orz if you plz
>>99
umi = sea
hara = stomach
kawa = river
se = back
It was believed that good tasting parts were stomach side of sea fish and back side of river fish.
[I don't know fish part name in English.]
Japanese has a lot of 4-character idioms like this I think. What are some other famous ones?
I know 「一石二鳥」"two birds with one stone."
There're many of them:羊頭狗肉、砂上楼閣、明鏡止水、臥薪嘗胆、etc
Hundreds of them is famous and learned when going to school. Maybe your sample is the most famous one, though.
I forget to tell you. Some Japanese sometimes tell jokes about 4-character idioms such as 焼肉定食. That isn't idiomatic at all.
when we go to school
Q. Fill the blanks and make it to a correct idiom.
□肉□食
焼肉定食？
What is the プリズム印刷 said in English?
プリズム印刷 is used by trading cards like the Bikkuriman seal.
Well... Its difficult to explain... so see this image↓
http://bikkuri-man.mediagalaxy.ne.jp/search/image/omote/b09001.jpg
Background is shining, But note that it is not hologram, it is a kind of gilding, and called プリズム印刷 in japan.
I don't think there is a common term for it in English. A professional printer might know the official term for it. I would just call it a prismatic effect.
Most people who collect cards call it 'foil.'
How do I translate 腐女子? "Yaoi fangirl"?
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E8%85%90%E5%A5%B3%E5%AD%90
へー、おれも今まで腐女子の意味を知らんかった
ここおもしれーな、ちょくちょくくるかな。
本気なのか日本人がネタで書き込んでるのか分からんスレだw
>>114
腐女子 is Rotten Girl literally. The pronuciation of "婦女子" is the same as that of 婦女子(woman and children). 婦女子 is a normal word that sounds a little formal.
Hmm, so how do we translate it.. Can you create a word by combining "girl" with "rotten" or that kind of word.
Yao fangirl is good. But it sounds much cleaner than 腐女子 :-) .
Thanks.
>>107 弱肉強食
It is also a chinese idiom.
Means 'survival of the fittest'.
Anyway, I didn't know there was an english 2-ch! This is great! I must explore this more, I'm trying so hard to figure out things on 2ch. I was so glad I figured out "warota" is actually "waratta" (I laughed). Abo-n is probably "idiot" or something right... deleted post, perhaps?
Anyway. I'm so glad I found this.
Yes, Abo-n (or Aborn) is used to mark deleted posts.
See also here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2ch#Terminology
I can't make out what "give up something" and "give up ON something" differ in. Could you kindly shed any light on this?
Hmm. I'm no expert, but let me try to explain.
To give up something suggests that you already have/possess that "something", and are reliquishing it.
Giving up on something implies that "something" is your goal, and you have decided to stop pursuing it.
That said, the two can be interchangeable at times, so perhaps it is more of a general trend than a rule.
http://maa999999.hp.infoseek.co.jp/ruri/gulfwar_02_02.html
What the hell is all of that about? Some kind of anti-Korean thing?
What do you think differs between "join the activities" and "join in the activities"? I don't understand.. Could you shed any light on this?
to join in -> participate in
to join -> participate in / intend to participate in / become part of [a group]
Thanks. So there's almost no difference between them.
>>128
There is one big difference. You can "join a club" but you cannot "join in a club". So "to join in" is only for activities. There is a common phrase "join in the fun" which is common in advertisements.
Would anyone be interesting in perhaps lending me a hand in finding the meaning of a handful of kanji? I'd appreciate it. It's hard for me to compare text-type japanese to "cursive" style script, it seems.
http://img65.echo.cx/my.php?image=horicho2051bmp18ie.png
actually that's it...if anyone wants to take a stab at it, go ahead. I've been trying to find the correct kanji by breaking down the words and doing radical searches and comparisons and such to no luck. I think I'm just skipping over the correct ones, but, I failed to figure it out, regardless.
南無妙法蓮華経
ていうかもっとわかりやすい英語プリーズ
ああ、すまん。しかし、手伝い手に本当にありがとう。私はまだまだ未熟だな。
I appreciate the help. I could not recognize any of those characters.
>>134
You have a refined hobby.
Today japanese who is interested in Sho(書) is very few.
so what is tanasinn already!
