Need a word or phrase translated?

[82riceballs]

1. what does shiyagaru (or maybe it was "shagaru") mean? i see it in manga too.
2. what does "sorya ma- na" mean?
3. gakkou ikunakucha! (what does that mean?)

thanks in advance

 

[Charles Barkley]

1. what does shiyagaru (or maybe it was "shagaru") mean? i see it in manga too.
2. what does "sorya ma- na" mean?
3. gakkou ikunakucha! (what does that mean?)
thanks in advance

-the last is probably ikAnakucha and is a shortened way of saying 'I have to.../I must...'

-sorya is a contraction of sore wa

I think...though I have been slightly off on most of my recent attempts at helping.

 

[Jayern]

Japanese t-shirt

I gota few t-shirts off the mail yesterday as a gift. does anybody know what they say and how do u say it?

 

[hkBattousai]

-the last is probably ikAnakucha and is a shortened way of saying 'I have to.../I must...'

-sorya is a contraction of sore wa

I think...though I have been slightly off on most of my recent attempts at helping.

I have to go = ikanaraba naranai / ikanaraba ikemasen (I must go)
All my grammar textbooks and other online resources show this form, but in anime I almost always hear the "ikanakucha" form. Is this an informal form?

I think "shiagaru" is in "shi (suru) + agaru/ageru" form. I remember hearing this suffix with other verbs too. Can you explain its structure please?

 

[undrentide]

1. what does shiyagaru (or maybe it was "shagaru") mean? i see it in manga too.
2. what does "sorya ma- na" mean?
3. gakkou ikunakucha! (what does that mean?)

Other members already gave you good explanation, so here's something additional.
1. "shiyagaru" is correct, it's not "shagaru".
~yagaru is an expression to describe other's activities in a derogatory way, showing displeasure.
e.g.
うるさいこと言いやがる
小賢しいことをしやがる
It's a roguish way of speech, it is good to know/understand, but don't try to use it!

2. sorya ma-ne
sorya = sore wa
maa ne : "well yes", saying "yes" with hesitation, or "yeah, of course" offhandedly ... it really depends on the context.
3. ikanakucha = ikanaku tewa (naranai)
I've got to go

 

[Charles Barkley]

I need some help with a couple things, so thanks in advance!

1) Can someone translate this paragraph? Two many things going on, I can't pull it together...

アメリカでの本陣の野球選手がユニフォームの後ろに付ける名前を自分の名前にしたのをまねして、他のアメリカ人の選手たちが家族の名前を止めて自分のの前をつけたところ、同じ名前がありすぎて後ろ姿では誰が誰だか分からなくなってしまったという笑えるテレビの広告がありました。
Are run on sentences like this okay in Japanese? Anyway, can't quite figure out the meaning--help!


2) 一つ一つの漢字に意味があるからこそ、親も願いを込めてわが子の名前を付けるのではないでしょうか？

In the above sentence, what does hitotsu hitotsu mean?


3) 子供にナメをtsけるの葉親の最初の仕事です。その「仕事」の中身は、時代によって違ってくるようです。人気がある名前は時代 （ ） 移り変わるのです。

（ ） の中に適当な語句を入れなさい

１） とともに ２） にしたがって ３） について ４） にさきだって


In the above question, it says the answer is とともに, but in my grammar book, it says then in this usage of とともに it is identical to にしたがって. Why is the answer 1 and not 2? I know why its not 3 and have no idea what 4 means, if anything...I am really having trouble telling the difference between にしたがって、 とともに、につれて、に沿って、に伴って、 but they keep coming up in ambiguous test questions...

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Could someone PLEASE translate this?

Could someone pretty please translate this? I know it's a lot, but I appreciate the effort if someone could translate for me. All my Japanese friends have left me, and I want to post it in Japanese on the Japanese forum to get more friends to talk to.
Thank you!
Here:
"I've had a lot of Japanese friends over the years. Each one is now gone. Mac-san, (He has a website at macveg.com) mysteriously disappeared , changed his forum to all Japanese, and was never heard of again.

So was my other friend I found on a friend website a long time ago, who used to talk on AIM with me but he also disappeared.

