Can I write it like this when thanking someone?

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Fearabhata

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Hello everyone
So I was listening to sone music from fullmetal alchemist (Yui - Again) and found this sentence:
Yasashisa niwa itsumo kansha shiteru

I am confused as it comes to the word "niwa", which I know already means "garden".
Translated it supposed to mean "I'm always grateful for your kindness", but how does niwa fit in here? It may be metaphorical, and perhaps someone is so kind to explain it to me

I rewrote it in a manner to not arouse confusion during a conversation, but need You to check on it before I write it in my notebook:

kimi no yasashisa ga itsumo kansha shiteru.

 

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やさしさ に は いつも かんしゃしてる

Does that help any?

If you say
きみ の やさしさ が いつも かんしゃしてる
It means "Your kindness is the thing that is always doing the thanking"

 

mdchachi

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It's "ni wa" not "niwa." ie they are both particles. It's often translated as "as for" and adds some emphasis/differentiation as compared to "wa" alone.

 

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Much appreciate it, thanks! Considering japanese doesnt use spaces, it may be confusing at times ^^
also... I know the word "ayamaru" means to apologize but here it says

謝らなくちゃ

ayama-ra-na-ku-cha xD
It looks quite strange.. is it slang??

 

mdchachi

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Fearabhata said:

Much appreciate it, thanks! Considering japanese doesnt use spaces, it may be confusing at times ^^
also... I know the word "ayamaru" means to apologize but here it says

謝らなくちゃ

ayama-ra-na-ku-cha xD
It looks quite strange.. is it slang??

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It's a colloquial way to say 謝らないといけない ie "(I) have to apologize."

 

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Majestic said:

やさしさ に は いつも かんしゃしてる

Does that help any?

If you say
きみ の やさしさ が いつも かんしゃしてる
It means "Your kindness is the thing that is always doing the thanking"

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so I leave the "ga" particle away?

 

mdchachi

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Fearabhata said:

so I leave the "ga" particle away?

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Yes, it changes the meaning and it's not correct.

 

Toritoribe

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In addition, "garden" is にわ in hiragana, but the particles are には, as Majestic-san wrote. The pronunciations are the same, though.

 

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Fearabhata

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Yeah, remember now that one from the japanese101 podcast on youtube. Ha is pronounced as "wa" in particle