Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

Would 遊戯妃 work?

妃[Kisaki] means "a wife of a king," so has a different nuance to 女王[jo-oh].

 

[Glenn]

Ah, I never knew that. Thanks!

 

[ningen]

What does 水勢 mean?

 

[Toritoribe]

What does 水勢 mean?

水の勢い or "the force of a water current"

 

[TheAce]

What's the meaning of the Japanese word "kaware"?

 

[Toritoribe]

What's the meaning of the Japanese word "kaware"?

It COMPLETELY depends on the context and the kanji for "ka/kawa". No one can answer the question without it.

 

[TheAce]

I heard the word somewhere, so I don't know the kanji

Can you tell me what the possible meanings are? Or if that would be a really long list just the most common ones.

 

[Marioki]

Hey Buntaro

Any idea what this means:

"ichido de tadashiku"

 

[TurkeySloth]

What's the proper translation for "above and beyond"? According to wikiled, it's ほかに or hokani.

 

[fatedquest]

Depends on your context. But if you mean to say more than(expected/usual/correct) then no hoka ni is correct. Or you can also say hitsuyou ijo.

 

[TurkeySloth]

Thanks for the help!

 

[VerbalEssence]

I need several phrases translated from English to Japanese actually.....it's actually several entire verses/ stanzas, but I'll try to do what I can on my own....so for starters...

"I am pure energy, I strike fear into my enemies"
"I have harnessed my sixth sensory"
"Every single inch of me is dvinity, I am mankind's epitome"
"I can go the distance, I am Hybrid Synergy"

 

[FinancialWar]

Hello, I am back.

 

[82riceballs]

Hi everyone!

I have aquestion about the sentence below:
スクーターに乗っている人に道を尋ねたら、彼は私に後部座席に座るように言い、目的地まで連れて行ってくれました。

What's the purpose of ように? What if the sentence had just said 「彼は私に後部座席に座ってくださいと言い、」? How would the sentence change?

Thanks in advance!!

 

[Toritoribe]

Hi everyone!

I have aquestion about the sentence below:
スクーターに乗っている人に道を尋ねたら、彼は私に後部座席に座るように言い、目的地まで連れて行ってくれました。

What's the purpose of ように? What if the sentence had just said 「彼は私に後部座席に座ってくださいと言い、」? How would the sentence change?

Thanks in advance!!

"The dictionary form of the verb + よう" indicates an indirect quote of a suggestion/order/request when used with verbs like 言う, 勧める, 求める, 頼む, 命じる, etc..

差して行くように（と）言った。
次の試合に勝つよう（に）求めた。
こっちに来るように（と）命じた。

On the other hand, と is also used for a direct quote, so こっちに来るようにと言った can mean that こっちに来るように is what the subject really said or「こっちに来るように」と言った, the quotation marks are usually used for the case, though.

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Thus, 彼は私に後部座席に座ってくださいと言い means that と indicates a direct quote, i.e., 後部座席に座ってください is what he really said to you.

 

[VerbalEssence]

Alright so screw my previous translation request, I've got a separate site for handling such matters.

My question is what the following message says. The individual was commenting on my attempt to translate Pink Floyd's Hey You from English to Japanese. My attempt was most likely riddled with errors here and there.

What I vaguely got was:
Something about chatting with a Japanese person
Something about being unable to convey something with a dictionary
Such a thing is indispensable with Pink Floyd

日本人と おしゃべりしてますかぁ？

辞書からじゃ
気持ちは 伝えられないよ～

ﾋﾟﾝｸ ﾌﾛｲﾄ は
特に
感性が 必要だからね(笑)

 

[82riceballs]

Thanks for answering my previous question!!!

I have some questions about song lyrics:

From Ayaka's "Te wo Tsunagou"
この空飛べたら 会えるかな?
泣いてた自分と君に送るよ
What exactly is being sent (送る)?

From YUI's "Gloria"
今のアタシ 小さな部屋で
考えている 空想の未来に…

問いかけてみるけれど
bad feeling
イメージ出来ないのが
all my love

Can 空想の未来に… 問いかけてみるけれど be interpreted as one statement? So is the speaker questioning the future in her imagination?

