Questions tagged [translation]
翻訳. This site does not provide a translation service. However, questions about translation are welcome provided that they have some academic merit. For example, questions about translating uncommon words, phrases that have different meanings in different contexts, and other non-trivial topics.
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(Edited)Different meaning to それで
I read a manga and I saw that it was translated to “is that so oh well.” Sokka sorede” even if he continued speaking as if “sorede” meant “that’s why/because of that” as I understood the word. Is ...
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Translation of confusing strating kanjis: 丅, 丄, 丂, 乁, 乀, 乆, '乛, 乢, 乧, 乭, 乮. 乯, 乶 [closed]
I am currently building a dictionary for japense words based on the corpus of texts. And in this dictionary I found confusing starting kanjis and words with them that I couldn't translate using ...
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Doubt about third conditional sentence
This is a sentence from Death Note. The assassin has just said "I am victorious!" thinking his plan to kill everyone was successful. But being alive and still, the detective says:
あなたはさっき、...
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How do I express feeling included?
How do I express feeling included in an event/community/etc? I often want to thank people for going out of their way (it seems) to make me feel included or at home.
I usually say something like ...
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Understanding a compound sentence from a crime reporter
At 2m56s of Death Note, a crime reporter says the following:
本日、午前十一時頃 神奈川県横浜市のアパートで、 30前後と見られ男性が、血まみれで死亡しているところとが見つかれ
which is translated to English as
At around 11 o'clock today, in the city of ...
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がいると? Condtional to express "When x is around"
I've seen this a few times lately and I wanted to make sure I get it. Most recently I saw it on a video with an animal's thoughts narrated. It said この人間がいると安心できない。I take this as meaning "When ...
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Is になど used here correctly?
So in th song advise by ARARE a line that reads the next
天国になどとうに行けないけど この音楽なら聴ける
Is など here used after に for lyrical purposes or does it have another use since it does not make sense to me !
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Is 見てない short for 見てあらない?
The sentence
それは見てないな。
apparently translates to
I haven't seen that.
According to jpdb.io the word 見てないな is the "て-form negative" conjugation.
Does this mean 見てない is actually just short/...
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What role is 一面 playing in "床は一面血まみれだった"?
The sentence
床は一面血まみれだった。
apparently translates to
The floor was covered with blood.
Question: What role is 一面 playing in this sentence?
It seems to me that if we omitted that word entirely, the ...
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Understanding トムは高校生のころ拒食症になった。
The sentence
トムは高校生のころ拒食症になった。
apparently translates to
Tom became anorexic when he was a high school student.
My confusion is how the phrases
高校生のころ
and
拒食症
grammatically fit into the ...
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Understanding "今それをやっているところだ。"
The sentence
今それをやっているところだ。
apparently translates to
I'm working on it.
Questions:
Is 今 functioning as an adverb that modifies the sentence's verb[s], or is it functioning as an adjective that's ...
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How is も being used in "トムのうるさいいびきで一睡もできなかった。"?
The sentence
トムのうるさいいびきで一睡もできなかった。
apparently translates to
Tom's loud snoring kept me awake all night.
Question: What is the role that the も particle is playing in this sentence (via "一睡も&...
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What does it mean? picture related [closed]
Didn't find any mentioning about this sound. Is it laughing?
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What does 儘 mean here?
I found this sentence in the song 「光と闇の童話」:
花に水を遣るように 儘 罪には罰が要る
What does 「儘」mean there?
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Understanding "英語のレッスンしないとな"
The sentence
英語のレッスンしないとな。
apparently translates to
I need English lessons.
However it seems to me this sentence means something like
Don't do English lessons, ???
so I'm pretty terribly ...
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Meaning of 十五【とご】
The word has been seen in the manga ハヤテのごとく！
After finishing last, Hayate is given a card with no money on it but “unlimited debt”:
The full sentence reads
そちらは入金が一切ない代わりに十五{とご}で無制限に借金が出来る『うしじまカード』...
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Why isn't お前 marked with a particle in "お前やるじゃん"?
