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[Toritoribe]

I just asked a friend in Tokyo and he thought it was a more focused sentence the other way, too. That Hamasaki is a big fan of Asada. Maybe his English, or maybe a regular characteristic of Japanese grammar....I'm so confused.
Of course if Hamasaki is the speaker then the remarks are targeted at Asada, who is a big fan....

Here are good examples, guys.

本番直前に曲を聴くなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ（３１）は「勇気をありがとう！」と祝福。
浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来となった女優・大地真央（５４）…がコメントを寄せた。
あゆ祝福「真央ありがとう」…五輪前にＣＤ贈呈（スポーツ報知） - Yahoo!ニュース

How about コンサートの本番直前に彼女の試合のビデオを見るなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ for the first sentence? Similary, if Asada's father were famous and everybody knew his name, for instance, 浅田太郎, how about 浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来とした/彼から名前をとった俳優・大地太郎 for the second one?
It seems that the meaning is provided not only by "が or の."
(But I do believe 真央の大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ/浅田の父の大ファンで are more common for these, too.)

 

[TurkeySloth]

I am writing a story for a custom set based on a plane that's a simplified version of the Sengoku Era . Having looked up "gawa" or "surroundings" on freedict after the Kamigawa block came out, I felt comfortable naming the plane Ekigawa, to mean "surrounded by war". However, someone on the You Make the Card board at Wizards just told me "-gawa" means "river", which I verified on jisho. Could I possibly be correct as well? If not, what are some correct roumaji translations for "surrounded by war"?

 

[Toritoribe]

I am writing a story for a custom set based on a plane that's a simplified version of the Sengoku Era. Having looked up "gawa" or "surroundings" on freedict after the Kamigawa block came out, I felt comfortable naming the plane Ekigawa, to mean "surrounded by war". However, someone on the You Make the Card board at Wizards just told me "-gawa" means "river", which I verified on jisho. Could I possibly be correct as well? If not, what are some correct roumaji translations for "surrounded by war"?

Since there are so many homophones/homonyms in Japanese, it's often hard to show the exact meaning without context especially when written in kana or romaji. Kawa/Gawa also means leather, skin, peel, side, etc.. Plus, "eki" as "war" is a kind of technical term for history (e.g. Seinan no eki; the Satsuma Rebellion/Southwestern War), so it's not common "eki" is used to mean "war." Actually, when I saw "ekigawa" here, the first word I came up with was "station-side."

How about Senran; "maelstrom of war"?

 

[Jncocontrol]

Can someone translation this please: あなたわどのよにならってええいごですか
I understood from あなたわ to どのよ after that i'm clueless.

Also, For educational purposes can you please do this in romoji please?

どうもありがと

 

[Toritoribe]

Can someone translation this please: あなたわどのよにならってええいごですか
I understood from あなたわ to どのよ after that i'm clueless.

Also, For educational purposes can you please do this in romoji please?

どうもありがと

That is no doubt a beginner's composition. Full of mistakes. Probably the writer wanted to say like this.

あなたはどのようにえいごをならっていますか
Anata wa dono you ni eigo o naratte imasu ka?
How are you learning English?

In Japanese, you can't say ありがとう in advance.

 

[Toritoribe]

Need a bit of help on either of these two:

私はあなたが少しでも私を愛してほしいなあ。

and

私はあなたの愛が...少しでも...希望

Which of these is closer to the actual sentence: "I wish you would love me, even a little..."

And if possible, can anyone give me the romaji translation? I actually only got those characters with the use of paralink.com . Thank you very much!

Neither. The former is somewhat better. The translation depends on who the speaker is, the addressee, what kind of situation, when the era is(pre-WWⅡ?), and so on.

 

[Jncocontrol]

In Japanese, you can't say ありがとう in advance.;-)

Excuse me for my stupidy here, But, I don't see that word [assuming it's a word] in the sentence provided. Or you just telling me, that those letter were not to be used in the sentence?

