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Need a word or phrase translated?

Hm...
How about:

"I saw my teacher going to the park by car."

「先生が車で公園に行くのを見ました。」か「先生が車で公園に行っているのを見ました。」

What I'm getting at is, is the verbs in Japanese that do not provide the same "ongioing action" in the ～ている form that English does. Like, "I'm going" would seem to be
「行っている」, but it's not.
 

"I'm going" as in....

"There will be a big party at Tommy's Friday night. I'm going. Do you want to come along?"

I don't think, in this case, "I'm going" is in the progressive form per se. Often times, this form is used to express future actions/intentions, I believe.

Also, in the example with the teacher in a car, isn't "going" used to mean something like "on his/her way to" rather than the action of "going"?

I guess in many cases, it could go either way and you just go with whichever that is more appropriate for the situation at hand.
 
foreevermore said:
肩ひ ＆ もつける

「肩ひもつけ位置」
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No, it's 肩ひも（を）＋つける ;-)

肩ひも（肩紐） = strap
付ける = to put, to sew on (in case of clothing)
位置 = position

肩ひもつけ位置 the position where the trap is sewed on/put
 
I apologize, but I have one last question for the time being.

Context: an artist is dissatisfied by an anime made of her work. She's talking to the reader about a memo she wrote to a coworker expressing her frustrations.

「ひどいことを書いているかのように読めますが、いや、ほんと、ひどかったんで
すよ。
アニメは会社の体力不足(人材不足というんでしょうか)を嘆きだした頃でした。」

As I understand it, this means something like:

"You might be reading this thinking, 'what horrible things to write', but - well, no, they really were horrible!
The anime came at a time when the [animation] company was suffering from a shortage of energy (one might say a 'shortage of talent')."

I'm not sure I have the syntax of sentence #2 correct, though. Also:

1. Would "whining about" be a better translation for "nagekidashita"?
2. There's no way that "tairyoku fusoku" would translate as "lack of manpower", is there?

Again, I thank everyone very much for their patience.
 
indigozeal said:
アニメは会社の体力不足(人材不足というんでしょうか)を嘆きだした頃でした。
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This sentence does not make much sense. Are there any typos?
 
So, probably she wanted to say そのアニメを作ったのは会社の体力不足(人材不足というんでしょうか) を嘆きだした頃でした。/そのアニメは会社の体力不足(人材不足というんでしょうか) を嘆きだした頃のものです。 or something like that.
 
I see; that's what I thought. May I ask about the translation of "nagekidashita", though? Also, do I have the meaning of "tairyoku fusoku" correct? It doesn't mean "manpower shortage", does it?
 
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indigozeal said:
I see; thank you. May I ask about the translation of "nagekidashita", though? Also, do I have the meaning of "tairyoku fusoku" correct? It doesn't mean "manpower shortage", does it?
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The verb NAGEKU means to grieve/being woeful (is that a word? lol) and it could also be translated as what YOU had, "to whine", I suppose.

As for the meaning of TAIRYOKU-BUSOKU (fusoku, as a latter half of a phrase, is pronounced Busoku instead of Fusoku, because it is easier to pronounce it that way) would be "lack of (physical) energy".
 
How would one say, "I want you to tell me that you want to see me."

I don't know how to put it together,

but i have these:

俺に会いたがってる (or 俺に会いたい if it's them who are saying it?） = you want to see me
俺に言ってほしい = i want you to tell me

so how do you put them together??

Maybe I'm completely wrong with the way i put things together or something... idk. But I basically wanted to knwo how to say "I want you to tell me that [TEXT HERE]"

if anyone could help translate this, itd be much appriciated!

よろしくお願いします！
 
You can just use either と or って.

俺にあいたいって言ってほしい。( I omitted the second 俺に as it was not necessary)


僕が君にとってただの便利な男だったってことはわかってる。食事をおごったり、服を買ってあげたり、海外旅行へ連れて行ったり.... そうそう、君のお母さんに痔の専門医を紹介してあげたりもした。 別に僕は見返りを期待してたわけじゃない。 ただ君が喜ぶ顔を見たかったんだ。 でもさ、正直に言うとさ、いつか君が僕の気持ちに応えてくれるのを期待してたところもあるんだよね。 だから君が足利と結婚するって聴いた時かなり応えちゃってさ。 ごめんね。今こんな話、聞きたくないよね。 もうこれからあうこともないと思うから、最後にひとつだけお願いがあるんだ。 嘘でもいいからさ、僕のことを愛してたっていってほしいんだ。

To you, I know I was just someone convenient. I bought you meals, took you on trips abroad.... oh yeah, I even introduced your mom to that hemorrhoid specialist. I wasn't looking for anything in return. I just wanted
to see your happy face. Well... I guess, to be honest, a part of me was hoping that one day, you would reciprocate my feelings for you. So, when I heard that you were marrying ASHIKAGA, it hit me really hard. I'm sorry... I know you don't wanna hear this now. We probably won't see each other from now on.... so I want to ask you for just one favor. You won't even have to mean it. I just want you to tell me that you loved me.
 
「くの字」英訳

「自然な腕の形になるようにelで"くの字"になるシルエットをかく。」
 
Well... I'm just wondering if anyone can understand this:

ハロー 私達間の盲目になる壁 溶かし、私達を再度放っておきなさい どこかに通われるぶんぶんいうことそこに 私は私達の愛が死で私達を見通すことができることを信じる

I understand Chinese (I'm not sure if its different from Japanese kanji) and some word on there seems a bit worrying... if it is the same as Chinese. I've asked a friend who knows a bit of Japanese he said it doesn't make any sense to him I've also tried JP>ENG translator well that dint make much sense to me either.

I'm hoping someone can help me translator or decrypt it if they think they can make something out of it if that sentance if it makes any slight sense. lol

Well, thanks a lot to anyone who tried to translate it for me much appreciated!
 
It doesn't make any sense to me, either. :emoji_flushed:

I have a feeling it is a translation with a Web translator or was done by someone who simply put together words from a dictionary.
 
「蟻地獄」英訳

「真上から見ると蟻地獄のようで、吸い込まれていきそうなおもしろさがある」
 

蟻地獄（アリジゴク） is a name of insect: ant-lion.
They make a funnel shaped nest which also works as a trap for ants on a sandy ground, once ant got into this trap, they cannot get out (and eventually eaten by the ant-lion.)
I guess the 蟻地獄 refers to the nest rather than the insect itself in the above sentence.
 
hi, just started reading this book called "できる人の勉強法"

教える仕事を通じて、つくづく感じるのは、勉強は「やり方」によって大きく左右されるということです。実際、多くの生徒たちが、勉強の「やり方」を変えるだけで、目を見張るほどの成績をあげています。
my attempt:
having been in the education jobs, i have strong feeling that, "the method" have a great influence on our study. In reality, many students only have to change their study "method", they will be amazed at the results.

私のこれまでの経験やノウハウが、そうした方々の何らかのお役に立てればという願いをこめ、本書をまとめました。
my attempt:
my experience and know how up to now, such people ...something ... be helpful...something....wish...., are collected in this book.

my questions: what kind verb is こめ
 
warakawa said:
my questions: what kind verb is こめ
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こめ is the adverbial form/pre-masu form of the verb 込[こ]める, same as 込めて in that sentence. 願いを込める is kind of a set phrase to mean "to wish/hope."
 
それに、スポーツや芸能などとちがって、勉強は「素質」よりも「努力」がモノをいいです。がんばった分だけ返ってきます。
 

Hmmmm.... is this just some random comment, or is it another line from your book that you have questions about?
 
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