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"I can't say it with you looking at me. Look the other way"

What are you having us translate for you line-by-line?
I'm not, it's for a video and it's just those 2 phrases that I didn't understand. Thank you!!!
 
What does お代官様ごっこ mean? Is that like unwinding someone's yukata sash for fun?
 
If that interpretation fits the context, it can refer to that kind of play (not specific to yukata, but kimono in general, though). You can see the girl in kimono says あ~れ~ お代官様、お許しを~! in the picture below. This is taken from a typical scene in a historical play.
 
Thanks Toritoribe. I have another question. There's a scene in a visual novel I'm reading where a group of people are yelling たーまやー! and かーぎやー! while at a fireworks show. Any ideas?
 
玉屋 and 鍵屋 are both the names of famous fireworks makers in Edo. People did that in a fireworks display.

Sumidagawa Fireworks Festival - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
 
hi all..what is this meaning?
 

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I came across this on Facebook too. Near as I can tell, 大木 is "big tree", くれは is "fall leaves", and 若 is "young" or "same, similar". Sorry I don't have any more information.
 

Wow, thank you so much. My first instinct was to parse it like that, but the other way caught my attention. This is another bit of knowledge to help my understanding going forward. By the way, had you answered the original question a while ago? There was no indication it had already been answered.
 
I came across this on Facebook too. Near as I can tell, 大木 is "big tree", くれは is "fall leaves", and 若 is "young" or "same, similar". Sorry I don't have any more information.

Sorry, I didn't know this question had already been answered.
 
By the way, had you answered the original question a while ago? There was no indication it had already been answered.
Those replies are just in the next page. I gave the answer on the next day of the day the OP initially posted. You can see the date of our postings on the top of the post.
 
Hi all, i need help here...can anyone translate it for me. really appreciate it.Thanks
 

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Hi all, i need help here...can anyone translate it for me. really appreciate it.Thanks

Operating/maintenance instructions for some piece of (hydraulic) equipment or machinery. Can you get a more clear photo of the line on the right?
 
Seems like 尾輪緩衝支柱取扱注意 instructions for a tail wheel shock strut (probably of airplane).
 
Having some doubt about ように + negative form.
寒い気候のせいで、作物が思うように育たないようです。The way i understood it - the crops hadn't grown enough to meet the expectations.
Now if i need to rephrase it so that expectations were as poor as the yield would it be 寒い気候のせいで、作物が思った通りに育たないようです。?
My doubt is whether the first sentence also states that the crop was expected to be insufficient?
 
Those two sentences have the same meaning; "less than expected".
I would say 思った通り/予想通り、寒い気候のせいで作物が(あまり/うまく)育たないようです。 for "the expectation is also poor".

思った通り is ambiguous ("as I thought/feared" and "less than expected"), if it's just, for instance, 思った通り育たないようです, but 思う通り/思う通りに/思った通りに育たないようです are all "less than expected".
 
And as usual the right way is the simple way. Should have thought about putting the "expectations" clause at the beginning of the sentence. Thank you, Toritoribe.
 
Hello, i need some help translating a sentence for me if some have the time
"ちょっと待て!俺を置いて行く気かと抗議すれば、両親そろってコクリと頷きやがる。"
Any help will be much appreciated!
 
Hello there,
I'm making a present for a friend and I want to engrave the words "Stone face" on it, as meaning "face that reveals no emotions". I would appreciate if you could write it also in rōmaji so I could learn how to phrase it.
Thank you in advance!
 
The speaker's parents nodded to his protest "Wait! Are you going to leave me?".

無表情
muhyōjō

Or, do you want to get a coined word to represent that meaning accurately?
 
無表情
muhyōjō

Or, do you want to get a coined word to represent that meaning accurately?

Thank you so much for Your quick response!
If there is a phrase including "stone" and not altering the meaning, that will be wonderfull.
If not - this will do just fine.
 
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