[akira53]

Thanks for making this thread, I found the links in this post really useful! I planned to do 3kyu in this December, so I have to work hard from now on..

Yeah I took 3-kyu last year. I bought a couple practice books that were really helpful. I passed but with a really bad score (although your score doesn't matter, as long as you passed).

[asianami]

Unless you're reading it as "kyou wa" o_O
It's also read as konnichiwa. 間違いやすいだろう。

Mind giving me examples of native Japanese speakers using ｢今日は」as "Good afternoon" instead of today?

One site translated it as "Today".

I.e.

今日は
【副】
today

Source: http://eow.alc.co.jp/%e4%bb%8a%e6%97%a5%e3...f/UTF-8/?ref=sa

Another as like you said translated it as "good afternoon"

1. こんにちは【今日は】別ウィンドウで表示
〔午前中に〕Good morning!; 〔午後に〕Good afternoon!; 〔親しい間で，午前・午後に関係なく〕Hello!/Hi!

Source: http://dic.yahoo.co.jp/dsearch?enc=UTF-8&a...e=0&dtype=2

I've only seen 今日は used as hello in online forums where foreign students are studying Japanese. (Up 'til then, I didn't realize they were saying "Hello". I thought they kept saying "Today.." It was quite irritating.) I've never seen an actual native Japanese speaker used it as hello.

To be on the safe side, just using the hiragana form of it, こんにちは, is better just to avoid confusion.

[sandy.s2.yu]

Ice Tea= アイスティー
Not sure about frappuccino but maybe something like フラッピチノ.

Thanks so much!<3

[Bea]

how do you say/write..
'what happened to us?'
like when a gf asks a bf about their relationship

[Tamago86]

Can someone help me translate 強がる to English? I can't find the word for it. If I'm not wrong, think it means 逞强 in Chinese.

Hi cRoSsTaGe hisashiburi

This can also mean 'to bluff' or to pretend to be strong, to show off that you are strong. So in Chinese 逞强 might work, or 要强, 装硬汉, 装出表面勇敢, etc. hard to get an exact translation.
example: 弱い者に限って強がる　―＞　惟有弱者偏爱逞强


強がる：
強いように見せかける。強いことを自慢する

I've only seen 今日は used as hello in online forums where foreign students are studying Japanese. (Up 'til then, I didn't realize they were saying "Hello". I thought they kept saying "Today.." It was quite irritating.) I've never seen an actual native Japanese speaker used it as hello.

To be on the safe side, just using the hiragana form of it, こんにちは, is better just to avoid confusion.

Sometimes but rarely it can be read as konnichi in 今日は like Akira said, but there is another more common time 今日 is read as konnichi, and that is in a very formal sense, meaning like "these days", or like このごろ

今日ではテレビのない生活なんて想像できない
Today no one can imagine a life without television

今日では日本語を勉強する学生の数は昔ほどではありません
Less students study Japanese today than formerly

These are both read as こんにち

In the dictionary (広辞苑)
こんにち「今日」
１．きょう。この日。本日。「今日限りで開店いたします」
２．このごろ。現在。現代。　「苦難に耐えて今日の繁栄を築く」

And wow this thread is still alive, I'm surprised

[cloudy skys]

Can someone translate this into english for me? Thanks!

今は寒いけど、雨が振らないと思う。

NVM! I got it (;

[iamkt]

Hello. Can someone translate these:


- 色合いが可愛いです


- 白�黒チェック大好きです

シンプルでとってもかわいいです


- おおコレ超可愛い





Thank you verry much!! <333

[asianami]

Sometimes but rarely it can be read as konnichi in 今日は like Akira said, but there is another more common time 今日 is read as konnichi, and that is in a very formal sense, meaning like "these days", or like このごろ

今日ではテレビのない生活なんて想像できない
Today no one can imagine a life without television

今日では日本語を勉強する学生の数は昔ほどではありません
Less students study Japanese today than formerly

These are both read as こんにち

In the dictionary (広辞苑)
こんにち「今日」
１．きょう。この日。本日。「今日限りで開店いたします」
２．このごろ。現在。現代。　「苦難に耐えて今日の繁栄を築く」

And wow this thread is still alive, I'm surprised :D

Thanks, no wonder I've never came across it before.

Haha. We fellow Japanese learners, UNITE!

Hello. Can someone translate these:


- 色合いが可愛いです


- 白�黒チェック大好きです

シンプルでとってもかわいいです


- おおコレ超可愛い





Thank you verry much!! <333

- The hue is cute.

