Need a word or phrase translated?

[epigene]

「四月から二年ほど日本に住むつもりです。」

Is this sentence correct? (It's supposed to mean "From April, I intend to live in Japan for two years.") I found another word to use as "for" in "for two years," but I left my nihongo binder in a friend's car （くそっ！） and don't remember what it is. (Something like 「かん」?) Anyway, I figure 「ほど」 might work too. 本当にそうですか。

You're right! "Hodo" just means "approximately." "Kan" just points to the span in time.

 

[J44xm]

どうもありがとう、ｅｐｉｇｅｎｅさん。嬉しいです！

 

[Elizabeth]

どうもありがとう、ｅｐｉｇｅｎｅさん。嬉しいです！

日本滞在中、J44xm さんには私たちが外国人のような気がしなかったらいいですね。

実は、年末までには、日本に長期滞在するのか、転職する（の？）かをどちらからに
決めなければなりません。。。。

 

[Apple Bomb]

言葉が三つあるだけです。英語で何の意味か分かる人は私に告げたら、うれしくなります。そしてこの文法はすごく悪かったら、助けてください。

間宮中尉 具体的 ビニール

ありがとうございます！

 

[KrazyKat]

言葉が三つあるだけです。英語で何の意味か分かる人は私に告げたら、うれしくなります。そしてこの文法はすごく悪かったら、助けてください。
間宮中尉 具体的 ビニール
ありがとうございます！

具体的とビニールは辞書に載っているはずですが 具体的はconcrete/tangibleでビニールはvinylです。
中尉は軍のランクです。 英語でＦｉｒｓｔ Ｌｉｅｕｔｅｎａｎｔになります。 それで間宮はたぶん誰かの名前です。 読みは「まみや」かもしれません。

 

[Hachiro]

I am looking for some assistance and thought that maybe someone here could assist me.....
I am trying to find an understandable kanji for "Eternal King" or 永遠王、(eien Oh)

I would like to know if these kanji are readable as they are? I have been told that they are not understandable as they are to the average reader.
Could anyone out there be of assistance please. Thanks ahead of time for your help.
Also what about this one in the image? Is it a better choice?

Would this be understandable as it is written?

 

[Apple Bomb]

具体的とビニールは辞書に載っているはずですが 具体的はconcrete/tangibleでビニールはvinylです。
中尉は軍のランクです。 英語でＦｉｒｓｔ Ｌｉｅｕｔｅｎａｎｔになります。 それで間宮はたぶん誰かの名前です。 読みは「まみや」かもしれません。

ありがとう。

そしてKrazy Katが大好きです。

 

[Glenn]

ほお、ＪＲＥＦの恋愛じゃないか！ハハハハ

キャットさんは可愛い嬢ちゃんですからね！w

 

[epigene]

I am looking for some assistance and thought that maybe someone here could assist me.....
I am trying to find an understandable kanji for "Eternal King" or 永遠王、(eien Oh)
I would like to know if these kanji are readable as they are? I have been told that they are not understandable as they are to the average reader.
Could anyone out there be of assistance please. Thanks ahead of time for your help.
Also what about this one in the image? Is it a better choice?

Would this be understandable as it is written?

Hachiro-san,

If you were to show the two of them to me very suddenly, I certainly would find them strange and barely understandable.

You may already know that Japanese is context-based, and it is difficult to translate without background information.

However, if you are trying to "coin" a new term to be used as a proper noun, I think anything goes.

 

[Hachiro]

Hachiro-san,
If you were to show the two of them to me very suddenly, I certainly would find them strange and barely understandable.
You may already know that Japanese is context-based, and it is difficult to translate without background information.
However, if you are trying to "coin" a new term to be used as a proper noun, I think anything goes.

Thanks for the reply, this comes from someone I know overseas that is trying to find Japanese kanji that would be understandable and readable to the average person to say "Eternal King".

I suggested that he try Chinese instead of Japanese because the translation would not be what he is looking for. I also informed him that just about anything he came up with like this would be "ateji"

He wants to tatoo it on his arm, as the phrase "Enternal King" is according to him the meaning of the name of his child due to be born in April, Erik.

Thanks again for your assistance.

 

[epigene]

I suggested that he try Chinese instead of Japanese because the translation would not be what he is looking for. I also informed him that just about anything he came up with like this would be "ateji"

I agree with you that Chinese would be most appropriate if his idea of the tatoo is maybe two or three kanji characters. All the Japanese terms for "Eternal King" that comes to my mind (lacking the creativity of a copywriter) is too long for tatoo...

 

[Glenn]

I guess that's all on personal preference. I've seen some pretty long tattoos.

 

[Hachiro]

I agree with you that Chinese would be most appropriate if his idea of the tattoo is maybe two or three kanji characters. All the Japanese terms for "Eternal King" that comes to my mind (lacking the creativity of a copywriter) is too long for tattoo...:emoji_blush:

Thanks for taking the time to consider this one....he is a link to a picture of the tattoo that he has designed.

 

[epigene]

The image looks nice. And most Japanese will probably understand the meaning (if explained).

But, it might be at first glance viewed as Chinese rather than Japanese. I think it would be acceptable if a Chinese speaker thinks it looks OK.

Speaking from the Japanese perspective, 恒 I think is permanence in the way that something is always there, such as 恒星 (a star in fixed position) and 恒久平和 (everlasting peace).

Just for your information, I thought up a couple of words for "eternal":
不滅 (fumetsu) / 無窮 (mukyu) / 千年(sennen, meaning millenium but can suggest a sense of eternity)

This is about what I could think of... Others may have better ideas...

