Need a word or phrase translated?

[Elizabeth]

I need help translating the last paragraph in this dialogue.
2 lady friends talking in a car:
今日は楽しかったなー
ドライブなんて初めてだったし
あら。あたしだって初めてよ。
女の人とドライブなんて
あれ？そうなの
うん。だって免許を取ったのも
響子が中学校に上がってからだし
Is she saying that she only got her license when kyoko (her daughter) entered junior high school? If it is that it doesn't make much sense, does it?
thanks

Oh, that's interesting. I've never heard あたし from older women. I don't know these characters but would say it may not be terribly common...:?

 

[Toritoribe]

I need help translating the last paragraph in this dialogue.
2 lady friends talking in a car:
今日は楽しかったなー
ドライブなんて初めてだったし
あら。あたしだって初めてよ。
女の人とドライブなんて
あれ？そうなの
うん。だって免許を取ったのも
響子が中学校に上がってからだし
Is she saying that she only got her license when Kyoko (her daughter) entered junior high school? If it is that it doesn't make much sense, does it?
thanks

響子が中学校に上がってからだし ＝ 響子が中学校に上がったあとだし

Thus, she got her license after Kyoko entered junior high school or she didn't have her license until Kyoko entered junior high school.

 

[TheAce]

Dare ni mo nitenai yume no senaka wo.


What does it mean?

 

[Elizabeth]

Dare ni mo nitenai yume no senaka wo.


What does it mean?

誰にも似てない夢の背中を
追いかけて 追いかけてく

Chasing down a dream that is like no one else's ... Probably talking about a unique person (of my dreams...)... Is my assumption. :

 

[Glenn]

Ha, I thought it was "chasing down the back of a dream where I'm like no one else." If it's someone else's dream being modified by 似てない, though, shouldn't it be 誰のにも似てない夢? Hmm...

 

[Toritoribe]

Ha, I thought it was "chasing down the back of a dream where I'm like no one else." If it's someone else's dream being modified by 似てない, though, shouldn't it be 誰のにも似てない夢? Hmm...

Believe Folder5 歌詞情報 - goo 音楽

Yeah, grammatically, it should be 誰の（＝誰の夢）にも似てない夢. But that's just a pop song lyrics...

 

[Glenn]

Of course. All bets are off when in comes to song lyrics, in any language, it seems.

 

[TheAce]

Can someone translate this in romaji and kanji?

Are you injured?

All I know of this sentence is:
anata wa .... desu ka

 

[Glenn]

Hmm, I think daijôbu desu ka would be fine, but kega wa arimasen ka is more specific to injuries. You might even be able to say mukizu desu ka, but I can't say I can remember hearing that one.

 

[Elizabeth]

"Are you injured?" Some others :

o-kega wa ?/(nai?)
お怪我は (おけがは)/ない?

 

[graphix86]

help

Hey everyone. I'm new to this site and I was looking for someone to help me translate some phrases. It would be truly appreciated because I haven't been able in getting the right translations from anywhere else.

"I'm a graphic designer, don't ask me why"

Thanks!

 

[Jericho Desu]

More of a grammatical confirmation thing but didn't want to make a seperate thread. It says in the book we're currently using that you can't use the shortened version of the causative with passive if the verb ends in す, so for example you can't say 話さされる, but in the manga Yotsuba one of the characters says
出さされました, so I'm guessing its ok maybe in terms of conversation but the grammer police frown upon it, would that be a correct assumption?

Cheers

 

[undrentide]

More of a grammatical confirmation thing but didn't want to make a seperate thread. It says in the book we're currently using that you can't use the shortened version of the causative with passive if the verb ends in す, so for example you can't say 話さされる, but in the manga Yotsuba one of the characters says
出さされました, so I'm guessing its ok maybe in terms of conversation but the grammer police frown upon it, would that be a correct assumption?

Cheers

It simply means that even native speakers are not always grammatically correct.
出さされる is just incorrect, even in conversation.
At least to me, it is not "ok but something the grammar police frowns upon", most people would feel "???... something is wrong?!" when they hear this kind of speech.

It's not commonly acknowledged like 見れる（見られる）、食べれる（食べられる） ...yet.