- I like very much black and white checks.

- It's very cute and simple.

- Many of this is super cute!

[LindySzeto]

Can someone tell me what "Ocean" or "Sea" is in Japanese. The Japanese symbol..please? Thank you...

[akira53]

Can someone tell me what "Ocean" or "Sea" is in Japanese. The Japanese symbol..please? Thank you...

海
umi

[LindySzeto]

海
umi

Thank you!

[`LANE]

if this isn't too much of a bother.. could someone help me say/write in japanese text

someone's dream has finally come true! have fun

thank you very muc!

[sandy.s2.yu]

Can someone translate this for me, please? =]
"Have an awesome summer!" OR "See you next year!"
Thanks!<3

[[`Y u m m y]]

can someone please tell me what does 爆弾サンディ mean?

[asianami]

if this isn't too much of a bother.. could someone help me say/write in japanese text

someone's dream has finally come true! have fun :)

thank you very muc!

Dareka no yume wo yatto jitsugen mini coopera no! Tanoshinde kite ne. :)
誰かの夢がやっと実現したの!楽しんできてね。：）

Can someone translate this for me, please? =]
"Have an awesome summer!" OR "See you next year!"
Thanks!<3

Have an awesome summer!
Yoi natsu wo osugoshi kudasai!
よい夏をお過ごしください!

See you next year!
Jaa, mata rainen!
じゃあ、また来年!

can someone please tell me what does 爆弾サンディ mean?

"Sandy's the bomb."

or

"San Diego's the bomb."

(I'm taking サンディ as the abbreviation for San Diego.)

[[`Y u m m y]]

^ Thank you.

[Bea]

translation please of Otsuka Ai's Love no Theme
(i couldn't find it in 日本語. only romanji. i cut out chorus too since it repeats)

Ai no ai no aru katachi
ai no ai no aru katachi
I can chu--

Tobitai negaeba tsuki ni tacchi mo kantan sa
aitai negaeba zutto n demo ikeba ii
tsukamu shiawase no naka ni kanarazu aru no
itsumo sono shunkan ga kiseki no hajimari

Play mode mo jibun aite mo knock down sa
switch wa itsumo kono naka ni shimatte iru no
hero wa yume de mita genjitsu ni iru no
itsumo sono shunkan ga atashi no hajimari

Todokitai no anata no ichi ban hoshi ni
furetetai no anata no te ni aru mirai
naita toki no nagusame kata wa mitsukete
itsumo sono shunkan ga egao no hajimari

Moshimo atashi kyuu ni inaku natte mo
kikasete atana no kokoro ni aru melody
doko ni itemo kanarazu mitsukete ne
sono toki anata to atashi no hajimari

[krazitbone]

"Sandy's the bomb."

or

"San Diego's the bomb."

(I'm taking サンディ as the abbreviation for San Diego.)

Doesn't サンデイ =　Sunday...




Edit: 読み間違えた。すいません。ｗ

[nuwera]

translation please of Otsuka Ai's Love no Theme
(i couldn't find it in 日本語. only romanji. i cut out chorus too since it repeats)

Ai no ai no aru katachi
ai no ai no aru katachi
I can chu--

Tobitai negaeba tsuki ni tacchi mo kantan sa
aitai negaeba zutto n demo ikeba ii
tsukamu shiawase no naka ni kanarazu aru no
itsumo sono shunkan ga kiseki no hajimari

Play mode mo jibun aite mo knock down sa
switch wa itsumo kono naka ni shimatte iru no
hero wa yume de mita genjitsu ni iru no
itsumo sono shunkan ga atashi no hajimari

Todokitai no anata no ichi ban hoshi ni
furetetai no anata no te ni aru mirai
naita toki no nagusame kata wa mitsukete
itsumo sono shunkan ga egao no hajimari

Moshimo atashi kyuu ni inaku natte mo
kikasete atana no kokoro ni aru melody
doko ni itemo kanarazu mitsukete ne
sono toki anata to atashi no hajimari

Here is Ai's forum which has the translation of the song
http://www.channel-ai.com/about2409.html

[Joanne <3]

I'm trying to say that the Australian education is better than the Japanese education (some assessment we have for a test ><, I don't necessarily have this view), but I'm not sure if this sentence is right. Please correct me if it's wrong, thanks!

オストラリアーの教育の方が日本の教育より まし。

Also, that the Japanese education system is very different to the Australian education system:

日本の教育制度はオーストラリアの教育制度に非常に異なっています。