Need a word or phrase translated?

[Fuumei]

Could someone please translate this?
上手いよね
Ｔｏｍｏ Ｈｉｒｏ: 十分ですよ
Ｔｏｍｏ Ｈｉｒｏ: おいらよりも上手だと思います
勉強しても日本語難しいです・・・
微笑みです
This also please: 絶対にアメリカ人とは 思いませんよ

Pretty good aren't you?
Tomo Hiro: That's quite good enough.
Tomo Hiro: I think you're even better than us!
Even if I study, Japanese is difficult...
I'm smiling. (Not sure on this line)

Last line: I don't think you're an american at all.

 

[Fuumei]

朝八時に起きて満員電車に揺られて会社に行って、働いて、残業して、

I believe I put up enough of the sentence to provide good context.

The part that confuses me is: 満員電車に揺られて

Is this the kind of passive that resembles "kodomo ni nakareta" As in "The child cried, regrettably."?

 

[orochi]

>>The part that confuses me is: 満員電車に揺られて

Just sounds to me like he's talking about getting shaken around in a train full of people.

>>Is this the kind of passive that resembles "kodomo ni nakareta" As in "The child cried, regrettably."?

Wouldn't 子供に泣かれた be more along the lines of "I made the kid cry" or "the kid was crying because of something I did"?

 

[Elizabeth]

朝八時に起きて満員電車に揺られて会社に行って、働いて、残業して、
I believe I put up enough of the sentence to provide good context.
The part that confuses me is: 満員電車に揺られて
Is this the kind of passive that resembles "kodomo ni nakareta" As in "The child cried, regrettably."?

You mean because 揺れる is an intransitive verb ? What I think you're talking about with 子供に泣かれた, 母に死なれた etc are special cases of intransitive verbs being used as "tragic passives". In which I agree with the interpretation of being put in a sad or tragic situation through the "act" of the "object/subect" (Child crying on you, mother dying on you...etc). There's also a set phrase "to be walked out on" by someone involving 行く which I'm drawing a blank on at the moment.

But no, to answer on that basis, as orochi already replied に揺られる is nothing more than to be shaken by.

 

[orochi]

>>There's also a set phrase "to be walked out on" by someone involving 行く

置いて行かれる?

 

[IxoRose]

A Bird; Missing In Translation


Soooooo.... how do you say Flamingo in Japanese?
^_^
Thank youuuuu~

 

[masaegu]

Flamingo = フラミンゴ (pronounced as 'huramingo')

 

[Fuumei]

>>The part that confuses me is: 満員電車に揺られて

Just sounds to me like he's talking about getting shaken around in a train full of people.

Ah thanks for clearing that up, I wasn't quite sure how to make it out. Also, thanks Elizabeth-san for putting in your thoughts.

 

[Fuumei]

Since I'm moving right along now with my new story a friend gave me, I have a question about this sentence:

そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことだって、できるはずだ。

Does "datte" function here as "even" like it usually does in sentences such as "boku datte..." (Even I ... do things like that) I believe I understand the sentence's meaning completely except when it comes to "datte". Thanks again.

 

[epigene]

Since I'm moving right along now with my new story a friend gave me, I have a question about this sentence:
そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことだって、できるはずだ。
Does "datte" function here as "even" like it usually does in sentences such as "boku datte..." (Even I ... do things like that) I believe I understand the sentence's meaning completely except when it comes to "datte". Thanks again.

I think this is a particle that functions like も

そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことも、できるはずだ。

Other alternatives are:
…もやはり
…でも

HTH!

 

[Fuumei]

I think this is a particle that functions like も
そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことも、できるはずだ。
Other alternatives are:
…もやはり
…でも
HTH!

Yes, that does help! 開放 here means "freed" right? I know there is a kaihou that means "release" or something much like it.

 

[silly_god_disc0]

Hey there, guys! I've got a couple small questions for you.

My first question is いいらしいよ, which I know I've heard before, but I can't seem to rembember what it means, and I can't really find it anywhere.

And my second question is in this sentence:
水泳選手ってみんながクイ いいじゃん ?

What is the クイ here? I've got that the beginning part of the sentence refers to swimming team members, but that クイ is throwing me off. Does anyone know what it is?

Thanks in advance for any help!

 

[Elizabeth]

Yes, that does help! 開放 here means "freed" right? I know there is a kaihou that means "release" or something much like it.

I have a feeling, at least technically speaking, it should be the other
かいほう（解放）。 開放 is used more when you want to talk about opening facilities to public use, opening/liberalizing financial markets etc.

解放 is the primary word meaning to set free or liberate hostages and other captive people.

 

[masaegu]

My first question is いいらしいよ, which I know I've heard before, but I can't seem to remember what it means, and I can't really find it anywhere.

And my second question is in this sentence:
水泳選手ってみんながクイ いいじゃん ?
What is the クイ here? I've got that the beginning part of the sentence refers to swimming team members, but that クイ is throwing me off. Does anyone know what it is?


