ヘアアイロン is the large category of all kind of "hair iron", including such like hair curler.seems like ヘアアイロン is most common.
Right. a bit more politely, 「小山さんによろしくお伝えください。」 also can be used.i guess 小山さんによろしく伝えてください is better though D: ?
There's no difference in meaning, all of them mean "puppy/kiskutya".
子犬 and 小犬 are found in dictionaries but 仔犬 is sometimes used, too.
子 means child, 小 means small, 仔 means small child (also something small), so all of them make sense.
Yup, I already knew that, but in a Youtube video (still can't put links in my messages, sorry) a Japanese girl and an American guy are talking about those different "ko"s and the girl says that the kanji changes the meaning a little bit. So I've been trying to figure out how is that possible. How can a 小犬 be different from 子犬 for example. I came up with the explanation that 小犬 is a puppy that is small and 子犬 is a puppy that's otherwise is quite big for a "baby dog". I know this is silly but I couldn't come up with anything better. (^^
Of course each kanji has different meaning as already explained, but in this case you should not "read too much".
こいぬ means a dog which is not grown up yet.
If you use 子 for こ, then you can see the dog is still a child, not adult.
If you use 小 for こ, it means small dog, and a dog which is not fully grown is definitely smaller than the adult one.
But it does not change the meaning of the whole word こいぬ.
子犬 and 小犬 do not make any difference, it just means puppy.
Even if you use 小犬, it does NOT mean it is smaller type of puppy compared with 子犬.
How can I say,"I would like the big Magro Teriyaki please". I say 'big' because there are two sushi sizes, one pack with 4 rolls or one with 8 rolls. I'm always going to Japan Centre and even though I don't want to look like an idiot who thinks he knows Japanese, I'd like to know what I would usually expect to say if I was in Japan.
Thanks
I would say マグロの照焼きの大きいほうをください／大きいのをお願いします。
(maguro no teriyaki no ookii hou wo kudasai / ookii no wo onegai shimasu.)
方 and の can be used as "one" when there are two choices, like "big one".
Alternatively 八個入りをください／お願いします。 (hakko iri wo kudasai/onegai shimasu.)
～入り means something containing ～.
八個入り here means the package containing 8 pieces of sushi.
Could someone help me say wonderful life or delicious life? I wanted to use a short phrase to describe life using something similar to umami. I had also considered the word "world" but could not find it translated to romaji. I forgot to mention that I want to use romaji to spell it. I looked at jinsei for life, daichi for earth and yokei for blessings. This is for a blog I am writing that includes food, travel and all things that I love about being alive. I thought of using "umami san" but I was not sure if it was correct usage and not sure if it was actually what I wanted. Sorry for the long request but all the online translators were confusing. I finally found this site. Thanks in advance!:
美味しい生活(oishii seikatsu) or 美味しい暮らし(oishii kurashi)Could someone help me say wonderful life or delicious life? I wanted to use a short phrase to describe life using something similar to umami.
All the blooming lotus flowers in the pond...alrighty then here goes, don't laugh!
池の中に咲いている蓮の花は、みんな玉のように真っ白で、その真ん中
にある金色の部分からは、不思議なよいにおいが 花のまわりにあふれています。
The blooming lotus flowers on the pond, like bright jewels, from the golden colour part in the middle, a miraculous smell surrounded them.
...kinda thing XD
私は Charles Barkley さんの意見に同意しています。A general recommendation--avoid looking up English words in a EJ dictionary and using translations, as you come across a lot of obscure words or words that seem out of context. Be as concise as possible using words you already know. If you know how to say someone is nice, don't bother finding another synonym because you are tired of using the word nice--just figure out something else that's interesting to say. I found once I stopped trying to increase my vocabulary like that, my japanese became more natural...
「意味をなす」は普段使わないですね。 「正しい, 分かる ....」です。」「正しい, 分かる ....」が一般的ですが「意味をなす」を使うときもありますね。I'd like to point out in reference to an earlier post that 意味をなす（成す） actually does make sense and it means...'to make sense.' Look it up, it's there. I'll check my kojien and see if it has a reference to it.
そうですね。英語でも、「Doesn't make sense」も同じく「Too incomprehensible, impossible to understand」という状況・意味で使えます。でも。。。否定形の「意味を成さない」という形のほうがよく使われるでしょうね。「君のその質問は意味を成さない」とか、相手と討論してるとき言いそうなセリフですね
Yes, it is true, it is not commonly used. In fact I've never heard it used. However, it does appear in Kodansha's dictionary.
なるほど。82riceballsさんのポストに戻れば、 その通りですね。そうですね。英語でも、「Doesn't make sense」も同じく「Too incomprehensible, impossible to understand」という状況・意味で使えます。でも。。。
日本語では、Grammar/sentence check Does this make sense ? みたいな状況・意味で使う場合は同じような感じがあまりないでしょうね。。。。といいたかったんだけですよね。。
つまり、英語だと、状況やによって「Does this make sense ?」と「Do you understand」が分かれるという言い方は聞いたことがないですね。
そのときによって使い方は、変わりますが、日本語を直してもらうという状況では、一般的に「意味がよくわからない」と言うのは、文章自体の意味がわからないときに、よく使われますね。一方、「意味を成さない」は、文章や会話自体は文法的に正しいけどその人の考え、論理的や目的がわからないときに、よく使えるかな。。。なるほど。82riceballsさんのポストに戻れば、 その通りですね。
Charles Barkleyさんも言っているように、 「この言い方は正しいですか？」「この文章で意味は通じますか？」と言うほうが一般的で、「意味を成す」と言う言い方を "Does this make sense ?" の文脈では使わないでしょうね。