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Need a word or phrase translated?

For example 6:26~ 6:27 I can't even understand what he's saying (phonetically)
6:54~ 6:58 same problem here

And in 6:44 he says "itteyarimashita". What does he mean by that? Does that mean that he said that? Or someone said that to him?

I even asked a Japanese friend for help, but all she could answer was "okay is that even Japanese? imi fumeee" xD
 
Nekomata said:
For example 6:26~ 6:27 I can't even understand what he's saying (phonetically)
6:54~ 6:58 same problem here
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乗っかるだけじゃなくて
nokkaru dake ja nakute

日本人の、なんだろ、日本人たる所以って言うかを、まあ音楽乃至表現したいっていう中で、あのー、作り出していければいいなと思ってんだけど
Nihonjin no, nandaro, Nihonjin taru yuen tte iu ka wo, maa ongaku naishi hyougen shitai tte iu naka de, anoo, tsukuridashite ikereba ii na tte omotte n da kedo

Nekomata said:
And in 6:44 he says "itteyarimashita". What does he mean by that? Does that mean that he said that? Or someone said that to him?
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The former. From the context, he would say that to the foreign people/audience/musician(s).
 
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I need a help with one line o.o
I wanted to write a song for my best friend and wanted to write a japanese note (cause she loves japanese ^^), but I have no clue how the words need to be ordered..
アナタ ノ みつかい あいかん デス
(supposed to say "you are a beautiful angel" o//O)
I am pretty sure most of it, if not all of it is wrong, since a translator told me I just said
the person would be using life and death :?

Please someone help me out
 
What's the source you got the words みつかい, あいかん from? They don't make sense at all.

EDIT:
みつかい maybe be 御使? If so, アナタ ノ みつかい あいかん デス would mean "I'm your messenger (named) Aikan."
 
Try a request of the translator for what you wanted to say ?
 
Hi,
could someone speaking Japanese check this video:

...and could translate the japanese subtitles

Would really appreciate it :
 
I'm trying to properly translate a line from a manga and there's one that kind of throws me off due to the irregularity of it. This scene takes place after a girl watches a movie and is applauding it. (I'm having trouble with the second sentence)

Girl: よよよ 良かったですうーツ。一時はどうなることかと…!

Quick help would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!
 
一時はどうなることかと（思ったけど）
I was afraid of what was going to happen.

She is talking about the story of the movie.

BTW, う and ツ in the first sentence wouldn't be the little ones; 良かったですぅーッ?
 
Hey guys, I met a friendly person on youtube who is 15 and japanese. Doesn't speak good english. I tried my best to start a conversation in broken japanese, but I couldn't tell if she was correcting what I wrote or responding as a rely. Can someone help me translate this?

ケビンさんは日本語が上手ですね★！
Kevin, your japanese is good, isn't it?
Kebin-san wa(ha) Nihongo ga jouzu desu ne!
私は英語はまだまだ上手じゃないです.
Watashi wa(ha) Eigo wa(ha) mada mada jouzu janai desu.
I'm not yet skilled in english.
少ししか読むことができません
Sukoshi shika nomu koto ga dekimasen
受信ボックスから返信できます。
Click here to reply (Not part of conversation apparently)

Ok, tried my best here. learning experience for me, can anyone help?
Thanks

Sukoshi (a little bit)

nomu (to read)

dekimasen - to do, past present negative
 
Hello! I'll give this one a shot~


(By the way, I think you mean yomu instead of nomu. Nomu means: to drink)

To my understanding: "yomu koto ga dekimasen" means "(Subject) can't read"
"sukoshi shika" pertains to only being able to do a little. So it means "(Subject) can only read a little" Most likely this was a reply to you after you stated you were still not too skilled in English.

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For the translation earlier by toritoribe, some quick questions! Thanks for clearing up the fact that と was short for "と思ったけど" but what is the significance of "一時" and what does "どうなること" mean exactly?


Also, does she have to be 'afraid' of what was going to happen? According to the context she was more relieved than fearful if anything. I'm guessing that the word afraid can be replaced with any other adj. that's implied, but I'm not quite sure.
 

"一時は" in this context means "at one point in the past". So, in this case, she is most likely referring to something that was going on in the film.

"どうなることかと思った", as toritoribe has written, means that you were afraid/worried/concerned what would happen/how it would turn out/ that it would end badly.

Also, does she have to be 'afraid' of what was going to happen? According to the context she was more relieved than fearful if anything. I'm guessing that the word afraid can be replaced with any other adj. that's implied, but I'm not quite sure.
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"一時はどうなる事かと思った" is a very common expression that is used when one looks back on an event that's had some problems at one point that made you think it would turn out badly, but in the end, it's ended up being OK. It should be translated so it would fit the situation/context.

