Her parents were amazed both 但馬 and 男 (and what they did).お使者の但馬さんも但馬さんなら、その但馬さんにそんな事を頼む男も男だ、と父も母も呆（あき）れていました。
I undestood that it meant that her parents couldn't expect much from a man who used Tajima to intermediate a marriage proposal. Am I wrong?
It's not future tense. It's a rude way of saying 人が馬鹿にする / している. (やがる is a kind of curse word.)And what's the meaning of 人が馬鹿にしやがる? "People will take me for a fool?"
It means 甘い. This やがら is the euphonic change of やがるわ.ちえっ！ 女には、甘くていやがら、とおっしゃいました. Could you please explain this 甘くていやがら?
あなた達 would refer to her husband and 但馬, I think. (I don't read the whole novel, though.)The woman is talking to her husband and uses あなた、but then, almost in the end, the repeats あなた達 twice, so, I suppose she is referring to her husband and his friends, is that correct? Because あなた達 is always plural too...
尤もの英語・英訳 - goo辞書 英和和英もっとも【尤も】
1 〔道理にかなう様子〕
あなたがそう言うのももっともだ
You may well say so.／You are quite right in saying so.
妻としてはもっともな行動だ
It is quite natural [reasonable] for a wife to act that way.
君が不平を言うのももっともだ
Your complaint is understandable [justified].
彼女が彼を避けるのにはもっともな理由がある
She shuns him with (good) reason.／She has a good reason for avoiding him.
蓮っ葉の英語・英訳 - goo辞書 英和和英はすっぱ【蓮っ葉】
【例文】
はすっぱな娘
a flirt／a hussy／((英俗)) a dolly bird
はすっぱな行動
frivolous [flippant] conduct [behavior]
あの娘ははすっぱな物の言い方をする
She uses flippant language.
As I wrote, 大会 is used as plural there; not a competition fought among different kind of martial arts, as you interpreted, but competitions of each martial arts held in all over the world.
me too...Funny, last posts are back...
Yes.So 蓮葉な小説 could be translated as "frivolous novels"?
Yeah, "obvious" is a good translation.もっとも + 過ぎる事 = obvious thing, maybe? I understand the meaning of もっとも but the 過ぎる makes me think about some kind of excess...
AもAなら、BもBだ expresses that both A and B are equally not good.And could you explain the grammatical structure here:
お使者の但馬さんも但馬さんなら、その但馬さんにそんな事を頼む男も男だ、と父も母も呆（あき）れていまし た。
AもAなら、BもBだ expresses that both A and B are equally not good.
Hey there, I was wondering if anyone had a nice translation for 駄菓子屋. I've come accross small-time candy store, mom and pop candy store, but they all sound a bit silly. If I don't find anything better, I will probably stick with candy shop.
Thank you for your answer Brunom1, but since it is for a tour guide sort of article, I wouldn't want to use anything that sounds too negative. :s
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Hello! I found this under the seat of a new Toyota 4Runner that I bought. They are built in Japan so I'm assuming it's Japanese. Thank you!
Yeah, your interpretation is correct. He is accepting what happened (probably unwillingly).