I need some help in translation, please.

Sirius2B

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• 15 Mar 2011

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I am a beginner in the study of Japanese, and currently I am trying to translate a text from a 小学 理科 教科書。

In the following text, I put in red the part I don't understand...

このほか、水じょう気がひえて水つぶになるのは、自動車のなどガラスやストープをたいたへやのガラスのくもり, 冬の朝のはくいきなどに見られる。

If you could help me I will appreciate.

 

undrentide

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18 Jan 2006

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• 15 Mar 2011

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Sirius2B said:

I am a beginner in the study of Japanese, and currently I am trying to translate a text from a 小学 理科 教科書。

In the following text, I put in red the part I don't understand...

このほか、水じょう気がひえて水つぶになるのは、自動車のなどガラスやストープをたいたへやのガラスのくもり, 冬の朝のはくいきなどに見られる。

If you could help me I will appreciate.

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ストーブをたいた ＞ ストーブをたく
to stoke up fire in a stove/heater
ストーブをたいた prediate へや (room)

Does it make sense now?

 

Sirius2B

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• 16 Mar 2011

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undrentide said:

ストーブをたいた ＞ ストーブをたく
to stoke up fire in a stove/heater
ストーブをたいた prediate へや (room)

Does it make sense now?

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Yes, thank you very much.

Besides being a beginner in Japanese, I am also a little rusty because I abandoned the study for a whole year.

But with the help like that I have always found in these forums, I am sure that I will catch up in no time...

 

Sirius2B

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• 22 Mar 2011

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Hello again.

In the chapter dealing with solutions, I found the following....

さとうやほうさんを水に入れると、とけたものは見えなくなる。
とけたえきは、時間がたつ、いちようなこさのとう明なえきになる。

I don't know what is "ichiyounakosa".

The second one, besides that I am at a loss of meaning and pronunciation, I also wonder for its full kanji form.

Regards.

 

Glenn

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• 22 Mar 2011

• #5

とうめい = 透明 = "transparent"

いちようなこさ is probably 一様な濃さ, or "uniform thickness".

 

Sirius2B

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• 29 Mar 2011

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Thank you Glenn... now is more clear.

+++++++++++++++++++++++

Now, I also found this sentence that I do not understand.

さとうのつぶが小さくなったり、少なくなったりするの がわかるが、とけたのがど
うなるかわかりにくい。.

 

Glenn

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• 29 Mar 2011

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It's like とけた さとうが どうなるか, and then にくい is a suffix added onto verbs (Vmasu form) to show that something is difficult to do.