Need a word or phrase translated?

[Lotorie]

Thank you very much Elizabeth!

 

[Sasquatch]

How do you say thank you for your letter?

Shousoku wa domo arigato?

 

[Fuumei]

How do you say thank you for your letter?
Shousoku wa domo arigato?

"otegami wo okutte kurete arigatou gozaimasu!"

(Thank you for sending your letter!"



I was reading through Natsume Souseki's "First Night" again and noticed something interesting.
"長い間大空を落ちている間に、角が取れて滑らかになったんだろうと思った。"
Why is there an "wo" particle here at "空を落ちている" when Ochiru is an intransitive verb? I never noticed this before in all the times I have read it so hopefully I'm just forgetting something really simple. If anyone could shed light on this I would be grateful. Thanks.

 

[undrentide]

I was reading through Natsume Souseki's "First Night" again and noticed something interesting.
"長い間大空を落ちている間に、角が取れて滑らかになったんだろうと思った。"
Why is there an "wo" particle here at "空を落ちている" when Ochiru is an intransitive verb? I never noticed this before in all the times I have read it so hopefully I'm just forgetting something really simple. If anyone could shed light on this I would be grateful. Thanks.

When something/someone move across something, particle を is used.
e.g.
橋を渡る
空を翔（か）ける
海を泳いで渡る
大空を落ちる is rather unusual (Soseki actually created quite a lot of words and phrases himself, so his style of expression can be unique) but one can imagine he meant that "it" (star or something?) dropped across the sky.

 

[Fuumei]

When something/someone move across something, particle を is used.
e.g.
橋を渡る
空を翔（か）ける
海を泳いで渡る
大空を落ちる is rather unusual (Soseki actually created quite a lot of words and phrases himself, so his style of expression can be unique) but one can imagine he meant that "it" (star or something?) dropped across the sky.

Now that you mention it, I did come across something like this once before in my studies. Thanks for pointing it out for me again Undrentide-san! Also, it's nice to hear from you again.

 

[Sasquatch]

"otegami wo okutte kurete arigatou gozaimasu!"
(Thank you for sending your letter!"


I was reading through Natsume Souseki's "First Night" again and noticed something interesting.
"長い間大空を落ちている間に、角が取れて滑らかになったんだろうと思った。"
Why is there an "wo" particle here at "空を落ちている" when Ochiru is an intransitive verb? I never noticed this before in all the times I have read it so hopefully I'm just forgetting something really simple. If anyone could shed light on this I would be grateful. Thanks.

Thanks for the help

So it lit translation says " Letter sending for thank you very much."?

I know you already told me what it says, I'm just trying to figure out the language more.

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks for the help
So it lit translation says " Letter sending for thank you very much."?
I know you already told me what it says, I'm just trying to figure out the launguage more.

That examples like that are helpful grammar-wise is fabulous. No one really talks like that, though. Simply "Thank you for the letter" I think is most natural.

Otegami arigatou gozaimasu.

I was reading through Natsume Souseki's "First Night" again and noticed something interesting.
"長い間大空を落ちている間に、角が取れて滑らかになったんだろうと思った。"
Why is there an "wo" particle here at "空を落ちている" when Ochiru is an intransitive verb?

Because 「空がおちている」 would mean the sky is falling.

 

[Sasquatch]

That examples like that are helpful grammar-wise is fabulous. No one really talks like that, though. Simply "Thank you for the letter" I think is most natural.

Otegami arigatou gozaimasu.



Because ﾂ「窶ｹﾃｳ窶堋ｪ窶堋ｨ窶堋ｿ窶堙??堋｢窶堙ｩﾂ」 would mean the sky is falling.

So you think I should put it like that or the more proper way in my letter?

Thanks for all the help guys.

 

[Elizabeth]

So you think I should put it like that or the more proper way in my letter?
Thanks for all the help guys.

It depends totally on who you are writing.

 

[Fuumei]

That examples like that are helpful grammar-wise is fabulous. No one really talks like that, though. Simply "Thank you for the letter" I think is most natural.

I've heard it on a number of occasions, which is why it was so easy for me to provide that example. However, I believe the shorter the better, in order for someone who is at the very early stages of learning Japanese to remember and repeat it.

 

[Sasquatch]

It depends totally on who you are writing.

I'm writing to an exchange student I met awhile ago.

We are not adults, so maybe the smaller one?

Do you have to download something to type in Japanese?

 

[Lotorie]

Another one:

1/ クレープデシンの人物プリントのシャツと、ダブルのべルト通しのついた平凡なジーンズだが、自然にしっくりと着込んでいる。

黒絹の帽子、手がきのブレスレット、白と黒のエナメルの細いべルト、その取合せの妙が憎い。

2/ フードつきの、ブルーデニムのマリニエール(セーラー型)。

マドラスチェックのバーミューダと、ビジエール(つばのある帽子)を合わせて。


フランスのジーンズは、モードの潮流と共にだんだんソフトになってきているが、リゾートには、こういったやさしいスタイルも見える。

中に着ているTシャツは、縞の水兵シャツ。

 

[briareos]

Thanks for all the help. One more help request.. does anyone know what this means?

