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Please tell me that your name has something to do with Momoiro Clover・・・・
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Why are you sure there’s an “effect because of cause” structure? This is Japanese – don’t go assuming it’ll be the same as English. There’s no need for such a structure – it has the same meaning anyway. Mind you, in casual use you can swap the order of the sentence clauses, or if you’re answering a question – “Why are you laughing?” “Because of the cat.”
@ missing (4/27) – “in fits and starts” – “beating around the bush” – “eating soup with a fork” – “putting the cart before the horse” – “on the other hand” – “when in Rome…” – “out of the frying pan, into the fire” – “fight fire with fire” – “86 it” – “put something on the back burner”
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Lol wait, those are things that you would normally say in conversation?
Define “normally”. They are things I have said in conversations in the past that I don’t know how to say in Japanese. Most of them are sayings that express more complicated ideas simply so you don’t have to say things like “You are making things far more difficult than they need to be,” – “I’ll keep that in consideration but right now there are more pressing matters to be dealt with.”
“On second thought”, “I would be lying if I said…”, “I take back what I said”, “Forget what I said”, “Fuck that”
to name a few
Idea-joiners like “speaking of which”, “on a side note”, “on a completely different note”, “come to think of it”,etc.
But fools rush in, you know, missing? Birds of a feather. Rome wasn’t built in a day, after all. =P
What, incidentally, does “86 it” mean?
To “86″ something means to get rid of, end, cut off, or otherwise stop or take away something/one.
missing: No, sorry. My nickname is Mo and I just happen to like Pink. So, there ya go. :)
Noah: I asked my Japanese teacher about the “because” issue today and she made it sound like you would use “nazenara” if you wanted to put the effect first. I’m laughing “nazenara” something made me laugh. She said it’s not very common but acceptable.
Sorry for the roumaji, people. My cruddy little netbook doesn’t have an IME installed.
Also, in a restaurant sense, 86ing something means making the staff/guests aware that a particular menu item isn’t currently available. There will usually be a grease board or something in the kitchen with an 86 written on top and a long list of everything that’s out.
Hi everyone.
How do I say “Volume 9″, as in the 9th book?
I can say; おおかみと こうしんりょうの きゅ冊を よんでいます。But I assume this means; I’m currently reading nine books of spice and wolf.今、「狼と香辛料」という本の９巻を読んでいるところです
VOLUME = 巻Thanks, I forgot about titling the title.
Could you break down という and the use of ところ?という = called. That is, AというB = “a B called A”. 「狼と香辛料」という本 = a book called “Spice and Wolf”.
ところ is, in this context, “on the verge of”. Or so my dictionary suggests. Not certain of that, though.
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