Need a word or phrase translated?

[82riceballs]

ありがとうございました！

「すべて」と「一切」とは意味の違いがありますか。
Is there a difference in meaning between "subete" and "Issai"?

 

[undrentide]

「すべて」と「一切」とは意味の違いがありますか。
Is there a difference in meaning between "subete" and "Issai"?

すべて is a general word meaning "all".
一切 also could mean "all" but is very often used in negation, meaning "not... at all".
i.e.
その会社とは一切関係ない。
言い訳は一切認めない。

 

[Ela]

一切 いっさい n-adv n all; everything; without exception; the whole; entirely; absolutely
すべて adj-no n-adv n all; the whole; entirely; in general; wholly

 

[Toritoribe]

「すべて」と「一切」とは意味の違いがありますか。
Is there a difference in meaning between "subete" and "Issai"?

一切 as the adverb is basically used in negative sentences, like undrentide explained. In that case, it's interchangeable with 全く/全然(that is, "not~ at all") rather than すべて.

その会社とは一切関係ない。 ＝ その会社とは全く/全然関係ない。
("その会社とはすべて関係ない" sounds strange.)


As the noun, it can be used also in affirmative sentences.

一切の責任は私が引き受ける。 ＝ すべての責任は私が引き受ける。
I'll take all the responsibility.

 

[82riceballs]

Thanks!

Does the structure 「ほうがいい」 have the same meaning as 「望ましい」?

 

[undrentide]

Thanks!

Does the structure 「ほうがいい」 have the same meaning as 「望ましい」?

Meaning are similar, but 望ましい is a expression which sounds very stiff and formal, used only in writing.

 

[82riceballs]

いつもありがとうございます。

下記の一節をもっと理解するのを手伝ってくださいませんか。その上に、私の日本語を直してくださいませんか。
(Can you please help me better understand the following passage? In addition, please correct my Japanese.)

来月の八日から三日間仕事でそちらへ行くことになりました。九日と十日の夜はあいているので、もしお暇なら、ぜひお会いしたいのですが。

最近SATの練習をするときに「ことになる」という表現に大抵出くわします。辞書によると"it has been arranged"という意味です。ちょっと分かりませんのでもっと理解するために、分かりやすい例文を書いていただけませんか。

よろしくおねがいします！

 

[Chidoriashi]

ことになった translates well into "it has been decided" the nuance is that it is probably something the speaker did not decide him or herself. So in your above sentence the person's boss or superior probably decided that person would go to work in that place from the 8th of next month for 3 days. Hence the speaker does not really have control of the situation.

 

[undrentide]

Adding to Chidoriashi's great explanation, I think it is easier to understand the nuance if you also think about ことにした, which means the speaker (or the subject of the sentence) decided it.
なる in Japanese has a connotation that it happens spontaneously (thus in case of ことになった something was decided to be so which is beyond the speaker's control.)

 

[82riceballs]

詳しい説明をしてくださってありがとうございます!

で, 私の日本語はどうでしたか? 意味が通じましたか?

 

[JUSTWANTED2KONW]

How do you spell "Pedraza" in Japanese?

 

[oceanic]

I was hoping to have some pictures translated but i can't seem to post the url's as i don't have the 25 minimum posts. Have checked the FAQ and since it says the ban is there to prevent spam, hope the mods won't mind me still posting urls via the trick.

Anyone know what these 3 pictures mean, thanks in advance for whoever can translate it.

h**p://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=13070558uh9.jpg

h**p://img168.imageshack.us/my.php?image=18817923ns0.jpg

h**p://img262.imageshack.us/my.php?image=59003681ds1.jpg

Replace h**p with http (pictures are small, text is only a line or 2)

Thanks

 

[Glenn]

The first one is 後, and it means "after" or "behind."
The second is 法宗教 and I don't know what it means, but my best guess is "religion of the law" (assuming that's the whole thing -- it may just be part of a sentence).
The third one is long and looks like a shopping list in Chinese. I'm going to venture guesses here: one door, two lamps, four futons, one vase of tea, five telephones, six batteries.

Can't wait to see how close (or not) that is.

 

[oceanic]

The first one is 後, and it means "after" or "behind."
The second is 法宗教 and I don't know what it means, but my best guess is "religion of the law" (assuming that's the whole thing -- it may just be part of a sentence).
The third one is long and looks like a shopping list in Chinese. I'm going to venture guesses here: one door, two lamps, four futons, one vase of tea, five telephones, six batteries.

