Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

That's にしほんがんじ.
Hongan-ji

雪降りしきる中: in the heavy snow

 

[Macrobiotic]

Thanks. So 降りしきる is the verb. Now I get. I read it as 雪降り + しきる at first.

 

[pikachumanson]

風伸射

What is the proper translation for this phrase?

I have it as:
"Extending Wind Shot"

 

[Toritoribe]

What's the context?

 

[pikachumanson]

What's the context?

It's an item or move for a video game I am translating.

 

[nekojita]

Sure it's not 風神射?

Either way, since it's a word they made up for the game, there's no 'proper' translation. As long as the name fits whatever the thingy does in-game, it's fine.

 

[BakabonPapa]

Sure it's not 風神射?

Either way, since it's a word they made up for the game, there's no 'proper' translation. As long as the name fits whatever the thingy does in-game, it's fine.

In think 伸 is from a phrase "伸るか反るか(Noruka Soruka)" that means "sink or swim" or "kill or cure".

 

[pikachumanson]

Sure it's not 窶｢窶板神ﾅｽﾃ?

Either way, since it's a word they made up for the game, there's no 'proper' translation. As long as the name fits whatever the thingy does in-game, it's fine.

Nope just the the two Kanji

Yea I'm sure not that it's not that. The two middle kanji give the phrase a totally different meaning. THank you for your answers!
On to another kanji.

ﾂ行窶ｰ_, I got this as "cloud line" maybe metaphorically it means water foam. How would you guys translate this?

I got it for 風伸射!
I believe Long shot would be an appropriate translation!

 

[Lauranne]

行雲, I got this as "cloud line" maybe metaphorically it means water foam. How would you guys translate this?

If other people give you advice, please listen to them first, as my Japanese is still pretty weak.

But weblio says 行雲 is 空をよぎる雲。ただよう雲。(A cloud floating through the sky. A drifting cloud.) It looks like it's used in the phrase 行雲流水, "drifting cloud, flowing water", which is used to describe the Zen seeker whose mind state is calm and serene but determined as they move from teacher to teacher or experience to experience as the world takes them, or maybe also just more generally for anyone who takes things as they come.

So maybe "drifting cloud", if that fits the attack, or make up something that carries the religious connotation better if that's an aspect of the gameplay or character who has the attack.

 

[pikachumanson]

Thank you!

 

[uimanabi]

Hello everyone.

I have a request to make to you. A single one.
But one that is very important for me.

How do you write in Japanese :

《 Some things are more important than life itself―the love we feel for somebody else 》 ?

I know I'm asking a lot.

Many, many thanks to you, for your time, and the trouble caused.

Uimanabi.

 

[BakabonPapa]

Hello everyone.

I have a request to make to you. A single one.
But one that is very important for me.

How do you write in Japanese :

《 Some things are more important than life itself―the love we feel for somebody else 》 ?

I know I'm asking a lot.

Many, many thanks to you, for your time, and the trouble caused.

Uimanabi.

人生より大事なものがある－それは誰かに対する愛だ。

 

[uimanabi]

Hello everyone

My gratitude to you, BakabonPapa, is unbounded.

Uimanabi.
A most friendly hello from France

 

[Alish]

Konnichiwa
What does this phrase mean?
こんなことも あろうかと 思って
and if there exist any kanji for that what is it?
Arigatou.

 

[BakabonPapa]

Konnichiwa
What does this phrase mean?
こんなことも あろうかと 思って
and if there exist any kanji for that what is it?
Arigatou.

The meaning is almost "Just in case", but rather informal expression.
「こんなこともあろうかと思ってxxxを用意しておいた」means
"Just in case, I've prepared xxx"

One more Kanji can be used in this phrase. 「こんな事もあろうかと思って」

 

[Simeon]

Hey everyone! Just discovered this site recently; looks like a great forum to be apart of. Great to see a thread full of so many people willing to freely help out others

This is what I would like to have translated into Japanese. In context, it is in response to a woman who has been called a *****. Please keep it as original to the text as possible, but at the same time make the necessary grammar changes so the sentence makes sense:

"Don't apologize for sharing this [these words] and don't let those words bother you. One day when you do quit [AV] and have a child, no child would be ashamed of a mother that showers them with love. No matter what a woman has done to her body, if she were my wife I would never be ashamed of her. What I like most about you is your smile. No matter what happens or anyone says, please continue to keep smiling for me."

As far as the last sentence goes ("please continue to keep smiling for me") I also considered using "please continue to share your smile with me" but was not sure if that would make sense grammatically or even worse be just confusing. However in the event that it does--or better yet, even sounds better to you--then by all means please let me know and share both versions!

