和英訳. Translations from Japanese to English
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Saying ジャパニーズ instead of 日本の
I recently came across a sentence mentioning 'ジャパニーズデザイン'. What would be the difference between calling something 日本のデザイン verses ジャパニーズデザイン?
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The meaning of 星人 vs 宇宙人
I've come across 星人 and 宇宙人 for describing aliens. What's the difference in the meaning of these words?
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What does this mean in this context ? 結構堪える [A character's thought about a girl when she's keeping a distance from him, while sitting with him]
This is MC's thought about a girl who's sitting next to him, but she's still keeping a distance with him.
This is hard for me to understand, so much thanks if anyone can help me understand what he has been thinking here o/ (the last part…
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What is an appropriate, respectful, and pleasing to the other person response to the statement "Your Japanese is very good"?
The following situation:
A tourist who is in Japan says "Good day" in Japanese. And it is practically the only word he knows, or maybe he knows a handful of everyday phrases, but in this example he is not yet able to form any sentences by…
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need help with a locality
I know Musashi (武蔵) refers to the old province, but I cannot understand the rest of this sentence. Can anyone help with translation of 國小俳山? Thank you.
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アップは? バッチリです。How to understand this exchange?
アップは? バッチリです。
The above sentence is taken straight from Haikyuu!! S01E07.
The subs translate to:
アップは? > Did you get warmed up?
バッチリです。> Perfectly.
The context is a coach asks his player if he's warmed up so he can swap him into the ongoing…
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Aren't 「から」 and 「ので」 closer to the meaning of "because" rather than "so"?
To my understanding all particles affect the word or clause that appears before them: 「駅から家まで行く。」 means "I'll go from the station to my house" rather than "I'll go the station from house to go".
So if this logic applies, shouldn't it also be true…
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What is this Kanji? I can’t find it anywhere?
I’ve been searching radicals on Jisho and other places but I can’t find a kanji to match this one.
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What does むわって /muwatte means in this context?
I met this in a sentence that describe a sweet scent in the air, but don't understand this part
甘い香りがむわって漂ってきてる
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Meaning of ローンボーイ
From the visual novel Higurashi no Naku Koro ni,
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「おいおいおいおい！ 本人不在で勝手に話を進めるなー！ 俺は孤独と静寂を愛するロンリーガイだぜー？」
魅音
「あっはははははっは！！ だぁれがロンリーガイだー！」
魅音
ローンボーイの間違いでしょー？ くっくっくっく！」
レナ
「はぅ～、ローンって圭一くん…。 お金に困ってるなら協力するよ…はぅ…。」
(Original screenshot)
'ローンボーイ' in this…
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Question about 現金だとでも言うように
The context is this: two women are talking, with the first one (still unnamed) that asks the second girl (Himari) if her trip with her boyfriend went well. She says it was a very nice vacation and then:
陽葵の顔が、ぱーっと明るくなっていく。
Himari's face was…
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Problems with translating the word "自省に" in the context of the whole sentence
I'm currently working on one of my Japanese translation assignments and having some major difficulties with the translation of a sentence. First of all, this is the…
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What does the kanji '図' mean?
I'm a graphic designer and illustrator working on a personal character design project about animals made out of combining different asymmetrical figures.
I've been trying to choose a name for my project, and I found out about this Japanese kanji '図'…
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向こうも向こうで What does this mean in this context ? (mukou mo mukou de) Is this some kind of Japanese Idiom?
Context: MC talking with 2 girls in his team. The detective (who was helping MC to clear his name from the false accusation of police and find out who is the real murderer) has left the crime investigation after received a warning letter from the…
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What is the meaning of いじります in Information Technology?
Wordpress team always uses いじります for fixing/editing code files. I somehow can understand it is "Editing", or "Fixing", or "Modifying".
But I just want to know it clear. Google translated to "messing around", or "playing toy" :D
Below is the sample…
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