Need a word or phrase translated?

[becki_kanou]

Yes, that is exactly all that it sais, with no further explaination on how to fix it or reset it.

In the box where it requests your ID you need to put in the e-mail address that you registered with, not the username that you selected. Perhaps this is why you were having trouble?

 

[Toritoribe]

Well, my Kanji dictionary gives it a radical and calls it a 'kokuji'.

Here's the entry my dictionary gives:

【々】部首：、JISコード：2139 〔国字〕
意味： 同一文字をくり返す符号。中国の符号「二」が、日本で変容したもの。漢字一字のくり返しの場合に用いられる。くり返しが多字の場合には「sorry, I can't get this to display. It's the mark that looks like a く.」が用いられる。 躍り字・畳字・送り字・重ね字などと称する。

Incidentally, this is my dictionary:
角川必携漢和辞典 | 小川 環樹 |本 | 通販 | Amazon

Yeah, that dictionary classifies 々 as 符号 (or 記号,) as same as in wiki and 広辞苑.;-)

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

Yeah, I saw that. How can it have a radical, be classified as a "kokuji" and not be a kanji, though? Especially the part about having a radical throws me for a loop.

 

[Imposter253]

I need a word translated! Can you help me? the word is オヤジ written in katakana. Normally I would guess this means parent but the context is in a manga two mob guys are talking and the following line comes up: こんな時に揉め事を起こしたらオヤジの立場が悪くなる事くらい分かるだろ. I think it translates to "sometimes oyaji's standpoint has to become a bit evil when a situation like this develops." Also is that right? Thank you all, this is a very good community.

 

[grapefruit]

I need a word translated! Can you help me? the word is オヤジ written in katakana. Normally I would guess this means parent but the context is in a manga two mob guys are talking and the following line comes up: こんな時に揉め事を起こしたらオヤジの立場が悪くなる事くらい分かるだろ. I think it translates to "sometimes oyaji's standpoint has to become a bit evil when a situation like this develops." Also is that right? Thank you all, this is a very good community.

Oyaji would be father, dad, old man, etc..
Also, tachiba should be rendered as position.

So, the translation would be "Don't you know Dad would be in an awkward situation if you (or he, she, we, etc..) cause trouble in a time like this?"

 

[Imposter253]

I need a word translated! Can you help me? the word is オヤジ written in katakana. Normally I would guess this means parent but the context is in a manga two mob guys are talking and the following line comes up: こんな時に揉め事を起こしたらオヤジの立場が悪くなる事くらい分かるだろ. I think it translates to "sometimes oyaji's standpoint has to become a bit evil when a situation like this develops." Also is that right? Thank you all, this is a very good community.

 

[Imposter253]

Thank you grapefruit.

 

[tonigobe]

Here's one for somebody out there. Could someone explain what "スチャラカ" means? I've seen it used to describe office workers, schoolgirls, a guy who loves singing, etc, but I haven't been able to find any definitive answers.

 

[grapefruit]

Here's one for somebody out there. Could someone explain what "スチャラカ" means? I've seen it used to describe office workers, schoolgirls, a guy who loves singing, etc, but I haven't been able to find any definitive answers. :emoji_frowning2:

It means "easy-going, irresponsible, half-hearted, laid-back, unconcerned, etc.."

おはよう御座います。『すちゃらか』という言葉がありますがどういった意味な... - Yahoo!知恵袋

 

[tonigobe]

Thank you, grapefruit!

 

[Toritoribe]

Yeah, I saw that. How can it have a radical, be classified as a "kokuji" and not be a kanji, though? Especially the part about having a radical throws me for a loop.

Strangely, the same person gives the opposite explanations.

和製漢字の辞典

同じ漢字が続くときに使われる記号。苗字や地名にも使われるので、和製漢字（国字）といっていいだろう。

和製漢字の小辞典

同じ漢字が続くときに使われる記号。苗字や地名にも使われるが、特定の読みはなく、和製漢字（国字）とはいえないであろう。

In 和製漢字の小辞典, the radical of 々 is ノ.

