Quick translation pleeeease

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infrnalgenesis

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Can someone quickly tell me what these translate into in English? I have an idea but I want to be sure as I don't fully trust online dictionaries.
Thanks for your time in advance.
Yakusoku = ?
ichiban no anata = ?
bakadesune = ?
hontou baka = ?

Thank you again.

 

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infrnalgenesis

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Just a quick bump for a quick answer.

 

JimmySeal

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Ho, a bump after a whole nine minutes. You are impatient.

 

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I won't argue with that and I know I shouldn't be because I am asking for help but its 4am where I am ;[ I aplogize if I came off as rude.

 

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infrnalgenesis

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Going to be but will check in in a few hours, hopefully I don't attract just forum trolls ;[

 

JimmySeal

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Considering no other posts were made in that forum between your first and second post, your bump had no effect, and acting impatient rarely makes people more eager to help you. Anyway, here's the answer to your questions.

Yakusoku = promise
ichiban no anata = you, #1
bakadesune = pretty stupid, eh?
hontou baka = stupid indeed

 

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infrnalgenesis

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Thank you very much, I didn't check the board to see if any other posts had been made. Like I said, 4am and I wasn't thinking straight. Much appreciated though.

 

Glenski

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ichiban no anata is very strange. direct translation is more like "my best is you", whatever the heck that context is supposed to mean, I don't know.

 

Mikawa Ossan

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In the future, please give your question more time than 9 minutes before bumping it. The local time is not a valid excuse. Members do not work at your whim.

And speaking for myself, if I see a thread bumped after such a short time, I lose any desire to help out.

 

KirinMan

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Another thing......sorry Mikawa_san,

Whether or not it is 4AM where you are at doesnt mean that one should forget simple ettiquite and put your question in the proper fora. I dont know if you even took the time to check but there is a thread here.

Need a word or phrase translated?

There are many very considerate people here that are willing to help people out with getting something translated, I would suggest next time, even if in a rush, to take a moment and look over the site before blindly posting a question in the wrong section.

Like Mikawa_san wrote;

In the future, please give your question more time than 9 minutes before bumping it. The local time is not a valid excuse. Members do not work at your whim.

And speaking for myself, if I see a thread bumped after such a short time, I lose any desire to help out.

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That's good advice. I am glad however that people helped you out, maybe next time you can return the favor to someone someday.

 

Elizabeth

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Glenski said:

ichiban no anata is very strange. direct translation is more like "my best is you", whatever the heck that context is supposed to mean, I don't know.

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If you have sufficient reason to think the omitted context is "watashi no ichiban" (which I've never heard) I personally would translate that off the cuff as "You that are my best."

But nevermind. What the heck kind of response is that ? If you were honestly intent on a helpful reply, please cut the commentary and get to the information : "Ichiban no anata" is a legitimate, commonly heard phrase. Unfortunately, it is difficult to translate in isolation." We throw out similar lines constantly in the Japanese Learning subfora.

An OP that is looking for a deeper understanding will bother to do the necessary follow up.