Need a word or phrase translated?

Elizabeth · 13 Feb 2008

chickie said:
Hello, Buckaroo Baizai-san, I think you're right.
And I think mirai is more distant than shorai, for example, we say Doraemon is "mirai no sekai no neko-gata robot", not "shorai"...Sorry I can't take a good example

Mirai isn't only science fiction, though. It can be about an individual life in the distant, not immediate, future. The subjects are not necessarily what distinguishes them. Shorai v. mirai -- only a difference of time frame.

xFanGirl · 13 Feb 2008

Was this the thread to translate things to kanji or something?
Because my friend wants to know what ´Sascha´ & ´Kevin´ is in sighs,,,ow damn,,,my english is bad now

Buckaroo Banzai · 13 Feb 2008

neko gata robot? Lol. Only the Japanese would have cat-bots.

augne · 14 Feb 2008

hello,
thanks everyone for the previous helps
~now how would you say "Where should we meet? You're still going to spend the night with us, arent you?" in romaji please?

thanks again~~!

Buckaroo Banzai · 14 Feb 2008

Japanese: どこで会おうか。まだ、いっしょに夜を過ごすね。

Romaji: doko de aou ka. mada, issho ni yoru wo sugosu ne.

I translated a bit literally, perhaps. I wasn't sure if by 'stay the night' you meant 'sleep over.' That might be 'tomaru' 泊まる, but I think that more applies to hotels, like 'to lodge.' Also, it's informal since I assume you're talking with friends.

Elizabeth · 14 Feb 2008

Buckaroo Banzai said:
Japanese: どこで会おうか。まだ、いっしょに夜を過ごすね。

Romaji: doko de aou ka. mada, issho ni yoru wo sugosu ne.

I translated a bit literally, perhaps. I wasn't sure if by 'stay the night' you meant 'sleep over.' That might be 'tomaru' 泊まる, but I think that more applies to hotels, like 'to lodge.' Also, it's informal since I assume you're talking with friends.

I'm not sure this is correct. It sounds to me like they have been spending the evening with you yesterday or the day before and you're asking if that's going to continue tonight....

Buckaroo Banzai · 14 Feb 2008

Drop the 'mada' maybe?

Elizabeth · 15 Feb 2008

Buckaroo Banzai said:
Drop the 'mada' maybe?

Either that and add 'tonight' OR...

"You're still intending/planning to stay here tonight, aren't you?"

Buckaroo Banzai · 15 Feb 2008

今夜まだ私たちと一緒に泊まる予定だね。

Does that sound better?

Elizabeth · 16 Feb 2008

Buckaroo Banzai said:
今夜まだ私たちと一緒に泊まる予定だね。

Does that sound better?

大丈夫だと思いますよ。

ただ泊まるという意味なのか、一緒に起きて時間を過ごすという意味か。。。その英文をどう解釈していいのかぜんぜん分からないので、確かに、どちらでもいいでしょうね。。

Buckaroo Banzai · 16 Feb 2008

そうか。。。日本語の動詞は必ずしも英語の動詞と一致しないという問題ですね。多分英語から日本語に直すよりも初めから日本語だけで考える方がいいですね。

indigozeal · 17 Feb 2008

「なァな、誰でしょうか」の「なァな」はどういう意味ですか。 (人名ではありま
せん。) 「なあ」の変化形だけですか。そうなら、「なァな」は「なあ」とどう
違いますか。

undrentide · 17 Feb 2008

T1FF said:
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You shouldn't have deleted the original text.
This is Learning Japanese Forum, so if you have your question answered, you should leave it as it is so that at least others can learn something from that.
It is the least thing those who just ask for translation.

Buckaroo Banzai · 17 Feb 2008

「なァな」を全然聞いたことがないんですけど。。。多分Ｉｎｄｉｇｏｚｅａｌさんの言った通り、「なあ」の変化形でしょう。よく分からないんだ。

Charles Barkley · 18 Feb 2008

indigozeal said:
「なァな」を全然聞いたことがないんですけど。。。多分Ｉｎｄｉｇｏｚｅａｌさんの言った通り、「なあ」の変化形でしょう。よく分からないんだ。

A small 'a' like this indicates that the sound is shortened. na na, ne ne--Both of these indicate a kind of hurried excitement/curiosity. The speaker clearly is excited to know who (did something).

Charles Barkley · 18 Feb 2008

What does 関係性 mean and what does the 性 there add? I have exhausted all of the resources available to me but not been able to figure this one out. It seems to be doing something like 観 does in 価値観, i.e., it describes a certain feeling of interconnectedness/relationships. But I can't put my finger on exactly what it means. Help!

Just ran across another one: 悲劇性
And another: 説得性

ハダカ · 18 Feb 2008

So I suppose I'll never know what いいくせよ really is... (

undrentide · 18 Feb 2008

ﾆ地ﾆ胆ﾆ谷 said:
So I suppose I'll never know what いいくせよ really is... (

Any context?
いいくせよ could be "it's a good habit" but somehow I don't think it is what you're asking about.
It might be いくぜよ which is the same as 行くぜ (which can be translated in several ways depending on the context, like "let's go" or "here we go" etc.)

ハダカ · 18 Feb 2008

Are you tryin' to tell that masculina particles can have very different context?

Buckaroo Banzai · 18 Feb 2008

Anything + 性 = quality of _______; normally it translates as the -ity at the ends of English words. Admittedly, 関係性 is not exactly the easiest of such words to translate...it would literally be 'relationship-ness,' or 'the quality of having (a) relationship (s).' I don't think English has a direct word-to-word correspondence in this case. Probably the easiest to translate is 可能性 (kanousei) meaning 'possibility.' So if you think along these lines...but you got me on how to directly translate kankeisei.

Anything + 観 = sense of __________; so 価値観 means something like your sense of values - or like your 'view' of values. You can say things like, 世界観建築観、人生観, all of them meaning '_____view." So respectively, world view, view of architecture, view of life/outlook on life.

悲劇 means tragedy I think, as in that type of play. I have no idea why you would add 性 to that...

説得 if I remember correctly means to persuade people, like to get them to do what you want...I think. So, if you add 性 then it means having that quality - so persuasiveness? Perhaps?

orochi · 18 Feb 2008

ハダカ said:
Are you tryin' to tell that masculine particles can have very different context?

You need to post more context. What appeared before and after いいくせよ?

barron tengu · 18 Feb 2008

i am makin a sticker for a band im in. i wanted to put the words "demon music" or "music demon" in kanji. would this be right, or was i wronged by a website. ☝
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undrentide · 18 Feb 2008

barron tengu said:
I am making a sticker for a band I'm in. I wanted to put the words "demon music" or "music demon" in kanji. would this be right, or was I wronged by a website. ☝

音楽 means music, and 悪魔 means demon or devil.
But if you place the URL between those two words, most people would not think it as a one word/phrase "音楽悪魔" (music demon)", instead see two separate words and wonder what they are expected to mean.

I'd like to suggest 楽魔 - taking one kanji from each word, it is pronounced gaku-ma, which could mean music demon (don't look it up in dictionaries, I've just make it up!), plus the pronunciation is close to akuma (demon).

barron tengu · 19 Feb 2008

Oh that's pretty rad. I think I will do that. I will have to give you props too! Thanks much miss tide. Check it ma'am.

Tomii515 · 19 Feb 2008

How would you say "What's it like?" in Japanese?

And "it's like..."

or something

for example

"I live in Tokyo."
"What's it like (there)?"

and

"I love eating croque-monsieur. It's like a ham and cheese sandwhich."

or something XD idk

please and think for anyone that helps :33

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