Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

Thanks for the quick reply! I was wondering about the word 'kuroshiki' because I want to say I've seen it some where meaning it but Google doesn't show any relevance.

The word you saw somewhere would be 狂おしき[kuruoshiki].

 

[Nieves and Co]

Oyasuminasai, would anyone know the percise translation for "Holy lily of purity"?
"純度の聖ユリ" (This is Google's).
Doumo arigatou gozaimashita!

 

[undrentide]

Oyasuminasai, would anyone know the percise translation for "Holy lily of purity"?
"純度の聖ユリ" (This is Google's).
Doumo arigatou gozaimashita!

純度 (purity) is the word used in academic context, when talking about chemistry for instance.
I would use 聖なる純潔の百合 (seinaru junketsu no yuri),
聖なる for holy and 純潔の百合 for lily of purity.

 

[bradosav]

Thanks!

Unfortunately, 祥 in 祥子 also means "happiness". (幸子 is more common, though.) If you want to play safe, katakana/hiragana can be an alternative. Since katakana is often used when the correct kanji is uncertain, I would use サチコ if I were you.
サチコへ ボリスより
How about printing the pdf file below? Then, you can write the letters accurately by referring to it.

Thank you so much!

 

[sl89]

Can anyone help me out with this? I'm pretty sure I know what each individual word means, but I'm having trouble wording it in a way that makes sense.

恋愛スペック８メモリのたとえ.

 

[Toritoribe]

Can anyone help me out with this? I'm pretty sure I know what each individual word means, but I'm having trouble wording it in a way that makes sense.

恋愛スペック８メモリのたとえ.

What is the context?

 

[sl89]

What is the context?

The person being focused on in the story is thinking about how their lover is coming over and is nervous about it. In the same panel as where the sentence appears, there are thought bubbles where they wonder if the nervousness might be similar to the way a boxer feels before a match. The sentence, however, seems to be more of a general statement, it isn't in a thought bubble and is just sort of left on it's own.

 

[Toritoribe]

たとえ would be a noun meaning "simile". Is there something mentioned previously in the story that the person is not good at love or like that? The phrase seems to me to express how poorly made the simile is.

 

[sl89]

たとえ would be a noun meaning "simile". Is there something mentioned previously in the story that the person is not good at love or like that? The phrase seems to me to express how poorly made the simile is.

The only thing I see is a little bit before where the character mentions how whenever this sort of situation happens, they never handle it well (because they always become nervous).

Do you know of a good way that the sentence could be worded?

 

[Toritoribe]

No, I don't. I just wrote my impression. It's ambiguous even what メモリ means just from the explanation without the full context; memory or 目盛り?

 

[sl89]

No, I don't. I just wrote my impression. It's ambiguous even what メモリ means just from the explanation without the full context; memory or 目盛り?

I had automatically assumed that it was "memory" since it isn't written in kanji, I suppose it's possible that they meant 目盛り.
Is it normal for 目盛り to sometimes be written with katakana? I've never come across that word before.

 

[Elizabeth]

I had automatically assumed that it was "memory" since it isn't written in kanji, I suppose it's possible that they meant 目盛り.
Is it normal for 目盛り to sometimes be written with katakana? I've never come across that word before.

恋愛スペック is referring to ideal love or a fantastical romance or something ? Wouldn't the common assumption of 8メモリbe computer memory ??

 

[Glenn]

I didn't think memory was a unit, though. Shouldn't it be gigabytes or something in that case?

 

[Toritoribe]

I had automatically assumed that it was "memory" since it isn't written in kanji, I suppose it's possible that they meant 目盛り.
Is it normal for 目盛り to sometimes be written with katakana? I've never come across that word before.

Not so common, but possible.

メモリはひとメモリ2gで、最大500gまで測れます。

I assume 恋愛スペック would be from a simulation game or something, and スペック would mean "ability" "efficiency" "performance" "power" or like that. The most possible interpretation I can think of is 恋愛スペックが８目盛り分しかない人の例え or "a simile made by a person whose love ability is (only) 8".

 

[sl89]

Not so common, but possible.
メモリはひとメモリ2gで、最大500gまで測れます。
I assume 恋愛スペック would be from a simulation game or something, and スペック would mean "ability" "efficiency" "performance" "power" or like that. The most possible interpretation I can think of is 恋愛スペックが８目盛り分しかない人の例え or "a simile made by a person whose love ability is (only) 8".

I see, that makes sense.
Thank you so much for your help.
And thanks to everyone else who commented on this subject as well.

 

[vacox]

Help with Japanese character on bracelet?

Hello, I hope it's okay for me to post this here. I purchased a bracelet with a gold plaque on it. It has Japanese buildings engraved on it. It is probably about 100 years old. There is one character, which is shown in the attached pdf (I had to draw by hand, camera can't take a good enough picture). I have looked through the hiragana and katakana references and I can't locate this. I don't speak Japanese (took a semester in college, that's all), so you can imagine I'm stumped for translating this. I reproduced this as accurately as I could. It could be highly stylized, too. Or possibly not Japanese (but I'm pretty sure it is). I attached a pdf of my drawing of the character. Do you know what this says? Thanks!
Vanessa

 

[Toritoribe]

It could be a hiragana を, or maybe not a Japanese letter/character.
Is it possible to upload the picture you took?

 

[vacox]

Thanks, Toritoribe. It certainly could be some other language. My photo isn't good enough to upload; I will try my other camera and see if I can get a detailed picture with it. Thank you!

Vanessa

 

[vacox]

Okay, I managed to get a picture where I think you can see the etching well enough. Please let me know if it helps! Thanks again,
Vanessa

 

[undrentide]

Okay, I managed to get a picture where I think you can see the etching well enough. Please let me know if it helps! Thanks again,
Vanessa

Both the design and the letter look very "foreign" to me - I'm afraid that it is not Japanese.
Could it be one of the Sanskrit alphabets? But I could be totally wrong.

 

[vacox]

Hi, I don't think it's any of the Indian languages, Tibetan, or Korean. Or Cambodian. I checked those. I guess it's pretty clear it's not Japanese. If I find out what it is, I'll let you know. Thanks to all!

Vanessa

 

[Noodle06]

Hello,
I'm looking for a translation for "an unjustifiable act".
(something that is completely out of order, beyond reason)
along those lines.

Thank you
ありがとう ございます＾＾

 

[Glenn]

許せぬ行為 (First thing that came to mind)

 

[Noodle06]

許せぬ行為 (First thing that came to mind)

thanks for your reply
許せぬ means unjustifiable?

 

[Glenn]

It means "unforgivable", but it seemed appropriate.