('A`)
Could you please teach me something?
When you call a person an English teacher, is he a person who teaches English or a teacher who comes from England? Any explanation will be appreciated.
>>137
English is unclear on this point. For example, "an English student" could mean "a student of English" or "a student from England." But usually, when we say "an English teacher," we mean "a teacher of English" (someone who teaches English).
Sometimes word stress shows you the difference when spoken aloud:
"An ENGLISH teacher" = someone who teaches English.
"An English TEACHER" = a teacher who is from England.
>>138
Thank you very much. I have to pay more attention to the intonation patterns of English as well as grammar.
Put me right if I'm mistaken. When using two-words expressions like an English-teacher thing, I have to be careful: a sleeping bag is pronounced as a SLEEPING bag. On the otherhand, though, a sleeping cat is a sleeping CAT. Am I right? I'm not confident...
Question:
What means MOFUMOFU/モフモフ ?
Example phrase: モフモフするためさ
>>140
In what situation did you come across the expression? I've never heard of it. It's not a common phrase to use in Japanese, which I guess the speaker must've invented. So I don't think any Japanese dictionary tells you what it means. But mofumofu makes me think the speaker referred to/implied intercourse, I mean, making love or something.
And I've just looked into "モフモフする" on the serching engine to find that some Japanese mainly use it when they touch something hairy or caress cats. So they mean なでる/愛撫(aibu)する by the expresssion. But it sounds a bit wierd to me. A japanese language expert would get irritated to read it, I guess.:)
I regularly visit the /c/ board on 2chan, you hear "mofu" a lot, it's used to stroke cats and that sort of thing... maybe it has something to do with "moufu" blanket?
>>143
Maybe so.. "Doing blanket to cats" sounds unusual to English speakers, I'd say? "モフモフする" sounds smillar to that.
>In what situation did you come across the expression?
The image was of Red Riding Hood doing a paizuri to the Big Bad Wolf.
The comment was, I believe, a humorous take on "what they could have been saying in the image".
The full script:
赤「おばあさんは何でそんなに毛深いの？」
狼「モフモフするためさ」
>>145
I was a bit surprised to know the word "paizuri" got into English speaking communities and, besides, the background information you provided made me sure what I felt at first was not wide of the mark.
I'd translate the script as:
RRH:What are you so hairy for, Granma?
BBW:So that you can caress me.(in an indulgent way, and that may make Japanese think of making love)
>>146
Many thanks. I think I got the idea. You've been of great help to me.
>>147
Thanks.
Yes, paizuri is used in English, though it's not that much spread.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=paizuri
Okay, another question:
板過疎杉/ita kaso sugi/Board depopulation cedar
I don't understand the "cedar" part.
The complete post:
おいおい、うま板過疎杉だろ
画像は心象風景
Apparently, the poster is talking about the low volume of posts in a 2chan board. But what is a SUGI/cedar?
>>148
Ok, let me explain it. People in 2ch often misuse kanjis on perpose. Sugi in this case should be "only a few(posts)" not "cedar". Sugi(過ぎ=correct kanji）in general is used to emphasise your statement. For example, 気にしすぎだよ means you're too worried/careful. Why do Japanese people make such mistakes in using kanjis? Unlike English, Japanese type alphabet before we change it into hiragana/katakana/kanjis. Everytime we do it, we need to choose from a slot what kanji is most suitable. But some of us sometimes get sloppy online and use the first choice in the slot. And the misused kanjis was spread. That's why you can meet misused 杉 online.
Thanks.
It's the same thing as 空気嫁 (air wife) which should be 空気読め (read the atmosphere)
>>150
AA sample of 空気嫁(Kuuki yome=air wife)
88彡ミ8。
8ﾉ/ノ＾＾ヾ8。
|(| ◎、◎||
从ゝ__○_.从
/ ＼
〈 （ ゜ ゜) 〉
ヽｌ , ｌﾉ
('ヽ( ⌒Ｙ )つ
ヽ､____人__ﾉ
＿
／,.ｧ､＼
( ﾉo o ) ） 空
)ヽ ◎/(. 気
（／.(･)(･)＼ . 嫁
（／| x |＼）
／／＼＼
. （／ ＼）
Please translate this for me, thanks.