よろしくお願いします！

 

[Toritoribe]

Alright so screw my previous translation request, I've got a separate site for handling such matters.
My question is what the following message says. The individual was commenting on my attempt to translate Pink Floyd's Hey You from English to Japanese. My attempt was most likely riddled with errors here and there.
What I vaguely got was:
Something about chatting with a Japanese person
Something about being unable to convey something with a dictionary
Such a thing is indispensable with Pink Floyd
日本人と おしゃべりしてますかぁ？
辞書からじゃ
気持ちは 伝えられないよ～
ﾋﾟﾝｸ ﾌﾛｲﾄ は
特に
感性が 必要だからね(笑)

S/He said about the impossibility to translate Pink Floyd's lyrics just using dictionaries.

From Ayaka's "Te wo Tsunagou"
この空飛べたら 会えるかな?
泣いてた自分と君に送るよ
What exactly is being sent (送る)?

The words following it or " ずっと ずっと 信じていれば 叶うから 手をつなごう"

Can 空想の未来に… 問いかけてみるけれど be interpreted as one statement? So is the speaker questioning the future in her imagination?

Yes and yes.

The context or the whole lyrics is needed to answer your question. You should provide at least the link of the lyrics.;-)

 

[AmayaSakurai]

Can someone please translated these two sentences for me in English? Thank you! ^.^

家族ぐるみのお付き合い だね。

僕らは、昔から移動の車が一番になることが多かったから、そういう日常の何でもない話が多いのかもしれない。

 

[Jncocontrol]

Can someone please translated these two sentences for me in English? Thank you! ^.^
家族ぐるみのお付き合い だね。
僕らは、昔から移動の車が一番になることが多かったから、そういう日常の何でもない話が多いのかもしれない。

Hope this suffices.

It's a family dating.
We, the most often will move from the old car, perhaps nothing more about such everyday.

 

[Toritoribe]

Can someone please translated these two sentences for me in English? Thank you! ^.^
家族ぐるみのお付き合い だね。
僕らは、昔から移動の車が一番になることが多かったから、そういう日常の何でもない話が多いのかもしれない。:emoji_flushed:

昔から移動の車が一番になることが多かった doesn't make much sense. The previous and next sentences would be needed to understand the meaning.

Hope this suffices.

It's a family dating.
We, the most often will move from the old car, perhaps nothing more about such everyday.

It doesn't seem fair to post a machine translation without any credits.

Google translation

 

[Jncocontrol]

It doesn't seem fair to post a machine translation without any credits.Google translation

Aye, I thought I forgot something.

 

[82riceballs]

Hi! Thanks for answering my last question : Sorry I didn't post lyrics!!

I have some more questions, this time from Ayaka's Okaeri:
空っぽの体 流れる時に
浮いてしまいそうになるけど
Is she saying that her "hollow body" is "flowing" (流れる) ??

あなたのこと 抱きしめたい
このキモチが突き動かすの
Is she saying that "feelings of wanting to embrace you are stirred up"?

自分のことばかりを考える大人はズルイんだと
思っていたんです
でも必死で変えることを
叫んでる人もいるんだと やっと知ったんです
How does an "adults who think only of themselves" relate to a "person who desperately wants to change"???

Here're the lyrics: おかえり 絢香 歌詞情報 - うたまっぷ 歌詞無料検索

よろしくお願いします！

 

[Toritoribe]

I have some more questions, this time from Ayaka's Okaeri:
空っぽの体 流れる時に
浮いてしまいそうになるけど
Is she saying that her "hollow body" is "flowing" (流れる) ??

Hmm, 流れる時に could mean 流れる時間の中に/で or "in the flowing time".

あなたのこと 抱きしめたい
このキモチが突き動かすの
Is she saying that "feelings of wanting to embrace you are stirred up"?

Yes.

自分のことばかりを考える大人はズルイんだと
思っていたんです
でも必死で変えることを
叫んでる人もいるんだと やっと知ったんです
How does an "adults who think only of themselves" relate to a "person who desperately wants to change"???

でも（そんな大人の中にも）必死で変えることを叫んでる人もいるんだとやっと知ったんです

I at last realize that there are persons who ... among them.

 

[82riceballs]

ご回答有難うございました！

Can someone please help me understand the following sentence?
台湾人が大変フレンドリーであるもう一つの理由として、島に存在する多様性に富んだ住民のもつ豊かな歴史に寄与しています。
I understand the first half to mean "As one more reason Taiwanese people are very friendly" and I'm guessing the 2nd part means "The rich history that the diverse population on the island possesses" but I don't understand the function of 寄与しています.... Exactly what is contributing to what?

よろしくお願いします！