Need a word or phrase translated?

[Elizabeth]

I would have thought it would have been 郵パック.

I bet you're right. At least it makes sense in both languages.

I saw the poor style romaji of "You Pack" first .... with a missing "r" for "Your Pack" haha .... so English interference - AGAIN !!!

 

[Kuro-Neko]

Can someone please translate this sentence into Japanese for me? I'm trying to say "how has life in Japan been lately"?

 

[gakusei3]

Hello everyone. I'm new to this forum and I saw this thread. I would like to help with translating. I've studied Japanese for 2 years and once the semester starts again, I will be in upper division Japanese. I'm worried about that class so I thought I might translate for practice. And it's fun.

 

[gakusei3]

Can someone please translate this sentence into Japanese for me? I'm trying to say "how has life in japan been lately"?

I would say 最近、日本の生活はどうですか。 (saikin, nihon no seikatsu wa dou desu ka.)

 

[Elizabeth]

Can someone please translate this sentence into Japanese for me? I'm trying to say "how has life in japan been lately"?

I don't understand the question.

Are you talking about the life of the country for most people or how well someone in particular likes it there ?

 

[Kuro-Neko]

I would say 最近、日本の生活はどうですか。 (saikin, nihon no seikatsu wa dou desu ka.)

Thanks! that sounds about right for what I'm trying to say.

I don't understand the question.

Are you talking about the life of the country for most people or how well someone in particular likes it there ?

Basically just how their life is going while being in that country. Not if they like being there but just their overall well being. It's being directed at one person.

 

[Elizabeth]

Thanks! that sounds about right for what I'm trying to say.



Basically just how their life is going while being in that country. Not if they like being there but just their overall well being. It's being directed at one person.

Ok, usually I see it as +"~~での生活はどう" but either way is fine. There's also
日本での生活には慣れた？ (日本の生活はうまく行ってる？) like "Are you used to life in Japan yet?" "Have you taken to it there?" if the person is newly arrived - or never adjusted properly to begin with.

 

[Kuro-Neko]

Ok, usually I see it as +"~~での生活はどう" but either way is fine. There's also
日本での生活には慣れた？ (日本の生活はうまく行ってる？) like "Are you used to life in Japan yet?" "Have you taken to it there?" if the person is newly arrived - or never adjusted properly to begin with.

ありがとう、感謝する。

 

[TheAce]

How do you say "rest in peace"?
Like when someone died.

 

[Elizabeth]

How do you say "rest in peace"?
Like when someone died.

ご冥福を祈ります。

gomeifuku wo inorimasu

We pray for your happiness in the next world / May your soul rest in peace.

 

[TheAce]

ご冥福を祈ります。

gomeifuku wo inorimasu

We pray for your happiness in the next world / May your soul rest in peace.

gomeifuku means trouble right?
So the literal meaning should be "pray for trouble" I think, or am I thinking wrong?

 

[Elizabeth]

gomeifuku means trouble right?
So the literal meaning should be "pray for trouble" I think, or am I thinking wrong?

Trouble is "gomeiwaku." I gave the correct English rendering. :emoji_blush:

 

[Half-n-Half]

So I was reading the Yomiuri Shinbun online for kids and came across this sentence:

油田からパイプを通って漏れ出したガスに火がついたとみられています。

It's an article about the BP oil spill in the gulf. I understand it is talking about gas from a pipe catching fire, but I'm not sure what function the verbs in red serve. Perhaps ～とみられています means "it appears~"? I don't know if it helps, but the previous sentence says 11 workers went missing.

 

[Glenn]

Yeah, it's like "it appears" or "it seems". を通って means "through", so "it appears as though gas that passed through a pipe from the oil field and leaked out caught fire."

 

[Glenn]

ご冥福を祈ります。
gomeifuku wo inorimasu
We pray for your happiness in the next world / May your soul rest in peace.

This is a bit of 余談 (余計なお世話かもしれませんが・・・), but I was reading a bit online, and it appears that this phrase is misused a lot, and that people don't understand what it actually means. Apparently 冥福 means you pass successfully though 冥土, which is sort of a purgatory that you wander through for 49 days before reaching 極楽, so ご冥福をお祈り致します literally means you're praying for the departed's successful passing through 冥土, and their passage into heaven. However, it's really specific as to the religion, and even sect. For example, Christianity doesn't have 冥土, and neither does 浄土真宗, so saying it to someone of one of those faiths would be insulting.

You can read about it at つぶやき古道(コミチ). Also, there are other pages on the subject that you can browse via Google search: 冥福 祈る 間違い.

 

[Half-n-Half]

Yeah, it's like "it appears" or "it seems". を通って means "through", so "it appears as though gas that passed through a pipe from the oil field and leaked out caught fire."

