Need a word or phrase translated?
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epigene
相変わらず不束者です
- 10 Nov 2004
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When you want to express your wish to do something in the future, the Japanese don't use ～とするでしょう. It means that you are projecting it is likely to happen. In Japanese, you say:Damicci said:
私は、より（ｏｒもっと）良いチケットを手に入れようと思います。
If you want to stress the "future", say:
今度は、より（もっと）良いチケットを手に入れようと思います。
HTH! (And I love your Neko-chan, too!)
I suppose 可能である。 is for more in written Japanese. You should consistently use である or です/ます style.
Both その可能性もある and ありえる are right.
When I needed something to fill in my papers or written tests, I often used double negatives in them, though I knew it was lengthy.
その可能性を否定できなくはない。
(I think) you cannot deny that it is possible.
Both その可能性もある and ありえる are right.
When I needed something to fill in my papers or written tests, I often used double negatives in them, though I knew it was lengthy.
その可能性を否定できなくはない。
(I think) you cannot deny that it is possible.
Angel of Ten
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Thank you! The fact that it's such a short phrase that gave me so many troubles made me think I should go back to Japan really soon 
ralian
長靴をはいた猫やねん
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I would say:ryuhei69 said:
Odorokimashitaka? おどろきましたか？
or
Odorokaremashitaka? おどろかれましたか？
Anatano Eigo wa warukunaidesuyo. Demo, futsuu Eigo dewa Mr. wo zutto tsukaitsuzukerukoto wa arimasen. Chotto katakurushiku kikoemasunode. John de iidesu.
あなたの英語は わるくないですよ。でも、ふつう英語では ミスターをずっと使い続けることは ありません。ちょっと かたくるしく きこえますので。 ジョン でいいです。
Hazukashigaranaide kudasai. はずかしがらないで ください。
or
Hazukashigaranakutemo iidesuyo. はずかしがらなくても いいですよ。
or
Hazukashigaru kotowa naidesuyo. はずかしがることは ないですよ。
Elizabeth
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- 22 Apr 2003
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It is tricky....可能です and 可能がある along with various other miscellaneous phrasings are often also possible.Angel of Ten said:Thank you! The fact that it's such a short phrase that gave me so many troubles made me think I should go back to Japan really soon
ところで、「ありえる」より「可能性」はすこし改まった感じがしますか？
「ありえる」という表現は友達同士でも普通に使うね。
Elizabeth
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- 22 Apr 2003
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そうですね。文法のほかにも日本語で断片的な文章やは難しいことの一つですね。ralian said:I think so, Elizabeth. 「可能性」sounds more formal.
「ありえる」is more conversational, perhaps because it's shorter.
短いから、会話でいいやすい、という事が関係しているかもね。
日本人は、単語を縮めるのが好きですから．．．
日本 語は不要な言葉をよく省いているから。比較的に、
確かに私の言い方が少しくどい感じはするでしょう。
その場合は、「ありえる」も特に砕けた言い方というわけではないけど
日本人なら、なんとなく、長くて、変に難しい表現を使ったり読んでいる疲れてくると思います。
Damicci
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- 4 Nov 2003
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epigene said:When you want to express your wish to do something in the future, the Japanese don't use ～とするでしょう. It means that you are projecting it is likely to happen. In Japanese, you say:
私は、より（ｏｒもっと）良いチケットを手に入れようと思います。
If you want to stress the "future", say:
今度は、より（もっと）良いチケットを手に入れようと思います。
HTH! (And I love your Neko-chan, too!)
「今度」と言ったでも分からない。 漢字を知らない。 :sorry:
後でもっと写真の猫ちゃんを見せることができる。
Can someone translate these book titles for me?
Hi all
This is my first post so I hope I'm not doing things wrong.
Can someone translate some book titles for me? Into English.
I've translated them using a dictionary but have no confidence in my
translations. I'd just like to see how someone else translates them to see how close I'm getting, you know? Thanks in advance
1. Maid wa tsurai yo (this is a novel)
2. Nemurenai yoru no kodomo (this is a novel)
3. Sokubaku no imi (this is a novel)
Hi all
This is my first post so I hope I'm not doing things wrong.
Can someone translate some book titles for me? Into English.