 

[Hachiro]

The image looks nice. And most Japanese will probably understand the meaning (if explained).
But, it might be at first glance viewed as Chinese rather than Japanese. I think it would be acceptable if a Chinese speaker thinks it looks OK.
Speaking from the Japanese perspective, 恒 I think is permanence in the way that something is always there, such as 恒星 (a star in fixed position) and 恒久平和 (everlasting peace).
Just for your information, I thought up a couple of words for "eternal":
不滅 (fumetsu) / 無窮 (mukyu) / 千年(sennen, meaning millenium but can suggest a sense of eternity)
This is about what I could think of... Others may have better ideas...

Niheidebiru epigene, I will pass all of these along to him as well. I appreciate your assistance.

 

[KrazyKat]

ありがとう。
そしてKrazy Katが大好きです。

告白されて 凄く嬉しくなりました。

でもね Ａｐｐｌｅさんのことなにも知りませんね。 Ａｐｐｌｅさんも本当に私のこと何も知りませんし。 会ったばかりですもんね。 私のこともっと知ったら また言ってみてね。

 

[Glenn]

ハハハ、素敵な言葉ですね、キャットさん！

 

[Glenn]

Alright, in the past day or so I've come across a few things that I wasn't quite sure how to render in Japanese.

1) "It'd probably be better if there were fewer of us next time."
I had 次回は人がもっと少ないところの方がいいかもしれんね。or something like that (I don't remember exactly). Does that do an adequate job of getting the meaning across? What would be a more natural way to say it?

2) "I don't know the different levels of drunkenness in Japanese."
For this one I went with 日本語の酔いの程度を知らんが and there was more after that. I meant to express that I don't know the different words in Japanese for "buzzed," "drunk," and "f-ed up." Is this attempt worth anything?

And I know there was another one that I can't remember right now. Anyway, I guess these two will be fine for now. よろしくお願いします！

 

[Apple Bomb]

告白されて 凄く嬉しくなりました。

でもね Ａｐｐｌｅさんのことなにも知りませんね。 Ａｐｐｌｅさんも本当に私のこと何も知りませんし。 会ったばかりですもんね。 私のこともっと知ったら また言ってみてね。

ああ、ごめん。Krazy Katさんはとても親切な人みたくても、僕が「Krazy Kat」という漫画について言いました。Ｋｒａｚｙ Ｋａｔ
それにKrazy Katさんは日本語が上手すぎるから、たぶん僕と早く別れると思います。僕は日本語が上手じゃないんです。

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

1) "It'd probably be better if there were fewer of us next time."
I had 次回は人がもっと少ないところの方がいいかもしれんね。or something like that (I don't remember exactly). Does that do an adequate job of getting the meaning across? What would be a more natural way to say it?

I get the impression that this would mean more like, "Next time, it might be good to (go) someplace with fewer people." In other words, where there are fewer "other" people outside of your group.
I think to say that you should have less people in your group next time, it might be more clear to say,
今度は人数を減らしたほうがいいかもしれない。

2) "I don't know the different levels of drunkenness in Japanese."
For this one I went with 日本語の酔いの程度を知らんが and there was more after that. I meant to express that I don't know the different words in Japanese for "buzzed," "drunk," and "f-ed up." Is this attempt worth anything?

This strikes me as one of those things where an explanation is required outside of the question itself. Is this something you want to say, or write someplace. I would probably do it differently for each case, but something like this might suffice:
お酒を飲むと酔うんじゃないですか。最初は大した酔いはないが，飲めば飲むほど段々酔ってくるでしょう。英語ではその「酔い具合」，つまりどんなに酔っているか，によって言い方は変わるんですけど，日本語はどうでしょう？あれだったらそれぞれの言い方は何というんでしょう？
Well, this is the short version.

I see you like that ~ん ending for ~ない. Some other ways to say it:
～ぬ
～へん
Can't think of any others right now. Do you say おる instead of いる, too?
For example:
おまえ，何食べとる？
それぐらいなら知っとるよ。
LOL

 

[epigene]

1) 次回は人がもっと少ないところの方がいいかもしれんね。

2) 日本語の酔いの程度を知らんが

1) The minimal change for this one would be:
次回は人がもっと少ないところの方がいいかもしれんね。
Of course, Mikawa-san suggestion is OK.

2) 日本語で、酔いの度合いをどう表現するか知らない。

Like Mikawa-san observed, I think that Glenn has suddenly aged several decades like Urashima-taro during the past couple of months OR he has been communicating too often with first- or second-generation Japanese Americans in Hawaii (most coming from Hiroshima and nearby prefectures)....

 

[Glenn]

Well, mostly Osaka, Shiga, and Kyoto , and they aren't Japanese-Americans; they're Japanese. Haha. Actually I think I have used へん and おる, or at least thought about using them.

So "level" in this case is 度合い or 具合? I'll check up on that.

That was quite an explanation, Mikawa (and just the short version, too! ). However, I was mainly wondering about how to say "I don't know the (names of the) different levels of drunkenness in Japanese," and my main problem was with the appropriate word for "level" in this case. I should have included the "names of" part in my request. I don't know why I didn't think of that. Anyway, thanks, guys! I appreciate the help!

 

[BeNe]

今晩は！
I saw this in the subway station Marienplatz in Munich. Can anybody translate it?
どうもありがとう

 

[J C]

Japanese-Korean Dispute over Islands

It says that Doku-jima (not sure on the name of this island) is Korean territory. And so is tsushima-jima (even less certain on the name of this island).

 

[J C]

After more research...

After more research, it seems to be Doku-Shima and Tsushima Island.