夏休みに自転車で旅してるのをよくテレビで見たりしたもんですが、今年はどうでしょう？誰か挑戦しているコはいるのかな？
アイスランド親子が7月末時点で走行した距離は、日本列島の長さが約3000キロメートルっていいますから、それを考えると日本列島の3分の2くらい？
親子で自転車の旅･･･ちょっとサバイバルチックだけど、きっと一生記憶に残る良い思い出になるでしょうね☆
Could anyone let me know what a 小バエ is?
小バエ = a small fly
My idea was way off... Thanks, 155.
Question:
What does キッツイ/kittsui mean?
Ugly? Of bad quality? Too much?
Original sentence: 正直言って腐女子ってキッツイよな
Another one: やっぱりキッツイイメージなんだ
very きつい → きっつい
きつい means severe, hard, tight or strict etc...
In this sentence, it means ugly.
Thanks.
Question:
What means クニャクニャ/kunyakunya?
Dull? Slow? Sluggish? Inactive? Lazy?
One example:
起きたとき寝すぎのせいか体がクニャクニャしてました（笑）
>>160
Please imagine the state that your symbol is not erected.
>>161 I got it. Thanks!
Question:
What means ぶっこき/bukkoki?
Losing? Failing?
Example: 余裕ぶっこきやがって
yoyuu bukkoki yagatte
(I'm losing my composure?)
「余裕ぶっこく」 Synonym、余裕かます
ぶっこく[ bukkoku] (v). ＝ぶっ[buttu]（prefix)＋こく[koku]（ｖerb） ⇒ 「・・・しちゃってる。」 って感じかな
*ぶっ⇒動詞に「ぶっ」「ぶん」という接頭語がつく場合の多くは「（自分の感情をこめた）思いっきり」という感情が包含される。
Many a case, attach to the verb the prefix"ぶっ（butt）"or"ぶん（bunn）" is included feelings of speaker's strong desire .
exp. 「お前をぶっ殺してやる」「ぶん殴る」
*こく⇒ こく（ｖ）単独では多くの意味を有しますが、この場合のには（多少の「作為的」な意味での） 「・・・・する」
Though a lot of meanings are possessed koku(v) only, in this case
････ It does. (with a little bit deliberatively meaning)
>>164の続き
Therefore ,「余裕ぶっこきやがって」 means
Violent expression of "You seem to have enough room "「貴方は、まだ余裕が有るように見えるますね。
>>166 Thanks!
「本当は余裕がないくせに」というニュアンスの場合もあるから難しいよね。
>>169
本当にその通りですね。 字面だけでは意味をとり間違える事がありますね。
日本語を喋ること自体は、そう難しくないと思うのですが（フィリッピンの出稼
ぎのオネーさん達も金が絡むと2ヶ月で日本語の会話ができるようになる）、
言いたい事を直接的に表現しないので、その文の前後から考えて、本当に
何を言いたいのかを判断する能力が日本語の場合特に要求されますからね。
ビジネスの場で,「分りました。検討してみます。」って言う返事を、そのまんま
"OK. I'll stady it."って英語で言ったら、相手は、まず８０％以上でPositive
な返事だと思ってしまうでしょうね。
本当は、日本語なら８０％以上でNegativeな場合が殆どなんですけれど。
政治家が国会答弁で、「検討の上で善処します。」、
"I'll take a proper step after we examine it." なんて言ったのは、95％以上
の確立でで「私は何もする気がありません。」
"I do not have a mind to do anything. "と言っているのと同じ事だなんて、
英語にそのまま翻訳すると考えられないでしょうね。
Hello!
I would be most grateful if someone could help me translate this phrase:
背中越しの勝利
The literal translation of "背中越し" doesn't seem to make much sense.
"victory surpassing back"..? ^.^' Maybe it's something like "victory surpassing one's limits", or something like that? Or am I getting it all wrong..? (^-^)
>>171
>>171
背中越しの勝利
As for this phrase, it is used only in "Prince of Tennis"
I'm sorry ,because I am not detailed to the genre ８０１ Manga.
「この日を待ち望んでいた部長の背中越しの勝利 (赤澤 吉朗)」
Musical
http://sasami.lomo.jp/t/k/rep2.htm
http://yellow.ribbon.to/~kawamurakei/tenimyu3.htm
http://www.otakeyuki.com/
Thank you!
