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[Elizabeth]

こんにちは、こちらこそよろしくお願いします。
「羽を伸ばす」には、「おもいっきり」が併用してよく使われると思います。
例
今度の休みは、おもいっきり羽を伸ばしてこいよ。
今度の休みは、おもいっきり羽を伸ばすつもりなんだ。
「おもいっきり」という言葉は、思う存分、心の底から、力の限り、満足できるまで、という意味です。強調する言葉ですね。
「羽を伸ばす」と言う言葉は、束縛するものがなくなってのびのびと自由に振る舞う、抑えられた状態から解放されてのびのびと振る舞う、という意味になります。
「おもいっきり」という言葉は、強調したい時によく使用される副詞です。
ただ、これは口語です。

わかりました。 はっきりさせてくれてありがとうございます。

聞く前に、より慎重にそれを調べるべきでしたね。 。。。
組み合わせろと強調の度合いは、高くなりますね。
問題になっている点は、思いっきりの英訳はちょっと誤解を招くこともあるかもしれませんね。

Let go, cut loose, resignation というような意味も含まれているようでしたから。。。

 

[Toritoribe]

Let go, cut loose, resignation というような意味も含まれているようでしたから。。。

Actually 思いっきり is from 思い切り, but it's basically used only as an adverb unlike the original 思い切り, as Noraemon-san wrote. So it doesn't have a nuance of "resignation"- 思い切りがいい/思い切りよく. :emoji_wink:

 

[Elizabeth]

Actually 思いっきり is from 思い切り, but it's basically used only as an adverb unlike the original 思い切り, as noraemon-san wrote. So it doesn't have a nuance of "resignation"- 思い切りがいい/思い切りよく.;-)

ああ、なるほど。

英語では「思い切って」と全く同じ意味の単語がありません。
日本語には、英語に ない表現やなかなか伝えにくいニュアンスが沢山ありますね。


それと、「思い切り楽しんでいればいいですね」は違う使い方を現れていますね。
その表現には意味が沢山あるそうですね。:

 

[Trollhattan]

What is the Japanese word for slightly Caucasian-looking, is there any definition in Japan for people who look vaguely " European " ?

 

[Elizabeth]

What is the Japanese word for slightly Caucasian-looking, is there any definition in Japan for people who look vaguely " European " ?

Go ahead, take a wild guess. :emoji_blush:

たまたま白人っぽい顔をした人 ??

白人っぽく見える人

 

[undrentide]

What is the Japanese word for slightly Caucasian-looking,is there any definition in Japan for people who look vaguely " European " ?

Go ahead, take a wild guess.

たまたま白人っぽい顔をした人 ??

白人っぽく見える人

Caucasian-looking is 白人っぽく見える as Elizabeth san says.
たまたま means "happen to" "by accident" so it would not fit here...
For "vaguely" I would say どことなく.

 

[Trollhattan]

thanks !

ok ... how is it in one complete sentence " vaguely Caucasian-looking どことなく白人っぽく見える ",right ?!

 

[FinancialWar]

せっかく敵が一箇所に集まってくれたのだ。この機会を 逃すわけにはいかん。

What does いかん mean in this case?

 

[osamu_ys]

この機会を逃すわけにはいかん。
what does いかん mean in this case?

I think it means
"We ought not to miss this chance!"
☺

 

[Ashikaga]

せっかく敵が一箇所に集まってくれたのだ。この機会を逃すわけにはいかん。
What does いかん mean in this case?

It is a contraction of いかない.

 

[Toritoribe]

It is a contraction of いかない.

Exactly いかない is the equivalent of いかん in modern Japanese. But actually that's the n-euphonic change of the archaic auxiliary verb ぬ.

そんな卑怯な真似はせん！(せ; the imperfective form of the archaic verb す + ん)
そんな卑怯な真似はしない！(し; the imperfective/pre-nai form of the (auxiliary) verb する + ない)

We don't say そんな卑怯な真似はしん！;-)

 

[Tomii515]

Hey everyone

I was e-mailing my penpal yesterday, and I sent the e-mail, but then I was thinking about one of the sentences I wrote, which was:

友達に聞ければ、買うことを考えるいい本について言えるだろう。

It's supposed to say something like "Perhaps if you ask one of your friends, they can tell you about some good books that you can consider buying."

I'm not sure if the whole sentence is correct, but that's not the point of this post (however, I'd also appriciate if anyone could correct the sentence to make it sound better if it's wrong/sounds weird.)

My question about the ～について言う～, because I don't know if that even makes sense. I was trying to say "...tell (you) about ...", but I had a feeling that I should've used a different word/particle other than について. Is there a better word to use, or is について fine?

