Questions tagged [translation]
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What does コピー mean in this context?
A: 他にもラルクコピーしてましたか？
B: じゃあ最後にもう一度聴いてくれ…虹。ってやってた
I know that ラルク is the band L'arc En Ciel. What does コピー mean here? What does the first sentence say?
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What does 懐{なつ}い mean in this context?
Saw this on twitter:
A: 懐い
B: そういえば私がマオさんの唄初めて聞いたのwinter fallでした。サンタさんでしたね（笑）あの日の衝撃は未だに忘れられないなー「歌うますぎ！この人誰！？」ってみんな言ってましたよ。懐かしい。
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What is a ダンディー? [closed]
I've encountered this word several times already but never really knew what it meant. Then I just saw this on twitter:
タモリさん、今日服装がダンディー。
What is a ダンディー? What kind of clothes does a ダンディー wear?
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What does MC mean in Japanese?
Saw this on twitter:
MC挟んでいいなら♪( ´▽｀)RT @miri_sid: @mao_sid マオくんは全曲連続で歌えますか？(^-^)
Can't find the Japanese definition of MC anywhere. What does that say?
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What does 二周目 mean?
I find this all over the net, but can't find it defined anywhere.
I'm trying to understand this tweet:
じゃあ二周目は是非モノマネで♪( ´▽｀)RT @mimiroll_410: @mao_sid 今友達とカラオケに入ってるシドの曲を五十音順に全部制覇しようとしてます！(笑)...
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What does 週一 mean?
Trying to understand this tweet:
日曜日は掃除の日。新しく買った掃除機が良すぎる！忙しいと週一とかになりがちな掃除機がけも、これでマメにやれそう♪( ´▽｀)ルンバと迷ったけどこっちにしてよかった！やっぱり掃除は自分でしたいしね。
I understood everything up to 週一. What does that sentence say?
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What is おもぴろかった
Saw this on twitter:
@Daigo19780408 昨日はお疲れ様でした！おもぴろかったです♪( ´▽｀)
What does おもぴろかった mean? I find words like this all over the place on the net, but I can't figure out what it means, and I can't find ...
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Meaning of ぎゃほ ?
What does the interjection ぎゃほ mean?
Context:
A: We are mentioned in (famous newspaper)
B: ぎゃほ！ かんどう＝＝＝＝３３３
Does it have the meaning of かんどう ? Or is it surprise, or something else?
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What does 染めちゃえ mean here? [closed]
Saw this on twitter:
A: マオにゃん、シドギャの彼女が出来ない僕に一言くれたら幸いです ...
B: 付き合った後に染めちゃえ
What is 染めちゃえ here?
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What is a シドギャ? ギャ doesn't mean girl, does it?
At first I thought ギャ meant girl, but after doing some googling, that doesn't appear to be what it is. What is シドギャ?
シドギャ is related to the band シド, the most popular Visual Kei rock band in Japan for ...
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What is 漕ぎに来てくれるフラグ in English?
これは漕ぎに来てくれるフラグ?
I read that on twitter. This is the tweet, if it helps to make sense of it.
自信…なくないです( ´ ▽ ` )ﾉ笑RT @yamadamic: あらマオにゃん!これは漕ぎに来てくれるフラグ?（笑） RT @mao_sid: 出勤時に聴いてましたよ（＾∇＾）RT @...
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What is カッコマン here?
最近の家電はブルーライト推しですな♪(´ε｀ )宇宙船ぽくてカッコマン(^-^)/
http://lockerz.com/s/121398862
What does カッコマン mean?
What does はブルーライト推し turn into in English?
What does that whole thing say?
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What is あーんしちゃろうか？
At the bottom of this picture it says あーんしちゃろうか？
http://ameblo.jp/maofish/entry-10957305590.html
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What is なでしこ in なでしこJAPAN
I think this what the women's soccer team is called, but I'm not clear on it.
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Who, or what, is Tsunku san? [closed]
Saw this on twitter.
