Need a word or phrase translated?

[Supervin]

Normally, I'd say "sound or voice that stirs feelings of nostalgia," unless there is some twisted irony involved in the text?

Ahh, so that's it. Thanks Epigene.

 

[kawaiisan]

Hello everyone,

わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではなかろうか。

I think the sentence is saying "people who take their time to go to the hospital are rare", but the ~dewanakarouka in the end is confusing.. after searching the net ~nakarouka == ~naidarouka, so what's the no de in the end really for?

 

[epigene]

Hello everyone,

わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではなかろうか。

I think the sentence is saying "people who take their time to go to the hospital are rare", but the ~dewanakarouka in the end is confusing.. after searching the net ~nakarouka == ~naidarouka, so what's the no de in the end really for?

I can't give you precise grammatical analysis for this form but just my two cents.

The basic meaning for this sentence is just as you said. However, "dewanakarouka" is conjugation form used to express probability--or more precisely, the speaker's guess that it might be so. It is in the written Japanese style.
Basic translation: I suspect that people who take their time to go to the hospital are rare.

In plainer Japanese, it can be written as "dewanaidarouka" as you said.
わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではないだろうか。

Here, "no" is a nominalizer.

HTH!

 

[ChibiSara]

If you want to eventually talk in English and think she understands English, make your gretting English! I don't know if its the same for Japanese overseas, simply because compared to the amount of people in Japan who want to speak English, the amount of people who want to speak Japanese overseas is quite small, but as a foreigner living in Japan, probably the single thing that bothers me the most about living here is having Japanese come up, single me out, and speak bad English to me. It is immensely frustrating for me and many foreigners here trying to live in Japan. Why? Well, its hard to explain if it hasnt happened to you, but when you are busting your *** trying to learn a language, to the point where you go to another country to study it, it makes you lose motivation/confidence in your own speech if people keep trying to switch to your native tongue.
If you think about this exchange student, she probably came to finland because she is interested in studying Finnish (?) or English, so having someone approach her who is generally interested in talking to her and gives her someone to learn from will be greatly appreciated.

Yeah, but she doesn't know finnish, not a bit ;_;
And I really want to speak japanese to her, and my english pronounciation isn't that clear either. C'mon guys, I need help ;_;

 

[Elizabeth]

I can't give you precise grammatical analysis for this form but just my two cents.
The basic meaning for this sentence is just as you said. However, "dewanakarouka" is conjugation form used to express probability--or more precisely, the speaker's guess that it might be so. It is in the written Japanese style.
Basic translation: I suspect that people who take their time to go to the hospital are rare.
In plainer Japanese, it can be written as "dewanaidarouka" as you said.
わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではないだろうか。
Here, "no" is a nominalizer.
HTH!

What is being nominalized ? :? And it isn't necessary grammatically, is it ?

 

[epigene]

What is being nominalized ? :? And it isn't necessary grammatically, is it ?

Oh, I meant that わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ない (a sentence in itself) is nominalized with の for this form of conjugation.

Sorry, I can't explain this in any other way!

 

[Bekkichan]

I think it means "a person of my caliber" implicitly suggesting that the person has very high self-regard or, when used satirically, to be deliberately self-depreciating.
僕クラスになると、苦労しなくても稼げる: A person of my social status/class/ability doesn't have to work hard to make money. (I have the ability/status not to have to work hard to make money.)
Does this answer you question?

Ahh ok, that makes sense. Thanks so much! You're always a great help

 

[silly_god_disc0]

Hey, there everyone! I'm new here, so hello. ^_^


I've been translating a sort of Q&A article, and I ran across a few words that are giving me trouble, so I thought I'd ask here.

理想のデートコースは?

This I have translated as "What is your ideal date course?" I just thought I'd include it in case it had any bearing on the answer.

