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Mike Cash · 14 Jan 2013

zedsqd said:
Hi guys
I am restoring a Japanese Sentra and would like the "Nissan" name to place on the car. I came across this

日産 <-- Does anyone know if this is kanji or katakana?

Basically I am looking for the word "Nissan" of that era around the 1930s.

Thanks in advance.

That is kanji.

I Am A Baka · 16 Jan 2013

Could anyone help me with this kanji? It's a bit too small and pixelated for me (again):

Mike Cash · 16 Jan 2013

旅 "tabi", unless it is part of a compound, and sometimes even then.

cloudkai · 17 Jan 2013

Hi guys, do you mind telling me what kanji is on the last line of the infographic thingy on the right? The line with the yellow text (The ? in here: 実績ポイントを？めると...)

The image itself is of really low quality, so here's a zoomed-in version of the kanji (it probably doesn't help though...)

Mike Cash · 17 Jan 2013

溜める
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masaegu · 17 Jan 2013

That is 溜.

cloudkai · 17 Jan 2013

:O that was fast, thanks guys! Alright, now for another microscopic kanji...

masaegu · 17 Jan 2013

It says 状態異常.

cloudkai · 17 Jan 2013

Alright last kanji for the day. Thanks so much guys, I've been so annoyed these days over not knowing these tiny kanji's in games, and yall saved me from that

EDIT: Ignore the one in the Attached Thumbnails, that was a misclick

Mike Cash · 17 Jan 2013

通知アイコン一覧

Toritoribe · 17 Jan 2013

cloudkai · 18 Jan 2013

Hi guys, a new day arrives with a new kanji! Thanks again for the always timely help.

nekojita · 18 Jan 2013

寧 (丁寧)

BrianLewis · 18 Jan 2013

ていねい <----

sammy0704 · 22 Jan 2013

Hi! I've tried to figure this out on my own but don't understand what I'm doing with radicals and whatnot. Can someone translate this for me please? I'd appreciate it!

Mike Cash · 22 Jan 2013

sammy0704 said:
Hi! I've tried to figure this out on my own but don't understand what I'm doing with radicals and whatnot. Can someone translate this for me please? I'd appreciate it!

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It is a wretchedly awful rendition of 愛 (ai) "love"

Zlarp · 24 Jan 2013

Mike Cash said:
It is a wretchedly awful rendition of 愛 (ai) "love"

Yup, this is one of those funny ones...

Well, at least it doesn't mean pedophile, it just looks bad.

estelle01 · 26 Jan 2013

i want to get a tattoo of

最愛の祖父

but i want to make sure that it means beloved grandfather.

Mike Cash · 26 Jan 2013

estelle01 said:
i want to get a tattoo of

最愛の祖父

but i want to make sure that it means beloved grandfather.

You could get "beloved grandfather" and then you'd really be sure.

estelle01 · 26 Jan 2013

Yes I could get it in English but I would like at least one Japanese tattoo. it is my tribute to my grandfather..

Mike Cash · 26 Jan 2013

estelle01 said:
yes i could get it in english but i would like at least one japanese tattoo. it is my tribute to my grandfather..

It is an adornment born of personal vanity and a desire to be admired, stylish, and however briefly the center of attention as others have to ask you what it says....while if it were in English they could just read it for themselves and keep going. The same information is conveyed in each case, so putting it in a language neither you nor anybody around you can read is all about you and nothing about him.

A tribute would be taking the dough you'd spend on getting a crappy mockery of a kanji tattoo at some Texas strip mall and instead donating it to his favorite charity in his name.

CptGuapo · 27 Jan 2013

Hello, everyone. Hope someone can help me with the phrases below. They are from the sword fighting game series Samurai Showdown/Samurai Spirits and, considering that theme, taking place on 18th century, it's hard to translate those sentences... I've made some research, but still it is difficult to come to a decent meaning... I've compared the Japanese version of the game with the English one but I still have my doubts...
* いざ尋常に (いざじんじょうに）
On the first games, they translate as "En Garde" and posterior games as "Fair and Square". Apparently, that expression is well used on Jidai Geki movies, but it's not clear what context it is really used. I saw this in some NicoNico Douga videos too.
* 一本目, 二本目, 三本目 (いっぽめ, にほんめ, さんぼんめ)
Translated as "Duel 1", "Duel 2" and so forth. They seem to be some Kendo terms, like a "kata" or something, but I'm not sure...
* 勝負あり (しょうぶあり)
Translated as "Victory". I see 勝負 can be "game" or "fight duel". The problem is あり.
* 挑戦者あり (ちょうせんしゃあり)
Translated as "Here comes a challenger"
* お見事 (おみごと)
Translated as "Well done"
Except for the last one, which all the resources match with the game translation, the rest appear to be idiomatic expressions, and I'd like to count with your help to clarify them, if possible. Thanks in advance.

Zlarp · 27 Jan 2013

estelle01 said:
i want to get a tattoo of

最愛の祖父

but i want to make sure that it means beloved grandfather.

Please don't get a tattoo of this. It means what you think it does, but not in the way you want it to.

Toritoribe · 28 Jan 2013

CptGuapo said:
Hello, everyone. Hope someone can help me with the phrases below. They are from the sword fighting game series Samurai Shodown/Samurai Spirits and, considering that theme, taking place on 18th century, it's hard to translate those sentences... I've made some research, but still it is difficult to come to a decent meaning... I've compared the Japanese version of the game with the English one but I still have my doubts...
* いざ尋常に (いざじんじょうに）
On the first games, they translate as "En Garde" and posterior games as "Fair and Square". Apparently, that expression is well used on Jidai Geki movies, but it's not clear what context it is really used. I saw this in some NicoNico Douga videos too.
* 一本目, 二本目, 三本目 (いっぽめ, にほんめ, さんぼんめ)
Translated as "Duel 1", "Duel 2" and so forth. They seem to be some Kendo terms, like a "kata" or something, but I'm not sure...
* 勝負あり (しょうぶあり)
Translated as "Victory". I see 勝負 can be "game" or "fight duel". The problem is あり.
* 挑戦者あり (ちょうせんしゃあり)
Translated as "Here comes a challenger"
* お見事 (おみごと)
Translated as "Well done"
Except for the last one, which all the resources match with the game translation, the rest appear to be idiomatic expressions, and I'd like to count with your help to clarify them, if possible. Thanks in advance.

1)
The former one is a free translation, and the latter one is a literal translation. いざ尋常に（勝負いたせ） is often used as a calling when a duel starts among samurais, so "En Garde" would be used.

2)
本 is a counter for win (of a fight).
目 is similar to "th" in "fourth", "fifth",,, in English.

3)
あり is a classical form of ある. It's used as a present perfect tense "A duel has been over" here, so it can mean "You've lost the duel".

4)
It's the same as #3, but means "A challenger has arrived" in this case.

5)
It's from an adjective 見事 "excellent/fine".

CptGuapo · 28 Jan 2013

Just great, Toritoribe-san! 有難う御座います for your help. It means I was indeed close to real meanings... I'm improving. Slooooowly, but improving, hehehe...

Well, are those forms of language still used nowadays in Japan, I don't know, in some event or cerimony? Or are they specific to classical context only?

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