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どうもありがとう 足利さん。よくわかる。


世界で鉄道が斜陽化しているとき、日本で鉄道が活発に営業しているのは、このように異業種間のグループ化による。

"異業種間" なんですか?
 
なる業種間(で)のグループ化
grouping between different types of industries
 
Hello,
I'm drawing short comix story illustrating some wise thoughts and I wonder if somebody could help me with translation of these sentences:
1. Never lose trust in your dreams or yourself.
2. Fortune favors those who want to get their heart's desire.
3. Nothing would annoy an enemy more than being charming.

I understand that literally translation may not be good idea. Every help and suggestion would be appreciated.
 
I have never seen 手我. Could it be 手拭(てぬぐい)by any chance? People use tenugui for hachimaki...:?
Or maybe 手織り (Hand-woven)?
Ooops, maybe it is てふきwith the side strokes gone wild. Or I should say, just stylized a little differently....
 
I'm confused with what the following means:

無傷ではいられない

I'm not sure if the whole thing is "un-negated" as" 無傷" is confusing me.

The context is in

抱きしめるたび 無傷ではいられない

But, I'm not sure what "無傷ではいられない" means on its own
 
抱きしめるたび無傷ではいられない
I can't help being hurt every time I hug you/someone.

無傷: unhurt/unharmed/flawless/perfect

Where did you get "un-negated"?
 
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Can you please translate the word "ニ辰ニ停??, and the red colored section?
 
I have never seen 手我. Could it be 手拭(てぬぐい)by any chance? People use tenugui for hachimaki...:?
Or maybe 手織り (Hand-woven)?
ちょっと調べました。
私が本当に欲しいのは、昔の有名な「鎌、輪、ぬ」という判じ絵デザインの鉢巻ですよ。


ところで、うまい洒落だと思いますか?

手拭いの柄に歌舞伎役者の名前が表されたものがありますか?
笑おうとしたがだめだったけど、 本当に冗談が通じなかったね。



やっぱりこのユーモアは外国人には本当に理解できないですからね。
 
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手拭いの柄に歌舞伎役者の名前が表されたものがありますか?
Maybe 菊五郎格子[きくごろうごうし]?



Here's かまわぬ.


It's pretty tough probably even for most of natives, especially 菊五郎's one.
 
Not too long ago, there was a segment on some morning TV show about this store in Tokyo that makes/sells these tenuguis with "share"s on them like the one you mentioned.
I can't remember the name of the store, though.
 
I found the pictures in the following site.

手ぬぐい 梨園染 菊五郎格子 グレー 1,050円/風呂敷 足袋 和装小物/ほっと屋
手ぬぐい 梨園染 かまわぬ 黒 1,050円/風呂敷 足袋 和装小物/ほっと屋

Can you please translate the word "イモ", and the red colored section?
イモ = 芋

あとはすみでまっ黒くぬりつぶされていました。
あとは/墨で/真っ黒く/塗りつぶされていました。

あとは: the rest part (of the picture)
黒く塗りつぶす/塗り潰す: to paint something out black/to black out something
 
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Can you please translate the word "イモ", and the red colored section?
I can only make educated guesswork on the イモ one, but the full sentence basically says
"Afterwards, it was blotted out black with ink."
Did you understand the rest ?

芋の絵が十こたい(個体?)そう = each of the potatoes in the picture ???
 
I can only make educated guesswork on the イモ one, but the full sentence basically says
"Afterwards, it was blotted out black with ink."

In this particular context, あとは means "the rest".
There was 10 sweet potatoes drawn in the letter, and the rest (of the letter) was blotted out black with ink.

Did you understand the rest ?

芋の絵が十こたい(個体?)そう = each of the potatoes in the picture ???

Er.. I'm afraid that you read the text in a wrong order; in case of vertical writing, you should read from right to left.

たいそう (meaning "very much") follows おばあさんは.
十こ is to be followed by 書いてあって.


おじさんが手紙をわたすと、おばあさんは、たいそうよろこびました。
そして手紙をあけてみると、中には、イモの絵が十こ書いてあって、あとはすみでまっ黒くぬりつぶされていました。
 
Oh, yeeess, that is right. And makes great sense !!! The exhaustion must be worst than I realized. But this would have kept me awake for sure. Really glad I woke up early (just once) in time to be reminded. So what I meant was....hkBattousai didn't ask about the 1st occurance of イモ ?
 
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How do you say...

[When cats curl and sleep, they look cute.]
?

~Thanks in advance
 
how do you say...

[when cats curl and sleep, they look cute.]
?

~thanks in advance
猫が丸くなって寝るときは、かわいいですね。 :


This is one cat, btw, not one or more curled together. That is what you wanted, right ?

私も自分の可愛い猫を自慢に思っていますよ。:
 
The first line was helpful....so tokiha is the keyword to express [during]...

I tried translating the second sentence via translator and it doesn't make any sense...what did you mean in the second sentence?

Thanks for your effort anyway =)
 
The first line was helpful....so tokiha is the keyword to express [during]...

I tried translating the second sentence via translator and it doesn't make any sense...what did you mean in the second sentence?

Thanks for your effort anyway =)
Toki wa is "when" more than during.

The second was "I am so proud of my cute cats." (when they are asleep at least...)
 
Can someone help me translate this
"I like it.
It suits you very well."
Thank you in advance!
 
Can anyone translate this?

Someone posted this to me on Facebook when I wrote I was learning Japanese:

Anata no oshiri wo keru.


Only thing I found via Google was oshiri means ***, arse, butt

Thank you!
 
Hi folks, another odd translation.

Was watching Mechaike the other day and there is a little boy dressed in white with a big lemon for a head and he does a little dance move and says something like this:

ぐいぐいきとりです Or ぐいぐいきておりです

I understand ぐいぐい and the second part could be planning or something... but I'm really not sure what it's supposed to mean or if it's just a cute little phrase.

Thanks in advance chaps and chapesses.

PS: Had another listen... could be きております

One more question - When someone catches something (e.g. ball), I sometimes hear "とったぁ!". Not sure if it has a kanji reading, what is the meaning? Thank you again.
 
The lemon man maybe be 岡村隆史?


Yeah, it would be ぐいぐい来ております, but wmmm, how to translate this?:emoji_blush:

One more question : - When someone catches something (e.g. ball), I sometimes hear "とったぁ!". Not sure if it has a kanji reading, what is the meaning?
捕ったぁ!/取ったぁ!
I caught it!/I've caught it!/I got it!
 
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