 

[Toritoribe]

Excuse me for my stupidy here, But, I don't see that word [assuming it's a word] in the sentence provided. Or you just telling me, that those letter were not to be used in the sentence?

（どうも）ありがとう(proper spelling)
（どうも）ありがと(basically used only by young people, often seen in manga)

You wrote it as "Thanks in advance," didn't you? I said "That's wrong."

 

[Jncocontrol]

（どうも）ありがとう(proper spelling)
（どうも）ありがと(basically used only by young people, often seen in manga)
You wrote it as "Thanks in advance," didn't you? I said "That's wrong."

Oh that, I thought doumo arigato is saying "thank you" to a "higher" person.

 

[Toritoribe]

Oh that, I thought doumo arigato is saying "thank you" to a "higher" person.

どうもありがとう is NOT a polite form. Actually, it's a casual "Thank you very much." （どうも）ありがとうございます should be used for superiors. Also, よろしくお願いします is appropriate for "Thanks in advance."

 

[Elizabeth]

Here are good examples, guys.:
本番直前に曲を聴くなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ（３１）は「勇気をありがとう！」と祝福。
浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来となった女優・大地真央（５４）…がコメントを寄せた。
How about コンサートの本番直前に彼女の試合のビデオを見るなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ for the first sentence? Similary, if Asada's father were famous and everybody knew his name, for instance, 浅田太郎, how about 浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来とした/彼から名前をとった俳優・大地太郎 for the second one?
It seems that the meaning is provided not only by "が or の." :emoji_blush:
(But I do believe 真央の大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ/浅田の父の大ファンで are more common for these, too.)

The fact that they are similar and how not to produce ungrammatical sentences is still not clear to me. I don't understand the critical interchangeability between the two, "が/の, or the fundamental grammar behind it all. Except that が may be unacceptable in a serious paper because I'm quite sure I've never seen examples like the above. Can anyone give us a rule-based explanation in Japanese ? :emoji_flushed:

 

[Toritoribe]

The fact that they are similar and how not to produce ungrammatical sentences is still not clear to me. I don't understand the critical interchangeability between the two, "が/の, or the fundamental grammar behind it all. Except that が may be unacceptable in a serious paper because I'm quite sure I've never seen examples like the above. Can anyone give us a rule-based explanation in Japanese ?

Probably this confusion is from the usage of が as the object marker ;"～は…が好き."

浅田が好きな浜崎あゆみ
浅田の好きな浜崎あゆみ
浅田を好きな浜崎あゆみ

The first one can be interpreted both "Hamasaki that Asada likes" and "Hamasaki who likes Asada." On the other hand, the second and last one only means "Hamasaki that Mao likes," "Hamasaki who likes Mao," respectively. But of course ファン is a noun and generally don't take が as the object marker(except Glenn-san's examples "the possessive particle が"), so の is used for 浅田の大ファンの浜崎; "Hamasaki who is a big fan of Asada."

 

[Elizabeth]

与える is seldom used to indicate giving real things to people. More often used in a more symbolic way 影響を与える等. use あげる.

Without being able to track down the original post the way these search pages are arranged, is it 食事を与えず in this case in the context of the negative (eg parents NOT feeding) ?? 与える is so cold and impersonal -- no doubt it wasn't in Japanese. But to me it almost sounds borderline sarcastic.

NHKニュース 餓死 虐待は長期間続いた疑い
食事を与えず
食事をあげたり

 

[undrentide]

Without being able to track down the original post the way these search pages are arranged, is it 食事を与えず in this case in the context of the negative (eg parents NOT feeding) ?? 与える is so cold and impersonal -- no doubt it wasn't in Japanese. But to me it almost sounds borderline sarcastic.
NHKニュース 餓死 虐待は長期間続いた疑い
食事を与えず
食事をあげたり

Hmmm, I think in this case you read too much of it?
与える is used quite commonly in writing for "to give" (and I do not agree with the comments you quoted.)
あげる sounds too colloquial to be used for something formal such as news report.
(食事をやらず sounds slightly better than 食事をあげず in this particular case.)