いいらしいよ = I hear (something) is good

クイ いいじゃん = (They all) eat a lot. This is so slangish. クイ means the way one eats, more specifically the quantity that one eats. It comes from the verb 食う = kuu (to eat)

 

[masaegu]

Elizabeth is absolutely right about 解放/開放. This is something that often gets overlooked by many Japanese themselves. But these two words should be treated as completely different from each other.

 

[silly_god_disc0]

Elizabeth is absolutely right about 解放/開放. This is something that often gets overlooked by many Japanese themselves. But these two words should be treated as completely different from each other.

Thank you soooooo much. I asked all of my Japanese-speaking friends, and nobody knew what it was. So, thank you!!

 

[Elizabeth]

Thank you soooooo much. I asked all of my Japanese-speaking friends, and nobody knew what it was. So, thank you!!

Tell this it's not rude if you're a swimmer it's only 若い人の間でのスラングだよ。

Elizabeth is absolutely right about 解放/開放. This is something that often gets overlooked by many Japanese themselves. But these two words should be treated as completely different from each other.

Thank you from here, too ! . 開放 even shows up wrong in some dictionaries and I started wondering how the langauge had changed that much....The real test will be if by chance my tutor knows the difference, now...

 

[Charles Barkley]

Can someone explain the difference between というもの and ということ。

というもの seems to express the speaker's sentiments, whereas ということ seems to express some kind of fact established from outside the speaker--is this right? How do the contexts in which they are used differ?

 

[Fuumei]

I have a feeling, at least technically speaking, it should be the other
かいほう（解放）。 開放 is used more when you want to talk about opening facilities to public use, opening/liberalizing financial markets etc.
解放 is the primary word meaning to set free or liberate hostages and other captive people.

Very interesting! Thanks for clearing that up, it makes rather good sense now.

 

[silly_god_disc0]

Another question! ^_^

I'm translating another small thing, and ran across something that I wanted some clarification on. ^^

In this sentence:

そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.

What form is the やってる in? やって should be the て-form, so why is る added on? Is that even the case, or is it a different form altogether?

My best guess at the translation would be "That is right, after always doing the Tour Goods, saying something is difficult," but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving something out. At any rate, I want to understand what's going on, even if I am pretty much correct. ^^ That's the only way to learn, right?

 

[Fuumei]

Another question! ^_^
I'm translating another small thing, and ran across something that I wanted some clarification on. ^^
In this sentence:
そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.
What form is the やってる in? やって should be the て-form, so why is る added on? Is that even the case, or is it a different form altogether?
My best guess at the translation would be "That is right, after always doing the Tour Goods, saying something is difficult," but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving something out. At any rate, I want to understand what's going on, even if I am pretty much correct. ^^ That's the only way to learn, right?

I'll try and see if someone corrects me.

"Yes that's true, I'm always doing Tour Goods (maybe a place name?), so being told something (negatively) is a bit difficult (to deal with).

*also, yatte ru is the same thing as yatte iru which is: (am doing; still doing currently). If it were yatte kara, it would mean 'after doing' but not in this case I believe.

That's how I see it at the moment.

 

[Elizabeth]

Another question! ^_^
I'm translating another small thing, and ran across something that I wanted some clarification on. ^^
In this sentence:
そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.
What form is the やってる in? やって should be the て-form, so why is る added on? Is that even the case, or is it a different form altogether?
My best guess at the translation would be "That is right, after always doing the Tour Goods, saying something is difficult," but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving something out. At any rate, I want to understand what's going on, even if I am pretty much correct. ^^ That's the only way to learn, right?

Right, if a grammar explanation is all you're wanting. But if these suggestions don't make the meaning immediately obvious, please give us more context to go on (and next time, too... )

"Because I have always done it by/at Tour Goods, when it (? ) is referred to as "something" it is difficult." looking just at that sentence is my best effort.

 

[masaegu]

そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.

We definitely need some context to come up with the perfect answer. My best guess as a native speaker without the context would be:

"I always do (something) at Tour Goods, so (since I do it so effortlessly/or do it without thinking) it is rather difficult to explain if you asked (how it all works)"

 

[orochi]

Another question! ^_^
I'm translating another small thing, and ran across something that I wanted some clarification on. ^^
In this sentence:
そうだな, Tour Goods でいつもやってるから , 何かと言われると難しいけど.
What form is the やってる in? やって should be the て-form, so why is る added on? Is that even the case, or is it a different form altogether?
My best guess at the translation would be "That is right, after always doing the Tour Goods, saying something is difficult," but I'm pretty sure I'm leaving something out. At any rate, I want to understand what's going on, even if I am pretty much correct. ^^ That's the only way to learn, right?

More context is definitely needed here for a proper translation.

 

[Elizabeth]

I think this is a particle that functions like も
そんな人生から開放される新たなチャンスだと思うことも、できるはずだ。
Other alternatives are:
…もやはり
…でも
HTH!

So だって、たって is also a more widely used or informal varient of も like it is as a "substitute" for でも。。。