can anyone translate this?

isolde · (#1 (**permalink**))

Hi! I was wondering if anyone here could help me translate following characters into English?

好きです

愛しています

好きやねん

恋愛小説

初恋

悲恋

恋

恋は思案のほか

thank you!

masaegu · (#2 (**permalink**))

Have you even tried to look up these words and phrases yourself first?

82riceballs · (#3 (**permalink**))

i agree with masaegu. u could also post ur question in the sticky thread up top (where the real Japanese tutors are). i suck at japanese, but i'll try:

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Originally Posted by isolde

好きです sukidesu = i like you
愛しています aishite imasu = i love you (kinda polite)
好きやねん suki yanen = i don't like you (at least that's what i think it means, as i've no clue what "yanen" means)
恋愛小説 ren'ai shousetsu = romance novel
初恋 hatsu koi = first love
悲恋 hiren = "sad" love; i'm guessing it's unrequited
恋 koi = love
恋は思案のほか koi wa shian no hoka = love is another type of meditation

shoana · (#4 (**permalink**))

whats wiv the 好squares?

Seiryuu · (#5 (**permalink**))

You're probably not using the correct encoding.

isolde · (#6 (**permalink**))

thanks a lot! you really helped me out!

Debezo · (#7 (**permalink**))

好きやねん - I like/love you (colloquial)
this is the Kansai dialect. it is equal to "suki dayo" in standard japanese. ya=da, nen=yo,ne

恋は思案のほか
this is a japanese proverb, something like "Love and reason do not go together", "One cannot love and be wise". hoka means 'outside' in this case.

82riceballs · (#8 (**permalink**))

gomenne minna! sorry about the mistakes

and thanks debezo!

isolde · (#9 (**permalink**))

Thank you very much, Debezo and 82riceballs!