No I have not sadly I'm still a beginner. But maybe you could explain it to me, as many sites these days dedicated to teaching it, come off as very confusing.Have you ever learned the "-te iru" form?
Wow, it does sound confusing. Though, thanks for explaining that to me, and for the extra links. I'm sure they'll help a lot!Unfortunately, the -te iru form is one of the hardest-to-grasp things in Japanese grammar for non-native learners. Most textbooks devote much space to explain this form. FYI, there are many threads discussing about this form also in this forum, for instance, the following one.
https://jref.com/threads/います-ています.55658/
Even if you haven't learned it yet, you can see the difference between just "kizutsukeru" and the given translation of "kizutsukete ita n da" "was causing him harm", no?
As for "n" in "kizutsukete ita n da", it's often called explanatry "no/n". See the following explanation about it.
Noun-related particles - Tae Kim's Japanese grammar guide
Hello Buntaro!Need a word or phrase translated? Feel free to ask.
Many bilingual people on this forum would be more than happy to help beginners with questions about Japanese vocabulary. Even grammar questions.
What word or phrase would anyone like translated into Japanese or English?
Thank you so much !The title of the game is レスキューショット ブービーぼー "Rescue Shot Booby Bô".
PlayStation/レスキューショット ブービーぼー | バンダイナムコゲームス公式サイト
(all in Japanese)
木の家の扉についてる顔。
トカビオラの認めたヒトが家主になれるという。
もちろん完成直後の家に主はいない。
Context: It's from a game where you just built a treehouse, and there's a face attached to the wall that's making sure you're supposed to be there.
Translation attempt:
The face attached to the treehouse door.
It is said that the person who Tokabiora approves of becomes the landlord.
Of course, right after completion, the master is inside the house.
Problem:
I'm really unsure about the last sentence.
Especially X直後の -- googling a bit is also turning up Xの直後, and both appear to mean about the same thing?
Your trouble is actually elsewhere.
Why do you have の家に主はいない as "the master is inside the house"?
First off...that's a negative and you have it turned the other way.
Second, you may be looking at it as "the master isn't inside the house" instead of "there is no master" (doesn't exist (yet)).
The 完了直後 vs 完了の直後 distinction is trivial and irrelevant to your misunderstanding of the sentence. They are equivalent.
Grammatically, 完成直後の is an adjectival phrase modifying 家, whereas 完成直後 is an adverbial phrase modifying いない. The difference in meaning is subtle in that sentence, as already pointed out, though.Problem:
I'm really unsure about the last sentence.
Especially X直後の -- googling a bit is also turning up Xの直後, and both appear to mean about the same thing?
That's used as an interjection to express great pleasure, similar to こんちくしょう or このやろう. The speaker might be fighting back tears.I have a question about てやんでぇ in the following passage. If I'm understanding correctly it is a short form of 何を言ってやがる/何を言っている, however I'm not sure what exactly it refers to - "So much, does she happy so much? Well, I'm happy too, so stop talking sh*t.", refers to 「そこまでか、そこまで嬉しいか。」 or maybe "So much, does she happy so much? I'm... happy too, wait, what am I talking about?" refers to 「こっちも・・・・・・うれしいじゃねぇか」.
ましろ「あぁ・・・・・・神様感謝します・・・・・・！サンタさんって本当にいたんだ・・・・・・！！」
話者「あはは、ましろちゃんめちゃくちゃだよソレ」
ましろちゃんは、ニコニコと満面の笑顔。
そこまでか、そこまで嬉しいか。
こっちも・・・・・・うれしいじゃねぇか、てやんでぇ。
Context: the speaker started cooking in the dining room, and for a reason the last cook's meal was pretty bad Mashiro and the others are happy.
Hey there folks,
I'd like to ask about this phrase: どこまでも余裕を見せてくれる
余裕 can mean an excess of physical space (room to spare, or, as you say, "wide berth"), but it can also mean room to spare in the heart and mind - in other words, confidence. In the phrase you have posted, the nemesis is completely unperturbed, unbothered, unanxious about the upcoming fight. He thinks it will be a pushover, a walk in the park (presumably because he's got his posse coming to back him up). He is not showing a bit of nervousness. He is the very picture of cocky self-confidence. That's 余裕.
"Always the picture of confidence" or, more colloquially "Do you (does he) always have to be so cocky?"
Hi, I need some help with this sentence, just to confirm some stuff. 「当選者の方にメールを送信致しました」. I'm interested in the 当選者の方 part.
1. Is this 当選者のかた, as in 方=敬称で人? Not ほう (direction, way)?
2. If it's かた, can 当選者の方 mean only "1 winner" or can it also be plural "winners". I'm asking because 当選者の方々 would indicate plural.
Thanks.