[Elizabeth]

I need the following translated:
さざえさん一家のお話です。
サザエさん一家はとても仲良しのほのぼのしたアニメです。
Nozomi says:
この歌は、その仲良し家族を皆極悪な人の設定で作ったものです。
Nozomi says:
元々のテーマソングを元に作ってあるので、元々の歌も聞いてみたらどうですか？？
Nozomi says:
私もヤダ・・・
英語難しすぎ・・・・・・

Kevin,
Ogenki ? Hisashiburi desune. OK, this Japanese for some reason looks a little weird (like the way I would write lol), but since no one else has gotten here yet, it'll have to suffice. My best shot :

A dialogue with the Sazaen family.
This is the anime of a close and heartwarming family.

Nozomi says:
The premise for the song was set to stage everyone in the close family as a terrible villian.

Because it was written based on an original theme song, why don't you also listen to the original song ? という感じかな。。。

 

[IxoRose]

Eh... I need help translating some things for a song, because I'm only just starting to learn to put sentences together in japanese, so I cant do it on my own. I know sentence structure quite well, but things like verbs and past an present and snuff like that, I've yet to master...
Anways, I know all of the following(an prementioned) sounds like complete and utter jibberish, but bear with me here. I'm trying to peice it together mostly on my own, but a few things I need are hard to translate on my own... so here (and dont laugh at me for my stupid lyrical ideas, and keep in mind they aren't all being translated just for me, I have weird friends...):

1. I hide my blood stained hands
2. Dont look so disgusted.
3. This is what you wanted.
4. Why do we sometimes hurt one another? (something along the lines of 'doushite tokidoki ......' ?

I think thats it... if its not to much, I'd like it romanized characters and japanese characters too, please... heh... *feels like idiot*

 

[Jayern]

how do you say, "We will have a lot of fun in this show!"

 

[Elizabeth]

Eh... I need help translating some things for a song, because I'm only just starting to learn to put sentences together in Japanese, so I cant do it on my own. I know sentence structure quite well, but things like verbs and past an present and snuff like that, I've yet to master...
Anyways, I know all of the following(an prementioned) sounds like complete and utter jibberish, but bear with me here. I'm trying to piece it together mostly on my own, but a few things I need are hard to translate on my own... so here (and don't laugh at me for my stupid lyrical ideas, and keep in mind they aren't all being translated just for me, I have weird friends...):

Hehe. Be patient with me too. It's all I have time for now, but anyway here's one of what you were looking for that I could understand for sure....

1. I hide my blood stained hands

血まみれの手を隠す。
Chimamire no te kakusu.

2. Dont look so disgusted.

Can you be more specific what you mean by disgusted ?

3. This is what you wanted.

Do you mean as in a thing that was given or a wish that was desired ?

Why do we sometimes hurt one another?

Doushite tokidoki otagai ni (otagai no kimochi wo) kizu tsukeru (koto ga aru) no ?

 

[Debezo]

より used to indicate "from" I've usually seen used in the context of a person as the source giving something over, such as a gift. I assumed in that sense it was only more formal than から。

Yes, you are right. より used to formal, stiff and literary style writing.
I think that his question is "Why does used より(than) like "from" means?".
より does the origin in 因る(base on, cause of).
There is a difference in the meaning nuance, though it isn't conscious at the present day, I think.
Sorry, I mistook the way of the explanation. It was a misleading.

how do you say, "We will have a lot of fun in this show!"

私たちはこのショーをとても楽しみにしています。
Watashitachi ha kono shoo wo totemo tanoshimini shiteimasu.
ショーをとっても（すごく）楽しみにしてるよ！(casual version)
Shoo wo tottemo(sugoku) tanoshimini shiteruyo.

Wow, that's more detailed than I've ever seen those explained before. Thanks, Debezo!

You're welcome , and
I remember an old topic about "～っす".
I forget which thread in this topic. and search bar isn't enabled...?

"～っす[ssu]" is a slanguish polite form by (体育会系) young mans. it has three advantages.
1. です／ますの使い分けの省略(unification of desu,masu)
思うっす[omoussu](masu for verb)
欲しいっす[hosiissu]（desu for adjective)
京都っす[Kyouto ssu]（desu for noun)
2. 活用形の省略(omit to conjugation)
行く -> 行きます -> 行くっす[ikussu]
食べる -> 食べます -> 食べるっす[taberussu]
する -> します -> するっす[surussu]
3.丁寧さと親しみの両方を兼ねる(politeness+friendly)
This expression is rudeness for old generation.
However, young generation too feel stiff to the correct polite speaking.
"～っす" has a bit of politeness and a bit of friendly for young generation.

It's so easy for busy young mans.

hope your help...

 

[IxoRose]

Can you be more specific what you mean by disgusted ?
Do you mean as in a thing that was given or a wish that was desired ?

