Need a word or phrase translated?

[Justin Lowe]

Good Day,

I am an app developer and I am working on a game app that will allow users to earn badges. I wanted a set of these badges to be titled using Japanese names. The idea is that the user can earn stars through the game and the milestones for the earning are 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, & 50. I want these badges to be named "One Star", "Five Stars", "Ten Stars", etc. I know the basics of how to count in Japanese (ie: ichi, go, ju, ju go, ni ju, etc. but I want to make sure I get the phrasing correct for all 11 badges.

Can someone help me with this?

Justin

 

[Yoshino]

遠山無限碧層々
Enzan kagirinaki heki soso

This is a phrase from 碧巌録(Hekiganroku, Blue Cliff Record), a buddhism book compiled in China at12th century.
It means "Rows of mountains lie over one another infinitely in blue"
Like this.

 

[Toritoribe]

Good Day,

I am an app developer and I am working on a game app that will allow users to earn badges. I wanted a set of these badges to be titled using Japanese names. The idea is that the user can earn stars through the game and the milestones for the earning are 1, 5, 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, 45, & 50. I want these badges to be named "One Star", "Five Stars", "Ten Stars", etc. I know the basics of how to count in Japanese (ie: ichi, go, ju, ju go, ni ju, etc. but I want to make sure I get the phrasing correct for all 11 badges.

Can someone help me with this?

Justin

"U" in "ju" is a long vowel, so you need to differentiate it from a short vowel "u". I.e., it should be described as "jū" or "juu".
What is your plan about "star"? Are you going to use "ichi star" or something?

 

[Justin Lowe]

"U" in "ju" is a long vowel, so you need to differentiate it from a short vowel "u". I.e., it should be described as "jū" or "juu".
What is your plan about "star"? Are you going to use "ichi star" or something?

Thank you for responding.

I have been speaking with a friend and was told to use houshi for star. Examples: houshi ikko, houshi gokko, houshi jukko, etc.

These stars are earned 1-50 and the milestones are every 5 starts as-well-as the 1st star.

Thoughts?

 

[Toritoribe]

It's "hoshi" and "goko", not "houshi" and "gokko".

1: hoshi ikko / hoshi hitotsu
5: hoshi goko / hoshi itsutsu
10: hoshi jukko
15: hoshi juugoko
20: hoshi nijukko
25: hoshi nijuugoko
30: hoshi sanjukko
35: hoshi sanjuugoko
40: hoshi yonjukko
45: hoshi yonjuugoko
50: hoshi gojukko

 

[Yoshino]

To Bradley Ross

I missed to mention.
The comment I posted in May 5, 2014, 23:12 is for yours.

 

[Brunom1]

Hey there folks,

I'd like to ask for some clarification concerning this phrase: プロたる資格なき犯罪者が！監獄へ戻るといい！

I'm reading this as something akin to: "You don't have what it takes to be a professional criminal! You should just go back to jail!".
Mind, I reckon everything previous to 犯罪者 is an adjective to it but I couldn't think of a way to write that in english without making it sound very awkward.

Now, my main concern here is regarding the first phrase - specifically, the "プロたる" bit: from what I could gather, that's setting a parameter to be compared (i.e. a criminal lacking the qualifications that would raise him to the level of a "pro").

If context is needed, the speaker is a man who arrested the criminal in the past (he's since escaped) and he often calls him a "small-time hoodlum" despite the high aspirations of said criminal.

Is my interpretation correct or is it something else?

Thanks.

 

[nekojita]

Is there anything else around this? (e.g. the trailing が makes me think there's a reversal and there's something before it - like "don't think/say that..." "don't act big..." etc.)

Your analysis is correct and similarly I agree that it's difficult to put into English. "Crook without what it takes to make it in the big leagues" or something (長っ！)

 

[Toritoribe]

That's a sentence final particle が. めが, as in the dictionary linked below, soudns a bit oldish, so the expression without め (e.g., この大馬鹿者が！) is also often used.

が
［終助］
２ （多く体言や体言の下にののしる意の接尾語「め」を伴ったものに付いて）ののしりの感情を強める。「このあほうめ―」「あいつめ―」
「敵(かたき)の回し者め―」

が［格助接助終助］の意味 - goo国語辞書

 

[Brunom1]

Is there anything else around this? (e.g. the trailing が makes me think there's a reversal and there's something before it - like "don't think/say that..." "don't act big..." etc.)

Your analysis is correct and similarly I agree that it's difficult to put into English. "Crook without what it takes to make it in the big leagues" or something (長っ！)

Yeah, I also found it odd to end it there but this is all there is to it; maybe it's meant to be read as a a single phrase (with the first phrase simply being the subject) and separation is merely there for emphasis.

My understanding is that the meaning of the line is that the speaker's saying the crook won't make it in this "career", so he should get back to jail, do his time, and get out of it.


Add: Or it could be what Toritoribe-san is saying, too, and I should've read it before replying so quickly!

 

[kunonabi]

ran into "ボーっ" which I've seen before. any help would be great.

 

[nekojita]

Probably related to ぼーっと(する), but some context of where you saw it would help.

 

[Brunom1]

Hey folks,

just ran into this line and I'd like to ask for some clarification: いくら稼ぎ所が増えたからって胸クソ悪いぜ…！こういう内輪の争いってのはよ！

Now, I'm reading this as "Even if the pay's better in in-house fights like this, it still leaves a bad taste in my mouth!"; I had to condense them into one phrase because I couldn't think of another way to translate it separately, mind (this makes me worry that I'm missing something...).

For context, this is said by a merc who's been hired to help stop a wedding by kidnapping the wife (his client is the wife's brother); things go down and he gets wrapped up in a huge battle during the getaway.

Is my interpretation correct?

Thanks for the input.

 

[Toritoribe]

You got it right. It's an inversion, thus it's actually a single sentence いくら稼ぎ所が増えたからって、こういう内輪の争いってのは胸クソ悪いぜ…！

 

[Brunom1]

You got it right. It's an inversion, thus it's actually a single sentence いくら稼ぎ所が増えたからって、こういう内輪の争いってのは胸クソ悪いぜ…！

Ah, alright - makes sense then.

These inversions always trip me up...gotta pay attention to that.

Thanks!

 

[Razahia]

質問のある方はどうぞ

I know what it means but I want to ask how is 方 used in this sentence? Doesn't make sense to me.

 

[Toritoribe]

方 is a polite form of 人.

方の英語・英訳 - goo辞書 英和和英

 

[Razahia]

方 is a polite form of 人.

方の英語・英訳 - goo辞書 英和和英

oh thanks. Didn't know that

 

[Razahia]

Hello all, I wanted to see if my translation of this was correct as I am pretty new.

新しい机を買ってもらいました=I was bought a new desk?


Thanks

 

[Toritoribe]

Have you learned ～てもらう form?

 

[Razahia]

Have you learned ～てもらう form?

No much of it anyways.

 

[Toritoribe]

"The -te form of a verb + もらう" means " to receive the favor of doing".

新しい机を買ってもらいました
I received the favor of buying a new desk (from someone). = I had a new desk bought (for me by someone).

 

[Razahia]

"The -te form of a verb + もらう" means " to receive the favor of doing".

新しい机を買ってもらいました
I received the favor of buying a new desk (from someone). = I had a new desk bought (for me by someone).

I see. Thanks. Are there any others like that?

 

[Toritoribe]

Please help me understand these two sentences! ～てもらう、～てくれる | Japan Forum

 

[Razahia]

Please help me understand these two sentences! ～てもらう、～てくれる | Japan Forum

Thanks. You are awesome and stuff.