The sentence
お前やるじゃん。
can be translated as
You're good at this.
or perhaps more literally (if I'm not mistaken) as
You doing completely, aren't you?
Question: Why isn't お前 marked with any sort ...
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Why is ２つ not marked with a を particle here?
The sentence
質問が２つあります。
translates to
I have a couple of questions.
But I assume the more literal translation is something like:
Questions, there exist two.
Question: If my literal translation ...
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How would a native speaker ask for ID and reason for stay?
My Japanese is pretty basic, but I know enough to know context matters. So the speaker in this would be a customs officer, like at airport security, speaking to a passenger entering the country. I ...
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What does しに行く mean?
The sentence
東京へなにしに行くの？
translates to
What are you going to Tokyo for?
Question: How do we parse (and what is the meaning of) にしに行く? (I'm assuming なに is just 何).
Attempt: According to this ...
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What does する in its lone て-form mean?
The sentence
トムが殺人事件を目撃したって、本当なの？
translates to
Is it true Tom witnessed a murder?
Question: I am confused about 目撃+したって, which I assume translates to something like "doing-witnessing". ...
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What role is とも playing in "それとも自殺？"
The sentence pair
それは殺人だったの？それとも自殺？
translates to
Was it a murder or a suicide?
Can somebody help explain what role とも is playing in the second sentence?
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About conditional sentences in Japanese
Conditional sentence structures in English:
If I had X'd, I would(n't) have Y'd;
If I X'd, I would(n't) Y;
If I X, I will/won't Y.
Possible structures in Japanese (I got most of these from Google):
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Is "あれって" one word or two?
The sentence
あれって、血？
apparently translates to
Is that blood?
I'm confused by "あれって": is this a single word, or "あれ" + "って"? What's a good literal translation of this ...
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Is this the correct way to say "child of the octopus"?
I'm still very new to Japanese, but I've learned that octopus is たこ and child is 子. In addition to this, I'm aware that the の particle is used to show possession; for example:
わたし の なまえ ...
Here, it'...
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Is お願いします two words or one?
I have come across the sentence
今の文章の和訳をお願いします
which translates into idiomatic English as
Can you please translate today's writing into Japanese, please?
and maybe more literally as:
Today's ...
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Understanding "何をしてたと思う"
The sentence
何をしてたと思う？
apparently translates to
What do you think I've been doing
Questions:
What is と doing here (and/or how is it literally being translated)? If we remove it, does the meaning ...
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男子より女子の方がロマンチックよ。
The sentence
男子より女子の方がロマンチックよ。
apparently translates to
Girls are more romantic than boys.
But I'm having trouble parsing this. First off, where is the sentence's verb? Second, the literal ...
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The Quintessential Quintuplets: Is 'Koi no Summer Vacation' better translated as 'Love of Summer Vacation' instead of 'Summer Vacation of Love'?
From S02E03 of the anime adaptation of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets:
Is 'Koi no Summer Vacation' better translated as 'Love of Summer Vacation' instead of 'Summer Vacation of Love' or ...
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Why does this sentence end in a noun instead of a verb? (Song lyrics) [duplicate]
I am currently trying to translate various song lyrics from Japanese for practice and would like to stay as close as possible to the original meaning of the sentences. Currently, I'm trying to ...
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How does this sentence work structurally? 14は10といくつ？
I was playing some math games intended for children, in Japanese, and the subject was 引き算.
The isolated question came up "14は10といくつ？" In the context of 引き算 it makes sense that the answer ...
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What exactly does "従兄妹" or "従兄妹同士" mean, does it translate to "cousin" or "cousins"?
I saw it used in a short story online but was confused on what it meant since I wasn't sure and don't know enough. When I used translation software, it just translated the part as "cousins". ...
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About the ending of Akashi by Zone
Here is the song, and this is the video. Any comments on the linked translation are welcome.
This is the part I want to focus on:
もし僕が死んで | Moshi boku ga shinde
涙を流す | Namida wo nagasu
人がいるなら | Hito ...
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Relevance of 音を上げない in this translation
So I stumbled upon this sentence while studying on Kanshudo: 彼はめったなことでは音を上げない。Kanshudo translates it as "He rarely gives in, confronted with difficulties."
