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ちょっと、質問があります。 「いい加減」という慣用語はどういう意味でしょうか。 自分で分析することによって分かってみたけど、駄目になった。 もちろん、「加」というのは「to add」の意味で、そうして「減」というのは「to subtract」の意味です。 でも。。。
誰かが助けてくださいませんか。
誰かが助けてくださいませんか。
「加減」でひとつの言葉です。ちょっと、質問があります。 「いい加減」という慣用語はどういう意味でしょうか。 自分で分析することによって分かってみたけど、駄目になった。 もちろん、「加」というのは「to add」の意味で、そうして「減」というのは「to subtract」の意味です。 でも。。。
誰かが助けてくださいませんか。
くせ would be unnatural in my opinion without the explicit mention of his having asked specificially to be spoken to in English and continually been rejected included as part of the grammar. In the sentence as is, のに is good but 高度 is heavy for everyday life. A better alternative would be じょうず、うまい etc.Ah, well, for instance:
彼女の英語語能力より僕の日本語能力のほうがずっと高いのに、いつも英語で言われた。
I would change to
彼女の英語より僕の日本語の方が高度なのに、いつも英語でしゃべます。
...and if you really don't like the fact that she decides to speak in English you could use くせに instead of のに, but that is pretty strong.
Add whatever connotations you want to the sentence, of course.
Can you give an example of the usage for 天使の微笑みのようだ。??> She smiled like an angel.
Sure, but there is a difference between:
天使のように微笑んだ。
and
天使の微笑みのようだ。
That's what I pointed out.
Yeah, I got the impression that he wanted to be spoken to in Japanese but that she would always just refuse to. That's why I thought it might be OK to use くせに, but that's more, how would you say it, reprimanding or contemptuous than のに. Is this a good way of describing the difference between the two?
Yes and No.Buckaroo Banzai said:彼女の英語より僕の日本語の方が高度なのに、いつも英語でしゃべます。
...and if you really don't like the fact that she decides to speak in English you could use くせに instead of のに, but that is pretty strong.
Very few outright refusals over here. You'll encounter it as soon as you do get over here, but its more a persistence on the part of others in using English despite, for example, my having initiated the conversation in better Japanese. Not something to look forward to.Ah, okay. Didn't know that about 高度. I guess that does seem kind of bragging in comparison to うまい。 Haha, I'm more advanced than you!
Yeah, I got the impression that he wanted to be spoken to in Japanese but that she would always just refuse to. That's why I thought it might be OK to use くせに, but that's more, how would you say it, reprimanding or contemptuous than のに. Is this a good way of describing the difference between the two?
I see the difference.
Like, 彼は大人のくせに、まだ運転できないよね。
I've read somewhere that one's signature is shown only once in each page.Hey, what happened to my sig...oh, there it is...weird
OK, the second example does not sound quite natural. The reason for that is the Subject, Her English. KUSENI is used when the subject is a person (or sometimes an anthropomorphized object). If you MUST use KUSENI, it would have to be something like, 彼女は、自分の英語が僕の日本語よりも下手なくせに、いつも英語で話します。Following usage is OK.
彼女の英語より僕の日本語の方が上手いのに、いつも英語でしゃべります。
彼女の英語は僕の日本語より下手なくせに、いつも英語でしゃべります。
彼女の英語は僕の日本語より下手なのに、いつも英語でしゃべります。
Orochi's comment got me thinking on this....Say your comparison is recognized as clearly NOT being a sandwich, like fake food or something, and you want to make sure no one else even THINKS you think plastic or rubber is the same as ham and cheese. Thenhow about the "It's like......."
Like, what is said before
"It's like a ham and cheese sandwhich."
How would you say that?
その門流は相継いで十三代におよんだ
I am going to go against my own advice that I just gave buckaroo, since this reading is above my level, and say that this probably means something like:
That (clan/family/religious sect/tradition/practice) extended over (was inherited by and stretch on for) 13 generations.
門流 comes up in a 国語辞書 as meaning 一門の流派.
I don't even see the point of using 下手 in a sentence like this unless your intention is to indirectly but aggressively insult the other person's character, maturity, cooperativeness, language learning tactics or whatever. To imply blame specifically for not helping with Japanese if they had promised to, or in a case like "I've asked you so many times to please speak English, why don't you ever even try," etc くせに is one way to complain :OK, the second example does not sound quite natural. The reason for that is the Subject, Her English. KUSENI is used when the subject is a person (or sometimes an anthropomorphized object). If you MUST use KUSENI, it would have to be something like, 彼女は、自分の英語が僕の日本語よりも下手なくせに、いつも英語で話します。
Not a mistake, but on the other hand usually functioning as a way to present the critical contrast. This time with undeniably juvenile behavior. Such as not being able to get to sleep without hugging a stuffed animal which is (hopefully) rare among adults.Like, 彼は大人のくせに、まだ運転できないよね。
Now with this ^^ I can definitely help
へ indicates the direction of an action. If you add の, as in への then it has to be followed by a noun and what the の does is indicate that what precedes it is a quality of what comes after it. For instance, there was a recent movie called 「硫黄島からの手紙」(いおうじまからのてがみ), which means "Letters from Iwo Jima." What kind of letters? (this is what の indicates) Letters from Iwo Jima. Basically, it is a noun phrase.
So, 「えりこさんへのお友達リクエストが許可されました。」 means "Your friend request to Eriko-san was allowed/permitted."
「さっそくココからあなたのお友達一覧をチェックしてみましょう！」 would mean "From here, try checking/you can check everything about your friend at once/immediately."
一覧 here is a list, in this context most likely a questionaire or checklist/survey ?「さっそくココからあなたのお友達一覧をチェックしてみましょう！」 would mean "From here, try checking/you can check everything about your friend at once/immediately."
I have a very important favor to ask... I need something translated, it's a signature of some sort and I need to know what it says, like I said, it's very important and if someone can give me an accurate answer to what it says, I'd really appreciate it. It's a little small and out of contrast, but I'm sure there is someone out there skilled with using computers and can sharpen it up and translate what it says. Here it is, it's in my sig, if it doesn't show up there alone, just click the link and it should direct you to a page with the piece I need translated there. Hope someone out there can do this for me, thank you in advance.
I have a very important favor to ask... I need something translated, it's a signature of some sort and I need to know what it says, like I said, it's very important and if someone can give me an accurate answer to what it says, I'd really appreciate it. It's a little small and out of contrast, but I'm sure there is someone out there skilled with using computers and can sharpen it up and translate what it says. Here it is, it's in my sig, if it doesn't show up there alone, just click the link and it should direct you to a page with the piece I need translated there. Hope someone out there can do this for me, thank you in advance.
Please excuse me for a second. I have moved this above quoted post from a different area, to where it belongs, here. due to the timing of posting, it is covered over by later posts here in this thread. Although it is probably going to be hard to 'see' it, could someone please take a look at it? Thanks !! MM