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Need some help

Posted: Apr 29, 2007 12:50pm
by Jase~~
How is Killing Spree and K~S is in written in Japanese?

Re: Need some help

Posted: Apr 29, 2007 6:34pm
by Dreams
Killing Spree: 殺しまくること or 大虐殺

K~S would probably just be written K~S. The Japanese are very familiar with the roman alphabet and English words, etc, (even if they end up as Engrish most of the time). The closest way to write it in Japanese would be ケイ~エス, but it'd be pronounced KEI~ESU.

Re: Need some help

Posted: Apr 30, 2007 2:38am
by Jase~~
Ok ,ty but why my firefox do not let me see Japanese letters?

Re: Need some help

Posted: Apr 30, 2007 12:27pm
by Dreams
Let me open it in Fireflop.

You'll have to go to the menus and find View > Character Encoding > More Encodings > East Asian > Japanese (Shift_JIS). It's usually SHIFT-JIS, if that one doesn't work, you'll have to try the other two because there's no automatic/default one. Assuming you have no Japanese encoding, once you select it, your browser should automatically install it, and it only takes a minute or two.

Re: Need some help

Posted: Apr 30, 2007 12:37pm
by Jase~~
i isn't installing pls help me
cuz on IE is ask's Windows CD

Re: Need some help

Posted: May 01, 2007 4:53am
by geishaboy
Then simply pop your windows CD into your computer

Re: Need some help

Posted: May 01, 2007 5:50am
by Jase~~
don hawe one :-k

Re: Need some help

Posted: May 01, 2007 11:24am
by Dreams
That's the first time I've heard it do that... encoding just to view the characters should automatically patch itself from the internet. You usually need the Windows CD to install the IME if you want to write in Japanese.

Re: Need some help

Posted: May 05, 2007 2:30am
by Ethereal Blaze
i can see japanese characters on my firefox when i use my laptop (on IE now. at the library)

you could try un-installing FireFox, and download the new one, FireFox 2.0 its what i use. download it straight from the Mozilla website. it may help ^_^

I Love You

Posted: May 07, 2007 1:03pm
by Violin_Melodies♥15
How would you say phrases like:

I Love You
Boyfriend
Girlfriend
Kiss me please
Hug Me please (lol yeah I say that with my bf)

Re: I Love You

Posted: May 08, 2007 12:25pm
by Dreams
I love you (light, romantic)
Daisuki desu
大好きです

I love you (deep affection)
Ai shiteru
愛してる

Boyfriend
Otokotomodachi or Kareshi
男友達 or 彼氏

Girlfriend
Onnatomodachi or Kanojo
女友達 or 彼女

Kiss me please
KISU shite kudasai
キスしてください

Hug me please
Dakishimete kudasai
抱き締めてください

Re: I Love You

Posted: May 08, 2007 2:55pm
by Yuki~
hmm..
between "Onnatomodachi or Kanojo" and "Otokotomodachi or Kareshi", they use more Kanojo and Kareshi, right?
Because I've never heard "Otokotomodachi and Onnatomodachi" (it's literally translated.. o__o) :heh:

Re: I Love You

Posted: May 08, 2007 8:06pm
by Dreams
Yes, kareshi and kanojo are most popular. I think second is ボーイフレンド and ガールフレンド, but people usually don't like katakana equivalents for some reason, so I try to steer clear.

Onnatomodachi <~
Otokotomodachi <~

I like them because they're blanket, just like the English words. Like when we say "boyfriend", it could mean a relationship boyfriend or a friend that just happens to be a boy. XD But I don't know how popular the Japanese terms really are. I just know that they exist.

Re: I Love You

Posted: May 12, 2007 12:44am
by Himitsu
Btw if I want to say 'I love' like referring to an other person not 'you' do I also have to use 'desu' or not?

Just look at my signature and you'll get the picture :mrgreen:

Re: I Love You

Posted: May 12, 2007 2:50pm
by Keiji
I don't think you have to. But I may be wrong. *shrug*

Re: I Love You

Posted: May 12, 2007 4:10pm
by Dreams
No, 'desu' is just a copula that happens to be used in the pattern for liking someone/something. It's untranslatable in this phrase.

THING ga (dai)suki desu = I like/love THING

It depends on how informal you want to be. You can leave 'desu' off, or you can change it to its informal version 'da'.