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[Alelil]

What is まだまし in でも。。。男たちが王ならまだまし
いたんだけど in 最初は遠慮してちょっと離れたところにいたんだけど
いたんだ けど or いたん だけど
What does この歳でおまるよ mean?

 

[SomeCallMeChris]

What is まだまし in でも。。。男たちが王ならまだまし

'not so bad', 'better than the alternative', 'the lesser of two evils', something like that,
まだましの英訳｜英辞郎 on the WEB：アルク

いたんだけど in 最初は遠慮してちょっと離れたところにいたんだけど
いたんだ けど or いたん だけど

I can't absolutely rule out a conjugation of いたむ without the larger context, but most likely it's いる(past)+の(explanatory)＋だ(copula)＋けど(conjunction) -> いた ん だ けど

What does この歳でおまるよ mean?

I can't be sure without context, but it looks like telling someone off for not making it to the toilet in time despite being a big boy/girl.

 

[Alelil]

'not so bad', 'better than the alternative', 'the lesser of two evils', something like that,
まだましの英訳｜英辞郎 on the WEB：アルク
I can't absolutely rule out a conjugation of いたむ without the larger context, but most likely it's いる(past)+の(explanatory)＋だ(copula)＋けど(conjunction) -> いた ん だ けど
I can't be sure without context, but it looks like telling someone off for not making it to the toilet in time despite being a big boy/girl.

1)so it means, "it's better if boys is king" ?
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2)what does ちょっと離れたところにいたんだけど mean?
mourning in a bit distant place （いたんだ）/ exist in place a bit distant （いた）/ ?
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3)yes the context is about some girls that are locked up and cant go to toilet トイレは。。。この歳でおまるよ
can you break it down? 歳 is counter for age, so how it can change to not make in time for toilet

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What does どこの王国 mean?

 

[SomeCallMeChris]

1)so it means, "it's better if boys is king" ?
。

Probably something like that.
I would say "But... it's better if they are the kings than the alternative."
男たち is a group of male humans of any age. I can't say that it means 'boys' without more context.

2)what is ちょっと離れたところにいたんだけど mean?
mourning in a bit distant place （いたんだ）/ exist in place a bit distant （いた）/ ?
。

The second is what I think and what I meant by my breakdown. But without context I can't be certain. (I'm pretty sure that いたむ・to be hurting/feel pain wouldn't be used in this conjugation in this sentence; it's technically allowed by the grammar, but I think it wouldn't be sensible.)

3)yes the context is about some girls that are locked up and cant go to toilet トイレは。。。この歳でおまるよ
can you break it down? 歳 is counter for age, so how it can change to not make in time for toilet

この歳 means 'at this age'. 歳 is not just a counter, but a word for 'years of age'. It can also be read とし, and probably is in this context. I'm not really familiar with the word おまる though, and I'm confused about the context, so I really don't feel I can translate the sentence without more information. It may be obvious for a native speaker or a more advanced leaner, though.

 

[nekojita]

おまる here probably means a kids potty (try google imaging it - maybe not from work or somebody might think you've got some weird interests). Presumably there is one in the room they're locked up in or something that could be used as one, but the speaker isn't happy about the idea.

 

[Brunom1]

Hey there,

I've two lines that I can't quite wrap my head around; could anyone tell me if I'm reading it right?

For context, this line is uttered by a mechanic once he notices that a salesman is trying to sell his protege a fake product; he utters this first line right as he notices that the "Made in" signature is misspelling the country:

ガソリンで顔洗って、出直して来い！！

Is he threatening to wash the crook's face with gasoline and have him take another look at the signature?

Following that, once the salesman expresses disbelief/panic, the man says:

ボヤボヤしてると、俺のスパナが火を噴くぞ、この野郎！

Just what is he threatening to do with his spanner because I found out that ボヤボヤ means something akin to "absent-minded, careless, etc" but how does 火を噴くぞ fit into things?

Thanks.

 

[Glenn]

ガソリンで顔洗って、出直して来い！！

Is he threatening to wash the crook's face with gasoline and have him take another look at the signature?

I think it's more like "come back here after you've done some real work (with cars, mechanics, etc.)."

Following that, once the salesman expresses disbelief/panic, the man says:

ボヤボヤしてると、俺のスパナが火を噴くぞ、この野郎！

Just what is he threatening to do with his spanner because I found out that ボヤボヤ means something akin to "absent-minded, careless, etc" but how does 火を噴くぞ fit into things?

I think it's just a metaphorical threat about what his wrench is going to do. 擬人化, I believe, is what they call it.

 

[Brunom1]

I think it's more like "come back here after you've done some real work (with cars, mechanics, etc.)."

I think it's just a metaphorical threat about what his wrench is going to do. 擬人化, I believe, is what they call it.

So, that first one, he's saying that the mark is poorly made and is telling the crook to try again after getting some proverbial grease stains on his face?

I don't quite get what you mean with the other one, though; could I ask you for an example?

 

[Toritoribe]

顔洗って出直して来い！ is an idiom, using in a context something like "I can't accept it. Get out!/Try again!". ガソリンで is a variation of it, since the speaker is a mechanic. (Thus, he does not actually request to do so.)

ボヤボヤしてると、俺のスパナが火を噴くぞ、この野郎！

Just what is he threatening to do with his spanner because I found out that ボヤボヤ means something akin to "absent-minded, careless, etc" but how does 火を噴くぞ fit into things?

ボヤボヤしてると means "if you don't get out soon" here, and he basically said he will smash the salesman with his wrench by 火を噴くぞ. This expression is originally from gun. It's used as, for instance, 俺の拳が火を噴くぞ (＝ 殴るぞ).

