LiXiQing 後輩 Joined 28 Jan 2012 Messages 33 Reaction score 0 14 Jan 2022 #1 Is the phrase "忍者が二匹の蝦蟆を揚げ！" correct as a title? Or it lacks of "ます", doesn't it? If it does, why does the title "亡霊が人妻を強姦？！" have neither "する" nor "します"?
Is the phrase "忍者が二匹の蝦蟆を揚げ！" correct as a title? Or it lacks of "ます", doesn't it? If it does, why does the title "亡霊が人妻を強姦？！" have neither "する" nor "します"?
mdchachi Moderator Moderator Twenty-year veteran Joined 6 Mar 2003 Messages 9,319 Reaction score 9,449 14 Jan 2022 #2 There's no rule that titles have to be a complete sentence in Japanese, same as in English and (probably) Russian. Cock-a-Moo-Moo
There's no rule that titles have to be a complete sentence in Japanese, same as in English and (probably) Russian. Cock-a-Moo-Moo
Toritoribe 松葉解禁 Moderator Fifteen-year veteran Joined 22 Feb 2008 Messages 18,266 Reaction score 4,926 14 Jan 2022 #3 The second one is OK as a title or caption, but the first one only works when it connects to the next clause.
The second one is OK as a title or caption, but the first one only works when it connects to the next clause.