Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

If that's -not- it, then what is it, may I ask?

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Thanks!
But I'm still not sure what it means, especially the 2nd line. And I'm unfamiliar with 一 being used like that before a verb.
"I think it's best to start a riot so I can be king for another term." - Is that about right?
I think 暴れ could also refer to him getting violent.

Haven't you seen expressions such like 一仕事, 一工夫 or 一ひねり? 一 means "(a) little/small" in this case. 暴れ is the noun usage of the -masu stem of 暴れる, i.e., it's more likely a noun rather than a verb.

うちに just means "while", as I wrote. It doesn't imply "in order to stay king for another year".

 

[MrKanister]

No, I don't think I've seen those expressions.
Ah, I think I got it now: He's thinking about going on a rampage while he is still king. -Is that it?
Anyway, thanks again.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yes, that's it exactly!

 

[I Am A Baka]

No. He says つったっててもしょうがない. Look up つっ立つ

Thanks masaegu-san!

Hmm.. I'm starting to find this fun. The day I actually get one right will be a cause for celebration (at least for me, anyway :emoji_stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye.

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I got "僕も。。。だから僕にもあいつだ壊せてね！"

I think I'll include this one too:

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"道中であいつは食おとしたくせに。" I'm not sure about this second half of this sentence. Am I correct?

Ok... *phew* last one... maybe. This one I'm completely stumped on.

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First one: がんばっての俺たちだ
Second one: ？？？

Can anyone make it out?

 

[Toritoribe]

僕も。だから僕にもあいつら食わせてね


途中であいつら食おうとしたくせに


頑張ったのは俺達だ
…はつかれる…
(I'm not sure about the last one. My best guess is 庇[かば]うんは疲れるっちゅうの.)

 

[I Am A Baka]

Oh wow. What a quick response! Thanks a lot. I'm surprisingly learning a lot from this.

Does 食おう mean 'eat'?

 

[Toritoribe]

the volitional form of a verb + とする
to try to do

（～を）食おうとした
tried to eat ~

 

[MrKanister]

Does someone know what 引く means here?

真剣にやってるところを
申し訳ないが…
すごく…
引く。

Context: The male protagonist transforms into a hero in front of a guy to save that guy from a monster, but the guy seems so disappointed by the hero's cute outfit when he sees it that he thinks stuff like, "What the hell kind of hero is this?" and then thinks the above.

I'm thinking it means something along the lines of "I totally... decline", but I can't really confirm this with my dictionaries. "I draw back" or "I'm outta here" might also make somewhat sense, although he doesn't actually try to flee.


Edit:
Okay, I think I've found an explanation for this use of 引く: 「引いた？」ときの「引く」意味が知りたいです。 - こんにちは、外... - Yahoo!知恵袋

If I understood this correctly, 引く basically means something like "I pull back" or "I don't want to have anything to do with this."
Is that right?

 

[nekojita]

Yes to your edit. I think ドン引き is another way of saying it. Basically, the reaction as illustrated in this image (perfectly work safe).

 

[I Am A Baka]

the volitional form of a verb + とする
to try to do

（～を）食おうとした
tried to eat ~

Got it! Thanks again Toritoribe-san!

 

[MrKanister]

I don't understand the bold part:

子供を襲う
下衆な妖怪も
よーおるちね！

Context: old woman warns a child about walking around alone at night and says this.
I think she has a Kyuushuu dialect.
What would be the standard Japanese?

 

[masaegu]

I don't understand the bold part:

子供を襲う
下衆な妖怪も
よーおるちね！

Context: old woman warns a child about walking around alone at night and says this.
I think she has a Kyuushuu dialect.
What would be the standard Japanese?

Why standard Japanese? No one speaks it in real life!

よーおるちね ＝ よくいるしね

Very few Japanese-learners seem to be aware that at least 50% of all Japanese say よう and おる instead of, respectively, よく and いる in their daily casual conversations.

 

[MrKanister]

Thank you.
I asked for standard Japanese so I could understand it.

I've heard about おる as いる before and I've recognized it, but the rest confused me (both the よー and the ちね). And I might've heard about よう as よく once before too, but I didn't recognize it here.
I am self-taught and mostly just read Japanese short stories/manga and those tend to use よく and いる much more commonly, at least the as far as I can tell.

I've only learned a bit of slang from Tae Kim's guide, but otherwise I have to look it up every time I encounter slang and I rarely find an explanation.

 

[tokkyo]

Do you use eijirou? It often has the slang and a translation, albeit usually without an explanation
英語学習・TOEIC対策・英辞郎 on the WEB | アルク

Weblio is another good dictionary
英和辞典・和英辞典 - Weblio辞書

 

[MrKanister]

Thank you!
I mostly use Rikai-chan and Weblio to look up stuff, and then Google, and then I ask here.

 

[Razahia]

I'm a complete beginner so forgive me for being blunt.

What does Watashi no mean? I know Watashia is I am but what is the no for, sometimes I see Watashi wa and in some sentences I see Watashi no

 

[Toritoribe]

"No" has many functions, but what you saw would be "no" as a possessive particle.

Japanese particles - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

 

[Elizabeth]

Yes to your edit. I think ドン引き is another way of saying it. Basically, the reaction as illustrated in this image (perfectly work safe).

I think ド or ドン just adds emphasis. :

 

[xyukikazex]

There's this couple of weird sentences in a shounen manga.

どちらさんもおひけえなすって！あっしは白獅子組のお鈴と申しやす！

I googled おひかえなすって and it seems to be a greeting between yakuza. Then again, wwwjdic has お控えなすって as "(exp) initial formal greeting between gamblers". So the question is: Can I take it as はじめまして for gangsters? Also, the second sentence sounds like a dramatic version of 私は白獅子組のお鈴と申します, but what is this お for anyway?

Any help will be appreciated. Thanks in advance.

 

[Toritoribe]

The speaker uses Edo dialect.

お控えなすって is an initial greeting to inform the addressee(s) that the speaker is going to begin the self introduction, so it's a bit different from はじめまして.

お is a prefix for female given name.

 

[xyukikazex]

Thanks for the thorough explanation, Toriさん

 

[Elizabeth]

The speaker uses Edo dialect.

お控えなすって is an initial greeting to inform the addressee(s) that the speaker is going to begin the self introduction, so it's a bit different from はじめまして.

That is interesting since modern standard Japanese is basically the dialect of Tokyo. Originally I believe お控えなさって was accurate in archaic style but became corrupted into the local language of お控えなすって. おひけいなすって must be used for conversation as a more casual spoken construction.

 

[masaegu]

modern standard Japanese is basically the dialect of Tokyo.

Such a common misconception that is.

 

[MrKanister]

Such a common misconception that is.

A bit of elaboration would have been nice I think, because as far as I can tell Elizabeth is right.


Anyway, I have a question:

I'm trying to send a message to a Japanese person who writes short stories on their blog.
I want to say something that means, "But I personally would have liked it [this story] better, if there had been a scene where A and B kiss."
Something like that. I want to convey that I would have loved to see a scene like that, that such a scene is missing, in my opinion.

My attempt: だけど個人的に言えば、AとBキスシーンあるほうは大好きでしょうよ。
Does that sound good?

By the way, I've written a sentence before that saying that I really like their story, which is why this sentence starts with だけど.

 

[masaegu]

A bit of elaboration would have been nice I think, because as far as I can tell Elizabeth is right.

Don't challenge a native speaker who has lived in Tokyo over 20 years. Judging from the questions you have been asking, your Japanese proficiency is nowhere near a native speaker's.