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Thanks Toritoribe. Now I'm onto the next page where Mother is standing outside the front door with Akazukin-chan leaving the house to go to Grandma's.

Mother: よりみちしたり しらないひとと おしゃべりしないでいくのよ。

Akazukin-chan: は一い いってきまーす。

What I think it says:
Mother: On the way to Grandma's house, don't talk to strangers.

I know what Akazukin-chan says, but why are there lines in は一い and まーす ? These lines are actually vertical (because the sentences are written up to down). Isn't "Yes" just はい ?
 
よりみちしたりしらないひととおしゃべりしないでいくのよ。
Go straight (to Grandma's house) without stopping on the way or talking to strangers.

よりみちする: to stop on the way

The main verb of the sentence is いく.
The whole clause よりみちしたりしらないひととおしゃべりしないで is modifying いく adverbially.
～たり(past form of verb/adjective + り) is used to list actions/movements/states here.
ない negates both よりみちする and おしゃべりする.

Kakiri said:
I know what Akazukin-chan says, but why are there lines in は一い and まーす ? These lines are actually vertical (because the sentences are written up to down). Isn't "Yes" just はい ?
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That's the long vowel mark. Akazukin-chan pronounced like that (similar to "yeeah"). By the way, it's はーい, and not は一(the kanji meaning "one")い.;-)
 
Hi all!
I have a few questions about song lyrics ("Goodbye Happiness" by Utada Hikaru)
Goodbye Happiness 宇多田ヒカル 歌詞情報 - うたまっぷ 歌詞無料検索

甘いお菓子 消えた跡には
Does this mean "In the traces of disappeared sweet snacks"??
Or can 跡 be the same as 後？

Also,
夢の終わりに 待ったはなし
Does this mean something like "at the end of the dream, there were no do-overs" or "Once the dream ended, I couldn't change it"???

何も知らずにはしゃいでた
あの頃へはもう戻れないね
それでもいいの Love me
In the last line, does she mean "Is that Ok with you?" Or is she asking herself the question?

[I know it's probably better not to think too deeply about lyrics, but sometimes when I don't understand then it bothers me ]

よろしくお願いします!
 
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Hey guys, I really need help with translating a phrase "The chosen one" to Japanese. Remember Matrix the movie, where Morpheus told Neo that he's the chosen one. That is exact meaning I seek for. My personal guess is 選ばれた者 , but I still hesitate about it.
Thank you very much in advance!
Sincerely, Matthew Criuis.
 
82riceballs said:
甘いお菓子 消えた跡には
Does this mean "In the traces of disappeared sweet snacks"??
Or can 跡 be the same as 後？
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Unlike 後, 跡 focuses on the location where an event happened(including abstract ones).

In the place where sweet snacks disappeared

82riceballs said:
Also,
夢の終わりに 待ったはなし
Does this mean something like "at the end of the dream, there were no do-overs" or "Once the dream ended, I couldn't change it"???
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The former.

I think that that would be a declarative sentence. "I'm OK for that(= I can't go back to those days now)".


選ばれた者 is not incorrect, but I prefer 選ばれし者. 選ばれし is a classical form of 選ばれた, and sounds more majestic.
 
Thanks so much Toritoribe!

I have some more questions about this song:
万物が廻り廻る
My dictionary tells me that 廻る means "まわって再びもとに返る。" so could this line mean "All things are coming back to where they started" or "All things are circling back to the start"

ありのままで 生きていけたらいいよね
大事な時 もう一人の私が邪魔をするの
Does this roughly mean "I'll be fine living the way I am, right / [Otherwise] Already alone, I'll interfere with important moments" ?

よろしくお願いします!
 
I'm not really sure how to translate this.
頼むから実況しないで

I looked up 実況
and it says that it means "real condition," but I can't think of how to put that into a proper sentence.
 
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The word "reincarnation" came into my mind.

もう一人の私: another person/character in myself


sl89 said:
I'm not really sure how to translate this.
頼むから実況しないで

I looked up 実況
and it says that it means "real condition," but I can't think of how to put that into a proper sentence.
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実況する means "to make running comments".

Do not make running/play-by-play comments, please!
 
I'm currently trying to translate an article from a Japanese magazine called B-Pass and I've come across a sentence that I'm confused about.

内からフォーク、ナイフ、スプーンとセット。

My dictionary says that 内から means "from the inside", but I was wondering if it could have any other meaning?

Thank you
 
Could somebody help me with this sentence...

なめくじ は しお を かけて たおします。

I don't understand the use of kakete
 
I'm a little confused with this sentence
俺が思い悩んでいるのはいつだって俺のことだけじゃないか。

Could it mean something along the lines of
"I only ever worry about myself, don't I?"
 
We need more context. What is the following/preceding sentences?
 
That's more likely "I always worry only about myself, don't I?"
 
The members of a rock band are in a Butlers cafe in Shibuya learning how to properly greet customers, set the table, etc. They had to observe the butlers working there and then take care of customers themselves. This sentence was in a caption next to a photo in which you can see one of the members setting utensils on a table.

The full caption is:
内からフォーク、ナイフ、スプーンとセット。必死すぎて両手（笑）。
 
Ah, I see.

He set folks, knives, spoons from center to outside.
 
Toritoribe said:
That's more likely "I always worry only about myself, don't I?"
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Thank you.

Do you happen to know what どんな理由で取り繕ったって means?
I was able to figure out the meaning of all the words, but I'm having a hard time putting it together so it makes sense.
 
"No matter how you dress it up/try to fix it/spin it..." The translation kind of depends on the context.
 
I hit another snag in what I'm trying to translate.

今まで俺が君から逃げてきた分
付き合えるだけロバートさんに付き合おう

For the first line, I thought it might be "Up until now, I've been running away from you" but, I'm not sure how to handle the 分, is it alright to leave it as I have it translated, or does it not retain the same meaning?
As for the second line, I really don't know what to do with it. My first guess was "I can only accompany/associate with Robert" but then I'm not sure how the 付き合おう fits in with that. I don't think I've ever seen an う changed into an お before.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you.
 
分 means something like "portion" here, so it's like "for all the running away I did from you..." 付き合う is commonly used to mean "to date". The volitional/hortative form is 付き合おう, like how 会う would become 会おう or how 買う would become 買おう, etc. The だけ here is like "all I can" or "to the utmost of my ability".

Although since that に is in there I'm not so sure about the "dating" meaning. I mean, I guess it could still be that, and make sense since he's talking about himself and what he'll do, but I'm just so used to hearing 付き合う used with と that it's making me wonder. Of course, that 合う is there, which would mean mutually doing something, so... Is this a BL manga or something, by the way?
 

Oh, volitional form...I have learned that, I completely forgot about it.

I knew that 付き合う is usually used for dating, but the characters aren't dating in this one so I dismissed it without really giving it much thought. I probably should have thought about it more. It could still work, but I'm still not entirely sure how to put it together.

It's a yaoi doujinshi. I translate them (or try to) as practice.

Thank you for all of the help.
 
I think 付き合う would mean "to get along with ~" here.
 
痛みを越えた数だけ優しさがわかる

I've spent a great deal of time trying to figure out on my own the entire meaning of this sentence. Yet once again I'm not able to fully understand how it all fits together.

痛みを越えた [Overcome pain] 数だけ [only the number of times] 優しさがわかる [I understand/know the kindness/tenderness]

What I believe to be the problem here for me is how "Dake" ties the sentence together. I may be misunderstanding a word which could be throwing me off. If I could have anyone's help shedding some light on this I would very much be in debt to you. Thank you so much.
 
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