Japanese Help Questions/Translations

[Kuroneko]

I've noticed a lot of "Help me with Japanese" and "Would you translate this for me" Threads and I thought that it would be so much easier (not to mention the amount of time looking for a certain question would be cut in half) if every one would post their Japanese related questions here. I myself am fairly proficient in Japanese and would be more than happy to help any one. I'm sure that any other JF member who is skilled in Japanese can help as well.

Good luck and happy posting/translating

[girigiri]

Thanks, minminRW - that makes things a little easier to understand.

[KyleGoetz]

Nagoyankee,

あの犬の尻はXくんの顔じゃないんだが似てるじゃん！

[delacroix01]

There are some words that I'm not sure about. Can anybody explain these?

おフロ場はラブコメでは戦場。
This sentence sounds really strange to me, since there are both は and では here. Does anyone know how it should be translated?

あったまったし、着替え着替えと。。。
What does あったまった mean in this case?

そんなふうに言いだしっぺがすっかりどうでもよくなっ てる最中。。。
I know what 言い出す mean, but how about 言いだしっぺ? This is the first time I've seen this form.

買い物で困ったら基本伊勢丹だろ？
What does 基本 mean in this case?

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by delacroix01

　
おフロ場はラブコメでは戦場。
This sentence sounds really strange to me, since there are both は and では here. Does anyone know how it should be translated?

あったまったし、着替え着替えと。。。
What does あったまった mean in this case?

そんなふうに言いだしっぺがすっかりどうでもよくなっ てる最中。。。
I know what 言い出す mean, but how about 言いだしっぺ? This is the first time I've seen this form.

買い物で困ったら基本伊勢丹だろ？
What does 基本 mean in this case?

1. It actually sounds VERY normal. は and では are often both used even in a short sentence like this. は is the subject marker and では is the location marker.

"In love comedies, the bathroom is a battle field."

2. あったまった = あたたまった. It only has one meaning to start with.

"(I) got warm"

3. 言いだしっぺ means "the one that brought up the topic".

4. 基本 here means "the best thing to do" or "the normal thing to do".

[lorkinw]

hi!!
just wondering in english people say something and then they say JUST JOKING! how would you say that in japanese ( but in polite masu form )

so the sentence is: I started reading the book and i cried from happiness.. JUST JOKING but it was realy interesting. (in masu form)

arigato gozaimasu!!

[Ohad]

Hi everyone! Can anyone please translate what this guy said on the chet? Thanks!

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[delacroix01]

1. It actually sounds VERY normal. は and では are often both used even in a short sentence like this. は is the subject marker and では is the location marker.

"In love comedies, the bathroom is a battle field."

Thank you. I guess I'm really screwed up this time

By the way, can you tell me what does あえて mean in this case?
細かい事はあえてスルーで勧めるんですか！？店員さん ！！

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by delacroix01

By the way, can you tell me what does あえて mean in this case?
細かい事はあえてスルーで勧めるんですか！？店員さん ！！

あえて is often very difficult to translate all by itself. In this sentence, I would say "dare (to) do ~~".

[delacroix01]

In this sentence, I would say "dare (to) do ~~".

So it's really as I guessed, but how should the entire line be translated then? I'm sorry but I'm still not really sure about its meaning.

Also, can you read the bubble in this picture? It's full of katakana, so I have no clue what might it mean

http://i61.servimg.com/u/f61/11/31/41/30/05410.jpg