setfree wrote:

I actually have never been able to start a question by saying "I was wondering..(question)" its embarassing but can anyone tell me if there is even a japanese equivalent to it? im assuming it might be "ano saa.." but my teachers havent been able to tell me. so hook it up thanks peace

After bashing our users in the other thread, you seriously have the gall to come here and ask for help?
Wow, man, just... wow.

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Ill tell people straight up when something theyre doing is a waste of time. Anyways I even apologized for "bashing" our sensitive users. basically you, koukou. Be the bigger man and answer the question? I see you on like every post so be the forum god that you are and help a user out thanks peace

setfree wrote:

Ill tell people straight up when something theyre doing is a waste of time. Anyways I even apologized for "bashing" our sensitive users. basically you, koukou. Be the bigger man and answer the question? I see you on like every post so be the forum god that you are and help a user out thanks peace

Forum god? I don't think so. There are a lot of people here who help out with their Japanese abilities, such as aho, kenjilina, supermidget (whom I haven't seen for a while here... you still out there?), among others.

First you call those users trying to learn Japanese through self-studying (basically) "losers that stink because they sit inside all day watching J-Dorama" and that "they should take a shower and go outside and find random Japanese people."

And you think that

setfree wrote:

Ok, I won't say anythign anymore lol you guys win

is an apology?

Wow. You obviously have not learned anything about things like �m�` and ���� in all your years in university.

Maybe you should brush up on them, and then come back when you can play nice.

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/yawn ok thanks anyway

hi! good evening ..

can you help me to translate this one .. this is the famous phrases/sentence in the anime Jigoku Shoujo

"�łɘf��������ȉe��E�E�E �l�����‚��Ȃ߂č߂ɓM�ꂵ�Ƃ̍��E�E�E�����؂�A����ł݂�H"

only i know there is the last one, "ippen, shinde miru?"

here's my own translation of the sentence:

- yami ni madoishi awarena kage yo, hito wo kizutsuke otoshimete tsumi ni oboreshi gou no tama .. ippen, shinde miru?

is it right? please help me!

thank you .

Minna! I was watching Shonen Club 051120. Games involving NEWS and other group. In the game, the losing team was punished to say 'bokuchan, ikujinashidechuu'. Can anyone translate it for me?

In my opinion, I'm going to nursery without a kiss...am i right?
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I don't know if this is the correct thread or not, but I just spent the last 10 minutes trying to figure out this katakana and I have to vent.

�X�e�����X�X�`�� = "stainless steel"

Here's another one I just FINALLY figured out: �I�����_ = "holland" (part II)

wat does nag away kmi na emery:( mean?
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you are girl or boy?? if you r boy it is better use 'boku' rather than 'watashi'...in japan 'watashi' always use by women...and man use 'boku' or 'ore' among friends....but 'ore' not suitable to use to the person who are not too close to us...
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uruchan wrote:

you are girl or boy?? if you r boy it is better use 'boku' rather than 'watashi'...in japan 'watashi' always use by women...and man use 'boku' or 'ore' among friends....but 'ore' not suitable to use to the person who are not too close to us...

Always use "watashi" in semi-formal, formal situations. If you're among friends then "boku" for men is o.k. women would use "atashi".

Please can anyone tell me anything about this PlayStation2 game?

I'm reading the manga Hot Gimmick. So I searched for it under its original Japanese title �z�b�g�M�~�b�N�@(Hotto gimikku).
And I found a game of the same name, which I had no idea about.

Apart from the title, the only thing on the cover I can read is �R�X�v�� - which I presume is cosplay....(kosupure). I want to know what the other text says!

Here is a link to its page on Amazon Japan.

Keps wrote:

Please can anyone tell me anything about this PlayStation2 game? I'm reading the manga Hot Gimmick. So I searched for it under its original Japanese title �z�b�g�M�~�b�N�@(Hotto gimikku). And I found a game of the same name, which I had no idea about. Apart from the title, the only thing on the cover I can read is �R�X�v�� - which I presume is cosplay....(kosupure). I want to know what the other text says!

O.K. K-chan, here's my translation: The 2 characters directly above "Hot Gimmick" are:�@�ΐ� (taisen) literally "war against" but I would translate it here as "competition"

The characters in the red box: �� this one is usually pronounced "sai" but in this case, I think it's somebody's first name, in which case is pronounced "Aya" (see Ueto Aya, she uses the same character) the 2nd character:�@�� is usually pronounced "kyo" as in Kyoto or Tokyo, but, if it's somebody's name then it's probably pronounced "Miyako"

the hiragana underneath that is �ׂ��� "besuto" probably there way of saying "best" usually they'll use katakana for that, but not always.

So, the red box says "Aya Miyako besuto" and the other characters are "competition" Don't you just love Japanese???

Edit: I have no idea who Aya Miyako is, if she's a character in the game, or the person that created it, you'll have to figure that one out on your own!

gaijinmark wrote:

O.K. K-chan, here's my translation: The 2 characters directly above "Hot Gimmick" are:�@�ΐ� (taisen) literally "war against" but I would translate it here as "competition" The characters in the red box: �� this one is usually pronounced "sai" but in this case, I think it's somebody's first name, in which case is pronounced "Aya" (see Ueto Aya, she uses the same character) the 2nd character:�@�� is usually pronounced "kyo" as in Kyoto or Tokyo, but, if it's somebody's name then it's probably pronounced "Miyako" the hiragana underneath that is �ׂ��� "besuto" probably there way of saying "best" usually they'll use katakana for that, but not always. So, the red box says "Aya Miyako besuto" and the other characters are "competition" Don't you just love Japanese??? Edit: I have no idea who Aya Miyako is, if she's a character in the game, or the person that created it, you'll have to figure that one out on your own!

Wow gaijinmark, thank you for such a detailed response!
Hmm, but I'm now more confused - I have no idea who Aya Miyako is!

It seems the cover of the game doesn't give a good idea of what the game is about, from the translations you have supplied of the text.
All that is probably on the back of the box, but I'm sure I won't be able to find a picture of that. Grrr.

Thank you again for satisfying my curiousity.

Well, K-chan, bearing in mind that (depending on your point of view) Japanese grammar is backwards from English, or English grammar is backwards from Japanese, I would guess that the game might be some kind of cosplay competition. (But that's just a guess, maybe somebody over in the gaming thread knows more about it.)

OK i'm a bit stuck here. I've been trying to converse with a Japanese lady via Skype, but it's never happened because we're never online at the same time. So we're resorting to using Skype text messages. She sent me one yesterday and I can't work out part of it:

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The first part is "kochira wa totemo samui desu yo." (That's really cold!)
Then "Kyou wa shougatsu yasumi owatte" (Today's the end of my New Year Break?). What's the last bit? saishou no shuukin bideshita?

Sorry, words I don't know yet

saishou no shuukin bideshita

The first collection day.

Collection day of money.

Hanzo21 wrote:

saishou no shuukin bideshita The first collection day. Collection day of money.

Thanks Hanzo-san! What's the collection day of money?

There's no context. It's a bill. Whether she is collecting the payment or giving the payment is unclear. What is also unclear because the lack of context is what is the service... parking lot fee, rent, phone bill, etc.

It must be some kind of recurring bill. It's like the notice is sent out on the 7th of the month and settlement is due on the 14th. Today is the first day.

Ah, OK. thanks Hanzo