Need a word or phrase translated?

[Yukiko chan]

I understand. Thanks Toritoribe san! It was 休みをとる that I had seen I think. It's a bit tricky actually... :emoji_nerd:

Do you recommend me to read Japanese novels at this stage? Such nuances are hard to get without a specific context... :emoji_thinking:

 

[Elizabeth]

I understand. Thanks Toritoribe san! It was 休みをとる that I had seen I think. It's a bit tricky actually... ☝
Do you recommend me to read Japanese novels at this stage? Such nuances are hard to get without a specific context... :?

Just remember the noun form has a different connotation. It isn't a matter of nuance. I don't think you need novels at this stage.

Yasumi (desu) = Break, vacation, holiday
Yasumu = Rest, day off, sleep....

 

[Yukiko chan]

Thanks Elizabeth san!

 

[Linn]

lol was my sentence that hard?...well I have a question... how come kyuuka was written in Katakana? cant it be written like this "きゅうか" ? why do Japanese write in Katakana while they can write in Hiragana?
Its hard to learn all these characters >_<

 

[Elizabeth]

lol was my sentence that hard?...well I have a question... how come kyuuka was written in Katakana? cant it be written like this "きゅうか" ? why do Japanese write in Katakana while they can write in Hiragana?
Its hard to learn all these characters >_<

Wasn't it written in kanji ?

Just say "Vacation de kita" is the easiest way I can think of putting it....:

 

[Linn]

Wasn't it written in kanji ?
Just say "Vacation de kita" is the easiest way I can think of putting it....:

Kanji? ohhh right....oh whatever it is, why can't you write it Hiragana? T___T

Vacation de kita? vacation? really? :emoji_fearful:

 

[Half-n-Half]

You could write it in hiragana but it is usually much easier to recognize what the word is if it is written in kanji. Also, there are quite a few homonyms in Japanese. For example, おこる can either mean "to get angry" or "to happen." In hiragana the only way you could discern the difference is through context, but with kanji it is immediately clear which means which (怒る and 起こる respectively). Another popular example is はし which can mean either "tip" 端 "bridge" 橋 or "chopsticks" 箸.

 

[Linn]

You could write it in hiragana but it is usually much easier to recognize what the word is if it is written in kanji. Also, there are quite a few homonyms in Japanese. For example, おこる can either mean "to get angry" or "to happen." In hiragana the only way you could discern the difference is through context, but with kanji it is immediately clear which means which (怒る and 起こる respectively). Another popular example is はし which can mean either "tip" 端 "bridge" 橋 or "chopsticks" 箸.

Wow so the meaning changes depending on the characters you use? This is 100% new for me ^__^ thank you.

 

[Glenn]

For example, おこる can either mean "to get angry" or "to happen." In hiragana the only way you could discern the difference is through context, but with kanji it is immediately clear which means which (怒る and 起こる respectively).

There's also 興る, which means to be prosperous in business, and 熾る, which means for a fire to burn well. I think the two you gave are a lot more common, though.

 

[Yukiko chan]

One of the most common examples is し: 死 (death) and 四 (number 4) and particle し (just to name the most obvious ones).

lol was my sentence that hard?...

No, only my attempt to answer made it so!!
Simply a difference in connotation between the expression 休んでいる and other forms of the verb 休む which I never spotted till now. It was good to make that mistake!!

 

[Elizabeth]

Kanji? ohhh right....oh whatever it is, why cant you write it Hiragana? T___T
Vacation de kita? vacation? really? ☺

Yes, really. ☺ It's a word that virtually all Japanese understand. Either that or the loan term バケーション. You seemed to be fishing for something and I tried to simplify the effort...

 

[TheAce]

An administrator ( administrator of a webpage / forum )

Is that 運営者 ?

And what is the romaji and translation of 見て見ろ ?

 

[dyallo]

Hajimemashite.
Hey guys
This is my first post and I look forward to talking to you guys
Maybe you can help me,

I need to say: Of course that idiot couldn't buy the tickets after all.

I've ran it down to either:

Yappari, ano baka ga chiketto o katte dekinakatta
OR
Yappari, chiketto o katte dekinakatta. Ano baka.
(dekinakatta for past negative tense of dekiru, is this correct?)


Sorry for writing in Romaji. I havn't really put an effort into learning Kanji.
Maybe you can correct me as how to say this, or which sentence is more correct?

