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Note for other learners: While なし is classical Japanese, you still find it widely used in modern speech as well.
 
I'm a beginner in Japanese, so wait for confirmation from other people, but I would go for "Did I inflict this on myself?".
 
Well it's more of a rhetorical question. As in "I struggled in my own kind of way.(You realize that, right?)"~
 
Hi all! I'm new to the forum and I hope I can learn a lot here

I saw this word on an instruction leaflet for a foldable tent and step one on how to fold it says:
押し込む角を上に持ちます
I think that it means "Place the foldable tip facing upwards"? Or is it "the tip that you're going to push"? Please could you confirm or correct me?
Thank you very much!
 
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ここはひと思いにあの世に送ってやるのがあの少年のためというもの！

This is a thing for that boy....something?
 
Andromedashun said:
ここはひと思いにあの世に送ってやるのがあの少年のためというもの！

This is a thing for that boy....something?
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You might want to consider studying the language some more before dedicating all your efforts to translating.
 
Andromedashun said:
ここはひと思いにあの世に送ってやるのがあの少年のためというもの！

This is a thing for that boy....something?
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[{ここ}は{{ひと思いに}{あの世}に{送ってやる}}{の}]

が

[あの少年のため]

[という][もの]！

あの世 the afterlife....heaven/hell/unknown

もの sentence ending particle, not 物

Would you expect a Japanese sentence to end like that? That should be a clue it isn't 物
 
Hi guys,
I wanted to know how can I say "I just want to get to know you better"
Can someone help me out?
 
How does this の work?
ひと思いにあの世に送ってやるのが
Is this: ''Here I'll send to the afterlife instantly for that boy''(?)
 
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Andromedashun said:
How does this の work?
ひと思いにあの世に送ってやるのが
Is this: ''This is what I send to the afterlife instantly for that boy''(?)
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の is a nominalizer. It turns the preceding part into a noun.

あの世に送ってやる = 殺す
 
MAndychan said:
Hi guys,
I wanted to know how can I say "I just want to get to know you better"
Can someone help me out?
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ただあなたのことをもっとよくしりたいだけです。
 
I'm not completely sure about the 「屈折した心理的背景」 part in the following sentence. If I'm understanding correctly 屈折した modifies 背景, since 心理的 is a な-adjective. However 心理 by itself is doesn't, so does it possible for 屈折した to modify 心理, while 心理的 modifies 背景?

それまで君江は、この学園の体制にかなりうまく適応した生徒だった。もっとも、その"適応"の裏には、いささか屈折した心理的背景がある。
 
屈折した modifies 心理的背景. When 屈折した only modifies 心理, 屈折した心理の背景 is used instead.
 
Hey guys im reading a book and in this one part im confused by the way one of the characters is saying things. Basically he is embarassed about being with his girlfriend in public and says this

伏見さんは僕と一緒にいることで三条達にからかわれたりしいひんのかな
I have a pretty good understanding of what this sentence is saying I believe something like " So this is why Sanjou san and the others are making fun of fushimi san, because she is together with me" or something along those lines. I just dont really understand the latter part of the sentence grammatically
I know karakawareru means "to tease" , "to make fun of", I just dont understand the しいひん part. Or mabye I am missing the grammar altogether. I wonder if it is something to do with dialect as many of the characters use へん at the end of their verbs which I believe is osaka dialect.
 


Are you sure you're right about who is embarrassed by being seen with whom?

He's wondering IF she's embarrassed; there's no WHY in there.

からかう means "to tease"

からかわれる is passive..."to be teased"
 

ah I should have googled that, thanks. Is this commonly used? To my memory I have never heard it or read it. the しいひん, that is.
And thank you for correcting my mistake, I am going to review some old basic grammar that's a mistake that shouldnt happen
 
letianchen said:
ah I should have googled that, thanks. Is this commonly used? To my memory I have never heard it or read it.

OH, " Sanjou san and the others are teasing me", I believe is correct, and this is indicated by the に, correct?
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I had to google it; I had never seen it before either.

You misunderstood it. Note the significance of the PASSIVE form.
 
Mike Cash said:
I had to google it; I had never seen it before either.

You misunderstood it. Note the significance of the PASSIVE form.
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Thanks, I will review my old notes on the passive form. Seems I have forget its importance. Much appreciated
 
しいひん is a Kyoto dialect of しない, equivalent to せえへん in Osaka dialect. I believe it's more often used by female.
 
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