Maybe its formal sound gives you an impression of "impersonal"..?!
書き言葉 may sound impersonal compared with 話し言葉.
Since 書き言葉 sounds formal, thus you find it somewhat "cold" than 話し言葉.

 

[Elizabeth]

Hmmm, I think in this case you read too much of it?
与える is used quite commonly in writing for "to give" (and I do not agree with the comments you quoted.)
あげる sounds too colloquial to be used for something formal such as news report.
(食事をやらず sounds slightly better than 食事をあげず in this particular case.)

Maybe its formal sound gives you an impression of "impersonal"..?!
書き言葉 may sound impersonal compared with 話し言葉.
Since 書き言葉 sounds formal, thus you find it somewhat "cold" than 話し言葉.

Oh, I see. It appears I misjudged the situation then. Thank you undrentide-san. . Although the other part of the story on air included 死亡したのは less than 亡くなったのは which gave me a softer feeling too (although for sure that's not SUCH a big difference for news announcers). It may have been a post on the subject of feeding a pet that 与える was thought to be too inappropriate.

食事をあげたり is quotative and thus more conversational in a sense as it is obviously phrased as the father's expected defense....And he doesn't use やったり either. ;-)

一方、夫の博容疑者は「息子が衰弱しているのは知っていたが、食事をあげたり病院に連れていったりする世話は何もしなかった」と供述しているということです。

 

[Glenn]

Here are good examples, guys.

本番直前に曲を聴くなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ（３１）は「勇気をありがとう！」と祝福。
浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来となった女優・大地真央（５４）…がコメントを寄せた。

How about コンサートの本番直前に彼女の試合のビデオを見るなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ for the first sentence? Similary, if Asada's father were famous and everybody knew his name, for instance, 浅田太郎, how about 浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来とした/彼から名前をとった俳優・大地太郎 for the second one?
It seems that the meaning is provided not only by "が or の."

(But I do believe 真央の大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ/浅田の父の大ファンで are more common for these, too.)

This is confusing, and I've probably gone over this five times now. The first two sentences (i.e., 本番直前に曲を聴くなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ（３１）は「勇気をありがとう！」と祝福。and 浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来となった女優・大地真央（５４）…がコメントを寄せた。) follow the same pattern as the original sentence in question, with the same interpretation. The third one (i.e., コンサートの本番直前に彼女の試合のビデオを見るなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ) also follows that pattern, with the same interpretation, though this one is confusing from a pragmatics (I guess) standpoint, in that why would Mao be brought up at all when you're talking about Hamasaki and what she does before a concert? The fourth one (i.e., 浅田の父が大ファンで名前の由来とした/彼から名前をとった俳優・大地太郎) does as well, it's just that the modifying clause is parsed differently.

The last two, however, are different, with the reverse interpretation, because of the の, which shows possession in these examples.

Am I reading that right? Still 真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ/浅田が大ファンの浜崎あゆみ can only be interpreted as Asada/Mao being a big fan of Hamasaki Ayumi, right?

If that's right, I completely misunderstood your intentions with this post, because I thought you were trying to show the opposite interpretation, which doesn't seem to be there (unless I'm just wrong). Can you please clarify this for me? I'd appreciate it.

 

[epigene]

The third one (i.e., コンサートの本番直前に彼女の試合のビデオを見るなど真央が大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ) also follows that pattern, with the same interpretation, though this one is confusing from a pragmatics (I guess) standpoint, in that why would Mao be brought up at all when you're talking about Hamasaki and what she does before a concert?

Where did this come from? I don't see this one in the Yahoo Japan news article. Has it been deleted? :?

I think this one is grammatically wrong. Reading it, I felt that the intention was to say that Hamasaki Ayumi is a Mao fan and watches her figure-skating competition video before her concerts.
Then, it must be:
コンサートの本番直前に彼女の試合のビデオを見るなど真央の大ファンの歌手・浜崎あゆみ

Maybe I'm reading it all wrong... can't keep track of this thread.

