Forum: Japanese Language

hey there this may seem like a strange request, but is there a single japanese symbol for something along the lines of "perseverance", or of meaning similar to that. thanks in advance

...For the old members of AnimeLyrics.com, I'm baaaack. And so is my "traditional" thread. =) For those who don't know what this thread is...I often type up kanji lyrics (and romaji) from lyric scans. But since I don't know a lot of kanji, I'll often need help. So I'll copy the kanji images I...

Hello, What does "死ぬ甲斐" mean? Is it "The worth dies" or something like that? What would "死ぬわ甲斐無しの夜に mean? Shinu wa kainashi no yoru ni????? or would wa even follow shinu? o-o what about plain old "甲斐無しの夜に" without shinu or wa? Explain o-0 btw it was kinda like a poetical phrase o.o plz msg...

「気にはなっていたんです」 Is it "ki ni wa natteitan desu"? Like "It's been bothering me?" Or is it "ki ni HAnatteitan desu"? I'm confused because I've never come across a "wa" for "Ki ni naru" @_@ Help would be awesome. =D

Hello everyone. I weren't sure if this actually was the right place to post this, but I take a chance. A few months I started reading a little about the japanese language, and found out that if I wanted to learn the language (as I am), I start with learning Hiragana, Katakana and Kanji. The two...

Hey , Thanks for helping me: I kow absolutely nothing about japonese and i would lkie to know whats hiragana and katakana and what's the best way to learn japenese. P.S.= I'm 14 years old, so you can see wher i should begin and how. Thanks!!

Dewa...saikin boku wa Windows wo yamete, Linux wo tsukatte hajimeru (Ubuntu Gutsy 7.10), demo nihongo wo kakukata wo shiranai. Tomodachi wa shitteiru, demo 2-3 shuukan no mae ni kanojo ni hanasenai, kono daigaku no gakki wa owatta kara. Dareka shitteiru? Arigatou gozaimasu :D

日本語から英語なりフランス語までの翻訳者を探しています。日本のアニメのためです。 手伝ったら連絡を取って下さい。

Are there any educational movies out there that could help me give me ur best opinion..:)

It's a letter from my Japanese classmate. Well, I only understand about half of it.><Please help!THX! 私に借りがあるのはとても長くなって、まだ私にプレセントしません。あなたとただしばらくの時間だけでおがに座って、すでにあなただとてもいいひとを感じました。楽しい一些。を要することをいかり覚えますあなただ心の良い中学までいることを望んで。あなたの体の健康を祈ります。学業の進步。

So, translating again, and I've run into something else the various dictionaries I have access to are unable to provide a definition for, clearly the word in my title. I've been able to find a few words that end in 変わらず, such as 相変わらず. Judging from the meaning of the base character, I'd think that...

I was working my way through a doujinshi (where I get most of my translation practice from), and I ran across a confusingly worded sentence. Confusing to me, anyway, which says little. The sentence reads thus: 私の普段してることをわかってもらおうと思ってうそついちゃったの… Breaking it down grammatically isn't too bad,...

この会話にたいするスレがあるかどうか知らないのでもしあったらこのスレを削除してもよい。 私は行ったことありませんが来年行きます。　　ちなみに行ったことある人の話を聞かせてもらいたい。　　ですから　あるならここに書いてください。　　:)

I know the basics like -sempai, -san, and -chan but what does -kun, -dono, -sama and -nee mean?

Hi, I tried to practice translating Japanese sentences now but I'm not sure if I got them correct or wrong. It's all based on my limited Japanese knowledge from some online dictionary, and also babel fish.. and maybe you guys can help me learning more. :) The 1st one: 気になったもので - ki ni natta...

I received a note in private saying that any intermediate knowing what 否定 means. I've never seen these kanji put together in my life (or if I have, I forgot about it or didn't bother trying to look it up). I'm not an intermediate. The LYRICS LV 2 tag may fool people into thinking I am. I can't...

I've been teaching myself Japanese over the past six years or so, on and off, extremely sporadically; I've never taken a single class, and, until I discovered Jim Breen's online dictionary, my only tools were a simple dictionary, a basic grammar, and a fairly comprehensive kanji dictionary....

i have problems to see kanji charecters at all all i see is ????????????? can someone tell me how can this problem be solved?? also i would like to ask if there is any way that i myself write in kanji e.g. in MSWord or also here... what should be changed on my pc that i can write it but...

OK, so I have my final assignment project for my Japanese class due on Wednesday evening (GMT -5:00), and I just got my script (it's a skit) back from the TA who was supposed to be correcting it. He's a Japanese exchange student, so he made all his corrections in Kanji. Unfortunately, I know...

It is from this sentence, "死にかけた恐怖で 子供がえりしていたらしい" It is a combination of 得る? Thanks for any help!

I was wondering if anybody knew how much a yen is worth in the us??? plese....here is an example: 5,200 yen,how much would it be worth here???

何の食べ物を食べたいでも食べたことないですか？話したい如何なる食べ物もいいです。 「日本語で答えください！日本の訳すことないなら、日本語に訳してできないなら、英語でいいです。これは練習のはずですから。」 私の答えはお好み焼きです。

Going through this life that has no answers. Without any hesitation. i really suck to Japanses :'/ so can anyone help me translate this... many thanks :) Purehard :rollt:

hi i don't know if this is the right place to post this but i'll try. i'm trying to learn Japanese but not going very well, i live in England and there are hardly any books and they don't teach it at my school. :( please if someone knows a good site or can help me themself please leave a message!!:D

I'm trying to translate some song titles into English because I can't find any already translated titles. Does anyone mind telling me how badly I botched the job. All I used was a dictionary and some context (these are from the Fate / Stay Night OST) Here's what I got so far. No need to hold...

Another phrase I've run across a couple of times and haven't been able to find a satisfactory definition for is 話は別だけど (and some similar variations). From what I can piece together from context, it seems to run along the same lines as "but that's a different story," or "That's another matter,...

皆さん、ひさしぶり～　元気？ I've been thinking of having some kind of Japanese language contest in the forum. Something to try out your skills, have a little fun with Japanese, etc etc. Any ideas? So far I was thinking haiku (5-7-5 style), jokes, or calligraphy/kana art.

On a Japanese cell phone, instead of "contacts" (you know, as in the list of names of people you have on there) would it say コンタクト　or would it be more like 連絡会？ Or is it something entirely different?

How do you make words plural in the Japanese language? Somewhere I read that you add -tachi, but in other places i read that you don't add plural... i'm confused! In the Japanese DNAngel (englis subtitles), Daisuke said "ichigo" when he was saying "strawberries," but in Full Moon wo Sagashite...