I've translated them using a dictionary but have no confidence in my
translations. I'd just like to see how someone else translates them to see how close I'm getting, you know? Thanks in advance
1. Maid wa tsurai yo (this is a novel)
2. Nemurenai yoru no kodomo (this is a novel)
3. Sokubaku no imi (this is a novel)
Glenn
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Damicci said:
Don't use でも in the middle of a sentence. It's only used in sentence-initial position. For mid-sentence "but"s, use either が, けど, けれど, けども, or けれども. For "although," use のに, and for "even though," ‐て形も (｢今度｣と言っても...).
Damicci said:
It's read こんど.
Damicci said:後でもっと写真の猫ちゃんを見せることができる。
I think you mean "pictures of my cat," which would be 猫ちゃんの写真; you have it backwards.
Elizabeth
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- 22 Apr 2003
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Since "Toki" isn't used with the て form, I think する時(は) is OK, on the other hand perhaps した時 since your friend will come after you've left. :? I would also wonder about choosing ga over wa 友達が given that your friend is the object of discussion....And this is probably just a simple typo, but the correct patterns are as such : ネコの世話をする （または、ネコを世話する）。
Damicciさんは、 留守中（留守の間に）ネコを友達に預かってもらうと書きましたね。
でも、友達に留守番をしてもらっても、彼女はそのネコを持ち逃げしたら、
全く同情の余地はありませんね。
(Even if your friend is house sitting, when she runs off with the cat there will be no room for sympathy, ne....)
:sorry:Sorry to impose such a large task upon your wonderful selves, but I'm after the attached image in romaji, & a basic translation of the text would be very nice too. I'd do it myself but it is kanji that stops me dead in my tracks, especially since this is a scanned graphic and I don't have the original text in a text-based digital form.
:emoji_bow:
Just to help with some context, it's from a small advertising slip that goes with some "cassette" style quilts (duvets / doonas / bedspreads), so the katakana in the first paragraph DOES say "kasetto" and "kiruteingu" and "ke-su" (cassette, quilting, case - though I'd write quilting as クリウテイング or similar)
A big thank you to anyone kind enough to have a go at this. I'll keep trying, looking up kanji, but someone who can read them in 5 minutes & write down the hiragana spelling (furigana, right?) would be great.
:emoji_bow:
Just to help with some context, it's from a small advertising slip that goes with some "cassette" style quilts (duvets / doonas / bedspreads), so the katakana in the first paragraph DOES say "kasetto" and "kiruteingu" and "ke-su" (cassette, quilting, case - though I'd write quilting as クリウテイング or similar)
A big thank you to anyone kind enough to have a go at this. I'll keep trying, looking up kanji, but someone who can read them in 5 minutes & write down the hiragana spelling (furigana, right?) would be great.
ralian
長靴をはいた猫やねん
- 1 Sep 2003
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I wrote furigana for you.
「カセット」は最高級(さいこうきゅう）の天然（てんねん））ダウン掛布団（かけぶとん）です。キルティングの各ケースは、極上（ごくじょう）のダウンプルーフ加工（かこう）コットン１００％でできております。この織地（おりぢ？）は、正方形（せいほうけい）の各々（おのおの）のキルトの中に詰（つ）められたダウンが片寄（かたよ）らずに固定（こてい）するよう、防止壁方式（ぼうしへきほうしき？）で縫（ぬ）いつけられています。内部（ないぶ）の縫製（ほうせい）はすべて防止壁方式でなされています。
当社（とうしゃ）の製品（せいひん）は、純種（じゅんしゅ）の白ガチョウのダウンと細（こま）かなフェザーを混合（こんごう）で使用（しよう）しておりますので、弾力性（だんりょくせい）に富（と）み、かさ高性抜群（かさだかばつぐんせい）のボリュームをもっています。天然のダウンは大変（たいへん）保温性（ほおんせい）に優れており、無数（むすう）の綿毛（わたげ）の羽枝から成り立っているため、おびただしい量の空気のクッションをつくりだし、非常に暖かくしかも軽い布団ができあがるのです。
「カセット」のカバーには、重い織物（おりもの）でできたものは避（さ）け、軽い綿の布団カバーをご使用ください。そうしますと、カセットは空気を吸い込み、その天然のやわらかさを最大限（さいだいげん）に保（たも）つことができます。