So I'm looking for Japanese people to practice my Japanese with, to share stories, cultures, and just have a good time. My guess is the best bet to find Japanese people would be in the Japanese forum, but since I'm not fluent yet, and I can't write all this in Japanese, I'm going to need a little help.

So if you're a Japanese person or just anyone who wants to talk about Japanese, hit me up on my AIM: LordWarclaidhm.

Thank you!"

 

[nekocat]

I need some help with a couple things, so thanks in advance!
1) Can someone translate this paragraph? Two many things going on, I can't pull it together...
アメリカでの本陣の野球選手がユニフォームの後ろに付ける名前を自分の名前にしたのをまねして、他のアメリカ人の選手たちが家族の名前を止めて自分のの前をつけたところ、同じ名前がありすぎて後ろ姿では誰が誰だか分からなくなってしまったという笑えるテレビの広告がありました。
Are run on sentences like this okay in Japanese? Anyway, can't quite figure out the meaning--help!
2) 一つ一つの漢字に意味があるからこそ、親も願いを込めてわが子の名前を付けるのではないでしょうか？
In the above sentene, what does hitotsu hitotsu mean?
3) 子供にナメをtsけるの葉親の最初の仕事です。その「仕事」の中身は、時代によって違ってくるようです。人気がある名前は時代 （ ） 移り変わるのです。
（ ） の中に適当な語句を入れなさい
１） とともに ２） にしたがって ３） について ４） にさきだって
In the above question, it says the answer is とともに, but in my grammar book, it says then in this usage of とともに it is identical to にしたがって. Why is the answer 1 and not 2? I know why its not 3 and have no idea what 4 means, if anything...I am really having trouble telling the difference between にしたがって、 とともに、につれて、に沿って、に伴って、 but they keep coming up in ambiguous test questions...

I wonder why everyone will keep this thread forever going on. Why not open a new thread?

(1) I think it's Ichiro-related. Run on sentence is much more acceptable in Japanese than in English.

アメリカでの本陣の野球選手がユニフォームの後ろに付ける名前を自分の名前にしたのをまねして、他のアメリカ人の選手たちが家族の名前を止めて自分のの前をつけたところ、同じ名前がありすぎて後ろ姿では誰が誰だか分からなくなってしまったという笑えるテレビの広告がありました。

We had a funny TV advertisement. One MLB player had his first name on the back of his uniform. Other players thought it was a good idea, so they replaced their family names on their uniforms by their first names. It ended up confusing, because there are too many identical names to recognize who's who only by seeing their backs!

(2) It means "each".

(3) Either is OK, but とともに is much more natural. It's wrong to say that 2 is wrong.

 

[StandAlone2323]

i have a question about the meanings of a few words. all these mean "feelings":
気持ち
感じ
気分
and i am sure there are probably more. could someone tell me the difference between the three? it would be greatly appreciated.

-thx

 

[Elizabeth]

I have a question about the meanings of a few words. all these mean "feelings":
気持ち
感じ
気分
and i am sure there are probably more. could someone tell me the difference between the three? it would be greatly appreciated.

-thx

Did you try looking them up yourself anywhere first ?

 

[Charles Barkley]

To be honest, I can't imagine I could find out the difference between those 3 words looking them up on my own. Maybe in the J-J part of my electronic dictionary, but even then...

My 'feelings' on the three words:

kibun= I don't see this one that often. My dictionary says mood, but i usually see kigen.

kanji= pretty standard way of describing your feelings or impressions. you can feel an earthquake, that someone is acting cold towards you, etc.

kimochi= feelings/emotions; 'kimochi ii' (it feels good) is the one you'll hear the most. Referring to feelings on the whole, I generally hear kanjou?