Thanks,
Dyallo

 

[Toritoribe]

Hajimemashite.
Hey guys
This is my first post and I look forward to talking to you guys
Maybe you can help me,
I need to say: Of course that idiot couldn't buy the tickets after all.
I've ran it down to either:
Yappari, ano baka ga chiketto o katte dekinakatta
OR
Yappari, chiketto o katte dekinakatta. Ano baka.
(dekinakatta for past negative tense of dekiru, is this correct?)
Sorry for writing in Romaji. I havn't really put an effort into learning Kanji.
Maybe you can correct me as how to say this, or which sentence is more correct?
Thanks,
Dyallo

kau (plain)
kaeru (potential)
kaenai (potential negative)
kaenakatta (past potential negative)

The following link would be helpful.:
Japanese verb conjugation - Wikipedia

"Katte dekinakatta" means "bought something and couldn't do something."

 

[dyallo]

Aha so it would be "Yappari, ano baka ga chiketto o kaenakatta" and "Yappari, chiketto o kaenakatta. Ano baka."

What about the rest of the sentence? Is it alright?
Thanks for your time!

 

[undrentide]

I need to say: Of course that idiot couldn't buy the tickets after all.

Yappari, ano baka ga chiketto o katte dekinakatta
OR
Yappari, chiketto o katte dekinakatta. Ano baka.
(dekinakatta for past negative tense of dekiru, is this correct?)

Yappari, ano baka wa chiketto o kaukoto ga dekinakatta / kaenakatta

(1) Yappari
It depends on exactly what you'd like to express "of course"
Yappari (colloquial for "yahari") is like "as I expected"
Mochiron is another option if you want to say "as a matter of course".

(2) ga / wa
Unless you want to emphasize that it is that idiot, not anyone else, you should use "wa" i/o "ga".

(3) potential
dekiru = be able
[verb] koto ga dekiru = be able to do ~
Instead of using "koto ga dekiru", you can express potential by conjugating the verb itself.
e.g.
ka-u (to buy) -> ka-eru (be able to buy)
kaku (to write) -> kakeru (be able to write)
aruku (to walk) -> arukeru (be able to walk)
taberu (to eat) -> taebrareru (be able to eat)

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Edit: I just found you posted exactly the same question in a different thread!
You should not double post, please.
(Mods: could you please merge this to another thread "need a word or phrase translated?"?

 

[Elizabeth]

An administrator ( administrator of a webpage / forum )

Is that 運営者 ?

Yes, I think you can use it like that. サイ ト運営者

 

[BigBoss4]

Despite being really simple, what would be the best way of writing a translation for this

強敵(ライバル)ハキリ、現る！

I'm trying to avoid writing "Rival Hakiri Appears!", so I was thinking either "A Rival Appears, Hakiri!" or "A Rival, Hakiri Appears!" but I'm not sure which one to go with

 

[masaegu]

Despite being really simple, what would be the best way of writing a translation for this

強敵(ライバル)ハキリ、現る！

I'm trying to avoid writing "Rival Hakiri Appears!", so I was thinking either "A Rival Appears, Hakiri!" or "A Rival, Hakiri Appears!" but I'm not sure which one to go with

"Out comes Hakiri, the powerful adversary!" would be my choice.

 

[Kuro-Neko]

Hey guys just need some clarification here, this is the most common way to say "Yes I understood that", when someone ask you if you understood something right? To put it in context someone asked me if I understood a video that I watched.

ええ、それは わかりました.

 

[Nick001]

Hello, I need some help, I don't know how to translate this sentence properly

寒さが冷たさが吹雪が戸を叩く音

Thanks in advance!

 

[Glenn]

Hey guys just need some clarification here, this is the most common way to say "Yes I understood that", when someone ask you if you understood something right? To put it in context someone asked me if I understood a video that I watched.

ええ、それは わかりました.

You don't need それは, and I'd probably say はい, but ええ is perfectly fine.

Hello, I need some help, I don't know how to translate this sentence properly

寒さが冷たさが吹雪が戸を叩く音

Are there supposed to be commas in there? It looks like a bunch of subjects and then 戸を叩く音. Do you understand that part?

 

[Nick001]

Are there supposed to be commas in there? It looks like a bunch of subjects and then 戸を叩く音. Do you understand that part?

Yes i have no problems with that part and there are no commas my problem is with the first part of the sentence "寒さが冷たさが吹雪が" i don't know how to translate that.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yes I have no problems with that part and there are no commas my problem is with the first part of the sentence "寒さが冷たさが吹雪が" i don't know how to translate that.

寒さ, 冷たさ, 吹雪(coldness, chilliness, snowstorm) are all the subjects, as Glenn-san wrote.

 

[jonthy]

Translation

Can someone help me translate this phrase?

こんにちは！日本料理は好きですか?

Thank you in advance.