Ok so what does と帰還する mean in this context, and how is it broken up? (i.e. to kikan suru)

九月, 多くの日本に住まう高校生は, その時をもって夏休みという非日常から日常へと帰還する

と
５ （副詞に付いて新たな副詞をつくり）ある状態を説明する意を表す。「そろそろ―歩く」「そよそよ―風が吹く」

と［格助接助並助］の意味 - goo国語辞書

The meaning is almost the same as 日常へ帰還する here.

 

[Brunom1]

顔洗って出直して来い！ is an idiom, using in a context something like "I can't accept it. Get out!/Try again!". ガソリンで is a variation of it, since the speaker is a mechanic. (Thus, he does not actually request to do so.)


ボヤボヤしてると means "if you don't get out soon" here, and he basically said he will smash the salesman with his wrench by 火を噴くぞ. This expression is originally from gun. It's used as, for instance, 俺の拳が火を噴くぞ (＝ 殴るぞ).

Ah, I understand now; I didn't know 火を噴くぞ had that meaning.

Many thanks!

 

[Toritoribe]

2)what does ちょっと離れたところにいたんだけど mean?
mourning in a bit distant place （いたんだ）/ exist in place a bit distant （いた）/ ?

When いたんだ is a conjugation of 悼む, 痛む or 傷む, the particle should be で instead of に, since all these verbs are not "existance".

what does どこの王国 means?

What kingdom

 

[gabgrave]

Hi, can I check what is the meaning of this phrase?
やりづれえ
I've seen it around but can't figure it out. Thanks in advance!

 

[Glenn]

Do you know what やりづらい means? It's the same basic meaning, but やりづれえ is rougher.

 

[gabgrave]

Do you know what やりづらい means? It's the same basic meaning, but やりづれえ is rougher.

Oh! I see it now, 'difficult to do'. Yeah that fits in the context. Got confused by the change in the last two characters. Many thanks!

 

[Glenn]

By the way, this "ai", "oi", and "ae" to "ee" change is common. For instance おまえ→おめえ, てまえ→てめえ, たかい→たけえ, すごい→すげえ. "ui" can become "ii", as in わるい→わりい.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yeah, those changes occur especially on i-adjectives or adjective-like conjugations such like ～たい. お前 and 手前 would be exceptions, I think, since other 前s never change to めえ. (なめえ might be used in some dialect for 名前.) As for てめえ, the meaning is different from 手前. てめえ only refers to "you", whereas 手前[てまえ] is a humble word for "I / me".

 

[gabgrave]

Many thanks for the explanations. I did come across a few of the above in causal conversations before, but not the term I asked about, so I'd learned quite a bit now. You guys have been a great help

 

[Brunom1]

Hey folks,

I just translated the following line but I'm not quite sure I got it right; could anyone provide some input?

何が戦う事にしか使えない力だ…！そんな甘ったれた考えで戦えるものか！
"You think strength can only be used for battle? How can I fight against such childish ideas?"

If context is needed, the speaker is saying this to his attacker: an prototype super soldier that failed to deliver the expected results, that's trying to prove himself worthy of existing by being the strongest.

Many thanks.

 

[Toritoribe]

Very close, but 力 refers to strength/power the addresse has in this case, not power in general sense. Also, the function of the particle で is another point. 甘ったれた考え is not what the subject fights against.

my attempt:
You think your strength/power can only be used for battle? How can you fight with such childish ideas?(= You can't fight with such childish ideas!)

 

[Brunom1]

Very close, but 力 refers to strength/power the addresse has in this case, not power in general sense. Also, the function of the particle で is another point. 甘ったれた考え is not what the subject fights against.

my attempt:
You think your strength/power can only be used for battle? How can you fight with such childish ideas?(= You can't fight with such childish ideas!)

Hmm, I see.

I did consider your version of the 2nd phrase first but I hesitated because I didn't see a pronoun relating to the addressee.

Is it implied somewhere?

 

[Toritoribe]

It's from the context and the demonstrative そんな. The speaker is talking about the power the addressee has in the first sentence, and then, he says "your childish ideas" by そんな甘ったれた考え. で shows that the subject who fights is the same person as the one who has the ideas, thus, the subject of the second sentence is the addressee "you".

 

[Brunom1]

It's from the context and the demonstrative そんな. The speaker is talking about the power the addressee has in the first sentence, and then, he says "your childish ideas" by そんな甘ったれた考え. で shows that the subject who fights is the same person as the one who has the ideas, thus, the subject of the second sentence is the addressee "you".

Ah, I see it now.

Thanks for the explanation, Toritoribe!

 

[Elizabeth]

Yeah, those changes occur especially on i-adjectives or adjective-like conjugations such like ～たい. お前 and 手前 would be exceptions, I think, since other 前s never change to めえ. (なめえ might be used in some dialect for 名前.) As for てめえ, the meaning is different from 手前. てめえ only refers to "you", whereas 手前[てまえ] is a humble word for "I / me".

The below cases seem to be most prominent with a Tokyo accent, because the pronunciation of the vowel is weaker or more devoiced than Kyoto -Osaka accents and others (I think. )

/ai/→/ee/ですね。他にも、
/oi/→/ee/ 例「すごい→すげぇ」
/ui/→/ii/ 例「だるい→だりぃ」

 

[researcherx]

I wonder if someone could help me translating this to English?

Hello everyone I have been trying to translate this with online translators but am not getting something accurate or with meaning.
So please if anyone here could help me with the translation I would appreciated so much.
its an image of the quote Here it is:

Thanks you very much in advanced!

 

[SomeCallMeChris]

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