First off, domo arigato gozaimasu!
And its alittle hard to explain, but I guess it'd make more sense if I said it was more of a run sentence, instead of to different ones.. 'Dont look so disgusted, this is what you wanted.' kind of like, 'Why are you looking at me like that? You told me to do this!' but in more of a they-didn't-mean-to-tell-you-you-just-got-the-picture-kind-of-thing... eh.... like.... Dont look so.... .... ... ... ............say like a parent is 'disgusted' with the failure the child brought... but in a worse, more RAWR like way and I'm so sorry for not being able to describe it properly... Gomengomengomen!

...if you can even discifer any of that, I'll be thankful enough...

Sorry for being so picky... heh, and thank you so much for your help!

 

[Glenn]

I remember an old topic about "～っす".
I forget which thread in this topic. and search bar isn't enabled...?

Yes, there are some problems with the search function. For instance, searching Japanese text doesn't seem to work.

"～っす[ssu]" is a slanguish polite form by (体育会系) young mans. it has three advantages.
1. です／ますの使い分けの省略(unification of desu,masu)
思うっす[omoussu](masu for verb)
欲しいっす[hosiissu]（desu for adjective)
京都っす[Kyouto ssu]（desu for noun)
2. 活用形の省略(omit to conjugation)
行く -> 行きます -> 行くっす[ikussu]
食べる -> 食べます -> 食べるっす[taberussu]
する -> します -> するっす[surussu]
3.丁寧さと親しみの両方を兼ねる(politeness+friendly)
This expression is rudeness for old generation.
However, young generation too feel stiff to the correct polite speaking.
"～っす" has a bit of politeness and a bit of friendly for young generation.

It's so easy for busy young mans.

hope your help...

Ah, good. That's pretty much right in line of how I was thinking about it. Thanks, it did help.

 

[Fuumei]

いい気持ちになったところでビールを飲むのだから、美味しい訳である。

The "de" after tokoro is functioning as a "because" and not "and" as the -te form of "desu" (de) correct? I don't suppose it would make much sense if it were the latter.

 

[undrentide]

いい気持ちになったところでビールを飲むのだから、美味しい訳である。
The "de" after tokoro is functioning as a "because" and not "and" as the -te form of "desu" (de) correct? I don't suppose it would make much sense if it were the latter.

This "de" does not mean "and" or "because" here.
It's a particle "de", not te-form of "desu".
It explain the situation when a event takes place (in your sentence "to drink beer").
Hope this makes sense.

 

[Fuumei]

This "de" does not mean "and" or "because" here.
It's a particle "de", not te-form of "desu".

It explain the situation when a event takes place (in your sentence "to drink beer").
Hope this makes sense.

Oh good grief, I had a feeling I was completely missing the meaning somehow. Thanks for kindly pointing that out. In the meantime, I'll be pulling out some hair in disappointment.

 

[Glenn]

Just so you'll be a little prepared, there are also the expressions ところを and ところに／へ that are used similarly (well, the ところ means the same thing in all of them).

 

[Elizabeth]

I'm pretty sure Elizabeth is 100% accurate. This reminds me of something we read for class last year called 時計をはずして that talked about Japan's old way of marking time, among other things.

おもしろですね。私達が住んでいる現代に入ってから、時間のことを考えずに生活するなんて暇つぶしで、時間を充分に利用するのに時計は必要だと思います。でも、確かに、それは比較的、現代的な考え方ですね。

 

[roy70]

Some sentences I translated

Please correct me if there are any mistakes(How about transalting this to Japanese too!!!):

when you come to england please meet me - i will be happy
England ni iku toki watashi o aite kudasai - ureshii desu

I am a 21 year old male
watashi wa niju ichisai ni dansei desu

Japanese people are generally cheerful and friendly
nihonjin wa daibun akarui to yasashii desu

dozo yoroshiku

 

[wheehee3]

Need these sentences translated to kanji please. These phrases are quite silly. But the Japanese woman I know will crack up after reading this, and that's all that matters:

As you can see, "Sock Puppet" has already mastered your language. Soon he will control your mind and fill your head with thoughts of green-tea flavored corn puffs. To avoid this, you must drive him to Santouka and order him tokusen toroniku ramen with a side of ikura gohan. Reply quickly, or he will call in the middle of a night and sing a Cardigans song in Japanese while belching.

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If there is no term for "corn puffs", then "corn snacks" will be OK. I'm alluding to those Kansai Walker potato chip bags. Not to get off-topic too much, but I was curious how many Santouka ramen locations there are in Japan. In Los Angeles, it's considered the best in the city by a lot of people.

 

[KirinMan]

Which would be more proper?

A bit of help please, when explaining 格闘技, かくとうぎ, would using the term fighting martial arts be appropriate?

Thanks for "everyone's" assistance here.: -)

 

[Glenn]

I think the "fighting" is a bit redundant. Maybe "fighting styles" would be better? If memory serves me correctly, strictly speaking, "martial arts" would be 武芸, so it seems that there should be a different way of referring to 格闘技. But maybe I'm just being idealistic.