Need a word or phrase translated?
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Elizabeth
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What are you asking, if 失った風?? is the same as 失われた風 ??
Sorry. I meant to put space before the question marks. I know what this (失った風) means but im not sure if it is correct. I need the translation of 'The lost wind'. I'm thinking of getting a tattoo of it done on my forearm. And by the way, do you think a tattoo of just '風' would be odd? I know it means wind but does the word have any awkward meaning? I just don't want to find out any other meaning after getting the ink.
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Elizabeth
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It isn't wrong exactly, just confusing....is this related to the game Lostwinds or to the song (失われた風景) or what ?
失った風 is possible, grammatically correct usage; however, it's pragmatically hard to imagine.
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No its not related to any of those. The word 'wind' has a special meaning to me.
Do you think just '風' would better for a chest tattoo? I just need to make sure before getting it done.
Thanks
Elizabeth
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風 fu (style) /kaze (wind or breeze) I don't have an issue with as a tattoo, the image is a common enough one that the artist shouldn't screw around....but then I am not sure exactly what you are trying to translate it for either....
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Then why not get "Wind" tattooed on your chest?
Which "wind" do you mean, by the way? The rapid movement of air? Like winding your watch? An athlete becoming winded?
Yes the rapid movement. I want to get it done in kanji because I like
Japanese and I'm interested in the culture. And besides, '風' looks better then 'wind'
Rei Yahya
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Recently I heard someone's phone blare a Japanese text tone, and it said: ただいま。留守にしています。メセージをおねがいします。
At first I'd think it means something like 'I'm out, leave a message' but I don't get why tadaima would be used considering I've learned it as 'I'm home' or an 'I'm back'.
At first I'd think it means something like 'I'm out, leave a message' but I don't get why tadaima would be used considering I've learned it as 'I'm home' or an 'I'm back'.
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サーヴァントである私が士郎を襲い、
あなたは抵抗できなかった...
それで、いいでしょう?
To be clearer, サーヴァント is "Servant", meant as in a job that someone has, and 士郎 is a guy named Shirou. I get the general meaning, but a translation from someone more expert in japanese than me would be nice.
Also, what's with that "desu" in the middle of the first part?
あなたは抵抗できなかった...
それで、いいでしょう?
To be clearer, サーヴァント is "Servant", meant as in a job that someone has, and 士郎 is a guy named Shirou. I get the general meaning, but a translation from someone more expert in japanese than me would be nice.
Also, what's with that "desu" in the middle of the first part?
Alethiar
In some formal contexts and in writing you can see である used like that, in which case it usually has the same meaning as の
サーヴァントである私が士郎を襲い、 = サーヴァントの私が士郎を襲い、 = I, the servant, attacked Shirou,
あなたは抵抗できなった。。。 And you weren't able to fight back...
それで、いいでしょう? Isn't that great? (rhetorical..)
In some formal contexts and in writing you can see である used like that, in which case it usually has the same meaning as の
サーヴァントである私が士郎を襲い、 = サーヴァントの私が士郎を襲い、 = I, the servant, attacked Shirou,
あなたは抵抗できなった。。。 And you weren't able to fight back...
それで、いいでしょう? Isn't that great? (rhetorical..)
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それで、いいでしょう？ (not それって、いいでしょう？) is more likely saying that the addressee should accept that story, something like "It's just the story like that...", often connoting "there's another actual story behind it, but don't pry anymore".
Elizabeth
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So you could put emphasis to the statement with a conjunction qualifier like "xxx nara" ? "Sore nara" or "Daijoubu nara" ...
Rei Yahya
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ありがとうございました！
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それなら is used when the speaker denies the addressee's previous interpretation and gives his/her new idea. 大丈夫なら doesn't make sense here. 私が士郎を襲い、あなたは抵抗できなかった。大丈夫ならいいでしょう？？？ The story is completely changed. Thus, the answer is no. The speaker basically says "my explanation should be accepted", as I wrote previously.
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Hello. Please, don't hold against me if I'm sending you two mandarin characters from my tea tray. The first one is, of course, 'tea' (and it's written in the kanji same) but I can't really figure out the second one. If you could read it for me (and explaining the radical on the left, I've seen it a few times in other words) I would be very grateful. Thank you!
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Very close, but it's the traditional form or simplified Chinese of 縁, which is written in semi-cursive style. I can't find semi-cursive 縁, but hope the following picture makes sense.
The radical is 糸, as in tokkyo-san's post.
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Thank you! Hmph... so the radical on the left actually looks like this ﾅｽ窶ｦ and that would mean 'thread', 'string'? Semi-cursive style. And with the second one which can be 窶ｰﾂ ('edge'?) or 窶氾 ('green')... The 'green tea' is probably accurate considering this is a chinese style tea tray (ﾂ工窶｢v窶卮?
Hello. I'd like some help with pronunciation instead of translation. Thus far all i've studied is hiragana and the opening chapters of katakana. Could someone please share a rule with me in regards to the way certain vowels are pronounced when next to one another. For example the 'e' in tsukue. It sounds strange to me unless u don't pronounce the 'e'. Does it sound like tsuku or tsuku-e ? Don't intend to waste time on something so basic but
i can't find the pronunciation anywhere. Ty (also my apologies if i asked in the wrong thread)
i can't find the pronunciation anywhere. Ty (also my apologies if i asked in the wrong thread)