Yes, I found this phrase in Tenimyu3 (which I bought because the singer I like is playing a role in it, and I found it really amusing ^_^).
I'm having trouble with understanding some lines, though; just like with the one I quoted. The dictionary isn't much help in such case. (^_^)'
These are some phrases and expressions I'm currently having trouble with. Could someone please explain them to me?
「テレビや雑誌、インターネットで公開されている画像をそのままキャプチャーして使うことは、しないでください。」
He is talking about pictures from an anime I want to make a site about. So I wonder if it does mean "not to use images at all"... or rather "not to use images in their UNCHANGED form"? Because I can certainly see the word そのまま used there, but can't quite figure out what does it add to the whole meaning of the sentence (and I'm kinda hesitating to ask the guy).
「一途に走る」, 「総合健康科学」
These are some expressions I've ran into. I have no idea what does the first one mean, although I tend to think it's something like "going berserk", etc, but I'm not quite sure... The second is something about the "medicine science" (?), but again I can't make a clear translation of it.
Thanks in advance!
>>174
なげーよ
I have tried and tried but I'm still mystified as to the exact meaning. This is what I receive when trying to browse threads under the TV section @ 2ch with ordinary browsers (however, I have no problem when using Jane):
もうずっと人大杉
携帯 でのアクセスについて
■とりあえずスレッドを読むには■
人大杉についてもっと詳しく知りたい
お願い。
くれぐれもメールで問い合わせ無いようにして下さい。
>>174
そのまま
without permission (in a roundabout way)
一途に走る
run eagerly
総合健康科学
allied health science
なげーよ（長いよ）
too long
ジャパニメーションやオサレ系が不要には同意。
What's osare-kei?
Here are some words I can't figure out English equivalents for...
Could anyone please help me with these?
船外活動 ("outboard activity"? what's that?)
艇内メカ担当
管制メカ担当
>>183
・船外活動 ＝ Extra Vehicular Activity: (EVA)
↓↓like this↓↓
http://sts-114.jaxa.jp/mission/contents/eva.html
船＝ship、 外＝out,external、 活動＝activity
・艇内メカ担当 ＝ person who is in charge of ship mechanics
・管制メカ担当 ＝ person who is in charge of control mechanics
艇＝boat 内 ＝ in, inside 、担当＝charge
メカ ← メカニック（mechanic） or メカニズム(Mechanism)
管制 ＝ control
Wow, that was really explanatory! Thank you very much!
（たまたま通ったので激写してみたおｗｗｗ）
http://vipteria.net/modules/weblog/
WTF is 激写してみたお ?
I know using -お is some DQN Vipper thingy where they try to sound stupid or something like that.... like
それだお ＾ω＾
できましたお ＾ω＾
I think so, anyway.
Do you get a different feeling from すいません compared to すみません?
Almost nothing.
すいません is more pronounceable than すみません.
I think it's similar to "want to" pronounced "wanna", though I'm not sure.
As a result すみません sounds a little bit more polite than すいません.
Easy question!
Giko says, 「逝ってよし！」
But, I have also seen Giko say, 「先逝ってよし！」
Is this pronounced, さきいってよし ?
What is the difference between 「逝ってよし！」 and 「先逝ってよし！」?
Thank you!
Not really a translation here, I'm just wondering how you would romanise 狂走！単車キング ~喝斗美！罵離罵離伝説~
everything other than "Tansha King" and "Densetsu" seems to be eluding wwwjdic, which I would usually use for something like this.
>>190
right. it's prounounced as "saki itte yoshi".
先 means "ahead/first/before".
i believe the difference between those two is that
one is like "you may go", and the other is like
"you may go ahead of me".
of course "itte yoshi" can mean "drop dead/fuck off", too...
any other suggestion, anyone? (as I'm not an expert on 2ch stuff...orz)
>>191
i would romanise it as
"Kyousou! Tansha King~ kattobi! baribari densetsu!".
but don't ask me what it means...^^;
>>191
/ﾞヽ ＿＿ ,...
