Need a word or phrase translated?

[Toritoribe]

お使者の但馬さんも但馬さんなら、その但馬さんにそんな事を頼む男も男だ、と父も母も呆（あき）れていました。

I undestood that it meant that her parents couldn't expect much from a man who used Tajima to intermediate a marriage proposal. Am I wrong?

Her parents were amazed both 但馬 and 男 (and what they did).

And what's the meaning of 人が馬鹿にしやがる? "People will take me for a fool?"

It's not future tense. It's a rude way of saying 人が馬鹿にする / している. (やがる is a kind of curse word.)

ちえっ！ 女には、甘くていやがら、とおっしゃいました. Could you please explain this 甘くていやがら?

It means 甘い. This やがら is the euphonic change of やがるわ.

The woman is talking to her husband and uses あなた、but then, almost in the end, the repeats あなた達 twice, so, I suppose she is referring to her husband and his friends, is that correct? Because あなた達 is always plural too...

あなた達 would refer to her husband and 但馬, I think. (I don't read the whole novel, though.)

 

[karenk]

Strange, the last posts were deleted... But I read the answers you gave me Toritoribe, thank you!

Last batch (for now) I promise!

What's the meaning of もっとも過ぎるような事 and 蓮葉な小説?

Thanks!

 

[Toritoribe]

Strange indeed. I, either, sometimes can't see your and my last post. (due to moderating things, maybe?)

もっとも【尤も】
1 〔道理にかなう様子〕
あなたがそう言うのももっともだ
You may well say so.／You are quite right in saying so.
妻としてはもっともな行動だ
It is quite natural [reasonable] for a wife to act that way.
君が不平を言うのももっともだ
Your complaint is understandable [justified].
彼女が彼を避けるのにはもっともな理由がある
She shuns him with (good) reason.／She has a good reason for avoiding him.

尤もの英語・英訳 - goo辞書 英和和英

はすっぱ【蓮っ葉】
【例文】
はすっぱな娘
a flirt／a hussy／((英俗)) a dolly bird
はすっぱな行動
frivolous [flippant] conduct [behavior]
あの娘ははすっぱな物の言い方をする
She uses flippant language.

蓮っ葉の英語・英訳 - goo辞書 英和和英

 

[Andromedashun]

As I wrote, 大会 is used as plural there; not a competition fought among different kind of martial arts, as you interpreted, but competitions of each martial arts held in all over the world.

How the hell did you know it is plural? I still don't know the meaning/purpose of the sentence...

 

[Toritoribe]

From the context (of course), especially from 世界で, 格闘技と名前のつくものの大会 and かならず.

Her grandfather gave money generously to martial arts(all kind of things/sports that are called/categorized as martial arts) competitions held in all over the world (e.g. Jūdō competition in Japan, Taekwondo competition in Korea, Capoeira competition in Brazil, Sambo competition in Russia, etc, etc), and his name was always added to the titles of those competitions (e.g. 城戸光政杯東京国際柔道選手権 "Kido Mitsumasa Cup Tokyo International Judo Tournament").

Can you see how and where your interpretation is wrong?

 

[Andromedashun]

Thank you. And Nekojita already pointed one of them out.
Also, putting 世界で ahead of 格闘技 can be ambigious. It could means ''martial arts all over the world''...

 

[Toritoribe]

In that meaning, 世界の is used, not で. As you know, で indicates the location of action/movement, so it's interpreted 世界で開かれる大会. It's not because of the ambigiousness but because of the lack of comprehension, don't you think so?

 

[Andromedashun]

Yes, I thought that の could do, but that's hard...

 

[Toritoribe]

Yeah, I agree that. Particles often can be the key to interpret the meaning. You'd better pay more attention to it. My two cents.

 

[karenk]

Funny, last posts are back...

So 蓮葉な小説 could be translated as "frivolous novels"?

もっとも + 過ぎる事 = obvious thing, maybe? I understand the meaning of もっとも but the 過ぎる makes me think about some kind of excess...

And could you explain the grammatical structure here:

お使者の但馬さんも但馬さんなら、その但馬さんにそんな事を頼む男も男だ、と父も母も呆（あき）れていまし た。

 

[Toritoribe]

Funny, last posts are back...

me too...

So 蓮葉な小説 could be translated as "frivolous novels"?

Yes.

もっとも + 過ぎる事 = obvious thing, maybe? I understand the meaning of もっとも but the 過ぎる makes me think about some kind of excess...

Yeah, "obvious" is a good translation.

And could you explain the grammatical structure here:

お使者の但馬さんも但馬さんなら、その但馬さんにそんな事を頼む男も男だ、と父も母も呆（あき）れていまし た。

AもAなら、BもBだ expresses that both A and B are equally not good.

 

[karenk]

AもAなら、BもBだ expresses that both A and B are equally not good.

And is it always used negatively?

 

[Toritoribe]

Right, as I wrote "not good".

 

[karenk]

Ok, just checking... Thank you and have a nice Sunday!

 

[DWolfs]

Hey there, I was wondering if anyone had a nice translation for 窶佚岩?ｰﾃ卩ｽq窶ｰﾂｮ. I've come accross small-time candy store, mom and pop candy store, but they all sound a bit silly. If I don't find anything better, I will probably stick with candy shop.

 

[Brunom1]

Hey there, I was wondering if anyone had a nice translation for 駄菓子屋. I've come accross small-time candy store, mom and pop candy store, but they all sound a bit silly. If I don't find anything better, I will probably stick with candy shop.

Small-time/Dinky/Crummy Candy Shop and whatnot all work as 駄 is used to identify something that's low-quality.

 

[DWolfs]

Thank you for your answer Brunom1, but since it is for a tour guide sort of article, I wouldn't want to use anything that sounds too negative. :emoji_confused:

 

[Brunom1]

Thank you for your answer Brunom1, but since it is for a tour guide sort of article, I wouldn't want to use anything that sounds too negative. :s

Hmm, then I suppose you could use something like "tiny", "small" or "little", to soften your tone while still pointing out that the candy shop isn't anything outstanding.

It's up to you to find the tone you want.

 

[danny15]

Hello! I found this under the seat of a new Toyota 4Runner that I bought. They are built in Japan so I'm assuming it's Japanese. Thank you!

 

[Brunom1]

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Hello! I found this under the seat of a new Toyota 4Runner that I bought. They are built in Japan so I'm assuming it's Japanese. Thank you!

That's 赤 (あか / Aka), which means "Red".

The color of your car, I reckon?

 

[danny15]

Thank you for the fast response!! Hmm, it's gray with black interior. Very interesting, I wonder what that's all about!

 

[Brunom1]

Hey there,

I'd like to check that I'm reading the following phrase correctly:

悪く思うなよ！これも成り行きって奴だ！

Now, I'm pretty sure that the first part is something like "no hard feelings!" but what I'm really wondering is the second: could it be translated as something like "This is just how it played out for us!"?

For context, this is said by a man who, due to a misunderstanding between groups, is forced to fight against a man who's helped him thrice in the past; so, my reasoning was that he'd be sort of accepting what happened and going with it.

 

[Toritoribe]

Yeah, your interpretation is correct. He is accepting what happened (probably unwillingly).

 

[Brunom1]

Yeah, your interpretation is correct. He is accepting what happened (probably unwillingly).

Alright, then!

Thanks, Toritoribe!

 

[kunonabi]

私も世の中に、理解し難い女の人は少なからずいますけど is giving me a bit of trouble. I'm not exactly sure what is going on with the からず