 

[StandAlone2323]

To be honest, I can't imagine I could find out the difference between those 3 words looking them up on my own. Maybe in the J-J part of my electronic dictionary, but even then...
My 'feelings' on the three words:
kibun= I don't see this one that often. My dictionary says mood, but i usually see kigen.
kanji= pretty standard way of describing your feelings or impressions. you can feel an earthquake, that someone is acting cold towards you, etc.
kimochi= feelings/emotions; 'kimochi ii' (it feels good) is the one you'll hear the most. Referring to feelings on the whole, I generally hear kanjou?

huh. alright thanks a lot. that helps. thats been bothering me for quite a while

 

[Charles Barkley]

I am way too low level to be helping people here, so take that with a grain of salt, although I am pretty confident about kimochi and kanji. Kibun--maybe its used a lot but I just don't hear it (this happened awhile back with その通り), so I really know very little about it...

 

[Elizabeth]

To be honest, I can't imagine I could find out the difference between those 3 words looking them up on my own. Maybe in the J-J part of my electronic dictionary, but even then...
My 'feelings' on the three words:
kibun= I don't see this one that often. My dictionary says mood, but i usually see kigen.
kanji= pretty standard way of describing your feelings or impressions. you can feel an earthquake, that someone is acting cold towards you, etc.
kimochi= feelings/emotions; 'kimochi ii' (it feels good) is the one you'll hear the most. Referring to feelings on the whole, I generally hear kanjou?

Actually all of my dictionaries give slightly different descriptions for the three.
I just prefer to see some hint of effort before handing out answers on a silver platter.

Kibun = Mood, feeling I think of as most similar to ki ga suru (feel in the mood for/feel up to doing)。 Kigen = be in a good or bad mood/humor/temper

Kimochi = Used as mood/impression also but basically an inner feeling state closest to an emotion

Kanji = Impression, sensation, feeling, "get the sense/feel of" practically anything from a an impression of the environment, mood, physical sensation...

 

[Charles Barkley]

How do you read this:

２０代後半の女性

Does it mean women above their mid twenties but below 30? Is it more exact (ie women 25-30)? Or something else?



Also, what does ほどよく mean, as shown in this sentence?

血液型による性格判断が日本ほどはやっている国はありません。日本にはA型４０％、０型３０％、B型２０％、AB型１０％の全部の血液型の人がほどよくいます。

 

[StandAlone2323]

how about そう。 i heard party of japanese people at work say it like, a million times. they talk and id hear, "そうです"

 

[epigene]

How do you read this:
２０代後半の女性
Does it mean women above their mid twenties but below 30? Is it more exact (ie women 25-30)? Or something else?

It literally means women in the second half of twenties and you need to take it as it is. Personally, I think of women aged 25-29.

Also, what does ほどよく mean, as shown in this sentence?
血液型による性格判断が日本ほどはやっている国はありません。日本にはA型４０％、０型３０％、B型２０％、AB型１０％の全部の血液型の人がほどよくいます。

It is used here to mean "percentages spread reasonably among the blood types" (probably based on the general ratios of blood types in various countries). The term itself is vague, and you need to use your imagination!

how about そう。 i heard party of japanese people at work say it like, a million times. they talk and id hear, "そうです"

そう basically means "yes/yeah" as you use it to express your agreement with or recognition of something that had been said by others.

 

[Charles Barkley]

Ahh, thanks a lot. A vague term--sounds fun!

Um, one last thing: ２０だいこうはん？ Is that how you pronounce the reading?

 

[epigene]

Ahh, thanks a lot. A vague term--sounds fun!
Um, one last thing: ２０だいこうはん？ Is that how you pronounce the reading?

Right!

Needed to add filler........

 

[Fuumei]

じゃ、私の顔が見えるかいと一心に聞くと、見えるかいって、そら、そこに、写ってるじゃありませんかと、にこりと笑って見せた。
I've posted the above sentence in its entirety to provide the full context.

My question concerns the phrase: にこりと笑って見せた。
Nikori = smilingly
waratte = smile/laugh
miseru = show

Now, I'm not sure why there are two completely different words here for "smile", or how "miseru" influences the meaning of this phrase. I know miseru as to "show something". So the person is showing the other person (something), as to what I am not positive. If anyone could shed some light on this I would greatly appreciate it. It's the last one I have concerning this large text I've been studying for awhile now.

