Need a word or phrase translated?

[Elizabeth]

Toritoribe
Thanks again ^^
The sentences mean
"He licked the dish like a cat."
"He licked the dish in the manner of a cat."
...or something?
and which sentences were correct, if any of them were? ><;;

They were all correct of course and mean like what you said.

友達は、猫のように部屋に入った。 So now think this a better translation for the cat example ?

 

[Toritoribe]

and which sentences were correct, if any of them were?

All.
Regardless of where the phrase 猫のように is, 猫のように is modifying 舐めた in the three sentences above. So they all mean the same "He licked the dish like a cat."

As for the phrase 猫のような,
彼は猫のような皿を舐めた。: He licked the dish shaped like a cat.
猫のような is modifying 皿 in this sentence. So it probably means 猫のような(形の)皿.

猫のような彼は皿を舐めた。: He, who seemed like a cat, licked the dish.
猫のような is modifying 彼. might be in a situation of Cosplay...


1. 空のように透き通っていたい; 空のように is modifying 透き通って(; verb)
2. ナイフのような風が; ナイフのような is modifying 風(; noun)

風: wind
風邪: cold/flu

Just, like what order would it go?

Generally, year/month/day/week
今日は2008年3月21日金曜日です。

Oh, sorry Elizabethさん, you posted while I'm writing.

 

[Tomii515]

Ohh, ok ><

Thanks so much

Maybe I wasn't specific enough...

I meant, which one of my sentences were correct, if any?

男の子は新幹線のように早いでした。/友達は豚のように食べます。
The boy was as fast as a bullet train. / My friend eats like a pig.

猫のような僕の犬です。/猫のような友達は部屋に入りました。
My dog is like a cat. / My friend entered the room like a cat.



... as in those

 

[Toritoribe]

The boy was as fast as a bullet train.
(その)男の子は新幹線のように速かったです。
(その)男の子は新幹線と同じくらい速かったです。
note1:
速い; i-adjective, polite past form 速かったです
note2:
速い: fast/rapid, 早い: early/soon

My friend eats like a pig.
友達は豚のように食べます。

My dog is like a cat.
僕の犬は猫のようです。
僕の犬は猫に似ています。

My friend entered the room like a cat.
(as Elizabeth translated) 友達は、猫のように部屋に入った。

If the phrase is 猫のような as in your sentence, it's modifying 友達, not 入りました.
"Cosplay situation"...

 

[K_von]

hey, k can someone please translate some sentences to hiragana/katakana,
k so they are

Did you read that book Alice?

The doctor asked Mike a question

Mike is my friend

lets go to school

yea so their kinda simple and can u mention the particles too =) thanks

 

[Tomii515]

hey, k can someone please translate some sentences to hiragana/katakana,
k so they are

Did you read that book Alice?

The doctor asked Mike a question

Mike is my friend

lets go to school

yea so their kinda simple and can u mention the particles too =) thanks

Hello~
I'm not really the best person to answer these questions, but I'll try I guess.
Sorry I don't have IME. I'm in a hotel.

Did you read that book, alice? = ariisu-san wa, sono hon o yomimashita ka?

The doctor asked Mike a question. = isha wa maiku-san ga toi o toimashita. **

Mike is my friend. = Maiku-san wa tomodachi desu.

Let's go to school. = gakkou ni ikimashou.

** I'm not sure of this. I didn't know hwo to say question or to ask, so I looked it up and got 'toi' and 'tou', so I don't knwo if it's right. Even if the words are correct, I'm not really sure about the sentence itself.

Anyways,, The particles... uhmm, i'm not that good at explaining them xD

wa = topic particle, i guess it can be translated roughly as "as for". like "ariisu-san wa = as for alice" or somethign liek that. MArks the topic of the sentence.

o = object particle. marks the object of the sentence.

ni = directional particle. does many thing, but in this sentence it shows you the direction something is going, i guess. I guess in this situation, it can be roughly translated as "in " or "to".

ka = question particle. add it to the end of a sentence to make it a question, basically.



Hope all, or most, of this is correct. If any is wrong, please correct anyone, so I don't give this person incorrect information~

thanks and I hoped this helped ^^

 

[Lotorie]

Just have a little question.
I'm reading a manga, where the name of the main character is always written with two kanji and one hiragana.

未来つ

Well, the language in this manga is very... not on high level (sorry my English is horrible today)

so, I don't think it is possible to have a name written like this but... now,I have a doubt.

so, Miku? or Mikutsu?

 

[Elizabeth]

The doctor asked Mike a question. = isha wa maiku-san ga toi o toimashita.

お医者さんは、マイクーさんに質問をしました。

I've never heard of toi o toimashita. But anyway "toi" is formal, more like to inquire or query. "....ni shitsumon wo suru" would be for what is normal for "question," "questioned" or "asked something."

 

[Crimson Sand]

Could someone translate these lines for me?

I kinda know how to do it, but Im not quite sure, here it is:

These are my arms,
These are my scars.
The ones I cut myself,
The ones I embedded into my heart.

Arigatou do-mo! ^_^

 

[Elizabeth]

Just have a little question.
I'm reading a manga, where the name of the main character is always written with two kanji and one hiragana.
未来つ
Well, the language in this manga is very... not on high level (sorry my English is horrible today)
so, I don't think it is possible to have a name written like this but... now,I have a doubt.
so, Miku? or Mikutsu?

「みらいつ」と発音しているでしょうね。でも、日本人の名前としては、かなり変わった名前ですね。

私も、初めて聞いた名前ですよ。

それで、「未来つ」が何かもわからないし、正しく答えるには部分的過ぎて無理があります。

 

[Toritoribe]

It could possibly be like 「未来っ！」, if not always but sometimes...

