Need a word or phrase translated?

[pipokun]

How do you say "The Exclusive Effect" in Japanese?

Seems no answer yet.
Where does the words come from, patent, bio, math, economics-related document or else?

 

[Damicci]

こんばんは！お元気ですか？？
仕事、忙しいのですね...でも、福岡に行けるなんて、とってもうらやましいです！こっちなんて、大学が始まったばかりで、さっそく課題が出ました...これが勉強なんですけれどね...がんばります。。。
福岡、楽しんでくださいね！！おみやげ話、楽しみにしています！

Email from a pen friend. Some grammar here I don't understand.

仕事、忙しいのですね...でも、福岡に行けるなんて、とってもうらやましいです！

"Work is busy huh? But, somehow you are going to Fukuoka, I am jealous."

こっちなんて、大学が始まったばかりで、さっそく課題が出ました...これが勉強なんですけれどね...がんばります。。。

Ok what is with the highlighted grammar here? I don't understand this sentence.

Help please.

 

[Elizabeth]

Email from a pen friend. Some grammar here I don't understand.
"Work is busy huh? But, somehow you are going to Fukuoka, I am jealous."
Ok what is with the highlighted grammar here? I don't understand this sentence.
Help please.

なんて is colloquial for なんと not なんか so it isn't somehow, however. As a matter of fact it isn't usually translated at all in English except in sentences that obviously need to convey the feeling of "What！" or "How！" なんていい天気なんです。 なんて寒いんだろう！But I think maybe the first one you can consider like "that you are able to go" and the second emphasizing the こっち or "The university that is here...." It's a tough word to handle, absolutely, ...maybe someone else will have a more systematic explanation.
なんて with an adjective like 行けるなんて(すごい、羨ましい、素晴らしい) is very widely used, too, though, so I suppose here it could also be closer to "how great, how jealous, how wonderful..." :?

 

[ﾅ陳ｶﾅ?o]

having problems with this one, can someone help me please?
いいところに

 

[Glenn]

いいところに

"in/at a good place"

 

[Elizabeth]

Email from a pen friend. Some grammar here I don't understand.
"Work is busy huh? But, somehow you are going to Fukuoka, I am jealous."
Ok what is with the highlighted grammar here? I don't understand this sentence.
Help please.

Regarding my example, 毎月日本に行けるなんてすごい I wonder now if it's more like an expression of wonder or surprise "to think that you could actually be going
to Japan every month !" although the contraction of 何と（いう） "nante" can also have a slightly disdainful/condescending tone to it (perhaps implied in こっちなんて）. In other cases it is as simple as a replacement for "nado" (things like that...etc....). Don't worry though as if this doesn't make enough sense already I also asked the friend who wrote it just to confirm. Hopefully they will know for sure ...

 

[ullvarg]

I'm trying to get my name in kanji for an inkan.
My first name Johan means Good have shown mercy
And my last name Gustavsson which means Famous guest
If anyone could help me get this in kanji I would really appreciate it

 

[Glenn]

Why not get it in katakana?

 

[ullvarg]

Well, I have seen my name writen in katakana and it ain't short so it would have to be a big stamp to carry around

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

"Famous Guest"?
名客

It's most common, although by no means exclusive, for Japanese family names to consist of two kanji, so this might work.

If you write your last name in 6 katakana, for example, like ガストフソン, you could have a katakana inkan with two columns of three katakana each. Although, I must say that if you use my suggestion, be prepared for people making comments that ガスト is the name of a family restaurant chain!

 

[ullvarg]

It is OK to use kana for the first name and kanji for the last, right?
If so I thing ill write it Johan in kana (ヨハ) and Gustavsson as 名客, because that will keep it short and nice. it doesn't really bother me to have the same last name as a restaurant. just out of curiosity how do you write 名客 in romaji?
Thanks a lot for the help :emoji_v:

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

It is OK to use kana for the first name and kanji for the last, right?
If so I thing ill write it Johan in kana (ヨハ) and Gustavsson as 名客, because that will keep it short and nice. it doesn't really bother me to have the same last name as a restaurant. just out of curiosity how do you write 名客 in romaji?
Thanks a lot for the help:bravo:

Inkan generally use the family name ONLY, so there is no need whatsoever to include your given name.

名客 is kind of a made-up word based on the meaning of your name, but I would pronounce it "meikyaku".

 

[Damicci]

Thanks for the attempts elizabeth. My gf told me that it is basically the same as こっち but with out the なんて at the end. I don't know though. It's still difficult to read the sentence with out なんて.

"こっちなんて、大学が始まったばかりで、さっそく課題が出ました...これが勉強なんですけれどね...がん ばります。。。"

How bout this last sentence? I am not sure what she is saying about studying.

