Need a word or phrase translated?

[Glenn]

Ah, I didn't yet know that 「いらっしゃい」 was derived from 「来る」. 面白いです。 ありがとう！（Ｅｐｉｇｅｎｅさん、大丈夫ですね。）

^_^

In that case I'm guessing that you also didn't know that it's used for いる and 行く as well.

 

[J44xm]

え！そうですか。 Yeesh. I need to keep an eye out for 「いらっしゃい」. Thanks for the pointer.

 

[Glenn]

Just to be clear, because I think I may have mislead you: いらっしゃる is the honorific verb used for 来る, 行く, and いる. いらっしゃい is the imperative form (although there's also いらっしゃいませ), and いらっしゃいます is the formal form.

 

[J44xm]

分かったと思います。どうもありがとう！ I'll keep it in mind and study it a bit before I depart.

 

[dingchoiwong]

I have a dialogue in the "Counters" lesson that I'd like help to have it translated.

Makkinon: Isha no Hirota-sensei wa kuruma ga san-dai arimasu yo.
Kawashima: Soo desu ka. Sugoi desu nee. Okane ga arimasu nee.
Makkinon: "Merusedesu", to "Bii-Emu-Daburyuu" to "Rekusasu" desu yo.
Kawashima: Uchi wa kokusan ga ichi-dai shika arimasen yo.

my best translation
M: Dr. Hirota has three cars.
K: Really. Terrific. He has money.
M: Mercedes, BMW, Lexus.
K: (no idea)??? something about house, domestic make, teacher's home

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

I have a dialogue in the "Counters" lesson that I'd like help to have it translated.
Makkinon: Isha no Hirota-sensei wa kuruma ga san-dai arimasu yo.
Kawashima: Soo desu ka. Sugoi desu nee. Okane ga arimasu nee.
Makkinon: "Merusedesu", to "Bii-Emu-Daburyuu" to "Rekusasu" desu yo.
Kawashima: Uchi wa kokusan ga ichi-dai shika arimasen yo.
my best translation
M: Dr. Hirota has three cars.
K: Really. Terrific. He has money.
M: Mercedes, BMW, Lexus.
K: (no idea)??? something about house, domestic make, teacher's home

Pretty good job! I'll just do the last one.

Kawashima: We only have one domestic car.

 

[dingchoiwong]

Pretty good job! I'll just do the last one.
Kawashima: We only have one domestic car.

Uchi wa kokusan ga ichi-dai shika arimasen yo.

kokusan = domestic
ichi-dai = one
arimasu = have

but I thought uchi=house, shika=(many meanings, but one of which is teacher's home). How do we get "we" and "only" in the sentence?

 

[dingchoiwong]

just went through the lesson, and noticed "shika" is a particle meaning "only"

so what about "uchi"?

 

[epigene]

just went through the lesson, and noticed "shika" is a particle meaning "only"
so what about "uchi"?

The basic meaning for "uchi" is house, as you know.

However, it can be used to refer to you (first person) as a collective group (such as your home/family/household or your company or organization). That's why it's translated as "we."

Hope it helps!

 

[dingchoiwong]

soo desu ne... domo

 

[J44xm]

Is this sentence correct: 「僕は日本にいながらヒューストンのマネシツグミを見損ねると思う。」? I'm trying to say that I think I'll miss seeing Houston's mockingbirds while I'm in Japan. どうも。

 

[KrazyKat]

Is this sentence correct: 「僕は日本にいながらヒューストンのマネシツグミを見損ねると思う。」? I'm trying to say that I think I'll miss seeing Houston's mockingbirds while I'm in Japan. どうも。

you'll probably want to use iru aida there, not inagara. misokonau has the meaning of 'fail to see' not the meaning that you probably want here (as far as I am aware). 'miss' is hard to translate into Japanese usually becoming aitai or sabisii, but these won't work here, so I'm not actually sure what to go with, probably mitai・見たくなる or something along those lines.

 

[Kama]

Haha, I need help with translating the name of my faculty into Japanese.

In English it's: Crosscultural relationships How to translate it into Japanese?

 

[J44xm]

you'll probably want to use iru aida there, not inagara. misokonau has the meaning of 'fail to see' not the meaning that you probably want here(as far as I am aware). 'miss' is hard to translate into Japanese usually becoming aitai or sabisii, but these won't work here, so I'm not actually sure what to go with, probably mitai・見たくなる or something along those lines.

Thank you, KrazyKat, for the reply. Unless there are other comments on the topic, I guess it's safe to assume you're correct about 見たくなる, eh? どうも。

 

[J C]

Haha, I need help with translating the name of my faculty into Japanese.
In English it's: Crosscultural relationships How to translate it into Japanese?

Kama, "Crosscultural relationships" could be translated into 国際交流 (こくさいこうりゅう). This means literally "International exchange", but is pretty close to "Crosscultural relationships" and is in pretty common usage.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

If you mean faculty as department of studies at school, I think I would go with "kokusai kankei" or 国際関係 because that is a more suitable name for an area of academic study than is kokusai kouryuu (KK). KK is indeed in common use, as JC noted, but "international exchange" is something you "do", "international relations" is something that "is".

 

[J C]

You're right, Mikawa Ossan - I missed the faculty bit.
Faculty is of course is translated as 学部, so all in all it could be 国際関係学部.

It seems to be used quite commonly for universities' international relations faculty, e.g.:

大東文化大学 国際関係学部 20周年
国際関係学部HOME

 

[KrazyKat]

If you mean faculty as department of studies at school, I think I would go with "kokusai kankei" or 国際関係 because that is a more suitable name for an area of academic study than is kokusai kouryuu (KK). KK is indeed in common use, as JC noted, but "international exchange" is something you "do", "international relations" is something that "is".

But wouldn't international relations be a completely different subject from cross- cultural relationships? The first would be politics the second sociology?

 

[Kama]

You are right, Krazykat. My studies are a part of Neofilology/Culture faculty. We learn about cultures: languages, customs, religions, etc. There is no politics. It' s not "international" its "crosscultural" - cultures not nations/countires.

How would that be?

 

[epigene]

How about 異文化研究（学部）(ibunka-kenkyu (gakubu))?

In Japan, there are also academic departments named 異文化コミュニケーション学部 if the emphasis is more on communication (i.e., exchange and language study).

 

[Kama]

That would be quite good.

My BA thesis was in fact about "ibunka communication"

 

[Elizabeth]

you'll probably want to use iru aida there, not inagara. misokonau has the meaning of 'fail to see' not the meaning that you probably want here(as far as I am aware). 'miss' is hard to translate into Japanese usually becoming aitai or sabisii, but these won't work here, so I'm not actually sure what to go with, probably mitai・見たくなる or something along those lines.

Natsukashii would also work well here.

僕は日本にいる間(時)、ヒューストンのマネシツグミが懐かしいです。

 

[J44xm]

Natsukashii would also work well here.
僕は日本にいる間(時)、ヒューストンのマネシツグミが懐かしいです。

あぁぁ、そうですか。 I should have realized that that would be appropriate use of the subordinate clause, as seen at the beginning of your sentence. どうもありがとう、Ｅｌｉｚａｂｅｔｈさん。

 

[epigene]

J44xm-san!

Seems you have arrived in Okazaki safely! Welcome to Japan!!

Make the most of your time and enjoy! (Hope the cherry blossoms are still there in Okazaki! )

 

[J44xm]

僕は絶対にします！どうもありがとう。