Unfortunately my Japanese proficiency isn't strong enough for me to do this myself, so I would really appreciate your help. Anyone who is highly fluent in Japanese or better yet a native speaker is welcome. Thank you very much!

 

[Mike Cash]

This is a letter of support to buck up the self-esteem of your favorite porno star?

 

[Simeon]

This is a letter of support to buck up the self-esteem of your favorite porno star?

Confession of a friend/foreign exchange student I kept in touch with through email who apparently ran away from home and got into that line of work actually, but close enough. And even if it was, that shouldn't make a difference. Pornstars are still people - broken girls at that. Considering this is my friend we're talking about, your condescending mockery isn't appreciated. Please post only if you have something positive to contribute. Thanks.

 

[Mike Cash]

What "condescending mockery"? I was making sure I understood the situation. Any other baggage you want to load on came out of your own closet.

The further information you included in your reply indicates that a request for clarification was in order. Q.E.D.

 

[Simeon]

What "condescending mockery"? I was making sure I understood the situation. Any other baggage you want to load on came out of your own closet.

The further information you included in your reply indicates that a request for clarification was in order. Q.E.D.

Oh, sorry about that Mike. I misinterpreted your words, particularly the casual use of "bucking up my favorite porno star's self-esteem" as a mockery to both the recipient and myself. If you genuinely just wanted to understand the circumstance, then you have my sincere apology.

And yes, I just want to tell my friend the words she could really hear right now in her native tongue. Girls like her already have a lot to deal with; I have a low tolerance for judgmental people who throw on any more unneeded stigma without trying to understand.

Should you or anyone else decide to help me out, I'd be very grateful.

 

[Toritoribe]

Konnichiwa
What does this phrase mean?
こんなことも あろうかと 思って
and if there exist any kanji for that what is it?
Arigatou.

FYI, あろう is the presumptive form in this case, thus, it's the same meaning as あるだろう/あるかもしれないと思って.

 

[Macrobiotic]

I have searched two Japanese dictionaries, two Japanese-English dictionaries as well as googled for this but can't seem to find an explanation. Maybe I have just misread again and jumbled two separate words together as one or something.

Here's the phrase: いわしがいがあるでしょう? said as a question. I read it as いわしがい being one word, and if it doesn't have anything to with sardines (which I doubt) the がい part might be 甲斐 maybe? As in 言わす + 甲斐 "being worth making someone say it/being a purpose to having someone say it"?

It's part of more humorous video game dialogue and is intended as casual/lighthearted, that much I know. The phrase preceding it says roughly "it's used as a frontline base to transport monsters to the surface" and the phrase directly after it is a reply to the いわしがいがあるでしょう? etc part saying "yeah, the to extent I want to go out for lunch" but I don't get the joke because I fail to connect these three phrases.

There's also an English script but it is so freely rewritten it does more harm than good as a reference for Japanese humor nuances. This is just one more obstacle I am working on now, implementing more humor in my studies.

 

[Toritoribe]

いかしがい（行かし甲斐）, maybe?
Even if my guess is right, 行かせ甲斐 is grammatically correct, though.

EDIT:
Another possibility 生かし甲斐 has just come to my mind now.

 

[Macrobiotic]

No, I triple checked, there is a わ in there. I'll post the parts in japanese so you can see it as it's written in context.

A: 冥府の魔物を地上に運ぶ前線基地。いわしがいがあるでしょう？

B: えぇ。楽しみでランチに出かけたいぐらいです。

They are talking about the location they are currently at, namely an enemy castle kind of like "breaking into a dangerous place/enemy territory".


Edit. Maybe this is it.
Since the place is swarming with monsters everywhere, an 言わし甲斐 would freely be something like "it's worth having me say it right?/you need me to tell you this right?" (as if you didn't have eyes to easily conclude yourself this is a monster base" etc..."

However, if this is the meaning I still don't get the going out for lunch joke in this context.

 

[Toritoribe]

I see. I have another one いやしがい（癒し甲斐） after reading the original sentence, but anyway, there must be a typo/typos there since いわしがい doesn't make sense. (がい must be 甲斐, and the only possibility I can think of about いわし is the -masu stem of a Kansai dialct verb いわす, which means "to hurt/harm".)

EDIT:
My reply above was written before I read your edit. 言わし甲斐 is acceptable only as a Kansai dialect. 言わせ甲斐 is correct in Standard Japanese.;-)