Can't wait to see how close (or not) that is.

You serious or pulling my leg? That's crazy if that is what it says. Anyone else have a better idea what it says, because that seems surreal?

 

[grapefruit]

You serious or pulling my leg? That's crazy if that is what it says. Anyone else have a better idea what it says, because that seems surreal?

I cannot agree more with the translations given by Glenn.

法宗教 must be ~法 and 宗教: ~law and religion

 

[Toritoribe]

You serious or pulling my leg? That's crazy if that is what it says. Anyone else have a better idea what it says, because that seems surreal?

If 法宗教 is one word, it could be "Houshuu/Norimune-kyou," thus, a kind of religion called "Houshuu/Norimune." But I also assume that it might be a part of a sentence/word, possibly Chinese one.

As for the third one, I agree with Glenn-san. That's no doubt the Chinese sentences. I can't understand the meaning, though.

 

[82riceballs]

私の日本語を直していただけませんか。
下にペーストします：

下記の一節をもっと理解するのを手伝ってくださいませんか。その上に、私の日本語を直していただけませんか。

「来月の八日から三日間仕事でそちらへ行くことになりました。九日と十日の夜はあいているので、もしお暇なら 、ぜひお会いしたいのですが。」

最近SATの練習をするときに「ことになる」という表現に大抵出くわします。辞書によると"it has been arranged"という意味です。ちょっと分かりませんのでもっと理解するために、分かりやすい例文を書いていただけませんか。

よろしくお願いします！

 

[82riceballs]

As for the third one, I agree with Glenn-san. That's no doubt the Chinese sentences. I can't understand the meaning, though

These are indeed Chinese phrases. They are simplified Chinese, the type that is used in China & Singapore. If you tip it over, it is easier to read.

It looks like something a Chinese teacher would write on the board when teaching students about measure words.

1st line: One door
2nd line: Two lights, Four blankets (I think...)
3rd line: One pot of tea, Five telephones
4th line: Six batteries

Hope this helps

 

[Ashikaga]

私の日本語を直していただけませんか。
下にペーストします：

下記の一節をもっと理解するのを手伝ってくださいませんか。その上に、私の日本語を直していただけませんか。

「来月の八日から三日間仕事でそちらへ行くことになりました。九日と十日の夜はあいているので、もしお暇なら 、ぜひお会いしたいのですが。」

最近SATの練習をするときに「ことになる」という表現に大抵出くわします。辞書によると"it has been arranged"という意味です。ちょっと分かりませんのでもっと理解するために、分かりやすい例文を書いていただけませんか。

よろしくお願いします！

よく書けていると思います。 強いて言えば、「大抵」の使い方 （come across it often という意味だったら、「よく出くわします」や、「頻繁（ひんぱん）に出くわします」のほうがいいでしょう。)、それから、「もっと理解する」は、「もっとよく理 解 する」のほうが自然かもしれません。

 

[Toritoribe]

私の日本語を直していただけませんか。
下にペーストします：

下記の一節をもっと理解するのを手伝ってくださいませんか。その上に、私の日本語を直していただけませんか。

同じく、強いて言えばもう一箇所だけ。

その上に → その上で/さらに/加えて

やや不自然に聞こえるかどうか、という程度で、どこも直さなくても意味は完全に伝わります。

 

[grapefruit]

ちょっと分かりませんのでもっと理解するために、分かりやすい例文を書いていただけませんか。

もっと理解するために can be replaced with よく理解できるように.

 

[Buntaro]

Hi everybody!

How do you say 'to chew one's fingernails'? Tsume ni kamu? I think that 'tsume o kamu' sounds like someone is chewing their fingernails completely off!

 

[undrentide]

Hi everybody!

How do you say 'to chew one's fingernails'? Tsume ni kamu? I think that 'tsume o kamu' sounds like someone is chewing their fingernails completely off!

Tsume wo kamu is correct.
To chew it "off", one should say "kamikiru" not "kamu".

 

[Buntaro]

Undrentide Sempai!

Mai do oki ni!

 

[Toritoribe]

How do you say 'to chew one's fingernails'? Tsume ni kamu? I think that 'tsume o kamu' sounds like someone is chewing their fingernails completely off!

In addition, the particle に(ni) is used with the compound verb かみつく(kamitsuku.)
e.g.
爪をかむ。(Tsume o kamu.)
爪をかみ切る。(Tsume o kamimiru.)
犬が人にかみつく。(Inu ga hito ni kamitsuku.)