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

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by Columbine

Is there a japanese grammar equivilant of "The more I X, the more I Y" as in, say, "The more I hear japanese spoken, the more I understand it"?

The only thing I can think of is もっと.

『もっとしゃべった日本語を聞いて(聞くと？）、もっ� �分かれます」but then put like that it looks fairly wrong.

We have just the phrase for you.

～～すればするほど～～である/する/になる。

日本語を聞けば聞くほど分かるようになります。
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ビールを飲めば飲むほど太る。

テレビを見れば見るほどバカになる。

[Columbine]

Originally Posted by Sashimister

We have just the phrase for you.

～～すればするほど～～である/する/になる。

日本語を聞けば聞くほど分かるようになります。
＿＿＿＿＿

ビールを飲めば飲むほど太る。

テレビを見れば見るほどバカになる。

ah, that's perfect! SM-san, you are an absolute treasure.

ありがとうございました！

[KyleGoetz]

Originally Posted by Columbine

ah, that's perfect! SM-san, you are an absolute treasure.

ありがとうございました！

Yeah, that's one of my favorite Japanese idiomatic constructions. I remember when I first used it with a native, she couldn't believe I knew how to say that!

[RickOShay]

Originally Posted by KyleGoetz

Yeah, that's one of my favorite Japanese idiomatic constructions. I remember when I first used it with a native, she couldn't believe I knew how to say that!

Yeah, it is really useful and not so hard to remember and understand.

[delacroix01]

Hi there! There's a couple of questions I want to ask today.

1. かけていた眼鏡を外して目をゴシゴシ擦る。
Although I'm pretty sure about the meaning of かける here, I guess I'll ask again to check whether I was right or wrong. In the sentence above, it means "to wear glasses", correct?

2. いや、そんなの朝食に食べたキムチのせいに決まってる 。紅羽め、平気で消費期限をシカトしやがって。
Is there any word written as 紅羽め? Or is 紅羽 a person's name?

Originally Posted by Sashimister

Wrong. That's way to heavy, dontcha think? It is a colloquial way of saying "to get out of control".

Yeah. I was thinking if that sounds too heavy. Thanks again for the correction

[berrypie]

Could someone kindly tell me which verb should be used if I wanna say "play a DVD" or "play a CD"? お願いしますね。

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by berrypie

Could someone kindly tell me which verb should be used if I wanna say "play a DVD" or "play a CD"? お願いしますね。

「かける」を使ってください。

[Sashimister]

Originally Posted by delacroix01

Hi there! There's a couple of questions I want to ask today.

1. かけていた眼鏡を外して目をゴシゴシ擦る。
Although I'm pretty sure about the meaning of かける here, I guess I'll ask again to check whether I was right or wrong. In the sentence above, it means "to wear glasses", correct?

Correct. かける is a highly under-rated verb among Japanese-learners.

2. いや、そんなの朝食に食べたキムチのせいに決まってる 。紅羽め、平気で消費期限をシカトしやがって。
Is there any word written as 紅羽め? Or is 紅羽 a person's name?

It has to be someone's name, otherwise, it makes no sense. め is the particle to use to curse or look down on someone.

[delacroix01]

Correct. かける is a highly under-rated verb among Japanese-learners.

To me it's one of the hardest verbs to learn however.

It has to be someone's name, otherwise, it makes no sense. め is the particle to use to curse or look down on someone.

Thank you. I was thinking the same thing after some searching, but I wasn't sure.