よろしくお願いします☆

 

[Elizabeth]

Hey everyone
I was e-mailing my penpal yesterday, and I sent the e-mail, but then I was thinking about one of the sentences I wrote, which was:
友達に聞ければ、買うことを考えるいい本について言えるだろう。
It's supposed to say something like "Perhaps if you ask one of your friends, they can tell you about some good books that you can consider buying."
I'm not sure if the whole sentence is correct, but that's not the point of this post (however, I'd also appriciate if anyone could correct the sentence to make it sound better if it's wrong/sounds weird.)
My question about the ～について言う～, because I don't know if that even makes sense. I was trying to say "...tell (you) about ...", but I had a feeling that I should've used a different word/particle other than について. Is there a better word to use, or is について fine?
よろしくお願いします☆

友達に聞いたら、買うことが出来るかも知れないいい本を（について）言う(教える)（の）でしょう。

I think either について・を is very acceptable. Do you want to say 'a book' or 'about a book'? Although I think について話す (talk to you about) is probably more common than について言う. Was that part of the confusion ??

 

[FinancialWar]

Exactly いかない is the equivalent of いかん in modern Japanese. But actually that's the n-euphonic change of the archaic auxiliary verb ぬ.
そんな卑怯な真似はせん！(せ; the imperfective form of the archaic verb す + ん)
そんな卑怯な真似はしない！(し; the imperfective/pre-nai form of the (auxiliary) verb する + ない)
We don't say そんな卑怯な真似はしん！;-)

so ない ＝ ん ＝ ぬ ? and ず as well? why there are so many ways of negating a verb!?

 

[Tomii515]

友達に聞いたら、買うことが出来るかも知れないいい本を（について）言う(教える)（の）でしょう。

I think either について・を is very acceptable. Do you want to say 'a book' or 'about a book'? Although I think について話す (talk to you about) is probably more common than について言う. Was that part of the confusion ??

ありがとうございます！

OK. and I wanted to say "about a book", being that hopefully her friends could tell her about a good book that she could perhaps buy.

I don't know, I guess for some reason について and 言う together just didn't seem right to me... Oh well

 

[Toritoribe]

so ない ＝ ん ＝ ぬ ? and ず as well? why there are so many ways of negating a verb!?

ぬ/ん is from ず.
「ぬ」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書

ない has been used since Edo Era.
「ない」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書

Archaic words, structures, conjugations, etc., still remain in modern Japanese probably as same as many other languages.

友達に聞ければ、買うことを考えるいい本について言えるだろう。

言ってくれる/教えてくれる would be more appropriate for that. 買うかもしれない本について教える/言う could be misinterpreted that the penpal is the subject, thus, "s/he can tell someone about the book."

 

[Elizabeth]

言ってくれる/教えてくれる would be more appropriate for that. 買うかもしれない本について教える/言う could be misinterpreted that the penpal is the subject, thus, "s/he can tell someone about the book."

Oh, right. Better than 友達に聞いたら、その人は。。。、へえ？？ This isn't like 分かるでしょう where the speaker is obvious.

And 買うことが出来るかもしれない I think is perfect, but let me know any substitute phrases for to mean "you may want to consider buying" ??

Hey everyone
I was e-mailing my penpal yesterday, and I sent the e-mail, but then I was thinking about one of the sentences I wrote, which was:
友達に聞ければ、買うことを考えるいい本について言えるだろう。
It's supposed to say something like "Perhaps if you ask one of your friends, they can tell you about some good books that you can consider buying."

考える doesn't imply may or might, but "will consider."

 

[Toritoribe]

And 買うことが出来るかもしれない I think is perfect, but let me know any substitute phrases for to mean "you may want to consider buying" ??

Yeah, I was thinking about what こなれた日本語 for that was, too. 買おうと思えるような本？

 

[Elizabeth]

Yeah, I was thinking about what こなれた日本語 for that was, too. 買おうと思えるような本？

The kind of book you will probably try to buy...ってことでしょう？

 

[Eve]

How do u translate this sentences into Japanese?

Hire me!

"Can I ask for a favour, can you write down a comment as well?"

 

[Mikawa Ossan]

How do u translate this sentences into Japanese?
Hire me!

雇ってください。
働かせてください。
Either one will do...but I much think the second one would be more appropriate.

"Can I ask for a favour, can you write down a comment as well?"

お願いいたしますが、コメントも書いていただけますか？

 

[Elizabeth]

If this is for a "Hire me" t-shirt or sign etc, I would go with 雇ってください。

 

[FinancialWar]

青い炎 and 青き炎 What is the difference between two?

 

[DingoEnderZOE2]

I'd like a phase translated if my translation for it is inaccurate.
院長の悪癖が世間にばれる前に、何らかの理由で亜希子 が保険金をかけた。
Before the director's bad habit was exposed to the public, Akiko filed for insurance through some reason.

 

[Toritoribe]

青い炎 and 青き炎 What is the difference between two?

again. modern and archaic.

青い: the adonominal/adjectival form of the adjective 青い
青き: the adonominal/adjectival form of the archaic adjective 青し

The latter tends to sound more dignified.
e.g.
蒼い狼と白い牝鹿
蒼き狼と白き牝鹿

EDIT:
probably more well-known example
その者、青き衣をまといて金色（こんじき）の野に降り立つべし。
その人は、青い服を着て金色（きんいろ）の野原にきっと降り立つだろう。