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[BoxedLunch]

Hey, guys! I have some more super-small kanjis from a video game that I'd really love help with. I think one of them is ﾅｽﾃ? but I've been translating for over an hour, and I don't have the patience to work out any more radicals tonight. X_X Thanks in advance, and sorry they're so small!

Tiny! :O

 

[Toritoribe]

殺
罪悪感
偽善者
生意(the first two of 生意気?)
完全

 

[Mike Cash]

BoxedLunch:

A "like" is not a substitute for a "Thank you".

 

[Toritoribe]

I was wondering if anyone might be able to help me with this Kanji. I know the top pair are "authenticated" And the next is "gold" then "wood" but the last one has me lost. I think it is the family name of the knifemaker. I would love it if anyone could point me in the right direction.

Thanks
Colin

Your picture is turned 90 degrees to the left.

I can't decipher the last kanji. It seems to me that the top three kanji and the rest two are quite different. The way to carve the bottom two kanji looks unskillful comparing to the top three.

 

[Codiejoy]

I am very new to the forum and to the Japanese language, would love to know the TRUE meaning of these symbols. I've asked for it to say something as I want it tattoo'd, however I am not confident it says that. I won't post what it says until I see someone post a reply saying "it says this".



Thanks in advance, hope to get the right answer im looking for haha.

 

[FinancialWar]

Guardian angel

 

[OoTmaster]

Is there a difference between 本日 and 今日? What about 女の子 and 小女? I would assume the same would be true for the male equivilent either way 男の子 and 小男.

 

[KevinSpK]

Hi guys. Got a link to an image here. Would like to please find out what is written on this little bears tummy.

Thanks.

 

[Toritoribe]

Is there a difference between 本日 and 今日? What about 女の子 and 小女? I would assume the same would be true for the male equivalent either way 男の子 and 小男.

今日 can mean "present days/these days" when it's read こんにち.
小女/小男 refers to small women/menm, not young, therefore these words could sound offensive.

Hi guys. Got a link to an image here. Would like to please find out what is written on this little bears tummy.

on the body of the doll
福
fuku
fortune/good luck/happiness

on the board
福
fuku

達磨
daruma
Dharma doll

 

[OoTmaster]

Thank you for your help Toritoribe.

 

[KevinSpK]

Domo Arigato. (Excuse the romaji. Using my phone).

 

[Dospraline]

Hi, everybody. I just had a question on what the kana written in the picture says. I can read the part that says "na maccho...," but I'm not a hundred percent sure what the first part means. It appears to say ron'ehi in katakana, but I'm not quite sure if that's correct, or what that would even translate to in English. Sorry it's a small image! Thanks everyone!

 

[Toritoribe]

The third character is a kanji 毛[げ]; ロン毛なマッチョ･･･.

 

[Dospraline]

Ah, got it! Thank you so much, Toritoribe. ^_^

 

[CptGuapo]

Hello, people.
Well, I got a present from a ex-Japanese teacher of mine, since I always ask him for a native dictionary to improve my language learning: Kooji sensei gave me 学習国語辞典 (がくしゅうこくごじてん, "Language Learning Dictionary", I think...). Very good indeed, full of pictures and words. Actually, I'm a bit lost here... Too advanced to me... Yet.

Anyway, what brought me here is some stuff I noticed browsing the book and is referring to synonyms:

- Is there difference between 辞典 and 辞書? You see both out there, with the same meaning, but is there a specific context we must use them? In the name of that dictionary I own, could it be 学習国語辞書, for example?

- 天の河 and 天の川 (あまのがわ) are both accepted and do they mean the same? 銀河系 (ぎんがけい) could be used with the same meaning or is it more generic?

- 蛍 and 火垂る (ほたる) are synonyms? One of my most loved anime, Grave of the Fireflies, is written "火垂るの墓". I can't find 火垂る form anywhere but in the anime title. Is it some ateji or something?

Any help would be much appreciated.

 

[Toritoribe]

国語 means the Japanese language in that case.

辞典 and 辞書 are basically the same. According to 日本国語大辞典, 辞典 is a new name of 辞書 (the first use of 辞書 was in the late Edo period , and the first use of 辞典 was in the early Meiji period ). They say that 辞典 is preferred as a suffix (e.g., 国語辞典, 英和辞典), and 辞書 tends to be used as a single word (e.g. 辞書を引く).

天の河 and 天の川 are the completely the same; "Galaxy" as a natural object visible in the sky.
銀河 can mean 天の河/天の川, but it's more common to be used as a general term "galaxy", I think.
銀河系 refers to "our garaxy"; the galaxy where our Solar System belongs to. 天の川銀河 has the same meaning.
Thus, when you look up the night sky, you can say 天の河/天の川/銀河がきれいだ, but can't say 銀河系がきれいだ. Or, you can say アンドロメダ星雲は隣の銀河だ, but can't say アンドロメダ星雲は隣の天の川だ.

火垂る is a hypothesis about the etymology of ほたる.

 

[CptGuapo]

Thanks, Tori-san. Explanations very rich as always.

But, regarding to 火垂る, why hypothesis? I still don't get it... Isn't it largely used or accepted? Is it a neologism? May I use both forms and I'll be understood? Could you please elaborate a little more?

 

[Toritoribe]

There are some other hypotheses, 火照, 火足, 火立 or 星垂, about the etymology of ホタル, but any of them are not conclusive. These kanji, including 火垂る, are not actually used. 野坂昭如[のさかあきゆき], the author of the original novel, would choose 火垂る among them to imply a meaning "falling/dropping fire".

 

[CptGuapo]

Wow... It's really interesting... Now I'll do some research to get the book, the original work which spawn all the other stuff. AFAIK, there's no Brazilian or even Portuguese version of it... I'll have really to stick to English (or Japanese) one, by the way...

Thank you, Toritoribe-辞典.

 

[Roze]

I'd like to get a specific 20 pg oneshot translated
I have the pages but the one translator found the pages too small(496X700pixels)
it is a bit of a hardcore hentai oneshot so i am not sure if anybody will even bother with it
it is based off of the Italy twins from hetalia but is not incest...
if annybody will translate it it would be appreciated
just message me if you are willing to do so....

Thank you

 

[DANIELFNS]

Hi! Can someone help me with the meaning of that kanji

Thanks a lot!

 

[FinancialWar]

^ bottom character is 如, can't figure the first one.

 

[FinancialWar]

Does katakana オ, ヒ and ホ and kanji 七 have to have hook at the end of the stroke?

 

[Toritoribe]

If you are talking about handwritten ones, the answer is no. See the fonts in the following post.

Kana handwriting | Japan Forum

 

[FinancialWar]

it's would not be incorrect if you do put a hook at the end in handwriting.