Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

This appears to be slang or netspeak of some sort.....so I don't really have any idea what it means...
タイ行きタイ！

That's a wordplay, so the English translation "I want to go to Thailand" doesn't convey the nuance.

 

[Lotorie]

Mistake in name

Hello everyone!
Long time no see!

I'm here for your advices. My cousin just had a baby girl ^^
She and her husband wanted to name her "flower" in Japanese so they called her...... Hanae.

I'm a bit embarassed how to say them, it's just Hana.
Plus, they asked me to write them in kanji.

Have you any ideas?

花え
花江
花枝

Thank you for your help.

 

[undrentide]

Hello everyone!
Long time no see!

I'm here for your advices. My cousin just had a baby girl ^^
She and her husband wanted to name her "flower" in Japanese so they called her...... Hanae.

I'm a bit embarassed how to say them, it's just Hana.
Plus, they asked me to write them in kanji.

Have you any ideas?

花え
花江
花枝

Thank you for your help.

Alternatives I can think of:
花絵
花笑
花恵

 

[Lotorie]

Thank you very much for you quick reply ^^

 

[82riceballs]

Thanks for the help last time!

I have a question about 誘い文句 and 口説き文句? Do they both mean "pick-up line" and if so are there any differences?

よろしくお願いします!

 

[82riceballs]

Also, I came across this example sentence:
情報は内々に知らされたものなので、あなたに何も教えることはできない。

Could the sentence also be said with 何も教えられない instead? Is there a difference between 教えることはできない and 教えられない?

 

[Toritoribe]

Thanks for the help last time!

I have a question about 誘い文句 and 口説き文句? Do they both mean "pick-up line" and if so are there any differences?

よろしくお願いします!

Both 誘い文句 and 口説き文句, especially the former, is also used as "catch-phrase", just my impression.

Also, I came across this example sentence:
情報は内々に知らされたものなので、あなたに何も教えることはできない。

Could the sentence also be said with 何も教えられない instead? Is there a difference between 教えることはできない and 教えられない?

The meaning is the same. 何も教えられない sounds somewhat more colloquial.

 

[82riceballs]

Thanks for your answer!!

I have some questions about the following sentence:
勝ち負けーーつまり成功の基準は、人によりさまざまなはずだ。同じ一個人でもときと場合によっては、ちがってくる。

If により and によって mean the same thing, are there any differences in how they're used??
Also, what's the purpose of てくる in this sentence? How would it be different if it were just ちがう?

よろしくお願いします!!

 

[Toritoribe]

I have some questions about the following sentence:
勝ち負けーーつまり成功の基準は、人によりさまざまなはずだ。同じ一個人でもときと場合によっては、ちがってくる。

If により and によって mean the same thing, are there any differences in how they're used??

により can't be used with particles.
e.g.
○～によっては
○～によっても
X～によりは
X～によりも
○～によりては
○～によりても
(The last two are Classical Japanese forms. Actually, よって is the euphonic change of よりて as same as the -te form of －う, －つ, －る ending verbs, since it came originally from the verb よる.)

Also, what's the purpose of てくる in this sentence? How would it be different if it were just ちがう?

違う: The difference (already) exists.

（時と場合によっては）違ってくる: The difference could be made/occurred (depending on time and circumstances).

くる 【来る】
［17］ （補助動詞）
動詞の連用形またはこれに「て（で）」の付いた形に付いて、動作が進行し、また、事態が推移する意を表す。

（ウ） ある事態が出現し、またある現象が現れる意を表す。

生まれてくる子供のために

なくした本が出てきた

「くる」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書

 

[82riceballs]

Thanks!!!

What's the difference between こういった and そういった?? in English, they both translate to "this sort of" or "that type"...
I came across them here: リア充（りあじゅう） - 日本語俗語辞書
リア充とは、現実の生活が充実していること。またはそういった人。
携帯電話によるインターネット接続の普及から、現実生活が充実しつつ、インターネットのコミュニティにも参加するという者が増えた。こういった人に対し、（…）

よろしくお願いします!

 

[Glenn]

It's the same as any of the こそあど言葉. They can be replaced above with そうのような and このような, respectively.

 

[BenK]

Hey guys, first post here. And I am hoping someone can help me!

I was reading something about Itsukushima Shrine and at the end it had this sentence:

崇敬の念が神社を支えてきたのだ

I really don't get it at all. Especially the bit about 念. I guess the last bit is about supporting the shrine. But that's really all I've got.

Any help?

Ben

 

[undrentide]

Hey guys, first post here. And I am hoping someone can help me!

I was reading something about Itsukushima Shrine and at the end it had this sentence:

崇敬の念が神社を支えてきたのだ

I really don't get it at all. Especially the bit about 念. I guess the last bit is about supporting the shrine. But that's really all I've got.

Any help?

Ben

念 here means what people has in mind - feeling or sense in this context.
崇敬 means reverence, the sentence can be translated something like "it is (people's) reverence that has been supporting the shrine".

 

[Revenant]

What does 'fusai' mean? I'm thinking it's slang cause none of the dictionary entries make any sense in the context of the situation. People seem slightly disgusted or something.

 

[undrentide]

What does 'fusai' mean? I'm thinking it's slang cause none of the dictionary entries make any sense in the context of the situation. People seem slightly disgusted or something.

