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12-26-2009, 05:31 AM

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Originally Posted by ketch View Post
ok i have to explain to my girl friend the meaning of

"What will be will be." what is that in Japanese?

and what is なんとかなれ、なんとかなる。(I think it means ”it will all be ok”)
If I were to take the thread title literally, then KyleGoetz has given you the answer. The other one that's used just as frequently or even more so is なるようにしかならない.

Grammatically, however, these Japanese phrases have nothing to do with "What will be will be." If you want the person to really "undetstand" this English phrase, a full grammar explanation might be in order instead of just giving the "translation", in which none of the three words (what, will, be) are used.
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