 

[ullvarg]

Inkan generally use the family name ONLY, so there is no need whatsoever to include your given name.
名客 is kind of a made-up word based on the meaning of your name, but I would pronounce it "meikyaku".

Ok, thank you very much for all the help

 

[Damicci]

Ok so I understand now the なんてかっこいい、なんて面白い。
But I am still a little confused on using nante at the end of verbs or locations (this way that way up down front back etc)

So elizabeth you were right on the money with your explaination of How cool, How interesting. Basically なんて~= how~

 

[Elizabeth]

Ok so I understand now the なんてかっこいい、なんて面白い。
But I am still a little confused on using nante at the end of verbs or locations (this way that way up down front back etc)
So Elizabeth you were right on the money with your explanation of How cool, How interesting. Basically なんて~= how~

The person I asked about the kochi nante expression indicated it emphasized the speaker's personal situation and wasn't emotive either negatively or positive. The others are still outstanding....I mean being waited on.

 

[Glenn]

Thanks for the attempts Elizabeth. My gf told me that it is basically the same as こっち but with out the なんて at the end. I don't know though. It's still difficult to read the sentence with out なんて.

"こっちなんて、大学が始まったばかりで、さっそく課題が出ました...これが勉強なんですけれどね...がん ばります。。。"

How bout this last sentence? I am not sure what she is saying about studying.

"I've only just started college, and already I have homework. Although, I guess this is what it means to study... I'll do my best."

これが勉強なんです looks like "this is what study is" to me. You already know がんばります, so I feel better that my translation isn't great.

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks for the attempts Elizabeth. My gf told me that it is basically the same as こっち but with out the なんて at the end. I don't know though. It's still difficult to read the sentence with out なんて.

Oh, you are welcome. I've always wanted to understand nante more deeply myself so this is one way... And sorry too, for some reason I didn't notice this post earlier but anyway Glenn's translation is fine （人生は、初めて、勉強が絶えないあと実感しています。という感じがしますね。 ）

Although I'm still not sure why it is difficult to read without the なんて？
「こっち」の意味も強調するだけだけど、その後に「なんて」をつけないのはおかしいですか。
「なんて」の方が優しい感じがするでしょうね。

 

[Fuumei]

"nihon rettou o minami kara kita e hana ga saite iku yousu o sen de arawashita mono ga sakura zensen desu."

Ok, this sentence is straight out of my final lesson and it really bothers me that I can't understand it straight away. I study independently so I hope one of you grateful souls can help me out.

The ending to this sentence "arawashita mono ga sakura zensen" doesn't make sense to me. Can anyone break it down? Yoroshiku

 

[Glenn]

"The thing showing the blooming of flowers from south to north along the Japanese archipelago is the sakura frontline."

Basically it's a type of 様子 being expressed by a line, and that describes もの. Even more basically, it's 物が桜前線です, where you have a phrase modifying もの (様子を線で表した) and a phrase modifying 様子 (日本列島を南から北へ花が咲いていく). Does that help?

 

[Fuumei]

"The thing showing the blooming of flowers from south to north along the Japanese archipelago is the sakura frontline."

Does that help?

"nihon rettou o minami kara kita e hana ga saite iku yousu o sen de arawashita mono ga sakura zensen desu."

Can you tell me how this "de" fits in? I know it means "by" in this case, but I can't seem to work it through in my head. Any clues?

 

[KrazyKat]

Congratulations on finishing JFPB2! If you write in Japanese rather than romaji it will be easier for everyone to read.
様子を線で表す
express/show the state/condition WITH/by using a line.

 

[Elizabeth]

Congratulations on finishing JFPB2! If you write in Japanese rather than romaji it will be easier for everyone to read.
様子を線で表す
express/show the state/condition WITH/by using a line.

Or maybe just appearance in this case. I don't think Fuumei really knows that many kanji either...

 

[KrazyKat]

I meant to write mainly in hiragana、but most of the Kanji there are used in the passage in the book. You should be able to write about 220 Kanji after finishing JFPB2, if you haven't done any extra work. :emoji_thumbsup:

 

[Fuumei]

Congratulations on finishing JFPB2! If you write in Japanese rather than romaji it will be easier for everyone to read.
様子を線で表す
express/show the state/condition WITH/by using a line.

Thanks. Unfortunately I can't type hiragana and the rest currently with my setup. Anyway, I've been staring at this thing all day and my mind is really foggy I guess.
With what you said in mind, how would you write that sentence out in English? Glenn did a good job, but I think he left out the "de" portion. I'm still a bit confused on how that ties in with "arawashita mono". Sorry, I hope I don't get you all angry. I'm a bit disappointed in myself for not being able to understand it alone. But, it can't be helped.