Example : A relieved father of a little girl after his daughter's piano recital where she messed up the first part and had to start over. In the end, she did great and got a standing ovation. He thinks to himself...

一時はどうなる事かと思ったけど、最後まで演奏出来てほっとした。

I thought it was gonna be a disaster... but I am relieved she was able to finish the song.

一時 in this example, of course, refers to the time when she made the mistake. どうなることかと思った means "I was afraid/worried of what would happen" e.g. the girl running off the stage in tears, the audience laughing at her mistake, etc.

Another Example : You've just finished watching the movie E.T..

E.T.が病気になって真っ白になっちゃった時はどうなる事かと思ったけど、最後はハッピーエンドでよかった！

It got me worried (about what would happen) when E.T. got sick and turned all white but I am glad it had a happy ending!

 
Haha, alrighty. Thanks! That makes so much more sense to me now. So 一時 is pretty much an expression of time, something like...

"For a second...! / For a moment...!" (I thought...!)

So for どう成る事とか, どう explains the uncertainty, 成る事 is referring to that which might "become" or what might "transpire" and the とか at the end represents 'like expectations' etc. Gotcha~ and the last "to" was short for "と思いました" so I guess yes, there was 'fear' involved... hence the relief...

Thank you so much for making a simple confusing line make so much more sense. I really am happy for this forum ^^

Later!
 
GoldCoinLover said:
ケビンさんは日本語が上手ですね★！
Kevin, your japanese is good, isn't it?
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This sentence final particle ね is used not for confirmation but to express the speaker's admiration.

Kevin, your Japanese is good!

GoldCoinLover said:
少ししか読むことができません
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The subject of this sentence is "I," and the object of 読む is "English."

I can read English only a little.

GoldCoinLover said:
dekimasen - to do, past present negative
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potential present negative; not be able to do
 
pedroami said:
So 一時 is pretty much an expression of time, something like...

"For a second...! / For a moment...!" (I thought...!)
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は acts as a contrastive marker here, thus, strongly suggests that the worry is gone now.

As for at the moment in the past, I was afraid/worried (but now I'm not).

pedroami;647787 said:
So for どう成る事とか, どう explains the uncertainty, 成る事 is referring to that which might "become" or what might "transpire" and the とか at the end represents 'like expectations' etc.
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Not どうなる事[こと]とか but どうなる事[こと]か. どうなる literally means "how (the thing) will go", and こと, か is the nominalizer, the interrogative particle respectively. か is used to make an interrogative clause/phrase here.

一時はどうなることかと思った。
I was afraid/worried how the thing would go (at the moment in the past, but in the end it's ended up being OK).
 
Small request, I would greatly appreciate some help with translating the following:
"What kind of software and tools do you use for drawing your artwork?"
 
Usually どうなるのかと思った。sounds more natural to me, but study as many uses of the nominalizers as you can because sometimes it changes what is being said completely....
 
VerbalEssence said:
Small request, I would greatly appreciate some help with translating the following:
"What kind of software and tools do you use for drawing your artwork?"
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絵を描くのにどんなソフトを使ってるのですか？
I wonder whether you'll understand or not when you'll read the answer from the person in Japanese. :?
 
Elizabeth said:
Usually どうなるのかと思った。sounds more natural to me, but study as many uses of the nominalizers as you can because sometimes it changes what is being said completely....
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To me どうなるのかと思った and どうなることかと思った have different nuance.
While どうなるのかと思った is imply wondering what will come next, どうなることかと思った has strong sense of anxiety or horror...
 
Continuing to have conversations with a friendly lady I met on youtube...she's japanese and doesn't know much english but is very kind, trying to learn more japanese as I learn from her.

Here's what she said and what (I think) is the right translation, I'll add comments on what I think:
おお！ありがとうございます(・ω・)♪
Oh, thank you!
*What exactly does おお mean in japanese? Is it equal to say, "Oh!" in english or "Ahh!"?
やっぱり英語は難しいですね_；；
Yappri eigo wa(ha) mutsukashi desu ne...
As I thought, english is difficult !
* I had forgotten how to say difficult, very useful.

*I have never heard of the phrase Yappri, can someone explain it?
* Is "ne" here used as confirmation or to show one's point?

今は日本に住んでいるのですか？
Ima wa(ha) nihon ni sundeiruno desu ka?
Do you live in japan now?

*I think this one is correct, or at least close.

