Need a word or phrase translated?

[Glenn]

"What did he call this?" I think is better for the second one. You got the first one right.

 

[LukeSettle]

okie dokie!
ありがとうglenサン

one more question.

are the more polite forms of ageru/morau/kureru used often? (sashiageru i think?)
Can anyone give me idea of what level of relationship you should use each respectively?

also

それでいいと思うなら、そうしな(さい)よ。 - If you think that's fine, then go ahead and do it.

what is the meaning of "de" here?

 

[Glenn]

くださる and いただく are used very frequently. さしあげる not so much, but it has its place, to be sure. Also, やる, the more base and rough form of あげる, is used fairly frequently as well.

 

[hkBattousai]

早くめを出せカキのたね出さぬとはさみでちょんぎるぞカニがいっしょけんめいに世話をしたおかげて、カキの木はぐんぐん大きくなりました。

Can you translate the first part of this sentence?

 

[hkBattousai]

それでいいと思うなら、そうしな(さい)よ。 - If you think that's fine, then go ahead and do it.

what is the meaning of "de" here?

それでいい = (if that is) fine by (doing) that

We can say that, for this sentence, "で" means "by".

 

[Toritoribe]

早くめを出せカキのたね出さぬとはさみでちょんぎるぞカニがいっしょけんめいに世話をしたおかげて、カキの木はぐんぐん大きくなりました。
Can you translate the first part of this sentence?

早く / め / を / 出せ、 / カキ / の / たね。 / 出さぬ / と / はさみ / で / ちょんぎる / ぞ
早く芽を出せ、柿の種。出さぬと鋏でちょんぎるぞ。
Hurry up and sprout, seed of persimmon! If you don't, I'll snip you off with scissors!

note:
ぬ in 出さぬと: The adnominal form of the archaic auxiliary verb ず, which nagates verbs. It's same as ない. 出さないと, 出さないなら.

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EDIT:
Correction. That line is カニ's words from さるかに合戦, right? Then, はさみ in that sentence must be the crab's claw, not scissors. So, the translation would be "Hurry up and sprout, seed of persimmon! If you don't, I'll cut you off with my claw!"

 

[Toritoribe]

それでいいと思うなら、そうしな(さい)よ。 - If you think that's fine, then go ahead and do it.
what is the meaning of "de" here?

The particle で would indicate a kind of "basis" in that case. But especially when used with いい, it also has the meaning like "minimal standard." So, the sentence would have a nuance like "I don't recommend it, though," "I'm not fully satisfied, though," or something like that.

 

[Lotorie]

【旧蔵者】岩生成一 (1900～1988) 。東京都出身。東京帝国大学国史学科を卒業後、東京大学史料編纂所で海外交渉史を担当する。1929-1947 年に台北帝国大学で教鞭をとり、その間インドネシアや欧米諸国に留学。1948 年東京大学教授。海外史料採訪による実証的研究で知られる。著書に『南洋日本町の研究』『朱印船貿易史の研究』など。岩生氏の没後、旧蔵書のうち和図書は当館が購入、洋書は東京大学史料編纂所に収蔵された。
【解説】1989 年創設。おもに近世の海外交渉史に関する和図書。史料集・叢書・目録類が中心で、大航海時代叢書、イギリス商館長日記、オランダ商館長日記などの基本的な文献が揃っている。和図書約 800 点、洋書約 10 点(おもに目録類)、中国語図書約 50 点、ほかに逐次刊行物約 130 点など。
【総数】約 1,000 点
【閲覧】原資料
【複写】和図書、一般洋書に準じる。
【検索】カード目録(著者名・書名)
Need some help, please.
I almost didn't find anything about Iwao Seiichi except that.
But, kind of difficult to translate it.
Please, please

 

[Buntaro]

Lotorie,

First, you need to try to translate it yourself. Then, you can ask questions. Let's see how well you do.

 

[Lotorie]

I understand.

It's just, I'm in a hurry because exams are soon and I didn't fnd time to do this.

Sorry

 

[drimiksi]

それに一矢を報わんとする ならばーーー。

can someone say what the meaning of "報わん"?!?!
thanks in advance ^.^

 

[Toritoribe]

それに一矢を報わんとする ならばーーー。
can someone say what the meaning of "報わん"?!?!
thanks in advance ^.^

報わ; the nai-form root of the verb 報う + ん; the n-euphonic change of the archaic auxiliary verb む, which expresses the doer's intention.
It's same as 報おう/報いよう in modern Japanese.

hope this helps

 

[Tomii515]

Yesterday, I was talking to someone in Japanese, and they said:

自分だって、blahblahblah

I wasn't sure what they said, and they roughly translated it as "look at me, blahblaj"

Anyways, I was just wondering what the uses are of ~だって

Thanks!

 

[Buntaro]

Tomii515,

だって means quotation marks.

"自分だって."

--> "He said, '自分'."

 

[DranzerX13]

I need help with something. Sometimes in Japanese anime, there can be weird episode title names.

