Need a word or phrase translated?
- Thread starter Buntaro
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すれ違い refers to two things going in opposite directions passing by each other, as in two cars traveling on a road or....to use a more romantic metaphor....two ships passing in the night. I'll assume you know what 多い means.
Ahh, thank you- "Two ships passing in the night."
I actually didn't know what this phrase meant, but now I know.
I'm learning English and Japanese here. =)
色々と分からなさ過ぎる。 バランスも変。新しいトコ行ったら、一気にフルボッコにされて、一瞬で死ぬ事が多すぎる。
This is from a video game review for the Android.
I don't understand this part, "一気にフルボッコにされて", specifically "フルボッコにされて."
Thanks.
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フルボッコにされる is a slangy expression basically used by young people, meaning "to be completely beaten up". フル is from an English word "full" and ボッコ is an abbreviation of a mimetic word ボッコボコ/ボコボコ.
jennifer1234
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I am writing a sensitive letter to a man in japan. I wrote it in English and used Google translator to translate to Japanese, but because of the nature of the material I wanted to make sure the translation is proper can anyone help me?
jennifer1234
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Here is what I need to have translated
It pains me to have to write this letter but, I know it is the right thing to do. My husband has been having an online affair with your wife Noreen. They met more then five months ago in a chat room where Noreen was pretending to be Kimberly Lim a single women in Japan.
It pains me to have to write this letter but, I know it is the right thing to do. My husband has been having an online affair with your wife Noreen. They met more then five months ago in a chat room where Noreen was pretending to be Kimberly Lim a single women in Japan.
jennifer1234
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No he does not speak English. I know it is the right party. I didn't come here for judgement for something you do not understand I came for help with translation.
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Someone please explain this sentence for me:
Aチームは押しぎみに試合を進めた。
押しぎみ here as I understand is ''dominance'' but the phrase after: 試合を進めた is there for what?
Or is it just mean simple: ''Team A dominance the game''?
Aチームは押しぎみに試合を進めた。
押しぎみ here as I understand is ''dominance'' but the phrase after: 試合を進めた is there for what?
Or is it just mean simple: ''Team A dominance the game''?
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Team A dominated the game.
(lit. Team A continued the game in dominance.)
(lit. Team A continued the game in dominance.)
Rei Yahya
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A book told me that ~sou desu and ~rashii are basically the same thing, but rashii is more colloquial and informal. I'm going to write with them just to be sure I have an understanding of them.
明日文化の試験だそうです／らしい。I hear that/it seems that the culture test is tomorrow.
昨日映画を観たり、おにぎりを食べたりしてたらしい。It seems [he] watched movies and ate sushi and stuff yesterday.
明日文化の試験だそうです／らしい。I hear that/it seems that the culture test is tomorrow.
昨日映画を観たり、おにぎりを食べたりしてたらしい。It seems [he] watched movies and ate sushi and stuff yesterday.
LloydVincent
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Two things, Rei.
1. そうです sounds more formal because of the です.
It's no more/less formal than らしい if you say ～試験だそうだ。
Conversely, you can also make らしい more formal by adding です... 試験らしいです。
Note that there are two distinct usages of ～そうだ.
i-ADJECTIVE / ANY PLAIN FORM VERB + そうだ = "I've heard" (relayed information)
Example: 試験があるそうだ。 高いそうだ。
i-ADJECTIVE STEM / na-ADJECTIVE (NA omitted) / ~I form VERB + そうだ = "It seems" (logical deduction or observation)
Example: 試験がありそうだ。 高そうだ。
らしい is used to mark relayed information or a logical deduction, but not an observation. For example, you wouldn't look at someone's delicious plate of food and say おいしいらしい！, you have to say おいしそう
2. おにぎり is a rice ball, not sushi
1. そうです sounds more formal because of the です.
It's no more/less formal than らしい if you say ～試験だそうだ。
Conversely, you can also make らしい more formal by adding です... 試験らしいです。
Note that there are two distinct usages of ～そうだ.
i-ADJECTIVE / ANY PLAIN FORM VERB + そうだ = "I've heard" (relayed information)
Example: 試験があるそうだ。 高いそうだ。
i-ADJECTIVE STEM / na-ADJECTIVE (NA omitted) / ~I form VERB + そうだ = "It seems" (logical deduction or observation)
Example: 試験がありそうだ。 高そうだ。
らしい is used to mark relayed information or a logical deduction, but not an observation. For example, you wouldn't look at someone's delicious plate of food and say おいしいらしい！, you have to say おいしそう
2. おにぎり is a rice ball, not sushi
- 22 Feb 2008
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No. ～だよ is used by (young) women, but ～ないか and ～じゃないか are both male words.I have no idea really whether ～ないか is ever used by women speakers (particularly young women), but didn't it somehow originally belong to female language 「～だよ、～じゃないか」（本来女性言葉） ? ほっといてください alone is I think for sure 乱暴 whether done by either sex.
