lost in translation

baron80

baron80

I heard some words in Japanese but I can't quite figure out what they mean: kyoushi, katte, haite, kite, plus the members of the family - musume, musuko, otou, okaa, ryoushin, goshujin, oku, otouto, imouto, kyoudai, shimai and haha. Now, please correct me if I misspelled those words incorrectly in romanji. Anyway, if anyone can help me translate those words I'll greatly appreciate it. Thanks
Zalerea

Zalerea

Here is a link to a Japanese (romaji) / English Dictionary Online that I use often to assist in translating romaji Japanese. Some words are in other forms like the "te" form so it will make translation more difficult since you usually need the stem form (dictionary form). [url="http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/]Free Online Japanese English Dictionary[/url] From what I learned kyoushi can be spelled kyooshi or kyōshi. Is really same sound different spelling from different systems. Depending on the use like Musume it can have several meanings. giri no musume, giri no musumesan (someone elses) - daughter in law musume (my daughter) - daughter giri no musume - step daughter Sorry I am not very well learned in Japanese but I can offer any assistance I know to help others. (^_^)b
Zalerea

Zalerea

meep O-o *didn't realize I cannot edit my post* XD sorry about the broken link I am used to using a different system __http://www.englishjapaneseonlinedictionary.com/__
ashwinr

ashwinr

[quo]*Quote from * baron80 I heard some words in Japanese but I can't quite figure out what they mean: kyoushi, katte, haite, kite, plus the members of the family - musume, musuko, otou, okaa, ryoushin, goshujin, oku, otouto, imouto, kyoudai, shimai and haha. Now, please correct me if I misspelled those words incorrectly in romanji. Anyway, if anyone can help me translate those words I'll greatly appreciate it. Thanks[/quo] Kyoushi = teacher Katte= buy Haite= enter Kite= come Musume = daughter musuko = son otou(-san) = (someone else's) father okaa(-san) = (someone else's) mother ryoushin = conscience goshujin = (another person's) husband otouto - little/younger brother imouto = little/younger sister kyoudai = brothers shimai = sisters haha= (my) mother Hope that helps :)

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