『漢語林』（大修館）などでは「ノ部」になっており、『和製漢字の辞典』でも「ノ部」にした（大修館によると漢字として扱っているわけではないとのことであった）。

So, it may be classified in a radical part provisionally, even if not a kanji.

 

[Toritoribe]

I need a word translated! Can you help me? the word is オヤジ written in katakana. Normally I would guess this means parent but the context is in a manga two mob guys are talking and the following line comes up: こんな時に揉め事を起こしたらオヤジの立場が悪くなる事くらい分かるだろ.

オヤジ/おやじ/親父 as a yakuza term means 親分, "our boss" in that context.
You might come across the term オジキ soon.

 

[hkBattousai]

Thank you all for your help :

々 is called 同の字点(dou-no-ji ten) or ノマ点(noma ten.) It's a kind of mark, not a kanji.

I read the English translated version of the article in the link. The second link has too many kanji, so I couldn't read it...

I understand it know, that mark is used as an iteration mark. When I looked up that word in the dictionary, I found "弱弱しい" instead of "弱々しい". Also Hiragana characters can have that mark, like in "さゝき (ささき)".
Can we always use that mark instead of a repeating kanji, hiragana or katakana letter?

One more question, ウサギとタヌキは、つれだって出かけました.
Why does it say "tsuredatte" instead of "tsureta"? Is this a kind of past form, or an accent?
I'm reading a Japanese tale book for kids (the book in my signture, the link is not working for now, I will update it soon). All animal names and some of the names for tools and things are written in Katakana, is there a reason for this?

 

[grapefruit]

Thank you all for your help
ウサギとタヌキは、つれだって出かけました.
Why does it say "tsuredatte" instead of "tsureta"? Is this a kind of past form, or an accent?

"Tsuredatte" is from the word tsuredatsu. Here, "tsuredatte" means "together".

 

[hkBattousai]

Can you translate me the kanji with "dori" reading in this text?
I couldn't find it in the dictionary.
How much strokes does it have? I counted 10 strokes, but it wasn't in the 10-stroke group, not even in the 11-stroke ones.

 

[grapefruit]

Can you translate me the kanji with "dori" reading in this text?
I couldn't find it in the dictionary.
How much strokes does it have? I counted 10 strokes, but it wasn't in the 10-stroke group, not even in the 11-stroke ones.

It means bird, normally read as "tori".
It is read as dori because it is part of the word "kachikachidori" (kachikachi-bird).

 

[Buntaro]

Hi everybody!

What do you call those mom-and-pop dry-goods stores that are so common in Japanese neighborhoods? I mean the small local stores where you can buy mops, buckets, anti-mosquito burning-coils, etc.

What do you call that kind of store?

 

[Ashikaga]

Hi everybody!
What do you call those mom-and-pop dry-goods stores that are so common in Japanese neighborhoods? I mean the small local stores where you can buy mops, buckets, anti-mosquito burning-coils, etc.
What do you call that kind of store?

They are called either 日用雑貨店/雑貨屋(Nichiyou-zakkaten/Zakka-ya) or 万屋(Yorozu-ya). The thing is, though, they are rarely called by those names. They are referred to in eveyday conversations by their store names usually.

With so many large supermarkets/drugstores and convenience stores around, there are not many of these stores left these days.

If you visit VERY rural areas, where the majority of residents are elderlies with no transportation available, you may still see a liquer store or two that also function as Yorozuya by carrying daily essentials in addition to sake and beer.

 

[Buntaro]

Thanks, Ashikaga-sempai!

I am also reminded of tiny stores in Japan that were run by poor Japanese elderly ladies that only sold things like cigarettes and kleenex. (It was so sad to see these poor ladies trying to make money.) I suppose these tiny cigarette stores are also disappearing?