The only words I can think of from "fusai" are not slang - 負債 (debt, liability) and 夫妻 (married couple, Mr. & Mrs.).
Could it be "uzai" not "fusai" - it's a slang meaning "annoying".

 

[82riceballs]

I'm having trouble understanding the function of 分 in the following sentence:

返事が早い分には嬉しいです。

How would this sentence be translated into English?

よろしくお願いします!

Also, how does one know when to pronounce 間 「ま」or 「あいだ」???

 

[Toritoribe]

I'm having trouble understanding the function of 分 in the following sentence:

返事が早い分には嬉しいです。

How would this sentence be translated into English?

"I would be grateful if you could reply quickly."

［4］ 物事の様子・状態。また、程度。くらい。

この―なら大丈夫だ

軽い仕事をする―には差し支えない

「分」の検索結果 - Yahoo!辞書

Thus, 分 means "situation", "condition" or like that.

Also, how does one know when to pronounce 間 「ま」or 「あいだ」???

It completely depends on the context. かん is also possible. They are sometimes interchangeable, though.

 

[Elizabeth]

Also, I came across this example sentence:
情報は内々に知らされたものなので、あなたに何も教えることはできない。

Could the sentence also be said with 何も教えられない instead? Is there a difference between 教えることはできない and 教えられない?

教えられない is also basically the same meaning as 教え ることができない。

...

Im only a few days in the past...

 

[82riceballs]

Thanks!!

How does one translate あくまでも個人的な意見ですが、ご参考まで。
What I don't understand is the use of あくまでも
Would it be "This is just my personal opinion, but I hope it helps"??

Also, what does the form てする mean? For instance...
今は練習がんばってしています。
すごく幼い男性なんだと感じてします。
How would these sentences be different if they were
今は練習がんばっています。
すごく幼い男性なんだと感じてます。

I also have a question about the following sentence:
「切り替えが早い女性だと特に…そうなりかねないので」
I found this in a forum where a man asked if it was bad to return emails immediately (funny question, I think). Anyways, I don't get the meaning of 切り替え because in dictionaries, it's "switchover"... Also, what's そうなりかねない??

よろしくお願いします!

 

[Toritoribe]

How does one translate あくまでも個人的な意見ですが、ご参考まで。
What I don't understand is the use of あくまでも
Would it be "This is just my personal opinion, but I hope it helps"??

Right. あくまでも means "just" here.

Also, what does the form てする mean? For instance...
今は練習がんばってしています。
すごく幼い男性なんだと感じてします。
How would these sentences be different if they were
今は練習がんばっています。
すごく幼い男性なんだと感じてます。

練習（を）がんばってしています ＝ がんばって練習（を）しています

The meaning is almost the same between 練習がんばってしています and 練習がんばっています. Grammatically, it's がんばって～する (the adverbial usage of the -te form of がんばる) vs. がんばっている(the present progress of がんばる).

すごく幼い男性なんだと感じてします does not make much sense.(It can have, er, a not-appropriate-here meaning, though.)

I also have a question about the following sentence:
「切り替えが早い女性だと特に…そうなりかねないので」
I found this in a forum where a man asked if it was bad to return emails immediately (funny question, I think). Anyways, I don't get the meaning of 切り替え because in dictionaries, it's "switchover"... Also, what's そうなりかねない??

It depends on the context, but 切り替えが早い means "quick to change the feeling", and そうなりかねない would be "things could be~" or something like that.

 

[ningen]

What I found lately was that "Restaurant" in Japanese is written/pronounced as レストラン
But is there also a Kanji and Hiragana for it?

In a One Piece episode I heard something like Meshiata, but I'm not quite sure about it

 

[undrentide]

What I found lately was that "Restaurant" in Japanese is written/pronounced as レストラン
But is there also a Kanji and Hiragana for it?

In a One Piece episode I heard something like Meshiata, but I'm not quite sure about it

レストラン is an "imported/borrowed" word (from French language).
Basically imported/borrowed words are written in katakana.
Translation for restaurant is 料理店 (ryouriten) though it is far less common than レストラン when used on its own.

Restaurants which serve French cuisine are called either
フレンチ・レストラン (combination of French and English, I guess)
フランス料理店 (furansu ryouri ten)

 

[ningen]

So, let's see if I understand right

If I want to ask where a restaurant is, I can say "ryouriten wa doko da?"
and a sign above a restaurant would have レストラン written on it rather than 料理店

Is that correct?
Or am I making some weird mistake right now?

 

[undrentide]

So, let's see if I understand right
If I want to ask where a restaurant is, I can say "ryouriten wa doko da?"
and a sign above a restaurant would have レストラン written on it rather than 料理店

Is that correct?
Or am I making some weird mistake right now?

It's safer to use "resutoran" i/o "ryouriten" to be understood correctly.
By the way, try to use the polite form - desu instead of da, and add "ka" for question.
"resutoran wa doko desu ka?"

As for sign, usually they show the name of the restaurant and it is very rare to say レストラン or 料理店.
Besides push restaurants tend to use alphabet to make the sign look fashionable. ;-)

 

[ningen]

But if it's the best to use "resutoran", in what kinds of situations can I use "ryuoriten"?