I read that before we began this discussion. There's nothing in there that backs up your position that 倶楽部 is 和製漢字.
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I read that before we began this discussion. There's nothing in there that backs up your position that 倶楽部 is 和製漢字.
orochi
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Regardless,the fact remains 倶楽部 created by Japanese
That's bit of an overstatement seeing the word itself was borrowed from English and written using characters from China.
tokapi said:
No it doesn't.
82riceballs
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- 10 May 2007
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Do the following sentences make sense?
遊園地は朗らかなところ。
Amusement parks are cheerful places.
私の本命の人は真面目で明るいです。
The people I like are diligent and bright.
遊園地は朗らかなところ。
Amusement parks are cheerful places.
私の本命の人は真面目で明るいです。
The people I like are diligent and bright.
jbeannie
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I have some questions about Japanese anime
Is mah-nah, a way to say, "Yeah" in Japanese?
Also is chay, a way to say "dang" in Japanese?
Also what about mar-e-thai, for "are you done yet?".
Also what about so-duh-nay, for "your right".
Also what about o-zai, for "shut up".
What about nan-e-o, for "what reason?"
What about ah-got-eh for "I know"?
What about go-meh, for "I'm sorry"?
What about jah-nai for "see ya"?
What about o-bye-yo for "oh crap"?
What about go-meh for "I'm sorry"?
Is mah-nah, a way to say, "Yeah" in Japanese?
Also is chay, a way to say "dang" in Japanese?
Also what about mar-e-thai, for "are you done yet?".
Also what about so-duh-nay, for "your right".
Also what about o-zai, for "shut up".
What about nan-e-o, for "what reason?"
What about ah-got-eh for "I know"?
What about go-meh, for "I'm sorry"?
What about jah-nai for "see ya"?
What about o-bye-yo for "oh crap"?
What about go-meh for "I'm sorry"?
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Charles Barkley
TNT Basketball Analyst
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The bad habit is not using a dictionary before asking us to do your work first.The two words are completely different.
Sorry, I look up all the words I'm having trouble with with my EJ and JJ electronic dictionary before posting questions here, but I still have trouble using the internet to flesh out more difficult definitions. As a result, most of my questions end up being about slang or usage, two things dictionaries aren't very good at.
Was the second part of your quote directed at one of my statements above? I can't make sense of it if it is--which words were you referring to?
Namichi & Orochi-- On the このままで thing, it was a bit confusing. I'll flesh out the two situations. In the first case, it was a DS kanji game that had a sentence written, and one of the kanji would be highlighted, so you would have to write the hiragana for that kanji on the screen. I was struggling trying to think up the reading, and my friend offered the 'advice', 'このままで.' The problem was that he didn't make any motions in the air or do anything else to show me which way I should have written it. Only that statement. So there wasn't really a 'like this' that he was showing me. Nor was it a case where, from my perspective, 'I would be doing nothing to change the current situation': I had to fill in some answer. And I had no idea what to write so its not like he was telling me to write it as I had been trying to before.
That night, I assumed I misheard/it was an idiosyncratic way of explaining things on his part, but the next day, my teacher used このままで in almost the exact same way when trying to get one of the students to read out loud the word 'arrangement.' He asked how to read it, and that was her answer. Again, she did not pronounce it for him or give any other hints.
Have you ever heard このままで used in this way?
Jbeannie- Why not write at the top of your post: 'I have some questions about Japanese anime' and put one smiley face there? Is there really a need to write that line and put the same smiley face 6 times in your post, screwing up the formatting so it becomes painful to look at? Also, don't keep writing that you don't know if you are correct or not--we know you aren't!
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まあな The meaning might be somewhere closer to "i guess so" it's not as affirmative is 'yeah' is.
This is something around ちぇっ
Perhaps まだかい
そうだね
Either うざい or うっさい（うるさい）
何（なに）よ
じゃぁね
あばよ！ －I can't really see that meaning 'oh cr*p' though so I may have the wrong word.
Elizabeth
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These are in the most basic $5-7 print dictionaries. They are not slang. 何か and 何だか are what I'm talking about.
domo arigotou ajmd20
demo ajmd20, did I pronounce those words right in Japanese?
:?
What about so-kah for "I see"?
If you look at the phonetic kana I gave you and then compare them back to the audio source your pronunciation should improve. You can't really teach pronunciation over the internet, and I certainly can't tell how accurate you are being from just text.
so-kah is そうか。 go-meh is ごめん。 I'm not sure what you are going for with ah-got-eh. The closest I can think of right now is わかんねえ - but thats not really that close so I don't think I'm right.
Actually, I just realised that "What about nan-e-o, for "what reason?"" might actually be 何故（なにゆえ） not なによ but you're not likely to have come across that word very often if your anime is anything set in modern times.
I know you are learning kana so I put everything in kana for you. I did use a couple of kanji there put but the kana readings in brackets after to make it clear.