やっぱり街中でイチャコッラしたい。

It's mostly the イチャコッラ that's giving me trouble, I'm guessing because it's a word I just haven't heard before. The rest of it I have translated as "Still, I want to _______ in the middle of the street."

Any clue what it means? And if any of the rest of it is wrong, please let me know. I'm learning this all by myself and I need all the help I can get. ^_^

 

[Elizabeth]

Hey, there everyone! I'm new here, so hello. ^_^
I've been translating a sort of Q&A article, and I ran across a few words that are giving me trouble, so I thought I'd ask here.
理想のデートコースは?
This I have translated as "What is your ideal date course?" I just thought I'd include it in case it had any bearing on the answer.
やっぱり街中でイチャコッラしたい。
It's mostly the イチャコッラ that's giving me trouble, I'm guessing because it's a word I just haven't heard before. The rest of it I have translated as "Still, I want to _______ in the middle of the street."
Any clue what it means? And if any of the rest of it is wrong, please let me know. I'm learning this all by myself and I need all the help I can get. ^_^

It's probably a typo...maybe いちゃ？？ (いちころ ？？ ） Although there actually was one translation I found online for that sentence saying "I want to make out with my girlfriend downtown." If it's family entertainment, what's the rest of this interview like?

 

[undrentide]

Hey, there everyone! I'm new here, so hello. ^_^


I've been translating a sort of Q&A article, and I ran across a few words that are giving me trouble, so I thought I'd ask here.

理想のデートコースは?

This I have translated as "What is your ideal date course?" I just thought I'd include it in case it had any bearing on the answer.

やっぱり街中でイチャコッラしたい。

It's mostly the イチャコッラ that's giving me trouble, I'm guessing because it's a word I just haven't heard before. The rest of it I have translated as "Still, I want to _______ in the middle of the street."

Any clue what it means? And if any of the rest of it is wrong, please let me know. I'm learning this all by myself and I need all the help I can get. ^_^

イチャコラ is not a normal/standard word, it's a sort of variation of イチャイチャする or イチャつく, meaning "lovey-dovey".

 

[silly_god_disc0]

Although there actually was one translation I found online for that sentence saying "I want to make out with my girlfriend downtown."

I had thought this, too, but I wanted to be sure. ^^ The next sentence translates to "However, I would be shy/ashamed, right?", so I think that fits.

イチャコラ is not a normal/standard word, it's a sort of variation of イチャイチャする or イチャつく, meaning "lovey-dovey".

So would it be translated with that tone? "lovey-dovey" has a sort of... lighthearted air to it, as opposed to 'make out'. Which do you think would be more appropriate?

 

[undrentide]

So would it be translated with that tone? "lovey-dovey" has a sort of... lighthearted air to it, as opposed to 'make out'. Which do you think would be more appropriate?

It really depends, but benerally I think your interpretetion is correct.
In another word, billing and cooing (I know it is also rather an old fashioned expression) - in short, PDA. ;-)

 

[silly_god_disc0]

Haha, okay. ^_^ Thanks a bunch!

 

[Fuumei]

I'm pretty sure that you already know that にこりと笑う means to "smile (usually with the corners of the mouth upturned)."
By adding 見せる , the person is smiling "to show"--most likely as a response, to prove something or making an effort to smile (when she's not in the mood to do it).
踊ってみせる：Show that one can dance; show one's dance to prove that one's happy, etc.
泣いてみせる：Cry to prove that one can cry; pretend to cry, etc.
HTH!

Thank you very much for taking some time to answer epigene-san! I hadn't even realized it could mean 'pretend', and that might actually fit as the meaning in that sentence.

 

[lamshopping]

Hello everyone

I have a few questions about the way to read certain common kanji. There are a few ways to read these words so I just wanted to make sure.

1. 四択

2. 三色

3. 柱 (太陽神が何柱もいるだ) (is this a counter?)

3. 巻 (as in a chapter of a book, usually titles) (is it けん or まき)

For the first three, those words do show up in a dictionary, but they don't tell you the way to read them when they are joined with numbers.