 

[ChibiSara]

Hee, there's this japanese exchange student in Joensuu high school, and I kinda want to go and talk to her. So how do you say: "You're that japanese exchange student, right? I'm Sara, Eve's friend. Thank you for that candy. What do you think of Finland, for now? I don't really speak japanese that well so can we speak in english?"

 

[Supervin]

A brief one:

懐かしい響き

Although literally it is reference to sound, I assume this phrase is taken to mean feelings of nostalgia? Or is less than that like just feelings of missing something?

 

[Charles Barkley]

Hee, there's this japanese exchange student in Joensuu high school, and I kinda want to go and talk to her. So how do you say: "You're that japanese exchange student, right? I'm Sara, Eve's friend. Thank you for that candy. What do you think of Finland, for now? I don't really speak japanese that well so can we speak in english?"

If you want to eventually talk in English and think she understands English, make your gretting English! I don't know if its the same for Japanese overseas, simply because compared to the amount of people in Japan who want to speak English, the amount of people who want to speak Japanese overseas is quite small, but as a foreigner living in Japan, probably the single thing that bothers me the most about living here is having Japanese come up, single me out, and speak bad English to me. It is immensely frustrating for me and many foreigners here trying to live in Japan. Why? Well, its hard to explain if it hasnt happened to you, but when you are busting your *** trying to learn a language, to the point where you go to another country to study it, it makes you lose motivation/confidence in your own speech if people keep trying to switch to your native tongue.

If you think about this exchange student, she probably came to finland because she is interested in studying Finnish (?) or English, so having someone approach her who is generally interested in talking to her and gives her someone to learn from will be greatly appreciated.

 

[Bekkichan]

Here's a phrase I've heard recently and can't make any sense of:

僕クラス

It seems to be commonly followed by になると and variations thereof, but beyond that, no amount of web scouring is giving me any explanation that I can understand. All I've found are blog entries where people used the phrase, but every one is used in entirely different contexts, so I can't even pick up any kind of pattern to guess on.

Is anyone familiar with 僕クラス（になると）? Any ideas would be appreciated!

 

[epigene]

じゃ、私の顔が見えるかいと一心に聞くと、見えるかいって、そら、そこに、写ってるじゃありませんかと、にこりと笑って見せた。
I've posted the above sentence in its entirety to provide the full context.
My question concerns the phrase: にこりと笑って見せた。
Nikori = smilingly
waratte = smile/laugh
miseru = show
Now, I'm not sure why there are two completely different words here for "smile", or how "miseru" influences the meaning of this phrase. I know miseru as to "show something". So the person is showing the other person (something), as to what I am not positive. If anyone could shed some light on this I would greatly appreciate it. It's the last one I have concerning this large text I've been studying for awhile now.

I'm pretty sure that you already know that にこりと笑う means to "smile (usually with the corners of the mouth upturned)."

By adding 見せる , the person is smiling "to show"--most likely as a response, to prove something or making an effort to smile (when she's not in the mood to do it).

踊ってみせる：Show that one can dance; show one's dance to prove that one's happy, etc.
泣いてみせる：Cry to prove that one can cry; pretend to cry, etc.

HTH!

A brief one:
懐かしい響き
Although literally it is reference to sound, I assume this phrase is taken to mean feelings of nostalgia? Or is less than that like just feelings of missing something?

Normally, I'd say "sound or voice that stirs feelings of nostalgia," unless there is some twisted irony involved in the text?

Here's a phrase I've heard recently and can't make any sense of:
僕クラス
It seems to be commonly followed by になると and variations thereof, but beyond that, no amount of web scouring is giving me any explanation that I can understand. All I've found are blog entries where people used the phrase, but every one is used in entirely different contexts, so I can't even pick up any kind of pattern to guess on.
Is anyone familiar with 僕クラス（になると）? Any ideas would be appreciated!

I think it means "a person of my caliber" implicitly suggesting that the person has very high self-regard or, when used satirically, to be deliberately self-deprecating.

僕クラスになると、苦労しなくても稼げる: A person of my social status/class/ability doesn't have to work hard to make money. (I have the ability/status not to have to work hard to make money.)

Does this answer you question?