Charles Barkley
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I know they're not slang--that's why I also wrote 'usage' and asked in my original question if my current understanding of the usage is incorrect and thus a bad habit.
When you said that the two are different, did you mean {何だか and 何か} or {何だか分かるか and 何か分かるか}？ I know the former pair are different--my question was about the latter; if they are different, would you mind explaining?
Charles Barkley
TNT Basketball Analyst
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Wouldn't put it past myself...if it comes up again, I'll ask them about it.
namichidori
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- 1 Oct 2007
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Reading #5357, I see your first situation a little more clearly.
Your previous guessing, "there's nothing tricky about it,
just do it the nomal way," is probably right.
このままで has a nuance like,
"(Maybe you can answer it!) Take it simple." "(Take it) as it looks."
(These might be a little strange in English, though.)
We use this kind of phrases(そのままだよ/見たままだよ/このままでわかるよ) as a hint.
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As for the second case I'm still uncertain, but it could be that the teacher
told the student to remain seated in answering.
Like "You don't have to stand up."
If so, そのままで is used more often in such cases, though.
Or, it could be just a joke.
The student's question "How to read it?" might have been intended to induce a mistake,
like, the teacher accidentally pronounces the very word when she answers it.
That's why she answered only "このままで=(Read it) as it looks", I wonder.
This kind of おふざけ often happens during English/Japanese class in Japan!
Especially, in junior high/high schools.
Anyway, it's true that it would be better to ask them directly.
I'm sorry I can't be of any help.
Your previous guessing, "there's nothing tricky about it,
just do it the nomal way," is probably right.
このままで has a nuance like,
"(Maybe you can answer it!) Take it simple." "(Take it) as it looks."
(These might be a little strange in English, though.)
We use this kind of phrases(そのままだよ/見たままだよ/このままでわかるよ) as a hint.
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As for the second case I'm still uncertain, but it could be that the teacher
told the student to remain seated in answering.
Like "You don't have to stand up."
If so, そのままで is used more often in such cases, though.
Or, it could be just a joke.
The student's question "How to read it?" might have been intended to induce a mistake,
like, the teacher accidentally pronounces the very word when she answers it.
That's why she answered only "このままで=(Read it) as it looks", I wonder.
This kind of おふざけ often happens during English/Japanese class in Japan!
Especially, in junior high/high schools.
Anyway, it's true that it would be better to ask them directly.
I'm sorry I can't be of any help.
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Cremie
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- 11 Oct 2007
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Erm..a bit confused..
is it 本当にありがとうございます。arigatougozaimasu/shita
(thx)? and this? >> ありがとうございます。
Is it mean konbawa? こんばんわ。and this すみません。 I'm sorry?
this words look v. familiar..so its meaning is it same?..or
おめでとうございます。this one for Omedetou
and Ohayo for this? おはようございます。
is it 本当にありがとうございます。arigatougozaimasu/shita
(thx)? and this? >> ありがとうございます。
Is it mean konbawa? こんばんわ。and this すみません。 I'm sorry?
this words look v. familiar..so its meaning is it same?..or
おめでとうございます。this one for Omedetou
and Ohayo for this? おはようございます。
82riceballs
後輩
- 10 May 2007
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Can someone answer my question please? Thanks!
namichidori
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Here you are!
本当に(=really)ありがとうございます(=Thank you very much.)。
ありがとうございます。(---->basically, for present)
ありがとうございました。(-->for past)
こんばんは(=Good evening.) (こんばんわ-->common error)
すみません(=I'm sorry./Excuse me.)
おめでとう(casual)--おめでとうございます(more polite)
おはよう(casual)-- おはようございます(more polite)
82riceballs;526785 said:
Okey-dokey, I'll do it.
遊園地は楽しいところです。is better,
because 朗らか is not usually used for places.
本命の人 means "the person you really like",
(usually) the only one for you.
So, if you want to say about your favorite kind of people,
私は真面目で明るい人が好きです。would be better.
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HarajukuxBoy
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- 16 Sep 2007
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檳榔西施裝
What does that mean?
(If you could break it down and tell me what each kanji means,that would be great also)
What does that mean?
(If you could break it down and tell me what each kanji means,that would be great also)
82riceballs
後輩
- 10 May 2007
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I'm surprised an American would know of this... How do you know of this?
there is no point in breaking it down into individual kanji since that destroys the meaning:
檳榔 is translated as "areca nut". it's an addictive chewing-tobacco like food that some people (mainly men) chew on. some indigenous groups in taiwan are known for the custom of chewing this.
西施 refers to the most beautiful one of the Four Beauties
裝 means "clothes" or "attire"
in Taiwan, there are many (i mean A LOT) 檳榔攤 or "areca stands" (if you will) which sell areca nuts along the roads (i surmise that these stands mostly cater to truck drivers and such men). in some shops sit scantily dressed women (some where bikinis) to "allure" perverted men and attract business. 檳榔西施 refers to these women.
in conclusion, 檳榔西施裝 refers to the attire of these women.