 

[Lotorie]

If I had waited a bit more...

few pages after, the girl is called Miku-chan and furigana were here.

but thanks to Elizabeth and Toritoribe



Sometimes, having just the name in kanji is very difficult to read...
I mean, you can read in so many ways the same kanji...

☝

 

[Elizabeth]

If I had waited a bit more...
few pages after, the girl is called Miku-chan and furigana were here.
but thanks to Elizabeth and Toritoribe

Sometimes, having just the name in kanji is very difficult to read...
I mean, you can read in so many ways the same kanji...
☝

一つの漢字が漢字の組みあわせや使い方で読み方が変わるのは当たり前の事ですね。
漢字はとても奥が深いですね。

でも、「みらい」じゃなくて、「みく」と言う言葉の発音のほうがいいでしょう。。。

 

[Toritoribe]

Especially about names of persons/places, it's sometimes difficult even for native speakers to read correctly...
未来: みく、みき、みらい…

「みらい」だと男の人の名前にも使いますね。森山未来とかね。

 

[Elizabeth]

Especially about names of persons/places, it's sometimes difficult even for native speakers to read correctly...
未来: みく、みき、みらい…
「みらい」だと男の人の名前にも使いますね。森山未来とかね。

そうですね。 ありがとうございます。

でも、彼女は男性と間違えられたら、「すみません、 私は名前が苦手だけれど」といいさえすればよいですね。

 

[sigmentofb]

Hello everyone-

By any chance, does anyone here know how the following village name be read?



I know the first part of it is Tamana-gun, but I don't know what the second name is. The first kanji sort of looks like 窶楼, but I'm not 100% sure. I tried to manually search through names of villages in Tamana-gun to try and find the name, but either it wasn't there or I missed it. Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you. -Eric

 

[undrentide]

Hello everyone-
By any chance, does anyone here know how the following village name be read?

I've checked 玉名 and 菰屋 with Google.
It's 玉名郡（たまなぐん）菰屋村（こもやむら）.
It's an old name of place, 玉名郡 became 玉名市 then devided into 荒尾市 and 玉名市.
Its present name seems to be 熊本県荒尾市菰屋 (Kumamoto-ken, Arao-shi, Komoya).

 

[K_von]

yo, forgot to say thanks =) THANKYOU ありがとう ございます =P

 

[sigmentofb]

Thank you undrentide for the help, it's really appreciated. Yes, the place name really is old; the text was part of an 1882 marriage entry into my ancestor's koseki.

 

[Charles Barkley]

I have encountered べく a couple of times in my reading lately. Is it interchangeable with 為に except for being primarily a written word? Also, how does that べく (as used below) relate to なるべく? I am not seeing the connection...

デルタ航空とノースウエスト航空の大手２社は、国内外で事業を拡大するべく合併交渉をしている。

 

[Toritoribe]

I have encounted べく a couple of times in my reading lately. Is it interchangeable with 為に except for being primarily a written word? Also, how does that べく (as used below) relate to なるべく? I am not seeing the connection...
デルタ航空とノースウエスト航空の大手２社は、国内外で事業を拡大するべく合併交渉をしている。

You're right. 拡大するべく means 拡大するために/拡大するように.
べく is the continuative form (連用形) of the archaic auxiliary verb べし/可し, which meant 当然/推量/可能/命令/意思・決意. なるべく is changed to an adverb from "成る ＋ 可く".

As for similar usage to the original meaning of なるべく, the following expressions can be used.

彼は王になるべく生まれた。: べく is modifying 生まれた(; verb)
彼は王になるべき男だ。: (べき; the attributive form of べし), べき is modifying 男(; noun)

例文をより文語風に言うと「拡大すべく(the terminal form of the archaic verb "す" ＋ "べく")」になりますね。
e.g. そうするべきだ ＝ そうすべきだ

 

[tokapi]

Washington DCの春祭り,行ったことありませんが,楽しそうですね.時間があったら,のぞいてみたいです.

Could someone help me properly translate these 2 sentences in bold red,thanks in advance.

 

[Toritoribe]

Washington DCの春祭り,行ったことありませんが,楽しそうですね.時間があったら,のぞいてみたいです.
Could someone help me properly translate these 2 sentences in bold red,thanks in advance.

行ったことありませんが: I haven't gone there yet though,

のぞいてみたいです: I'd like to have a look in (there).

 

[Elizabeth]

As for similar usage to the original meaning of なるべく, the following expressions can be used.
彼は王になるべく生まれた。: べく is modifying 生まれた(; verb)
彼は王になるべき男だ。: (べき; the attributive form of べし), べき is modifying 男(; noun)
例文をより文語風に言うと「拡大すべく(the terminal form of the archaic verb "す" ＋ "べく")」になりますね。
e.g. そうするべきだ ＝ そうすべきだ

まず、文語体の法律についてですが。。。

昔は、「べし」からの「すべき（く）、するべき（く）」というのは、should/ought to/must ってことだったでしょう？

つまり、「「当然/推量/可能/命令/意思・決意」」は「するべき、すべく」を意味するものであっても、上記のような説明で「 １．Should/ought/must / ２。In order to」 どちらの意味は間違ってはいないと思ったのですがどうですか？

彼は王になるべく生まれた = He was born to the man that must be made king ？？


現代的な響きの表現が実は古くからあったということですか？

 

[tokapi]

行ったことありませんが: I haven't gone there yet though,
のぞいてみたいです: I'd like to have a look in (there).

Thank you Toritoribe-san

online translated のぞいてみたいです as " I rather not go " ☝