Aha, it seems so easy now that you've helped, thanks

For some reason, I was thinking of it as かよう instead of とおる

 

[Toritoribe]

This is a bit of 余談 (余計なお世話かもしれませんが・・・), but I was reading a bit online, and it appears that this phrase is misused a lot, and that people don't understand what it actually means. Apparently 冥福 means you pass successfully though 冥土, which is sort of a purgatory that you wander through for 49 days before reaching 極楽, so ご冥福をお祈り致します literally means you're praying for the departed's successful passing through 冥土, and their passage into heaven. However, it's really specific as to the religion, and even sect. For example, Christianity doesn't have 冥土, and neither does 浄土真宗, so saying it to someone of one of those faiths would be insulting.
You can read about it at つぶやき古道(コミチ). Also, there are other pages on the subject that you can browse via Google search: 冥福 祈る 間違い.

Interesting! I didn't think of it. In the same sense, 成仏 shouldn't be used for non-Buddists.

 

[Kuro-Neko]

Can someone tell me if this sentence makes sense, in the context that I'll describe below. あんたはとてもきれいな、だからそれは問題ない.

The person said getting hired would be difficult because they only hire hot people, so if I replied with the sentence above would it be understandable? I'm basically trying to say it would be no problem for them, since they are very pretty.

 

[Elizabeth]

Can someone tell me if this sentence makes sense, in the context that I'll describe below. あんたはとてもきれいな、だからそれは問題ない.

The person said getting hired would be difficult because they only hire hot people, so if I replied with the sentence above would it be understandable? I'm basically trying to say it would be no problem for them, since they are very pretty.

Yes, I think it is fine.

 

[Half-n-Half]

I came across a couple grammar structures, ～からには and 上は to mean something like "Now that~" or "Since~". If I wanted to say something like, "Now that I've come here, I can't hang out with my friends anymore" which would be more appropriate?

ここにやってきた上は、友達ともう遊べない。

ここにやってきたからには、友達ともう遊べない。

Or is there a better way to say it?

 

[Toritoribe]

Can someone tell me if this sentence makes sense, in the context that I'll describe below. あんたはとてもきれいな、だからそれは問題ない.

The person said getting hired would be difficult because they only hire hot people, so if I replied with the sentence above would it be understandable? I'm basically trying to say it would be no problem for them, since they are very pretty.

あなたは/君はとてもきれいな人だ、だから（それは）問題ない
あなたは/君はとてもきれいだ、だから（それは）問題ない
あなたは/君はとてもきれいだから（それは）問題ない

You can't use きれいな alone.

I came across a couple grammar structures, ～からには and 上は to mean something like "Now that~" or "Since~". If I wanted to say something like, "Now that I've come here, I can't hang out with my friends anymore" which would be more appropriate?

ここにやってきた上は、友達ともう遊べない。

ここにやってきたからには、友達ともう遊べない。

Or is there a better way to say it?

The latter. やってきた以上は is also correct. However やってきた上は sounds odd, since 上は is a kind of archaic expression, as in かくなる上は. So something like ここまで来[きた]る上は might be acceptable.

 

[Elizabeth]

あなたは/君はとてもきれいな人だ、だから（それは）問題ない
あなたは/君はとてもきれいだ、だから（それは）問題ない
あなたは/君はとてもきれいだから（それは）問題ない
You can't use きれいな alone.

Oh, I wondered about that too, if 人 was strangely implied or something. But a Japanese person was right there on the phone when I read it to them and they said it was OK. Probably misunderstanding my な for a だ

 

[Glenn]

According to 中上級を教える人のための日本語文法ハンドブック they both pretty much have the same meaning and usage. You could also just use から in this case. I can't do any better.

[Edit] Or go with what Toritoribe said.

 

[Elizabeth]

The latter. やってきた以上は is also correct. However やってきた上は sounds odd, since 上は is a kind of archaic expression, as in かくなる上は. So something like ここまで来[きた]る上は might be acceptable.

Isn't "can't play with my friends" slightly odd as the secondary clause, though ? Usually I think in these type constructions it is "having" "now that" "so long as"...."have to do" "should do" "might as well do" like a duty, responsibility or order type statement.

At least they should be more closely related. Because of A, B must be done ...

 

[Toritoribe]

Isn't "can't play with my friends" slightly odd as the secondary clause, though ? Usually I think in these type constructions it is "having" "now that" "so long as"...."have to do" "should do" "might as well do" like a duty, responsibility or order type statement.
At least they should be more closely related. Because of A, B must be done ...

"Because of A, B can't be done" is also used.

こうなった以上は、もう付き合えない。