"ぷるぷるのぽよん"

ぷるぷる = puru puru (giggly)
ぽよん = poyon (soft and mushy)

I still don't get what it could translate to.

maybe "The Giggly, soft and mushy" ? I don't know.

Then there is this one.

"ちゅるちゅるのあはん"

ちゅるちゅる = churuchuru (is an onomatopoeia for eating (instant) ramen (slurp slurp)

あはん = ahan (must be a name or something)

 

[Glenn]

Tomii515,

だって means quotation marks.

"自分だって."

--> "He said, '自分'."

I'm guessing it's the も usage, i.e., 自分も. Only context will tell, though.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yesterday, I was talking to someone in Japanese, and they said:

自分だって、blahblahblah

I wasn't sure what they said, and they roughly translated it as "look at me, blahblaj"

Anyways, I was just wondering what the uses are of ~だって

Thanks!

Besides to Buntaro-san's interpretation, that phrase often used as "you are(or s/he is) also like me/us/everyone else," depending on the context.

自分だって(ほかの人みたいに)お化けが怖いくせに。
彼は今は反対してる。この前は自分だって賛成してたのに。

In that case, 自分 refers to the person the speaker is talking about, not to the speaker's self. And だって is same to the particle も; "too."

みみずだって、おけらだって、あめんぼだって、みんなみんな生きているんだ。友だちなんだ。

EDIT:
Ooops, Glenn-san already answered.

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

I think that "look at me" could be a good translation. As in,

自分だって、 本来7時に帰ってもいいのに毎日夜遅～くまで働いているよ。 早くとも11時になるまで残業が付き物なんだ。

"Look at me, my job originally lets me go home at 7, but I've been working really late every day. Overtime until 11 is just part of the job."

 

[Toritoribe]

I think that "look at me" could be a good translation. As in,

自分だって、 本来7時に帰ってもいいのに毎日 夜遅～くまで働いているよ。 早くとも11時になるまで残業が付き物なんだ。

"Look at me, my job originally lets me go home at 7, but I've been working really late every day. Overtime until 11 is just part of the job."

In that context, I would use 僕だって instead of 自分だって.

彼を見てみろよ。自分だって本来7時に帰っても いいのに毎日夜遅～くまで働いているよ。(彼 = 自分)
僕を見てみろよ。自分だって本来7時に帰っても いいのに毎日夜遅～くまで働いているよ。(僕 = 自分)

The former is commonly used. The latter might be acceptable(a bit awkward, though.)

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

In that context, I would use 僕だって instead of 自分だって.
彼を見てみろよ。自分だって本来7時に帰っても いいのに毎日夜遅～くまで働いているよ。(彼 = 自分)
僕を見てみろよ。自分だって本来7時に帰っても いいのに毎日夜遅～くまで働いているよ。(僕 = 自分)
The former is commonly used. The latter might be acceptable.

It's all context driven isn't it? I was just using Tomii's example, so...

 

[Toritoribe]

It's all context driven isn't it? I was just using Tomii's example, so...

Right. It depends on the context.
But the pronoun 自分 in the phrase 自分だって seems to be rarely used to refer to the speaker's self, at least far less rare than 僕(or 俺, 私)だって.

 

[Toritoribe]

I need help with something. Sometimes in Japanese anime, there can be weird episode title names.

"ぷるぷるのぽよん"

ぷるぷる = puru puru (giggly)
ぽよん = poyon (soft and mushy)

I still don't get what it could translate to.

maybe "The Giggly, soft and mushy" ? I don't know.

Then there is this one.

"ちゅるちゅるのあはん"

ちゅるちゅる = churuchuru (is an onomatopoeia for eating (instant) ramen (slurp slurp)

あはん = ahan (must be a name or something)

These phrases seem to have a meaning not appropriate for here in this forum.
I mean, the titles connote a kind of NUANCE with no direct relationship to the story of "BLUE DRAGON," probably intentionally the maker side added...

 

[DranzerX13]

Someone on Wikipedia who had the episode titles up didn't get those two and put TBA on it. I then thought I could help and get those two episode names translated then put them up on wiki.

If anyone here knows what those two episode titles translate to, could you PM me the translations for them instead of on this thread?

 

[Tomii515]

Tomii515,
だって means quotation marks.
"自分だって."
--> "He said, '自分'."

lol, makes sence. thanks.

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Could someone please give a word (phrase) which conveys the the same feeling in English as in Japanese:

"Just kidding; jk" = ??
"Never mind" = まあ、いいか （？）
"Oh my god!" = あれまあ；おやまあ （？）

 

[Glenn]

"Just kidding" -- な〜んてね or なんちゃって.

"Nevermind" -- looks good to me. Also, as a variant, まあ、いっか. It also depends on what feeling you're saying this with. If you're a bit peeved you could say もういいよ.

"Oh my god" -- I get the feeling there are lots of ways to say this one depending on context and your feeling at the time. 嘘 and そんな come to mind for the "you've got to be kidding me" version.