"sutekina huku ippai desune
demo kaenai"


I think it's something about being unable to buy something.

 

[Lotorie]

Thanks for all the help. One more help request.. does anyone know what this means?
"sutekina huku ippai desune
demo kaenai"
I think it's something about being unable to buy something.

"huku"? my dictionnary doesn't know this word...

maybe "fuku"?

There is a lot of wonderful "huku" but, I can't buy them.

Maybe someone else can help

 

[Buntaro]

Fuku? Poisonous blowfish?

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

I believe it's fuku as in "clothes" or "clothing".

 

[Elizabeth]

I'm writing to an exchange student I met awhile ago.
We are not adults, so maybe the smaller one?

It isn't "smaller" exactly, but to be used among friends and in normal conversation.
The more formal one Fuumei gave, as you guessed, is for your superiors or seniors.

Do you have to download something to type in Japanese?

Refers to the sticky or another type of expert than me.

 

[epigene]

Thanks for all the help. One more help request.. does anyone know what this means?
"sutekina huku ippai desune
demo kaenai"
I think it's something about being unable to buy something.

"Huku" here is "fuku" as in clothing as Mikawa-san pointed out.

This happens in romaji because the actual pronunciation for the kana ふ is actually in between "hu" and "fu," although the use of "fu" is established in the Hepburn romanization system. In the Kunrei romanization system that the Japanese learn on the elementary school level, however, the kana is written "hu."

Regarding "fuku," the blowfish, the term "fuku" is not standard Japanese. I'm not 100% sure but it's probably from the Fukuoka dialect. It is called "fuku" sometimes because the Fukuoka locals like to call it that way associating the fish with another Japanese word "fuku" as in "kofuku" meaning happiness. That is how the term "fuku" linked with the fish spread to the rest of Japan. However, this is restricted to playful use of the words. When you're speaking standard Japanese, the fish is still "fugu" and not "fuku."

 

[Fuumei]

I'm writing to an exchange student I met awhile ago.
We are not adults, so maybe the smaller one?
Do you have to download something to type in Japanese?

If they can read english characters, then hopefully you won't need to worry about that. But just in case, I use NJStar which I've used for quite some time now for emails, posts, etc. They let you download a demo for free for a few days but then you must buy the full version. If you d o a simple google search I'm sure you could find their website.

 

[szikani]

nee, can someone help me with translation of this sentence "何ひとつ失わずに手に入れた物ならばくれたやればいい"?? i think i know meaning of all words used here, but i just can't put it together into the sentence with sense @__@ i've always had problems with syntax ^^''
oh, and more thing. "沈む声へ" means "to a drowning voice" or maybe 'to a depressed voice"? @__@

 

[ruckus]

what does "souda ne" mean? i've looked for quite a while now but can't seem to find a definite answer.

thanks in advance. =D

 

[Rize]

Hi, I'm new here.
I'm not sure if I need to make a new thread since from now on I might have a lot Japanese sentences to ask for translation and correction for my translation. But I guess for now I'll just post it here. : Anyone who knows the meaning (or got the gist of it) are free to speak out your opinions on how you interpret the meaning even though there is someone who had already spoke out his/her own translations. It's not that I'm looking for the greatest or very accurate translations, as long as you guys are willing to help to give more things that you guys know, then don't hesitate to write it down. You can write down your own translation too if it's different from others. (well, since my knowledge on this is very limited so I kinda want to see how you guys interpret it. Hope you won't mind )



Let's see.. this one: 僕にはアレがあるじゃないか?
Do this mean something like this? : 'there is 'that' thing in (with?) me, isn't it! ' correct me if I'm wrong :

and the next one: is there anyone can grasp the meaning of 戦闘不能 ?
is it 'battle weak point'? or 'aggressive failure' (from babel) ? not sure about this one, lol.


Yoroshiku onegaishimasu! :

 

[orochi]

>is there anyone can grasp the meaning of 戦闘不能 ?

Unable to fight. KO'd. Knocked out.

 

[Elizabeth]

Nee, can someone help me with translation of this sentence "何ひとつ失わずに手に入れた物ならばくれたやればいい"?? I think I know meaning of all words used here, but I just can't put it together into the sentence with sense @__@ I've always had problems with syntax ^^''

"Without losing anything, if it's only a possession (something you've gotten), it is best to give it away." が適当でしょうね。

oh, and more thing. "沈む声へ" means "to a drowning voice" or maybe 'to a depressed voice"? @__@

I can't tell any context from this but you're right, of course "Towards the sunken/dark/depressed voice"...という感じじゃないかな。。。

 

[ajmd20]

何ひとつ失わずに手に入れた物ならばくれたやればいい"??

Are you sure that wasn't くれてやればいい ？