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[Majestic]

How do Japanese people refer to others as 'spoiled'? As in 'that child has always had everything and they are spoiled'?

Or bonbon (ボンボン) which implies a son of a wealthy family of privilege. It has some extra baggage that "spoiled" does not have. For example, you can be from a modest or even low income house and still be called "spoiled" in the English language. However a boy from a low income house couldn't really be called ボンボン in Japanese.

 

[Andrew Mize]

Is there a difference between 動機 and 理由?

 

[Mike Cash]

Is there a difference between 動機 and 理由?

Yes.

One means "motivation" and the other means "reason".

 

[mdchachi]

Is there a difference between 動機 and 理由?

According to the dictionary it means "motive" which is a synonym for "reason" in certain cases. Based on the examples I see at www.alc.co.jp the usage differs in the same manner as "motive" and "reason." Like a person can have a reason to do something or a motive to do something.
But something inanimate, say a fossil, could have a reason for having a certain characteristic but not a motive.

 

[chejeann92]

ときめく心理学者 ???

 

[Toritoribe]

What is the context? Where did you got it from? Isn't it 今をときめく心理学者, by any chance?

 

[Andromedashun]

ち。。。ちがう。 クロスをぬぎすてた今もうスキなどみつける必要はないはずだ。シリュウは今まで最強の盾があったからこそ流星拳をブロックできたのだ。
それがない今素手でブロックをしてもブロックことシリュウの体はふっとぶはずそうだ。。。

I don't understand what is こと. Is the particle に or で omitted?

 

[Toritoribe]

I'm pretty sure it's ごと.
Also, isn't it ふっとぶはずだ, not ふっとぶはずそうだ?

 

[Andromedashun]

I'm pretty sure it's ごと.

You are probably right. I can't see it well. What does it mean?
Each? Every?

Also, isn't it ふっとぶはずだ, not ふっとぶはずそうだ?

Probably 。 そうだ
The manga don't put in dot.

 

[Toritoribe]

What does it mean?
Each? Every?

−ごと
みかんを皮ごと食べる
eat an orange, peel and all
地所ごと家を買った
I bought the house 「and the lot [together with the land].
ごとの英語・英訳 - goo辞書 英和和英

Probably 。 そうだ

Probably, yes.

 

[Pedro_16]

Hey guys, im wondering how you would translate 'Vices' as in the noun, or if there is no direct or close translation then 'Bad habits'? cheers

 

[Toritoribe]

悪徳 akutoku

 

[Cameron G]

Hi there. I'm a new member who reads a fair amount of Japanese twitter. The following sentence stumped me and couldn't get any sense out of usual online sources: 最初から「こんな奴来るな」と拒絶した人たちの声がでか過ぎて、初富士山を楽しみにしてた人を登れなくさせた。My problem is with 登れなくさせた；it looks like a causative of the negative potential form - to let/make/force not be able to climb, in other words nonsensical. Realistically my best guess is to suggest a translation like to not let people climb who have enjoyed ( climbing ) Mt Fuji. If not too much of a hassle I'm also a little foxed by "がでか過ぎて；particularly 過ぎて。Thanks in advance if not too much trouble.

 

[Toritoribe]

Actually, 登れなくさせた is the past causative form of 登れなくする since this させた is the past causative form of する. The causative suffix せる/させる can't be attached to the potential form or negative form directly. It literally means "they made/forced those people become unable to climb".

Haven't you ever learned the construction "verb/adjective + 過ぎる", meaning "too (much)"?

 

[Cameron G]

Actually, 登れなくさせた is the past causative form of 登れなくする since this させた is the past causative form of する. The causative suffix せる/させる can't be attached to the potential form or negative form directly. It literally means "they made/forced those people become unable to climb".

Haven't you ever learned the construction "verb/adjective + 過ぎる", meaning "too (much)"?

Thank you for the reply. I do understand verb/adjective + 過ぎて、simply haven't come across it following question marker か. I'm taking it as a rhetorical "isn't it too much/excessive/over the top?". In respect to the causative suffix: would it be correct to translate into English (not the literal as above) as "forced those people into a situation where they cannot climb". Thanks for the heads up on attaching causative させるto negative and potential forms.

 

[Toritoribe]

I do understand verb/adjective + 過ぎて、simply haven't come across it following question marker か.

There is no question particle か there.

でかい（＝大きい）
generous、high、big、big、large、elephantine、jumbo、gargantuan、giant、extensive

でかいの英語・英訳 - 英和辞典・和英辞典 Weblio辞書

でかい
I-adjective
huge; big; gargantuan

でかい - Jisho.org

would it be correct to translate into English (not the literal as above) as "forced those people into a situation where they cannot climb".

Yes, your interpretation is correct.

 

[Cameron G]

There is no question particle か there.


でかいの英語・英訳 - 英和辞典・和英辞典 Weblio辞書


でかい - Jisho.org


Yes, your interpretation is correct.

Much appreciated. The dreaded typo (theirs, not mine) strikes again!

 

[Toritoribe]

There is no typos there, either. Do you understand the meaning of でか過ぎる correctly?

 

[Cameron G]

間違い！高過ぎる、not 高い過ぎる。でか過ぎる means too large, too big, even over the top. Probably in conversation I would have used 大き過ぎる- same rule drop the い。

 

[Toritoribe]

I think "their voices are too loud" would be more appropriate, with connoting the nuance of "blunt" or "presumptuous".

 

[Annick]

Hi! In that sentence
舞踏会場はここぞとばかり着飾った人々の熱気で、息苦しいほどだった。
Can we say that people were dressed up for the occasion? (ballroom)
ここぞとばかり着飾った
Thanks!
Or maybe I don't get how the sentence works

 

[Toritoribe]

ここぞとばかり（に） is not just "for the occasion", but more likely with a nuance that they think it is exactly the time/place/situation for dressing up.
Isn't it 舞踏会場は, by the way?

 

[Annick]

舞踏会場は

Yes it is, sorry my typo. Thank you for the explanation.

 

[Lomaster]

A sign at a store「おくりものにたばこ」. Does it mean "want to make a gift? Buy cigarettes!" or "gifts and tobacco"? I've heard that copulative に addressed to persons like 「種島さんに山田君ですね」 before. Not sure if it is used with inanimate objects as well.

 

[Toritoribe]

It expresses something like;
おくりものにたばこをどうぞ / おくりものにたばこはいかがですか
Choose cigarettes for a gift. / How about cigarettes for a gift?

Incidentally, に is for listing in the addressing example, so there is no problem with using it for inanimate objects.