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[Goral]

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Thank you very much . And wow, what a strange way to show 500k number . If they wanted to be concise they could have used 5*10^5 or half a million or something. Japanese is just too strange to me ;P.

 

[Ana Clara]

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That's a page from Junjou Romantica act. 25.
The white-hair man is Usagi-san and the black-hair guy is Misaki. Misaki is an economy student and Usagi is a novelist. Misaki lives at Usagi's house as a housekeeper and his boyfriend.
Misaki was trying to get a job at Marukawa publishing (Usagi works for this company). He just finished to give the interview and he wasn't expecting to pass.
Then he received a letter from the company saying he got the job.
Usagi, surprised at the letter, advised him to make some tests to make sure that the letter wasn't a joke.

 

[Mr. Prince]

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Thanks for the context, that makes it a lot easier:

Thinking the "not" in "did not pass" could maybe show up if (the letter was) put into water, they tried soaking it.

M: It's not showing, right!?
U: It really isn't showing up.

 

[Ana Clara]

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Thanks for the context, that makes it a lot easier:

Thinking the "not" in "did not pass" could maybe show up if (the letter was) put into water, they tried soaking it.

M: It's not showing, right!?
U: It really isn't showing up.

Thanks for the quickly help. I'll credit you in the page.

 

[Callaghan]

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I need help with this sentence

日本においても充分ありえる話だと思います。

話だと思います I don't understand this part, I think it means "I think that" but I don't know why XD

 

[cmertb]

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と思います means "I think", you can add it to any clause. Aと思います = "I think that A". 話だ is a part of the previous clause. 日本においても充分ありえる = very possible even in Japan. 日本においても充分ありえる話だ = it's a story that is very possible even in Japan. 日本においても充分ありえる話だと思います = I think that it's a story that is very possible even in Japan.

 

[Callaghan]

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I can't find this word さアなア

 

[Guren no heya kara]

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さあな
さあなあ
and so on.

"Who knows", "I wonder..."



BTW, is there someone who knows what "momo" and "kuri" are? Written in katakana.
A tailor is talking about his experience and he's saying he's made "momo" and "kuri" for three years.
Trousers resembling the form of a peach and a chestnut?

 

[Callaghan]

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But when I search さあな on the vocabulary I get nothing, I would like to know exactly which word it is.

 

[cmertb]

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It's not one word, it's two words. Search for さあ and なあ separately.

 

[Callaghan]

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さあ = come; come now
なあ = indicates emotion or emphasis

sorry, I still don't get it

 

[cmertb]

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Surely さあ has many more meanings than that. You didn't provide the context, but I'm going to guess that in this case it means something like "who knows?" and なあ is like going huuuh...

 

[Callaghan]

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You didn't provide the context

I found it in two chapters that I'm reading

one piece 701 pg 6
One piece volume 3 ch 18


edit: ok I got it, it means who knows XD

 

[mikkih]

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@Callaghan

さあなあ＝さあ Who knows. (meaning "not really sure")
(Guren no heya kara’s translation is correct. )


@ Guren no heya kara

momo: peaches
kuri: chestnuts

There is a Japanese proverb: 桃栗三年柿八年 (Momo kuri san-nen kaki hachi-nen) link to Weblio

 

[Ana Clara]

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That's a page from Junjou Romantica act. 25.
The white-hair man is Usagi-san (Usami Akihiko), the black-hair guy is Takahashi Misaki, and the teddy is Suzuki-san. Misaki is an economy student and Usagi is a novelist. Misaki lives at Usagi's house as a housekeeper and his boyfriend.
Chapter's abstract:
Misaki was trying to get a job at Marukawa publishing (Usagi works for this company). He just finished to give the interview and he wasn't expecting to pass.
Then he received a letter from the company saying he got the job.

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[cmertb]

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Say, Usagi-san, if I lived in the Edo period, what kind of a name would I have?
{not sure what's coming out of TV}
"Misakichi"
...Eh, a merchant?
Because you're a commoner

Apparently, in the Edo era it was common for people to change names based on their occupation or social standing. Merchants and craftsmen often had names ending in -kichi or -suke. See a question here: http://detail.chiebukuro.yahoo.co.jp/qa/question_detail/q132133598

 

[Kokutou]

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Help me with this plz...

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Its a scene where 1 gal is explaining how another gal are stealing the wallet of a guy... but I need something more literally ^^

 

[cmertb]

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Because he just paid, the location of the wallet is clear
He's looking at his tray and, moreover, is going to be eating, so if you slip the wallet out he won't notice
...A habitual crime, isn't it?

 

[Guren no heya kara]

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Hello.
In japanese festival songs there're usually some meaningless words that
are there only to give rhythm to the song itself. How would you put them in English?
I have this サのヨイヨイ as the closing sentence in a flyer advertising a folk dance event
and this is the song where it comes from
http://www.katch.ne.jp/~sano/dobuita/newpage19.htm

 

[GotazaFansub]

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Hi there. Me and my friends have recently discovered the Ultraman manga and we'd like to know what the titles of the chapters mean, as they are in kanji and we are not very sure about them.

I know we might be asking too much, but any help is appreciated. Thanks and cheers.

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