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何しろ馬の通う路とは、薮一つ隔たっておりますから。

I'm not sure how to properly understand this sentence because of "とは".

"Anyway, the road that the horses take[to ha particle], because a single thicket is distant."

If I knew exacty what the particles were saying I would probably have a better understanding of the meaning and not have such an extremely rough translation. I would appreciate any help on this.
 
何しろ(～と/は)馬の通う路とは、薮一つ隔たっておりますから。
Because something/somewhere is a single thicket distant from the road that the horses take.

The subject which is obvious from the context is omitted.
 
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Very helpful as always
 

As expected I'm still not understanding how you put that meaning together. I have a loose translation from the book (Breaking into Japanese Literature "In a Grove") that I know isn't exactly right.

The translation is: "After all, there was a thicket separating it("it" is a certain area of land) from the road that horses use."

The word "separating" and 隔たっておりますare both different in their meaning so that throws me off a bit.

If you can't find any other way of explaining the usage of "to ha" here, could you provide an extra example or two of it being used?

Sorry for the continued questions. Thank you for helping me so far.
 
とは can either be just "と" plus は strengthening the meaning, or a definition of something. Here I would think it's the former.

Does this way around make more sense to you? (あるところ = "it"/)
あるところと馬の通う路は、薮一つ隔たっておりますから

The meaning of 隔たって here is probably that of "間に物があって遮られる" (dictionary definition). There is a thicket (薮一つ) between the 馬の通う路 and the other place.

I think this is the same とは as in something like いつもとは違う . This とは often goes with "separation/difference" type terms like 何々とは差がある、何々とは異なる、何々とは離れる
 
As nekojita-san explained perfectly, you can think とは separately like "と + は".
e.g.
彼の家は銀行と（は）川で隔てられている。
彼の家と銀行（と）は川で隔てられている。

The sentences above are almost same. The difference is the point where the speaker focuses on.(The former is mainly on 彼の家, whereas the latter is equally on both 彼の家 and 銀行.)

In these days, 隔てられている is more commonly used for "間に物があって遮られる". 隔たる/隔たっている sounds a bit old-fashioned for the meaning, but is still used for "間に距離があって離れる。また、距離ができて 離れる。遠ざかる".
e.g.
彼の家は銀行と（は）一区画分隔たっている。
彼の家と銀行（と）は一区画分隔たっている。
「隔たる」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書
 

Thank you so much for taking time and going further into detail about this. It means a lot. I'm pretty sure I understand it now. Thanks also to Toritoribe-san for contributing.
 
もしかしたら受け入れてもらえるのではと、期待に胸を 膨らませダイヤルを回す。
and
いらしてみてください。

Can someone please explain them to me, thanks.
 
Sorry if the English translation is not accurate, cause I'm french and the translation of a translation is not a good thing.

Well, some keys :

もしかしたら perhaps; maybe
受け入れる to accept; to receive
貰う to receive, to take, to accept, to get somebody to do something (follows a verb in "te" form)
ので because of .., the reason is
期待 expectation; anticipation
胸 breast; chest
膨らます to swell; to expand; to inflate
ダイヤル を回す to dial a phone number

期待に胸を 膨らませダイヤルを回す : in french : avoir le coeur gonflé d'espoir. In english : to have a heart full of hope... something like this...


いらしてみてください。

いらして "te" form of いらっしゃる
ください please do (something)

A very polite way to invite someone to do something.

Hope it will help you, a bit ^^

 
warakawa said:
もしかしたら受け入れてもらえるのではと、期待に胸を膨らませダイヤルを回す。
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もしかしたら受け入れてもらえるのでは（ないか）と

warakawa said:
いらしてみてください。
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The honorific of 行ってみて下さい or 来てみて下さい
The meaning depending on the context. (いらして is used mainly by female. いらっしゃって is considered more formal.)
 

Ok thanks, I mainly didn't understand the 期待に胸を 膨らませダイヤルを回す bit, now I know it's an expression.

Thanks a lot.

And thanks tori for your explanation of the いらして
 
Hi guys, I've been unsuccessful using my own means of trying to find out the meaning of these two words, would like some help please.

さん付け 羽根つき

Cheers
 
Jericho Desu said:
Hi guys, I've been unsuccessful using my own means of trying to find out the meaning of these two words, would like some help please.