But I understand 音 to mean sound ...
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What is the literal translation of "私はこのうちを出ます"?
I am trying to understand the bolded part of the following sentence:
春子は言いました。「わかりました。では、私はこのうちを出ます」
which translates to
Haruko replied, "Okay. Well I'll leave then."
Note this is spoken ...
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Meaning of ~だのと in this sentence
I encountered this sentence in a manga and can't quite parse it:
情だの何だのと乳繰り合ってるようなヤツらは踏み台にすればいい
Context: a woman is jealous about her love interest getting close with another person (and meeting ...
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Popular: モテ vs 人気
In the anime adaptation of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, as well as the corresponding manga, I notice these 3 times (besides this) the word 'popular' (in the subtitles) was used:
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Is there any word 'popular' in 'お嬢ちゃんも先生似だしいけるんじゃねーか ?'?
In some subtitles of S02E06 of the anime adaptation of the manga The Quintessential Quintuplets, there's this line by a character named Shimoda, who was the student of now deceased character named ...
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what is the translation for the word "intersection"? when used as an *operation* between volumes or lines. (not a road intersection) [closed]
intersection when used as an operation or volumetric operation between volumes or lines.
(not as a road intersection).
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What does 悲しいほど青い空 mean？
I'm kind of beginner so maybe I'm wrong, but I understand it as "The LATAM sky sadly blue" but I don't really get the meaning behind the words. Since Japanese language is a lot about context,...
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Trying to translate a shirt, I've gotten most of it but I can't figure out this one piece? [closed]
it looks like に but with こ instead? is it just an example of how much handwriting can change? or character limitations online? i think the shirt says something like "going home to tokyo street,&...
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meaning of 録(と)り直した? [duplicate]
In season 3 episode 10 of Kaguya-sama, at 7:12, one of the characters says:
何度も録(と)り直したかいがあったわ
(which I found by Japanese subtitles)
I am having trouble understanding this part: 録(と)り直した
I am having ...
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Is it necessary to include の in the following?
English: I'm an American who was born in South America.
Google Translate: 私は南アメリカで生まれたアメリカ人です。
My translation: 私は南アメリカで生まれたのアメリカ人です。
Should there be a の there? Why or why not?
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Does the Japanese word "akasuki" means "bright improvement" in English?
We are an outgoing college students, we've decided to choose a Japanese name for our class. We want it to be meaningful, it should represent our ambitions to grow and further improve ourselves. We ...
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Meaning of the word 水戸黄門. Is there a hidden nuance?
I was re-watching Usagi Drop.
When the MC tries to unfold a plastic bag or something, his hands are not slippery enough to separate the plastic handle. After harassing him in a cute way, the little ...
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What does 前かmean?
痛恨のミス。本来なら家を出る前かホームルーム前に回しておくのだが、今朝は眠過ぎてそこまで頭が回っていなかったのだ。
It's from a light novel 時々ボソッとロシア語でデレる隣のアーリャさん1
The first question is: what does 前+か mean here?
The second one is:
家を出る前かホームルーム前に回しておく
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What does ふらふら mean? And can お花 mean 花嫁?
I'm reading 魔女の宅急便 その５ 魔法のとまり木, and there's a sentence I don't understand.
Kiki, the main character of this story who is a witch living with a speaking cat, does a delivery service, and gets something ...
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What does いろりのそば mean?
I am reading Basic Connections by Kakuko Shoji and came across the following passage from 雪女 (page 63 of book)
みのきちはいろりのそばで仕事をしている。
みのきち is a name, but I am not sure what いろりのそば means in this ...
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What does 白と茶色を基調とする mean in this sentence?
白と茶色を基調とした真新しい洋風の外壁。
I saw that ～を～とする means "as" and that 基調 means "to be the main color in something like a picture" (2nd definition), but I can't link everything in this ...
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How to ask about someone's opinion regarding the future?
I have a question. I wanna ask:
"Do You think in the near future/from now on more people will be learning Japanese?".
What is the best way to ask that? I have come up with two ideas:
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