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Japanese to English
This topic discusses translating Japanese words and phrases into English.
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How do you say hello nice to meet you in japanseaes?
When meeting someone for the first time start with "ha-ji-me-ma-sh-te" and end the introduction with "dou-zo-yo-ro-sh-ku".
Does Kuriboh translate to anything?
Kuriboh, or 'Kuribou' means 'chestnut person', referring to the shape.
What does Watashi o kamu mean in English?
It can refer to two words:
1) 私 /wa ta shi/ which is polite standard way of saying 'I, me' in Japanese. More used by females than males.
Another reading of the same kanji is 私 /shi/ which is used in compound nouns, meaning 'private', but this is just for your information.
2) 渡し /wa ta shi/ which means 'ferry boat' as well as 'delivery' more commonly.
Does Taisaku mean epic in Japanese?
Yes, if it is written the following way, then it means 'epic': 大作
What does watashi tadashii gakujutsu kankyou mean in English?
It's a very improper sentence so I'm just re-wording here.
"I'm have an environmental scholarship"
The real translation of the sentence is "I [right/correct] scholarship environment"
So, I hope that helped.
What does the Japanese word yujin mean?
I think you mean 'yuujin' with long 'u' vowel, which means 'friend, buddy'. (kanji: 友人)
What does hinin mean in Japanese?
With å¦èª it means 'denial, disapproval', and written é¿å¦Š it means 'contraception'.
The word was used within the feudal Japanese caste system to mean one of the two outcast groups, in their case because their occupations violated Buddhist taboos.
What does watashi wa anata no yona ka uso mean?
If I'm not mistaken, I think it's "Is it a lie that I'm like you?"
What does gushagusha mean in Japanese?
It means 'out of shape, messy, squashy, crumpled' as an adjective and also is used as an adverb in same senses.
What is the meaning of the Japanese word fighto?
The correct way to romanize that would be 'faito', written ファイト it's simply Japanese way of saying the English word 'fight'.
What does furigana mean in Japanese?
Furigana are hiragana characters used above 'Kanji' in yokogaki (horizontal writing) and on the right of 'Kanji' in tategaki (vertical writing) with smaller font, to show how each kanji is pronounced.
As to which kanji get furigana and which don't, it depends on the level of the writing, article, etc and their formality as well as difficulty for the intended readers.
There are a current list of 2136 standard use kanji, called 'Jouyou Kanji' that in Japanese newspapers don't need to get furigana, but anything out of that needs it as reading aid.
You can find furigana in texts inside educational books, depending on the level and newness of the kanji for the students. There are a specific margin assigned in formal application forms and such in Japan just in order to add furigana when necessary, such as multi-pronunciation names, since kanji usually have a different readings.
Katakana is something used rarely as furigana, you might only see it when there is a need to differentiate between On'yomi(Chinese reading of kanji, usually shown in katakana) and Kun'yomi (Japanese reading of kanji, usually shown in hiragana). That might just happen in linguistic books.
And as a reminder, since it happens a lot due to my experience, furigana is not to be mistaken with 'okurigana', which are part of a word not something out of it, the name is referred to the kana that are used along with kanji in a word, in order to complete it or inflect it grammatically. Take 悲, this is the kanji for 'grief, sadness'. But how to make an adjective, noun, verb etc out of it, and how to conjugate those would be the role of okurigana.
悲しい /ka na shii/ : sad
悲しみ /ka na shi mi/ : sadness
悲しむ /ka na shi mu/ : to sadden
'Suru' is a very widely used auxiliary verb which can be added to the end of many other words in Japanese to form the verb form of the word's meaning. On it's own also it generally could be equivalent of 'to do' in English. 'Shite iru' is it's conjugation in present continuous form, so it could roughly translate to 'am/is/are doing'.
What does Otokonoko wa ki no Mae ni imsau mean in English?
'There is a man in front of the tree.'
[Note: ki could mean many things, mostly I'm sure are not what your source meant. Could be a chair or the like too.]
What does Kochira no sanbanme no seki desu mean in English?
There are different meanings to these words, not knowing the context of this sentence I can't possibly tell you what you exactly want. You can choose which of the following suits your context and figure it out easily on your own.
Kochira: I, me / this place, here / this person
Sanbanme: third / number three
No: here it indicates possessive relation between the words before and after it
Seki: seat / position / post, rank
One of the possible meanings e.g can be:
This is the seat number three.
What does anata means in Japanese?
In different contexts and situations, it could have different meanings such as:
- A word roughly meaning 'dear, honey' when a wife is addressing her husband.
- It could mean 'over, beyond, across' in adverbial position.
- It could also most commonly mean simply 'you', usually used by people of noteworthy status of some kind, and thus polite.
What does hadou mean in Japanese?
In common Japanese 'hadou' can mean 'wave, wave-form motion' and 'military discipline/rule'.
If you mean the term in Bleach anime, it means 'method of destruction' (破道).
Not actually. But it's originally from Japanese, and used in the end of a sentence like a "right?" or "isn't that so?".