つんくさん！いただきます！
http://lockerz.com/s/121213710
What does that mean?
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How to correctly understand a sentence that has に in it.
A few minutes ago after the World Cup ended, Shinji, guitarist of SID, tweeted this:
胸が熱くなりました…(^-^)/日本に勇気と希望をありがとう！
I'm having trouble understanding 日本に勇気と希望をありがとう！
Does it mean, "Thank you for ...
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What does カイデー mean?
I saw this in a tweet just a few minutes ago.
アメリカ…俺よりカイデーな選手がゴロゴロ(ﾟoﾟ;;
This could be talking about the world cup.
I can't find カイデー defined anywhere. What does it mean? What does that tweet say?
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What does たいがい mean here?
Another rock star tweet that I don't understand. Here the word たいがい confuses me.
いや、しん様には負けます( ；´Д｀)RT @shinji_sid: いやいやあなたもたいがい…RT @mao_sid: しん様(((o(ﾟ▽ﾟ)o)))今日もイケメンでした(((o(ﾟ▽ﾟ)o)))RT @shinji_sid: ♪(´...
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What's does 仮歌 mean here?
I'm having trouble understanding this rock star's tweet:
たまーに仮歌とか流れてくる笑RT @maoloveai: @mao_sid シド率はどのくらいですか(^0^)？
What is 仮歌？
What does that tweet say?
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Shouldn't this phrase using だけのこと mean "just for that"?
In a grammar textbook I have, there is this phrase:
幸{さいわ}い日本{にほん}で日本語{にほんご}を勉強{べんきょう}して、かなり話{はな}せるようになりました。日本{にほん}に行{い}っただけのことはありました。
The translation given is:
Fortunately, I studied Japanese ...
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How would one convey "get over it" in Japanese?
As a foreigner in Japan, one has to get used to the fact that some Japanese will compliment you on things that are too mundane to really deserve mention. Like the fact that you can use chopsticks, eat ...
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What is the meaning of ちょうど一本 in this context?
If I've understood correctly, ちょうど followed by a counting word usually means something like "just x" or "exactly x" depending on the context, but I can't figure out what it means in this opening ...
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What does 叱ってやりたい mean in this context?
On twitter I saw this:
なのに風呂掃除したら100円もらってたおれ…叱ってやりたい！笑
What does it mean?
This is the previous tweet:
最近だなー。食ったらすぐ食器洗うのが習慣になったの。実家に居た頃は全部母親がやってたから甘えちゃってた。仕事もしてて家事も完璧にやってた母親、今更ながら尊敬します。
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How to translate "edge" into Japanese
I've seen several translations of the following song lyrics from Lady Gaga's "Edge of Glory" online, and none of them look quite right.
I'm on the edge, the edge,
the edge, the edge,
the edge, the ...
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How to say "What's it to you?" in Japanese?
What would be appropriate expressions or idioms to convey the typical English response:
What's it to you?
(in a sense that goes somewhere between "None of your business" and "This is not your ...
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What is the subject of this sentence?
I'm translating a song which can be seen here. At the end of the song is this:
傷つけてしまう夜もあるだろう 分かち合えない想いもあるだろう
What is the subject of 傷つけてしまう夜もあるだろう? Is the singer saying, "there may be nights ...
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What is the difference between 予想、期待、予期、思惑 for the meaning of "expectation"?
What is the difference between these 4 words for the definition of "expectation":
予想{よそう}
期待{きたい}
予期{よき}
思惑{おもわく}
Specifically, which would you use for "managing customer expectations (for project ...
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What is the meaning and usage of ネタ?
For example in this phrase:
話すネタはもっていそう
I translate it into "he might have some stories", but I have the impression it has many other meanings.
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What are some sentences that exhibit わがまま
わがままはもう言わない gets translated as "won't say anything selfish anymore." However, this doesn't really make sense. If I google "say anything selfish," what I find are sites that have translated わがままはもう言わない ...
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How to say: "I am returning your call"
Title says it all!