 

[gwendy85]

Thanks Toritoribe! I did a bit more research. And I can't understand Kanji, so Romaji, I would definitely appreciate

The setting is World War II, and a Japanese officer is getting ready for bed. He is sleepy, and he has his lover beside him, and he just mumbles "I wish you would love me...even a little..." (He knows the girl doesn't really feel much for him)

It's from the heart, but it was said sleepily. My other possible revision of this scene is that he is fully awake, unaware that his lover is just pretending to sleep, and he whispers to her the same line.

Would this be appropriate?

"Ore no koto o sukoshi demo omotte kurereba..."

Or this?

"Watashi no koto wo aishite kureba iindakedo. Sukoshi demo."

Thank you so much again!

 

[Elizabeth]

This is the response, in part, to a hotel reservations request letter. お答えのみ = (Because) this is only a reply...What is she apologizing for again ? For the need to reconfirm the reservation ? = こちらのお答えのみでございます。?? I assume instead of a set phrase on these occasions - it is due in part to avoiding misunderstandings stemming from language.


お答えのみとさせていただきますが、失礼いたします。

お越しをお待ち申し上げております

 

[Toritoribe]

Where did this come from? I don't see this one in the Yahoo Japan news article. Has it been deleted? :?

Sorry, epigene-san, those sentences are my "thought experiment." Yes, の is grammatically correct. But from the context(i.e. コンサート, 試合), it would be interpreted as "Hamasaki who is a big fun of Mao," as epigene-san did. I was trying to say the OP's initial confusion that 浅田が大ファンの浜崎あゆみ means "Ayumi is a big fan of Asada" might be from the ambiguity of が (i.e. the usege "～は…が好き") as I wrote in my previous post.
It seems that I caused more confusion.:sorry:

Thanks Toritoribe! I did a bit more research. And I can't understand Kanji, so Romaji, I would definitely appreciate

The setting is World War II, and a Japanese officer is getting ready for bed. He is sleepy, and he has his lover beside him, and he just mumbles "I wish you would love me...even a little..." (He knows the girl doesn't really feel much for him)

It's from the heart, but it was said sleepily. My other possible revision of this scene is that he is fully awake, unaware that his lover is just pretending to sleep, and he whispers to her the same line.

Would this be appropriate?

"Ore no koto o sukoshi demo omotte kurereba..."

Or this?

"Watashi no koto wo aishite kureba iindakedo. Sukoshi demo."

Thank you so much again!

It also depends on the officer's character; masculine(ore) or courteous(watashi), plus on his lover's, too (the relationship between the two).

 

[Glenn]

OK, thank goodness! I thought I was losing my mind for a while!

 

[kotoristrife]

I was wondering what this sentence translate to. I have a general idea of the reading that Zero and Yuuki are being frank with their mutual feelings ...?

Um, that's if this:互いの想い means: mutual feelings since there is no wo/ni....?

そして、ふたりきりになったゼロとユーキは、残された最後の時間で互いの想いを打ち明け合う 。

 

[Toritoribe]

I was wondering what this sentence translate to. I have a general idea of the reading that Zero and Yuuki are being frank with their mutual feelings ...?
Um, that's if this:互いの想い means: mutual feelings since there is no wo/ni....?
そして、ふたりきりになったゼロとユーキは、残された最後の時間で互いの想いを打ち明け合う。

打ち解ける[uchitokeru]: to be frank
打ち明ける[uchiakeru]: to confide/confess

互いの想いを打ち明け合う
(they) confide their feelings to each other

 

[Bradsan]

I need a phrase translated its
龍が如く
Ryuu ga gotoku but whats that mean, I heard on Wikipedia it means like a dragon I know ryuu means dragon but does it mean like a dragon.

 

[AJBryant]

I need a phrase translated its
龍が如く
Ryuu ga gotoku but whats that mean, I heard on Wikipedia it means like a dragon I know ryuu means dragon but does it mean like a dragon.

It means just what it says. "Like a dragon." It doesn't say *how* as there are no verbs or adjectives to describe the dragon -- so whatever a dragon is like in your mind is what that is.