 

[Ashikaga]

Thanks, Ashikaga-sempai!
I am also reminded of tiny stores in Japan that were run by poor Japanese elderly ladies that only sold things like cigarettes and kleenex. (It was so sad to see these poor ladies trying to make money.) I suppose these tiny cigarette stores are also disappearing?

Those tiny stores are called たばこ屋 (Tabako-ya) and yes, they are disappearing. The main reason for that is the convenience stores that are sprouting up on EVERY block. As you said, tabako-yas are usually manned by older folks and that limits the hours they can keep the store open, so the stores that are left are surviving by putting vending machines in front of them. Even when the store is "open", the majority of customers just get their cigs from the vending machines.

To further hurt them, the government has started something called "TASPO" program recently. What it is is a card with electronic chips inside that proves you are old enough to buy cigs. You apply for them by sending in a copy of your driver's lisence (or a document that proves your age) along with a photo, then you receive your TASPO card in the mail. ALL cigarette vending machines (98% of them as of this past summer) are now equipped with a scanner and you cannot buy smokes without scanning your card.

The thing is that not too many smokers are willing to go through the hassle of obtaining TASPO cards. Those who used to buy cigs from vending machines at local tabako-ya are now going to convenience stores. Just in my neighborhood alone, 2 such stores have closed in the last few months.

 

[Toritoribe]

I understand it know, that mark is used as an iteration mark. When I looked up that word in the dictionary, I found "弱弱しい" instead of "弱々しい". Also Hiragana characters can have that mark, like in "さゝき (ささき)".
Can we always use that mark instead of a repeating kanji, hiragana or katakana letter?

々 for kanji is frequently used. But the other marks (ゝ, ゞ, ヽ, ヾ, etc.) are rarely used these days, except for proper nouns (givennames, names of companies, titles of books...)

Can you translate me the kanji with "dori" reading in this text?

Here's the explanation why the voiceless "t" changes to the voiced "d" in かちかち鳥.

連濁; rendaku
Rendaku - Wikipedia

JFYI, it's the same reason that 連れ立つ (tsure + tatsu) is pronounced as "tsuredatsu."

 

[hkBattousai]

Here's the explanation why the voiceless "t" changes to the voiced "d" in かちかち鳥.

連濁; rendaku
Rendaku - Wikipedia

JFYI, it's the same reason that 連れ立つ(tsure + tatsu) is pronounced as "tsuredatsu.";-)

I'm not an outsider to this rendaku thing. In my language, like in Japanese, some letters transform to others, like t<-->d, p<-->b, k<-->ğ (not g).

My problem is different actually. First, my textbook doesn't use kanji for all words, because of that when I look at dictionary I find too much results and become confused. Second, although I have a kanji dictionary I can't use it with ease, because I don't know how to count strokes in a kanji, and I don't know all of the radicals.

 

[grapefruit]

I'm not an outsider to this rendaku thing. In my language, like in Japanese, some letters transform to others, like t<-->d, p<-->b, k<-->ğ (not g).

My problem is different actually. First, my textbook doesn't use kanji for all words, because of that when I look at dictionary I find too much results and become confused. Second, although I have a kanji dictionary I can't use it with ease, because I don't know how to count strokes in a kanji, and I don't know all of the radicals.

The IME Pad in the language bar that comes with the Windows operation system allows you to draw kanji characters, and the computer will give a list of possible kanji candidates. You can use online dictionaries, once you identify the character in this way.

 

[Aurura]

.......*blushes*

In the box where it requests your ID you need to put in the e-mail address that you registered with, not the username that you selected. Perhaps this is why you were having trouble?

Sou desu ne... eh-heh! :joyful: Arigatou gozaimashita!!

 

[Aurura]

hkBattousai san,

I wonder where I can go to find literature like this, done in exactly this format? It looks like a good reading-level for me to practise with! Can you direct me to the resource?

Thanks!

- Aurura