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つかみとらなくちゃダメなんだ ＝ つかみとらなければならない？

報道せずに私の胸の中だけにしまっといてあげる。

しまっと ？？
 
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Hello everyone!
Could someone please tell me the meaning of the expression 今にも増してXYZ でした (where XYZ is any noun)?
Thanks in advance.
 

Your interpretation of the first sentence is correct.
つかみとらなくちゃダメ＝つかみとらなくてはダメ（＝いけない、ならない）

しまっといて ＝ しまって・おいて
 
nero12 said:
Hello everyone!
Could someone please tell me the meaning of the expression 今にも増してXYZ でした (where XYZ is any noun)?
Thanks in advance.
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It was more XYZ (at the time) than (something is XYZ) now.

XYZ is more likely an adjective (or a verb in some cases, e.g. 今にも増して勉強していました) than a noun.
 
Toritoribe said:
It was more XYZ (at the time) than (something is XYZ) now.
XYZ is more likely an adjective (or a verb in some cases, e.g. 今にも増して勉強していました) than a noun.
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Thanks a lot!

One of the examples of this expression that I saw was: 今にも増して寂しがり屋でした, where 寂しがり屋 ("lonely person") is a noun. So the translation would be something like "He was (used to be?) lonelier than he is now", right?
 
Yeah, indeed, 寂しがり屋 is a noun. That's an exception. 寂しがり屋 means more likely "a person who feels lonliness easily/who always wants to be with company" than "a lonely person". The present state(どれだけ寂しがり屋か: how easily/frequently he feels loneliness) can be compared to the past state(how easily/frequently he felt it,) as same as 努力家, 勉強家, 反抗期... So you can't say, for instance, 今にも増して寂しさ/努力/勉強/反抗でした.

This expression connotes that the present state is enough XYZ.
（今も一生懸命勉強しているけど、）高校の頃は今にも増して日本語を勉強していました。
(Now I'm studying Japanese enough hard, but) I was studying Japanese in high school more hard than now.
 
１．アタイのバラード聴きたさに、隣町からもお客がやってくるぐらいだったんだぜ。

hi, guys, confused here about two things, what is the function of たさに？ and also ぐらい which means how many, does not make sense here to me.

２．なかなか、目が離せない二人ね。

these two people cant not quite separate their eyes?


お願いします ！
 
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聴きたさ＝聴きたい＋さ (nominalization)
～したさに＝～したいあまりに＝とても～したい／・したかったので

くらい（ぐらい） means degree.
People wanted to listen to my ballads so much, even the people from neibouring towns took the trouble to come.
People wanted to listen to my ballads to the extent that people from neibouring towns took the trouble to come.


warakawa said:
２．なかなか、目が離せない二人ね。

these two people cant not quite separate their eyes?
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目が離せない means either one cannot take their eyes off of something/someone because because he/she is very much interested/fascinated (2) one needs to watch/keep eyes on someting/someone as one feels necessity of surpervision (to keep a small child out of mischief, for instance.)

Subject of 目が離せない is the third party, not those two people in your example.
i.e. the speaker (1) wants to follow the two with keen interest, or (2) needs to watch them two otherwise she (he?) cannot tell what they'll do (causing trouble, mischief, etc.)
 
はい、 よくわかりました。 本当に どうもありがとう undrentide さん！
 
兄弟 and 兄妹 both pronounced the same? きょうだい？ how confusing

ちょっと変わった虫がいたもんだから？

変わった虫 = strange insect? もん の function？？

司令部にも上申していないが、私が全責任を持つ。

cant not find 上申して in the dictionary, is it the same as 申す？
 
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1.
Simply putting, there are only two nouns for siblings, 兄弟 /kyoudai/ for male siblings and 姉妹 /simai/ for female siblings.
But you sometimes want to talk or write about male-female or female-male siblings etc. In such cases, we write 兄妹 or 姉弟 in writing, but pronounce /kyoudai/ for both.

2.
もん is a changed form of もの(物). ～したものだから is used when you explain the reason for something. ちょっと変わった虫がいたものだから means "because there's a bit strange insect, so...".

3. I think, you could find 上申/zyoushin/ in a larger dictionary. 上申する means to report to someone in a higher position than you.
 
How do I write " it's me at 5 years old " ( references to a childhood photo ) in Japanese ?!
TIA ...
 
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Trollhattan said:
How do I write " it's me at 5 years old " ( references to a childhood photo ) in Japanese ?!

TIA ...
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五歳のときの私です。 5-sai no toki no watashi desu.
*If you're writing to a close friend, you can replace watashi with boku.

Alternatively, you can say
（これは）私が五歳のときの写真です。 (kore wa) watashi ga 5-sai no toki no shashin desu.
(This is a photo of me whe I was 5 years old.)
 
歌には人種なんて関係ない。歌に乗せた気持ちは 心ず 伝わる。

The function of ず? a particle?

Thanks in advance
 
warakawa said:
歌には人種なんて関係ない。歌に乗せた気持ちは 心ず伝わる。

the function of ず? a particle?

thanks in advance
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No, 必ず is one word.

According to dictionaries, it originally came from a phrase 仮ならず and here ず is auxiliary verb meaning negation in Old Japanese. But today 必ず is one word and neither 必 or ず do not stand alone.
 
warakawa said:
歌には人種なんて関係ない。歌に乗せた気持ちは 心ず伝わる。
the function of ず? a particle?
thanks in advance
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I'm pretty sure you misread it. It must be 必ず.

undrentide-san, he wrote 心ず.;-)
 
Gracefully said:
How do I say "thank you for your time"?
"あなたのTIMEはありがとう。"？
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On a formal occasion ?


お時間をとっていただき、どうもありがとうございます

（いつも）お時間をとっていただきまして本当に有難うございます。
 
大きなおけに水をはってくれ。
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I think this sentence means "Immense a large bucket into water.", but I'm not quite sure.
I have two things to ask:
  1. What does the word "はって (はる, はつ or はう)" means? Couldn't find it in the dictionary. "to immense" means some other meaning also.
  2. Shouldn't the correct form of the sentence be "大きなおけを水にはってくれ。"?
 
Oh yeah, sorry I misread. it's 必ず。


1. it may be 張る？ to fill ? thought 入れる would be a better choice?
2. No. Because then the object is water, the bucket is the destination of the object.
 

ありがとうございます。

What do the words とって and いただき mean?
 
warakawa said:
Oh yeah, sorry i misread. it's 必ず。
1. it may be 張る？ to fill ? thought 入れる would be a better choice?
2. No. coz then the object is water, the bucket is the destination of the object.
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I think Haru is basically the same as ireru in this case.
 
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