MrWhat's Japanese translations

[MrWhat]

Here's my first attempt at Jinnai's song.  Like I've said many times before, I'm still a beginner, so don't expect too much  

The Conqueror Jinnai Katsuhiko

Afura's song is next.  Afura sings/speaks in a dialect, so I'm not doing as well with her lyrics.  But, it should be better than nothing, I hope.

Which song should I try after that?  I know a few of these songs have been translated, or at least attempted-- exactly which ones are still completely untranslated?

I'm also starting a Comic Anthology script.  I think I'll try to make a first pass thru the CA before I tackle the doujinshi.  The Roman Album and the Alt World Memories books are still too difficult for me, I think.

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

From the first blow, until the burgeoning ?. The gyoza's ?. The flower viewing place in the heart.

Never quite got that one, eh?  I'm not even quite sure what to make of it from the random tidbits you DID pick up.  

Nonetheless, excellent work, MrWhat!  Do you want this publically linked?


As for a next one... I dunno, Gold Finger?  Anything that's named for Fatora worries me and priques my curiosity.    (It IS a very upbeat song, though, and if I were to use it in something, I'd surely want to at least get the gist of what she's singing about.  Although I'm sure we all have an idea.   )

[MrWhat]

Never quite got that one, eh?

Yeah, I couldn't make anything out of ha-ya-gu-i.  And I don't know why Jinnai's singing about gyouza (pan-fried dumplings), but there's no other way I know to translate that.

That next-to-last line might be an idiom, or a pun, or slang language.  Or it could even be random nonsense in the original Japanese.  Anway, I need to shop for books of Japanese idioms and/or street language soon.

Do you want this publically linked?

How about if you link to this El-Hazard-translations page that I just made:

http://echoalpha.com/Japanese/ElHazard.html

That might be better than linking to individual translations (I might move things around on you) or Japanese/index.html (I might add some other Japanese stuff that you won't care about).

Gold Finger?

Great.  Will do.  Fatora's song was actually my next choice too, after Afura's song.  I can pick out a few words just listening to it, so that's a promising start.

[washuchan]

slightly off topic,
Mr. What, if one would want to learn Japanese little by little. day by day, would you be able to recommend any specific website out of tons  from google search query?

So far I've been using http://www.japanese-online.com/LANGUAGE/index.htm and http://www.learn-japanese-online.com/introduction.html (fun one)

Also how about one with kanji reading emphasis? I'm not finding any so far

[Aya Mikage]

You know...
You cant learn Japanese overnight...
I took Japanese Classes here too and Im quite good at it now.  

[MrWhat]

slightly off topic,
Mr. What, if one would want to learn Japanese little by little. day by day, would you be able to recommend any specific website out of tons  from google search query?

Jeffrey's Japanese-English Dictionary Server
This site has several mirrors; the Canadian mirror seems to be the fastest for me

Jim Breen's WWWJDIC Server Multi-Radical Kanji Selection
Excellent for looking up kanji by radicals and stroke count

Japan-Easy.co.uk
Nice site for browsing/learning kanji by radicals; also has vocabulary and grammar pages

Japanese4All.com Teaching
Links on the left for guides to JLPT grammar, kanji and study tips

The Japanese Page
Nice kanji guide.  Grammar pages seem incomplete/rough

Japanese Verbs
Very nice guide to verb forms.  Romaji only

The Kanji SITE
JLPT kanji lists and flashcards

Kiki's Kanji Dictionary
Another nice site for browsing/learning kanji by radicals

Meguro Language Center
Self-tests, JLPT vocabulary lists, and some other freebies

MIT WWW-based Japanese Language Curriculum Materials
I like the 'kanji study materials' links under each course link

Nihongo o Narau
Beginner vocabulary and grammar.  Romaji only

Japanese Language Proficiency Tests

[Saucer]

Jeffrey's Japanese-English Dictionary Server
This site has several mirrors; the Canadian mirror seems to be the fastest for me

Ah, yes. I've used this site frequently in the past. I lost the link though.

Nihongo o Narau
Beginner vocabulary and grammar.  Romaji only

Romanji = good! ^.^ Since my Japanese skills are all verbal, I have to rely on romanji. Thanks for the links MrWhat!

[washuchan]

what can I say?
I'll say this in a language that I speak better  (as of now) than Japanese

Herzlichen Dank, HerrWas  

[Tsuzuki Asato]

:oWOW Web links !!

Thanks for the links!!! I'm telling IFURITA (EHOL) bout this...

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

Thanks for the links!!! I'm telling IFURITA (EHOL) bout this...

I'm sure she'll see it when she loads this topic... don't constantly post something about the Ifurita member every time.  So far I can only see you being here strictly to bother her.  ;p

[MrWhat]

(dragging the discussion back on-topic)

I've added the Comic Anthology's full Table Of Contents to the index page.

http://echoalpha.com/Japanese/ElHazard.html

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

"El-Hazard: The World Of Perversion/Inversion"

Sounds ... like an akward situation for one to be in.  


"Wondering How Cosplay Of Princess Rune And Her Dragon Can Be Done?"

Yay, my thought wasn't way off!  

[Andrusi]

I'm sure she'll see it when she loads this topic... don't constantly post something about the Ifurita member every time.  So far I can only see you being here strictly to bother her.  ;p

And we can't have that, because being annoying and useless is MY function.

[MrWhat]

I don't know if this is common knowledge, but it was the first I'd learned of it, as an El-Hazard fan-boy and a beginning / intermediate Japanese student.

I was randomly searching Japanese expressions that include neko (cat).  I found an idiom, nekokaburi, meaning "wolf in sheep's clothing," but literally meaning-- "wearing a cat."

That CLUNK! you just heard was the sound of another piece of the Big Picture falling into place in my brain  

[Captain Southbird (EHOL Creator)]

Ah.  So perhaps there's humor in cat wearing?