さん付け 羽根つき

Cheers
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さん付け: to put the honorific さん after someone's name
e.g.
「Toritoribeさんですか？」
「さん付けじゃなくてもいいですよ（＝Toritoribeでいいですよ）」

羽根突き: a Japanese traditional game
Hanetsuki - Wikipedia
 
Can someone please help me with these sentences?

皆さんのレビューの通り、値段に対してspellbound、Winged Silver、Vanishだけでも十分すぎる内容です。
Mini-san (Everyone) no (review) no doori, Neda ni taishiteSpellbound, Winged Silver, Vanish dake demo (10 minutes) sugiru nayou desu.

私の感覚ですが、このspellbound、Vanishの開始3秒までに関していえば、お客様の前でスムースに演じるためにはかなり練習が必要です。

Watashi no kankaku desu ga...

Does this mean "My feeling about (this) is.."?

Thanks guys
 
warakawa said:
狭い －－＞ 狭しと

What is the difference?
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狭し ＝ 狭い
It's an old Japanese conjugation and no longer used, except in a set phrase like
所狭しと （ところせましと） : an expression for somethings are crammed in one small place, or set close by.
 
yes that was from 所狭しと thanks for the explanation undrentide.

what does 細い目をいっそう細くして mean?

as in 僕が退屈していないかを気づかってか、校長先生は細い目をいっそう細くして、僕に質問をした
 
Can someone translation this: " Hello, Can I have English assistance please, because My Japanese isn't very good, and would like to attend college"

Reason I'm asking for such a request is cause I would like to attend a Japanese college called kobe toyo, And I got a hold of them, But i'm not precisely great at Japanese yet. And this school is supposed to teach kids Japanese while in japan.
 
to warakawa:
細い目をいっそう細くして

I think 目を細くする is the base here, or rather it's a bit of a play on words from it. いっそう here means "still more, even more", etc.


to Jncocontrol - if they are a college teaching Japanese language courses to foreign students, they should be able to deal with you in English. If you try and get people to translate for you and write to them in Japanese, you'll only give them the wrong impression about your level, and you won't understand the answer that comes back.

Is this the college? Their pages are in English:
Kobe Toyo Japanese College ｜ A Japanese school where you can learn more than just Japanese
It says
Please contact by email, fax or telephone in Japanese, English, Korean or Chinese for more details.
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so just use English unless one of the others is your first language.

Also, for future reference, if asking for translation you should make the effort to make the original English correct. It would also be nice if you'd attempt to translate by yourself, first.
 
A distinction that isn't important to remember or utilize....but a general pattern is the full verb form さんをつけて呼ぶ instead of「さん付け」で呼び ? :emoji_blush:
 
Hello guys simple question, is 出てけば the shortened form of 出ていていけば? Otherwise I have no idea why a け is there.

Cheers
 
nekojita said:
Also, for future reference, if asking for translation you should make the effort to make the original English correct. It would also be nice if you'd attempt to translate by yourself, first.
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Not to be an @ss here bro, But you honestly think that after i find my self in a hole, i automatically come straight in here in hopes of answers? I don't.
Cause look at it from my prospective, I'm talking to a fluent Japanese man who probably has quadruple the amount of Japanese experience that i have, and to expect a person who has a month and a half of Japanese experience on his shoulder, to speak with him casually with no trouble? No.

Plus, the skool is suppose to support English speaking. Why they don't is beyond me.

Thats the college, I called them up, and I said [In english] "English assisstance please" And the man didn't know what to say, And i tryed my best to compensate for it with the knowledge that i know in japanese, And yet, i failed horrible. Thus, why i comed here.
 
Elizabeth said:
A distinction that isn't important to remember or utilize....but a general pattern is the full verb form さんをつけて呼ぶ instead of「さん付け」で呼び ?
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さん付け acts as a noun or -suru verb stem.
e.g.
君はいつもさん付けを忘れるけど、知らない人にはさん付けしたほうがいいよ。

Jericho Desu said:
Hello guys simple question, is 出てけば the shortened form of 出ていていけば? Otherwise I have no idea why a け is there.
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出てけば＝出て行けば
出ていて行けば should be 出ててけば, if that combined form exists.
(出ててれば=出ていていれば is really used.)
 
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