Any help will be greatly appreciated.

Thank you very much.

 

[masaegu]

1. 四択 ＞＞ よんたく

2. 三色 ＞＞ さんしょく

3. 柱 ＞＞ ちゅう (yes, it's a counter)

3. 巻 ＞＞ かん

 

[silly_god_disc0]

Ehh, I'm back. I didn't want to ask another question again so soon, but I just can't figure this one out. ><

It's another response to a questionnaire. The person is asked what his personal habit/quirk would be, and he responds with:

舌を 『コカッ』 とならす

I've got that 舌を is 'tongue,' but the rest of it is just driving me crazy. I can't find it in any dictionary anywhere. ;_; And I know there's no typos, I've checked it about five times, hoping that I had just copied something down wrong. But I didn't. I'm especially confused by the ッ coming at the end of the word.

So, if anyone can help me, I would be very, veeeerrrryyy happy.

 

[masaegu]

舌を 『コカッ』 とならす means to produce an explosive sound in your mouth by first pressing the tip of your tongue hard against the area in the back of your upper teeth and then quickly releasing the tongue as you take air inward. Hope that was clear enough...

 

[Elizabeth]

It really depends, but benerally I think your interpretetion is correct.
In another word, billing and cooing (I know it is also rather an old fashioned expression) - in short, PDA. ;-)

いちゃつく I think is usually interpreted as "flirt with" so you can think of it at that level...although as you say in certain contexts it can stand for more serious fun as well...P

いけずうずうしい。。。

 

[kawaiisan]

Oh, I meant that わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ない (a sentence in itself) is nominalized with の for this form of conjugation.

Sorry, I can't explain this in any other way!

I'm not a linguistic expert, but do you mean that adding the "de wa nai" at the end works sort of like
X "de wa nai?" -> X isn't it?
I hope I'm not getting even more lost

 

[epigene]

I'm not a linguistic expert, but do you mean that adding the "de wa nai" at the end works sort of like
X "de wa nai?" -> X isn't it?
I hope I'm not getting even more lost

(Have to wipe off perspiration first!)

Okay, I won't make any pretenses of knowing Japanese linguistics and tell you just what I know.

As I said earlier, the sentence means "I suspect that people who take the time to go to hospitals are rare."
The intention of the speaker in making a statement in this form is that the speaker is posing a question, asking the reader whether the statement is right. So, like you said, it is like a tag question using "isn't it."

This is a stylized form that essentially means the same as the following:

わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではないだろうか。
わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではないでしょうか。
わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのではないか。
わざわざ病院へ行く人は少ないのでは？

How are they used differently? My Oracle (i.e., my partner) says "you can only learn from exposure and practice"!! *wipes off perspiration that does stop*

I'm still now sure whether the explanation is good enough, but this is the best I can do!

 

[silly_god_disc0]

舌を 『コカッ』 とならす means to produce an explosive sound in your mouth by first pressing the tip of your tongue hard against the area in the back of your upper teeth and then quickly releasing the tongue as you take air inward. Hope that was clear enough...

Haha, yes, thank you very much. ^_^

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Can someone please translate this?

Thanks

英語うまく話せなくて ごめんよ HELLO ＾＾；


My name was HELLO

 

[Fuumei]

Can someone please translate this?
Thanks
英語うまく話せなくて ごめんよ HELLO ＾＾；
My name was HELLO

The person speaking was saying this:

"I can't speak English all that great (skillfully), sorry."

 

[GoldCoinLover]

Could someone please translate this?
上手いよね
Ｔｏｍｏ Ｈｉｒｏ: 十分ですよ
Ｔｏｍｏ Ｈｉｒｏ: おいらよりも上手だと思います
勉強しても日本語難しいです・・・

微笑みです

This also please: 絶対にアメリカ人とは 思いませんよ