my attempt
不躾にお便りを差し上げますことをお許しください。このようなことを申し上げなければならないのは大変心苦しいのですが、こうすることが正しいと信じてお伝えしておきたいことがございます。
実は私の夫は奥様のNoreenさんとネット上で関係を持っております。彼らは5ヶ月以上前にとあるチャットルームで出会っており、そこではNoreenさんはKimberly Lim という日本在住の独身女性の振りをしておられます。
Rei Yahya
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Thank you so much! Can't believe I translated that at sushi - I knew I was talking about rice balls but my fingers wanted to say sushi.
EDIT: Alright, now that I've had time to ponder, could you please tell me if my usages and understanding are correct?
今晩雨降るらしい。It appears it'll rain this evening. (was told it'd rain or logical deduction from clouds)
今晩雨降るそうだ。I heard it'll rain this evening. (heard it on 天気予報)
今晩雨降りそうだ。It seems it'll rain this evening. (because of clouds or other indicator)
If I've got it right, does this mean that ~rashii and ~isou da/desu are essentially interchangeable?
EDIT 2: For logical deductions that are also observations, would I use sou but NOT rashii?
「ｃｈｅｅｓｅ」は「チーズ」で、「ｃａｋｅ」はケーキですから、「ｃｈｅｅｓｅｃａｋｅ」はチーズケーキだそうですか。
I'm sure my use of the 'wa' particle and whatnot is absolutely butchered, but what I was trying to get across was "Since cheese is 'chiizu' and 'cake' is 'keeki', would 'cheesecake' be 'chiizukeeki'?"
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Elizabeth
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I know they are now, or just (の)よ！for women speaking in anger, I was talking about original usage.
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病気が長引くにともなって、看病する家族にも疲れが見えてきた。
The disease prolongs and along with it, you can see the tiresome from the family whose do the nursing.
I'm confused with the particle に here. Can it be replaced by から?
The disease prolongs and along with it, you can see the tiresome from the family whose do the nursing.
I'm confused with the particle に here. Can it be replaced by から?
Elizabeth
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I don't think so. に makes 家族 as the indirect object to 見えて which is different from the "from" function of から.
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Umm. OK. Thanks for the quick reply.
LloydVincent
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You're referring to the first に, right? にともなって should be considered one grammatical unit, which can follow either a noun or a plain-form verb. It's meaning is like "as/along with"
"As the sickness dragged on, the family doing the nursing also began to show signs of fatigue."
"As the sickness dragged on, the family doing the nursing also began to show signs of fatigue."
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^ No I refered the 2nd one, as Elizabeth explained. Also... I think the family isn't the subject here.
Anyway, thanks for the translation.
Anyway, thanks for the translation.
LloydVincent
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Ah, I see.
Note that 見える is a potential form, which always screws with particles.
私は本を読んでいる。 vs. 私には本が読める。
"I am reading a book" vs. "I can read a book."
Also:
私にはこの本が読める : I can read this book. (usage: explaining who can read the book)
私はこの本が読める : I can read this book. (usage: explaining what I can do)
As to whether or not we could interchange に with から, I'd say it's possible in the case of your example because of the nature of the verb, but perhaps not the most natural word choice here. Maybe Toritoribe-san will comment later, I think he's a native speaker.
It's certainly not possible to use から in the examples I gave.
Edit: Just to clarify, 見える is not a potential form, but rather a unique verb that is inherently potential.
Note that 見える is a potential form, which always screws with particles.
私は本を読んでいる。 vs. 私には本が読める。
"I am reading a book" vs. "I can read a book."
Also:
私にはこの本が読める : I can read this book. (usage: explaining who can read the book)
私はこの本が読める : I can read this book. (usage: explaining what I can do)
As to whether or not we could interchange に with から, I'd say it's possible in the case of your example because of the nature of the verb, but perhaps not the most natural word choice here. Maybe Toritoribe-san will comment later, I think he's a native speaker.
It's certainly not possible to use から in the examples I gave.
Edit: Just to clarify, 見える is not a potential form, but rather a unique verb that is inherently potential.
