Need a word or phrase translated?

[Buntaro]

Hi everyone,

I would like to know if the correct translation for "kamikaze pilot" into Japanese is 特攻隊 (tokkoutai). Or maybe 特攻隊機長? Is it true Japanese people do not understand the term "kamikaze pilot" when used while speaking in Japanese?

 

[Toritoribe]

機長 refers to a captain/leader of a team, so it's not used for each pilot of a one-seater airplane. Just 特攻隊 can make sense, and you can also use 特攻隊隊員.

Is it true Japanese people do not understand the term "kamikaze pilot" when used while speaking in Japanese?

well, I don't think so, but 特攻隊隊員 would be more common.

 

[Buntaro]

Thanks!

 

[Buntaro]

What is the best way to say “go to college” meaning attend college for four years and get a degree? I doubt that 大学へ行く or 大学から卒業する have the same meaning.

 

[mdchachi]

What is the best way to say “go to college” meaning attend college for four years and get a degree? I doubt that 大学へ行く or 大学から卒業する have the same meaning.

I think the answer may change depending on what you want to say (ie future tense or past and whether you're talking about yourself or somebody else).

 

[Buntaro]

How about when I am talking about myself and what I want to do in the future? For example, "I want to go to college and get a degree in Japanese History."

 

[Toritoribe]

大学に行きたい is used for that case.

 

[Majestic]

And just as in English, "going to college" or "want to go to college" in Japanese also implies intent or desire to graduate, even if it isn't explicitly stated.

 

[Buntaro]

I want to thank everyone for their help.

Okay, let’s take this two steps further. I want to say:

I want to go to college, then get a Master’s Degree, then get a Ph.D.

How is this:

大学に行き、修士号を取って、博士に成りたいです。

 

[Toritoribe]

大学に行き、そのあと大学院で修士号と博士号を取りたいです。

修士号 and 博士号 can be gotten in 大学院.

 

[Buntaro]

Thanks!

 

[Tigali]

Hey! I wanted to thank you for your previous help allowing me to complete my translation project. Now I've moved on to another and I was wondering about the phrase "そらよ". I've heard it orally too but never understood the meaning. Does it have something to do with 反る+the よ particle?

 

[Toritoribe]

It's an interjection mostly used when throwing or handing something to the listener, as same as ほらよ, それ or ほれ.

 

[Tigali]

'Kay, thanks a lot! I'll keep those words in mind. Back to work ^^

 

[techiex]

I recently got an Intermediate Japanese textbook and am working on translating the intro for myself, so that I can come to a full understanding of grammar and structure and why things are used.

「総合日本語初級から中級へ」について
This is the overhead banner. I figure it means, 'About 'Integrated Japanese from Beginner to Intermediate''. At least, I believe that's what 'ni tsuite' is all about...'about'/'concerning'.

この「総合日本語初級から中級へ」は、「日本語ジャーナル’」にのせた「現代日本語総合講座」をまとめたものです。
Here's my crack at it. "This 'Integrated Japanese from Beginner to Intermediate' is a summary of Nihongo Journal's 'Integrated Courses in Modern Japanese'."

１９８９年１月号から１９９０年３月号までの記事を入れました。
My go. "It draws from articles from January, 1989, to March, 1990."

１９８８年に出版された「総合日本語中級前期」にくらべて、少しやさしくしてあります。
This one is much trickier for me. Something about, 'it's easier than 1988's publication of 'Integrated First Term in Intermediate Japanese'.

1 - In my first example, まとめ is a word I learned as 'summary', so まとめたもの struck me as 'something that was summarized', is my thinking correct?
2 - What is にのせた　in the second example?
3 - What is にくらべて in the third example?
4 - What's the grammatical explanation of 〜くしてあります?

While it is unclear as to which book you are referring about I found the following: "Intermediate Japanese" I found the following which I am reading now: A book by Nobuko MItzutani titled" Intermediate Japanase: an Integrated Course first semester"

 

[Toritoribe]

The book the OP was talking about was 総合日本語―初級から中級へ, while the book you are reading is 総合日本語中級〈前期〉, which was mentioned "１９８８年に出版された「総合日本語中級前期」" in the post.

総合日本語―初級から中級へ
INTRODUCTION TO INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE: AN INTEGRATED COURSE

総合日本語初級から中級へ | 水谷信子 |本 | 通販 | Amazon

Amazonで水谷信子の総合日本語初級から中級へ。アマゾンならポイント還元本が多数。水谷信子作品ほか、お急ぎ便対象商品は当日お届けも可能。また総合日本語初級から中級へもアマゾン配送商品なら通常配送無料。

www.amazon.co.jp

総合日本語中級〈前期〉
INTERMEDIATE JAPANESE: AN INTEGRATED COURSE FIRST SEMESTER

https://www.amazon.co.jp/dp/4893580221

It's posted 8 years ago, by the way.

 

[LiXiQing]

Does the phrase "まるで爪のようだと鬼ホミコーシスから食べ物視される" have a sense in Japanese? "鬼ホミコーシス" is a kind of wordplay on nail disease onychomycosis. I tried to write in Japanese "Onychomycosis looks at (and regards) your nails as if it's food."

 

[Toritoribe]

Unfortunately, no. まるで爪のようだ means "as if it's a nail/nails", and the most common transliteration of onychomycosis seems to be オニコマイコーシス, not オニホミコーシス.

オニコマイコーシス - Google Search

 

[LiXiQing]

Thank you very much I'll try something different then

 

[Buntaro]

I have a question about the Japanese expletive "Masaka!" ("You have got to be kidding!") Is this Josei no kotoba only? Or do men also use it?

 

[Toritoribe]

It's the latter.

 

[mdchachi]

It's the latter.

That's a relief! I use it on occasion.

 

[bentenmusume]

I have a question about the Japanese expletive "Masaka!"

Just to follow up on Toritoribe-san's explanation, I don't think まさか should be considered an "expletive".
It's not vulgar, nor is it semantically null or devoid of meaning (which are the two definitions of the word as I understand it).

It's an interjection when used alone, and can also be used adverbially in a full sentence, e.g.:
まさか自分が感染するとは思わなかった (just an example sentence; I don't have COVID )
or as an adjectival noun, e.g. まさかの状況.

 

[mdchachi]

I think it fits the definition : an exclamatory word or phrase when it's used that way.

 

[bentenmusume]

Hmm, I tend to distinguish between an interjection and an "expletive", but perhaps the latter can also be used to mean the former.

In any event, I wanted to point out that まさか can be used as more than just an independent exclamatory expression, so I hope I've contributed something more than being needlessly (and possibly erroneously) pedantic.