If somebody called and left a message, when calling them back, is there a set expression for that?
I generally just use "さっきにお電話頂いた...", but wondering if there is a more idiomatic ...
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Computer calculation: is there a better word than "オンザフライ" to say "on-the-fly"?
As a valuable feature of my software product, I want to say that results are calculated on-the-fly, meaning the user does not have to wait and receive results by email: results are displayed after two ...
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Shouldn't 確認する always be translated into "check"?
One thing I have noticed among my Japanese coworkers is that it seems that they overuse the verb "confirm" when translating 確認する:
テストを確認する ("confirm the tests")
彼と確認して欲しい ("[...
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How would you translate: 毎日は楽しくなりました。
毎日は楽しくなりました。
Would you translate this: Every day was fun.
or
Every day became fun.
I know that なる can be used to say that A becomes B. But in this example what is the nuance of the meaning of なる？
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how would a native ask the question "Where are you going later?"
After reading the 2 threads: How to use へ (-e), に (-ni), まで (made) and の方 (no-hō) with destination and direction? and When going somewhere, is there any difference between e (へ) and ni (に)?
I would ...
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When did you last...?
I am searching for a way to ask a question like "When did you last see her?" or "When did you last do the laundry?, or also "When did we last meet?" Basically, how do you construct a question with ...
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Can the qualifiers "very" and "too" be expressed unambiguously in Japanese?
I've noticed that some of my Japanese friends with fluent but imperfect English often say "too adjective" when a native English speaker would say just "very adjective".
(I am asking about "too" in ...
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How do I politely ask my boss for a moment of his time?
My boss is a native Japanese speaker.
In English, when I have a question or an issue to bring up, I can ask "Do you have a minute?" to see if it is an appropriate time to interrupt them. In Japanese,...
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What does the final て in 待ってて signify?
In this scene a young girl, Yotsuba, drops in on her neighbors for some breakfast. The mother who's cooking breakfast says:
「今お父さんの焼いてるからその次ねー。ちょっと待っててー。」
So I guess she's preparing her husbands ...
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translation for "It serves as a good reminder for me"?
After I've say watched a film with some friends (or read a fable or something) and learned something from it, i want to say "It [the teachings of this fable/film] serves as a good reminder for me". I'...
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Does the (USA) English metaphor "Unable to see the forest for the trees" keep its meaning if translated verbatim into Japanese?
The phrase "Unable to see the forest for the trees" implies one is too entangled in a situation to understand what is transpiring from a larger context, and thus, unable to determine the correct ...
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IT system renewal: Can I say 更新 for "renewal"?
I am starting a new project and have to come up with a name for it so that everybody knows what we are talking about.
The project is the renewal of an IT application that I will call エックスワイゼッド. ...
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What does ~頂ければと思います mean? Why does such a construction happen?
I've heard phrases sometimes like:
チェックいただければと思います。chekku itadakereba to
omoimasu
"If you check this ... I think."?
Why is that ~と思います at then end of the phrase?
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What does 思いっきりどうぞ mean?
I heard this phrase a few times but I still can't grasp its meaning. Does it mean, "as much as you would like"?
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The many ways to say "and" in Japanese
In English, we just have one word for the conjunction and which works just fine for many categories, but in Japanese, there are separate words:
と joins nouns together in a closed list
や joins nouns ...
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What does よろしくおねがいします mean when departing?
When on business in Japan last year, a Japanese colleague said よろしくおねがいします to me as the group were leaving after dinner.
I'm aware of its usage in initial greetings, as is usually taught in textbooks,...
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Is there an easily accessible list of terms in the Japanese grammar written both in Japanese and English?
I am a native Japanese speaker with a casual interest in languages. I sometimes have trouble explaining the Japanese grammar in English because I do not know the established English translation of ...
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What are other language equivalents to Japanese particles?
When a person is learning は and が in terms of particles, what are the best way to relate them to English equivalents?
The closest I can come to explaining them to others is "the" and "a" but I'm not ...
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