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I need an English translation of a Japanese sentence.?
右者沖縄傳剛柔流空手道五段二允許ス
The above is SUPPOSED to mean: "The person on the right has been promoted to the rank of fifth dan in Okinawa style goju ryu karate." I'm told it means nothing of the kind, and I'm being made a fool of. Can anybody help?
11 Answers
- Hapkido KrisLv 41 decade agoFavorite Answer
Flexibility is the right person Takashi Tsutou flow Okinawa Karate allow two in the five-stage". ----This should be what your looking for. All I did was copy and paste your Japanese sentence on (google translate) its easy you should try it.
Source(s): google translation - Christina LLv 41 decade ago
Flexibility is the right person Takashi Tsutou flow Okinawa Karate allow two in the five-stage
- Barry CLv 71 decade ago
Those are some very old fashioned characters....written in a very formal, Chinese style.
the first two are definitely "person on the right", the 9th and 10th are "karate" but very old fashioned use of "kara" to my eyes, the 11th might roughly mean "advanced", the 12th and 13th are "5th ju".
I'd have to get my big dictionary of characters out to give more details, but that should give you some confidence.
- 1 decade ago
That's not proper Japanese, it looks much more like Chinese. Either way, it doesn't certainly doesn't mean anything in modern Japanese, like you mentioned. It's probably some very old form of Japanese that I don't recognize.
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- Anonymous1 decade ago
Ah... I learned that old-Japanese(Kanbun) in Jr. high.
I can barely remember how to read....
but I think that translation is right.
Source(s): I'm Japanese - 5 years ago
To say "Hello or good morning" In the morning you would say "Ohaiyo" or to be more polite "Ohaiyo Gozaimasu". Afternoon - "Konichiwa". Evening - "Konbanwa". To say "it's a good day" or "the weather is good". You say "ii O-Tenki desu ne" ('ii' meaning "good", 'tenki' meaning "weather" and 'ne' means "isn't it" or "don't you think".) Also another sentence that is commonly used when greeting people is - "how are you" - or "are you feeling well" Which is - "Genki desu ka" I hope this helps you!
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It translates to " I'll have the sushi roll with a side order of noodles and some saki, please."
- Anonymous1 decade ago
It means your mum has been wacking off your brother