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Koiryu asked in Society & CultureLanguages · 1 decade ago

Quick Japanese translation please? (hiragana)?

Hi :) I'm trying to translate a very simple something for a friend... My Japanese is extremely rusty... but so far between my memories and google, I've been able to figure most of what she asked my to translate out...

However, I finally got stumped. :( This one last line is all that's keeping me from hitting 'send' and it's really frustrating me.

I'm pretty sure I understand most of the sentence, but one of the words is eluding my efforts to translate....

Here it is, written in the exact way it's written on this manga page:

あんたはいいよ

のってるだけ

だもん!!!

(the last two lines were one character complaining about it being hot, and the other telling him to, basically, deal with it and stop complaining. This is the first character's return line.)

So.... any help? :)

thanks!

Update:

Hmm.. thank you, though that doesn't seem quite right. It IS a dragon, though, in armor, talking to a human on his back... it might be something like 'You're just lucky you're human"? Though that doesn't match up with my rough translation. hmmm...

Update 2:

Ah! Thank you so much! That's it exactly. 'riding' was totally throwing me off. I got some website that made me think that it meant something about luck and I was TOTALLY off in the wrong area. MUCH thanks to both of you... now.. how do I pick a best answer, hmm..

Update 3:

Ah, it needs to be posted for an hour first. Thank you again! :D

2 Answers

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  • 1 decade ago
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    Given the context, the dragon's saying:

    "It's easy for you to say

    because you are just riding on my back!!!"

  • Anonymous
    1 decade ago

    Something along the lines of "you are good it appears human".

    This translation is the standalone translation and may not be in proper context since it was the only piece given.

    F.Gulda has it right.

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