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... -‐.ニ‐: :丶ノ: : :ﾆ二.千‐- 、
'´ ,.o:''-.,,`ー'ｰ-- _,. ‐''"::(｀丶 no leration to original meanings
, -‐''"::::①:l:::l´ﾞﾞ'''''''~´ /::::::/:::｀ヽ､__ 夜＝night
!:ヽ:::::::::::::::::l:::! |:::::::ｉ:::::::::/:::::::::｀ヽ 露＝dew
ノヽ:::::::::::::①:|::| |:::::::|::::::::::::::::::::::＿} . 死＝death
/:::::::::;:::::::::::::::l/ /'ｰ-､ |::::::!:::::::::／´ ● | 苦＝suffers
/::::::::::::::|::::::::①::V/鼎/__|:::::|::::::::::!"´￣￣`!
/:::::::::::::::::!:::l:::::::::::|::::::::::::::::::::::|::::|:::::::::|::::::::::::::::::::}
;'´￣｀ヽ:/|::ﾉ::::①!:|ｰ‐rｰ┰―l::::|:::::::::}'￣￣｀ヽ;;」
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If you want to know how 暴走族（Bousou zoku） romanize their cheam name into strange Kanji, youhad better to
learn the history of the 暴走族（Bousou zoku） in Japan.
暴走族(Hot-rodder?)'s antecedent was called カミナリ族（thunder rodders) and started from 1954 or so.
*Transition of the name: カミナリ族 ⇒サーキット族(Circui rodder) ⇒ 暴走族 ⇒ ⇒・ ・ ・ ・ 珍走団(Chinsou dan)
At the dawn of Kaminari zoku age, there was a famouse group that name was 「鏖」 in Tokyo.
Can you read this letter? I tink even the nomal Japanease can't read and understand the meaning of this letter.
Japanease reading of this letter 鏖 is Mina goroshi =みなごろし＝皆殺し（＝Holocaust）
The reason why they have used such a difficult Chinese character for the name of the team, the young person
who can buy an expensive motorcycle at that time was limited to the only affluent family's child who went tothe
university or College. Maybe they wanted to show off one's knowledge that nomal police couldn't read.
After that it became popular to use difficult Chinease letters or difficult false substitute character for 暴走族.
I think many a difficult Chinease charactors which the use are from the sutra of the Buddhism(Treasure house
of difficult Chinese characters).
I recommend you to read the manga named "魁！男塾（Sakigake Otoko juku）", you will find many strange romanized
letters like them.
*History of Bousou zoku.
http://www.eonet.ne.jp/~yanfuken/refarence/fashion/toppuku.html
http://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E6%9A%B4%E8%B5%B0%E6%97%8F
*Manga Otoko juku
http://sj.shueisha.co.jp/contents/otokojuku/
http://www.gpara.com/comingsoon/sakigake/20050922/
May someone please tell me what おすすめ／すすめ means?
Thanks in advance, sorry if it is a dumb question.
As there are many hononims in japanease word, it's difficult to translate accurately the word only written
in phonography(Hirakana, Katakana). In such a case we need the back and forth.sentences of the word.
If it is written with ideographic（Ｋａｎｊｉ=chinease letter), we can understand it easily.
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すすめ ⇒ verb 進め（go ahead)＝Imperative of 進むsusumu= advance, proceed, go, move, progress, etc
noun 勧め/薦め（Ａｄｖｉｃｅ, Recomendation, Sugession, Solicitation）
おすすめ⇒Polite expression of すすめ
http://sourceforge.jp/projects/mod-bbs/
「Apacheモジュールによるマルチスレッド掲示板の開発 2ch型」
Can anyone please tell me what this is? If I'm correct, it is a project attempting to implent 2ch-style discussion boards as an Apache module, but I have no real idea.
i agree with 196.
we do have lots of words osusume/susume.
but my guess as to osusume is probably 'recomendation' or 'suggestion' might be close to what you want to know.
like, in a sushi restaurant,
kyou no osusume wa nandesuka?
-> What is today's special?/What do you reccomend today?
kyou wa maguro ga osusume desu.
-> I'd recomend some tuna fish./we have good tuna today.
I'm not too good with Kanji. I hope this is useful.
"海" = Beach/Ocean
"腹" = Abdomen/Belly/Stomach
"川" = River/Stream
"背" = Height/Stature