「カセット」は最高級(さいこうきゅう）の天然（てんねん））ダウン掛布団（かけぶとん）です。キルティングの各ケースは、極上（ごくじょう）のダウンプルーフ加工（かこう）コットン１００％でできております。この織地（おりぢ？）は、正方形（せいほうけい）の各々（おのおの）のキルトの中に詰（つ）められたダウンが片寄（かたよ）らずに固定（こてい）するよう、防止壁方式（ぼうしへきほうしき？）で縫（ぬ）いつけられています。内部（ないぶ）の縫製（ほうせい）はすべて防止壁方式でなされています。
当社（とうしゃ）の製品（せいひん）は、純種（じゅんしゅ）の白ガチョウのダウンと細（こま）かなフェザーを混合（こんごう）で使用（しよう）しておりますので、弾力性（だんりょくせい）に富（と）み、かさ高性抜群（かさだかばつぐんせい）のボリュームをもっています。天然のダウンは大変（たいへん）保温性（ほおんせい）に優れており、無数（むすう）の綿毛（わたげ）の羽枝から成り立っているため、おびただしい量の空気のクッションをつくりだし、非常に暖かくしかも軽い布団ができあがるのです。
「カセット」のカバーには、重い織物（おりもの）でできたものは避（さ）け、軽い綿の布団カバーをご使用ください。そうしますと、カセットは空気を吸い込み、その天然のやわらかさを最大限（さいだいげん）に保（たも）つことができます。
Damicci
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Elizabeth said:Since "Toki" isn't used with the て form, I think する時(は) is OK, on the other hand perhaps した時 since your friend will come after you've left. :? I would also wonder about choosing ga over wa 友達が given that your friend is the object of discussion....And this is probably just a simple typo, but the correct patterns are as such : ネコの世話をする （または、ネコを世話する）。
Damicciさんは、 留守中（留守の間に）ネコを友達に預かってもらうと書きましたね。
でも、友達に留守番をしてもらっても、彼女はそのネコを持ち逃げしたら、
全く同情の余地はありませんね。
(Even if your friend is housesitting, when she runs off with the cat there will be no room for sympathy, ne....)
Just another of my pathetic mistakes.
And I will hunt down anyone who tries to steal my cat. ☺
From a song:
誰も知ることのない青い星をゆらゆら泳いでく。
I'm pretty sure it means something along the lines of "No one knows that I swim waveringly through the blue stars" (mostly thanks to other people's translations) but I don't really understand the grammar of "daremo shiru koto no nai". Is this a relative clause? If "koto" is a nominalizer for "shiru", why is there also a "no" that follows it (isn't that also a nominalizer?). Arigatou.
誰も知ることのない青い星をゆらゆら泳いでく。
I'm pretty sure it means something along the lines of "No one knows that I swim waveringly through the blue stars" (mostly thanks to other people's translations) but I don't really understand the grammar of "daremo shiru koto no nai". Is this a relative clause? If "koto" is a nominalizer for "shiru", why is there also a "no" that follows it (isn't that also a nominalizer?). Arigatou.
May I get some help translating these to Japanese? I'm not sure how the if.. then structure works.
1.Dont' forget to go sightseeing in taiwan if you have the time.
toki wa fundan, taiwan ni monomi wa ii to omo imasu.
2. The kunishuu area is good if you want to go shopping.
kaitai kara, kunishuu wa ii desu.
3. I will be going shopping after the event is over, of course!
jiken ato ni, watashi wa kaitai desu yo!
1.Dont' forget to go sightseeing in taiwan if you have the time.
toki wa fundan, taiwan ni monomi wa ii to omo imasu.
2. The kunishuu area is good if you want to go shopping.
kaitai kara, kunishuu wa ii desu.
3. I will be going shopping after the event is over, of course!
jiken ato ni, watashi wa kaitai desu yo!
1. Maid wa tsurai yo (this is a novel)
A maid, what a life!
or
What a life as a maid!
2. Nemurenai yoru no kodomo (this is a novel)
Insomnia, Night, and Children
or just a boring translation
Children while you cannot sleep at night
3. Sokubaku no imi (this is a novel)
As I don't read the novel, I don't have clear-cut images. Seems to me like a title or something.
Meanings of bondage
A maid, what a life!
or
What a life as a maid!
2. Nemurenai yoru no kodomo (this is a novel)
Insomnia, Night, and Children
or just a boring translation
Children while you cannot sleep at night
3. Sokubaku no imi (this is a novel)
As I don't read the novel, I don't have clear-cut images. Seems to me like a title or something.
Meanings of bondage