I want to say, "I do not live in japan, I live in america."
I know how to say, "I have not been to japan."
I think...tell me if this is right, I can't think of what verb to use on how if I live in japan.

(私は)日本にいきました。
As for me, I have not gone to japan.
 
osamu_ys said:
絵を描くのにどんなソフトを使ってるのですか？
I wonder whether you'll understand or not when you'll read the answer from the person in Japanese. :?
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Thanks for the help
I understand enough Japanese to decipher things with a little dictionary help, I'm just not that good with grammar and my vocab is limited.
 
GCLさん 久しぶりですね！お元気？:emoji_grinning:

明らかな間違いだけを訂正しますね。

(私は)日本にいきました。 I went to Japan (some time in the past and returned).

(私は)日本にいった(行った）ことがないです。I have not been to Japan.

日本に住んでいないです。 I don't live in Japan. アメリカに住んでいます。I live in America. ;-)


がんばってね！
 


どうも、今元気です。

(私は)勉強できますとまだ上手じゃありません。
I need to study again and I am not skilled yet

I'm just too lazy I need to buckle down and study again..I've forgotten a lot but at least I still remember some kanji and my hiragana :emoji_blush:

It's nice to see you again

PS: Was I correct in this phrase?
やっぱり英語は難しいですね～；；

Here's my response:
リオさんは、あなたの趣味何ですか？
私の趣味は金貨集めです、私もビデオウゲムは好きです。
ごめん、私の日本語が下手です。 私の日本語大丈夫ですか？ (わかりますか？)


Rio-san, what are your hobbies?
As for me, my hobbies are collecting gold coins, and I also like video games.

Sorry for my poor Japanese. Is it ok?
 
There are three phrases that I'm stuck on. (I have another thread that shows this whole translation project in context in the "Learning Japanese" sub forum but I'll put the three lines that I had the most trouble on here)

From Page 1
フェイト: J・ラカン…あなたは本当に強い確かに千のお呪文の男に並ぶだろう…その「強さ」を「ホンモン」と言っていいのかそれとも ただのバグなのか僕にはわからないけれど…

From Page 10
ラカン：悪いなぼーず / ライバルを奪っちまってよ / まあ… 拭き残しと戦り合うこともあるまい…?! / さっきのもそうだこれは何か別の... むかし...


Page 12:
フェイト： その通りこれは幻じゃない ・ さっきの勝負も現実…この景色もホンモンだよ ・ いや… ・ より性格には ・ そもそもこの世界全てが幻なのだ ・ と 言い直せるもしれないけどね
ラカン： 知らん間に何かか喰らったか? いや、そうじゃねぇ / この違和感…さっきのもそうだ。これは何かもっと別の…昔…どこかで… / ちつ…こいつぁどうも / うまくねぇな
フェイト： 美しいばしょだね ・ この景色が戦火によってもう存在しないというのは残念だよ。 この景色がなくなったのはそう…四十年前

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Ok. So I know I'm off, but this is my translation of what I was able to make due. If anyone can help me understand how to tackle these translations better I'd be so grateful.
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Page 1:
Fate: You are truly strong Jack Rakan. There is no mistaking that you stand on par with the Thousand Master, is there? / Whether or not that fact of your strength has been well documented is something I cannot concur, however

Page 10:
Rakan: Too bad, huh, kid? / Looks like I annihilated ya... / Ah well... if I didn't all his left over parts might've all come back together. / ...?!

Page 12:
Fate: That's correct, this is no illusion. / This is the reality from that victory from some time ago / But no... this entire world has been nothing but an illusion. to begin with. / if I may correct myself.
Rakan: (He says all of this without a care as he's sipping some tea? / No, that's not it / Whats with this uneasy feeling... / There's something off about this place and the place from some time ago... / tsk- this guy has quite the skill...)
Fate: It's a beautiful area, is it not? / According to the war it was the scenery of no existence, of bad luck. / This scenery has been no more... for forty years.
 
Amulet Directions - translation please

I bought this conception amulet in Kiyomizu recently but need the directions to be translated. I only know that it's asking for birthdays I believe but that's the extent of my Chinese/Japanese. I have attached the PDF here. Please help me translate the directions. Thanks so much!
 

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子授け祈願
ご住所・お名前・生年月日を書き祈願料とともにお送り下されば、子授け祈願も致します

Ko-sazuke kigan
Go-juusho, o-namae, seinen gappi wo kaki kiganryou to tomo ni o-okuri kudasareba, ko-sazuke kigan mo itashimasu

Prayer to be blessed with children
If you send us your adress, name, birthday with the pray fee, we pray for you to be blessed with children, too.

Hope this helps.
 
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