 

[Jericho Desu]

Thanks Undrentide =)

 

[Toritoribe]

More of a grammatical confirmation thing but didn't want to make a seperate thread. It says in the book we're currently using that you can't use the shortened version of the causative with passive if the verb ends in す, so for example you can't say 話さされる, but in the manga Yotsuba one of the characters says
出さされました, so I'm guessing its ok maybe in terms of conversation but the grammer police frown upon it, would that be a correct assumption?

Cheers

The following thread might be somewhat helpful.
起こさせられる can be shorten into 起こされる? | Japan Forum

As for 話[はな]さされる, I would say 話[はなし]をさせられる or a more-easily-understandable form instead. But, interestingly, I may accept 出[だ]さされる for 出す, whereas I wouldn't use 出[で]さされる for 出る.:emoji_blush:

 

[kotoristrife]

I'm just wondering if this term, 家族 , can also mean "people living together"---which is they don't need to be bound by blood --- though, I think that is the more common meaning.
I guess I'm just asking because there are numerous manga that have people living together call themselves family---like Love Hina, Ai Yori Aoshi, Pastel, etc.

 

[avicus]

What is the English equivalent of 何でしょか？e.g. (Noun)何でしょか. Thanks!

 

[undrentide]

What is the English equivalent of 何でしょか？e.g. (Noun)何でしょか. Thanks!

何（なん）でしょうか means "what is it?" or "what (do you think) it is?".

If it is following noun, then nan should not be written in kanji but in kana.
[noun]なんでしょうか＝[noun]なのでしょうか mean "Is it/could it be [noun]?"

I'm just wondering if this term, 家族 , can also mean "people living together"---which is they don't need to be bound by blood --- though, I think that is the more common meaning.
I guess I'm just asking because there are numerous manga that have people living together call themselves family---like Love Hina, Ai Yori Aoshi, Pastel, etc.

No, 家族 means just family, same as English.
If there are some cases that those just living together w/o any blood relationship, it simply means they call/regard themselves family even though they are not really a family, and that's all. It should be the same in other languages.

 

[SEYZJP]

Can anyone translate these phrases for me? I took them off of friends pages

1.泣 ぎぅ
2.信じられない
3.飲まれて

 

[Kuro-Neko]

I'm trying to ask someone if they are angry with me , is this sentence correct?

あなたは私に怒っている？

oh and SEYZJP, I'm not sure about the first one but #2 basically means unbelievable
and #3 is the state of being drunk, basically drunk.

 

[Elizabeth]

I'm trying to ask someone if they are angry with me , is this sentence correct?

あなたは私に怒っている？

I wouldn't call them "anata" unless you're trying to provoke the situation, but yes it's basically right. Angry at is basically the same as 私を怒っている (Angry with) but maybe better.

 

[undrentide]

I'm trying to ask someone if they are angry with me , is this sentence correct?

あなたは私に怒っている？

oh and SEYZJP, I'm not sure about the first one but #2 basically means unbelievable
and #3 is the state of being drunk, basically drunk.

I wouldn't call them "anata" unless you're trying to provoke the situation, but yes it's basically right. Angry at is basically the same as 私を怒っている (Angry with) but maybe better.

私のこと怒っている？ is the most commonly used expression for "are you angry with me?"

私に怒る、私を怒る have different meaning from angry "with" me.
私に怒る scold me/show anger to me (for something)
私を怒る scold me

 

[Kuro-Neko]

Thanks both of you I appreciate it . Thanks Elizabeth for the advice I'll keep the あなた out of there then, I wouldn't want to make it worse .

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks both of you I appreciate it . Thanks Elizabeth for the advice I'll keep the あなた out of there then, I wouldn't want to make it worse .

Oh, yes. Sorry. I forgot. It is "ni taishite okoru/okotte" or "ni haru tattete ite" but "ni okoru/okotte iru" is likely a bit rare.

 

[Glenn]

This is making me wonder about the use of 私に腹を立てるな。Or maybe since it's a command to not be mad at me it's OK in this case, but 私に腹を立てている？ would be strange. Or maybe that's OK, just not as common as 私のこと怒っている？

Just so you know, the reason I'm wondering is because 私に腹を立てるな was a translation in my 中日辞典.