Need a word or phrase translated?

[Elizabeth]

I think you meant "marred".

It is more like: "Yeah, if you say she's cute, you're right; she's cute....(but she's still a b!tch)" or some other such contravening opinion in the parentheses.

It is a way of conceding your interlocutor's point while still not giving up your own.

I think I have seen it in cases like she's cute but the eyes are a little small or in the tone of some such unfortunate downside.

 

[Watermelon]

Thank you all so much! I understand a lot better now!

 

[Toritoribe]

I think I have seen it in cases like she's cute but the eyes are a little small or in the tone of some such unfortunate downside.

I would say 可愛いには可愛いんだけど or 可愛いのは可愛いんだけど for the case. 可愛いと言えば可愛いんだけど is more likely 可愛いと言えなくもない, as I wrote in my previous post.

 

[SoraAngel]

hi what does todoke mean? i have seen it in anime's like todokete but what does it mean? Also when do i use the word todoke?

 

[Toritoribe]

That's most probably a conjugation of a verb "todoku". What is the context?

 

[Daimon]

レミリアが血が足りなくて困っている

I believe it means, "Remilia is troubled by there not being enough blood.". The double が is confusing to me here, and I'm not the greatest at getting meaning out of two linked verbs with て-form.

 

[Toritoribe]

The first が indicates the subject of 困っている, i.e., the whole sentence, and the second one is the subject of 足りなくて, i.e., the adverbial clause. The -te form in the adverbial clause expresses the reason here, as same as 足りないので.

 

[Daimon]

So, in meaning (Even if it may sound unnatural), I could rewrite it to "血が足りないのでレミリアが困っている。"
I'm guessing, since you didn't mention it, my translation was good enough.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yes, that's right.
I can't comment about the appropriateness of your translation, since I don't know the context. I even don't know if レミリア is the name of of a person or a location.

 

[Daimon]

You can watch the video, if you want. I'm not good with handwritten Japanese. She's a person. (Random question: Would you use 居る or 在る on a Zombie?)
レミリアが血が足りなくて困っている手書き動画 ‐ ニコニコ動画(原宿)

 

[Toritoribe]

If レミリア is a vampire or something and is hungry now, 血が足りない means "she can't get enough blood."
いる is appropriate. A zombie or vampire might be actually dead, but seems to move by thier own will. Oh, one more thing, I should write this in the relevant thread you made, する is commonly written in hiragana. 為る is usually read なる.

 

[Daimon]

Yes, I know this; but I like writing Kanji for 為る. It just feels good to me. Same as with 在る and 無い.

Which reminds me, can I change, say する・為る to している・為ている and have the 為 Kanji change in pronunciation, or is it only for the normal-form? I know it`s rare.

Oh, wow. So the になる・くなる (becomes) stuff can actually be written with 為 as well, if I understand that correctly?
Don't give me another "bad" Kanji habit. :sorry:

 

[Toritoribe]

Whether YOU like it or not, I, or most of all native Japanese speakers read 為る as なる and don't read する.

As for 為ている, I would interpret it as a typo of 為っている if I see it. It's not just rare but rather is NEVER used.

なる in になる/くなる is more likely a subsidiary verb(補助動詞), so hiragana is common and appropriate.

 

[Daimon]

Sadly, I've done it so often, whether technically correct or not, seeing 為る without Kanji is slightly unnnerving. However, consider whether you're reading something like, and I am not thinking much for this example, 結婚為る 結婚に成る。 Err... Hmm..成

At the very least, there's furigana.

 

[SoraAngel]

Like something about giving a towel. I can't quite remember I do remember she used todoke to give something.

 

[Toritoribe]

whether technically correct or not, seeing 為る without Kanji is slightly unnnerving.

I have the same feeling for 為る.

The conjugation suffix of -suru verbs is also always written in hiragana at least in Modern Japanese.

結婚に成る is grammatically wrong.

If you want to know the difference between the two kanji, here's the definitions.

為
旧字は、もと、象を手なずけているさまにより、人手を加える、「なす」意を表わす。また、助字に用いる。
する。行う。･･･となる

成
旧字は、もと、意符（つえ）と、音符（てい）とから成り、罪ある者をつえで打って平らげ正す、ひいて、なしとげる意を表わす。
完成する。しとげる。でき上がる。

from 新字源

like something about giving a towel. I can't quite remember I do remember she used todoke to give something

An imperative of "todoku", i.e., something like "Hope this reaches you" fits your context?

 

[Daimon]

為
旧字は、もと、象を手なずけているさまにより、人手を加える、「なす」意を表わす。また、助字に用いる。
する。行う。･･･となる

成
旧字は、もと、意符（つえ）と、音符（てい）とから成り、罪ある者をつえで打って平らげ正す、ひいて、なしとげる意を表わす。
完成する。しとげる。でき上がる。

from 新字源

And now I'd like to see how bad my reading comprehension is.

為
Old character, origion, Because of winning over a phenomenon, includes other hands, Reveals the feelings of なる
Still, use for helping characters.


成
Old character, origin, 意符 and 音符 (These appear to be Kanji terms so...), and from 成, the person with sin...つえで打って平らげ正す (What is that? Correct and supress by hitting with a cane?), not only, without reavealing achieved feelings.
Complete. Accomplish. Be completed.

I just fail at this.

 

[Mike Cash]

You started self-teaching in February, using dodgy methods/materials, making things up to suit yourself, and with a "shotgun" approach regarding what order you learn things in.

You can't reasonably be expected to have much in the way of reading comprehension; don't beat yourself up over it.

 

[Daimon]

I should go find a good elementary book or something (1st or 2nd grade); hopefully it wouldn't be too terribly complex.

Can I at least be given the translation of one of those definitions?
Let's try the first one again. "An old character whose origin, because of the method in which it wins over a phenomenon, as well as includes other hands, gives off the feeling of なる"

No.

 

[Mike Cash]

I should go find a good elementary book or something (1st or 2nd grade); hopefully it wouldn't be too terribly complex.

If you're referring to a Japanese textbook for native speakers in the 1st or 2nd grade, that would be of very little value to you.

In this age of people attempting to learn everything off of the internet it often comes as a surprise to people, but there actually are textbooks designed for teaching Japanese to foreign learners. That's what you need......that and to put aside a lot of the highly colloquial stuff that you have apparently picked up from manga/anime. You end up "learning" stuff that you're just going to have to either "unlearn" or "relearn" later.

 

[Daimon]

If you're referring to a Japanese textbook for native speakers in the 1st or 2nd grade, that would be of very little value to you.

In this age of people attempting to learn everything off of the internet it often comes as a surprise to people, but there actually are textbooks designed for teaching Japanese to foreign learners. That's what you need......that and to put aside a lot of the highly colloquial stuff that you have apparently picked up from manga/anime. You end up "learning" stuff that you're just going to have to either "unlearn" or "relearn" later.

I haven't learned anything from anime/manga, thank you very much. Why? Because I don't read, nor have I watched in four months.

 

[Toritoribe]

Can I at least be given the translation of one of those definitions?
Let's try the first one again. "An old character whose origin, because of the method in which it wins over a phenomenon, as well as includes other hands, gives off the feeling of なる"

No.

The traditional character form originally expresses the meaning of "to alter" or "to do/make/accomplish/achieve" by its shape of taming an elephant. Also, it's used as a Chinese particle.

 

[sl89]

ごめん、いつも壊すまで気付かないフリで単純な事ができない

Any idea what フリ means? I didn't see anything that made sense when I looked it up.

 

[Mike Cash]

To pretend or to act like.

 

[sl89]

To pretend or to act like.

Ah, I see. Thank you very much!