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I have a problem understanding this phrase: あきらは昔から私のことになると感情的になるかな。 It's translated as Until now, Akira has always been more emotional than me I think. how does ～になると work in this phrase?
Need a word or phrase translated?
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"When it comes to xxx"
It was mistranslated. They also apparently had no idea what 昔から meant.
It wasn't a comparison at all. It is saying that when it comes to the speaker, Akira has always been emotional. He is sweet on her, dotes on her, etc, depending on whatever their relationship is. He may be cool and unemotional regarding others, but when it comes to the speaker (in the case of the speaker) he is a softy.
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The subject of the sentence is the person the speaker is talking to or referring to.
abhishek
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男の子 to 男：全く、格好つけてどこ行くのかと思えば、こんな所で暗くなってるんだもんな。
男 replied :そんなこと言ってもな。
Then can it mean like this:
You showed off [wherever we went]/[all the day time] but now I can see your gloomy face???
男 : I have said that (perhaps this-) [I will be strong but...]. ?
Ah, What is 人類の心は複雑ので, 私はそれらをさらに勉強します supposed to be actually written as? Kind of wondering.
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You could say "Thanks" and answer the question he asked you.
It looks like the sentence was not written by a native speaker. It is missing な after 複雑 and the ら of それら is unnecessary (and odd).
Oh sorry. Thanks to the both of you.
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Honestly? It was my amazing way of translating the sentence from memory, Obviously backfired. Still quite a novice. Sorry again.
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Sorry, I should have written "the subject of 行く and 暗くなってる is the person the speaker is talking to, and the subject of 思えば is the speaker".
Your initial translation is rather better. The last half of the man's reply is omitted.
Hey there folks,
I'd like to confirm that I'm reading this right: 日本には小人が鬼を倒す話もあったはずだ！
Does that mean: "There should've been some Japanese stories in which a kid defeats a demon!" ?
For context, the speaker is a foreign teenager, who's been in Japan for a few days.
As always, thanks for the insight.
I'd like to confirm that I'm reading this right: 日本には小人が鬼を倒す話もあったはずだ！
Does that mean: "There should've been some Japanese stories in which a kid defeats a demon!" ?
For context, the speaker is a foreign teenager, who's been in Japan for a few days.
As always, thanks for the insight.
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In this case, はず carries a meaning of "I'm pretty sure that xxxxx" (even when there is really no doubt at all in the speaker's mind).
Ah, I see how it is - this also helped me realize a small mistake I made in the following line, too.
Thanks!
abhishek
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小人 means dwarf/pygmy/midget, not kid/child.
でも is a particle で + も as "too/also", not "even" here. This で indicates the reason/cause.
The main verb of the sentence is 大上段に構えた.
Ah, something clicked just now now! I did know that it meant pigmy and whatnot but I didn't really know what he was referencing.
He's talking about Issun-bōshi!
Now it all makes sense!
Ohh, thanks Totoribe. Looks like trouble with particles will continue to haunt me for some time. Going by the purpose of the で + も particle, would this be a more appropriate translation?
"He did his best to overbear him, in order to observe his reactions and also to discover more about his character."
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I meant "the verb in the main clause" by "the main verb of the sentence". I should have written "the main verb of the second and last clauses" instead. Sorry. Your initial interpretation of the first clause is correct.
He observed Ren's behavior, and tenaciously took a high-handed attitude also (in order) to discover more about his character.
He observed Ren's behavior, and tenaciously took a high-handed attitude also (in order) to discover more about his character.
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くいくい is an onomatopoeia to express "pulling something repeatedly in small motions".
どんだけチェックしてんの＝どれだけ（細かく）チェックしてるの
どんだけチェックしてんの＝どれだけ（細かく）チェックしてるの
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Hi, I got 1 question.
I saw this example sentence given in 大辞林 for にやにや - 「何がうれしいのか―している」.
I was wondering if "何がうれしいのか" is an embedded question, e.g. 「何がうれしいのか分からない」? Found a similar example 「何が嬉しいのか、(someone)は笑っていた。」Also, could 何が嬉しいのか in both cases be interpreted as lit. "what is (thing) that's happy/pleasant, is grinning" or "what is (thing) that the subject of the にやにやしている/笑っていた is happy/glad about, was laughing"?
I guess it's a bit odd to me since I haven't seen a whole lot of embedded questions that don't have verbs like 分かる、聞く, 考える etc. after it.
At first I thought it was "数詞につけて概数を表す" usage, because I kind of see the "何が嬉しいのか" as the speaker/writer's "wondering what" while "にやにやしている" is someone else's action. However, I don't think it can be used with wh-question like 何 (e.g. よほど怖かったのか真っ青な顔をしていた).
Thank you in advance.
I saw this example sentence given in 大辞林 for にやにや - 「何がうれしいのか―している」.
I was wondering if "何がうれしいのか" is an embedded question, e.g. 「何がうれしいのか分からない」? Found a similar example 「何が嬉しいのか、(someone)は笑っていた。」Also, could 何が嬉しいのか in both cases be interpreted as lit. "what is (thing) that's happy/pleasant, is grinning" or "what is (thing) that the subject of the にやにやしている/笑っていた is happy/glad about, was laughing"?
I guess it's a bit odd to me since I haven't seen a whole lot of embedded questions that don't have verbs like 分かる、聞く, 考える etc. after it.
At first I thought it was "数詞につけて概数を表す" usage, because I kind of see the "何が嬉しいのか" as the speaker/writer's "wondering what" while "にやにやしている" is someone else's action. However, I don't think it can be used with wh-question like 何 (e.g. よほど怖かったのか真っ青な顔をしていた).
Thank you in advance.
DWolfs
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Thanks for your reply, Toritoribe!
