Anybody know Japanese?

[SteelDraco]

I'm just looking for a quick translation of the phrase 'Snow Willow', for a PC in one of my games. Anybody happen to have that at the front of their head?

 

[fujaiwei]

Yuki no Yanagi.

yuki = snow, no = adjectival modifier, yanagi = willow, per my electric dictionary.

A weeping willow is shidare yanagi, fyi.

 

[Alzrius]

The word for snow is "yuki", and the word for willow is "yanagi".

Hence, your PC's name is Yuki Yanagi. Sounds pretty cool to me!

 

[Alzrius]

Yuki no Yanagi.

no = adjectival modifier

"no" is more of a possessive modifier than an adjectival one. Having "no" there is basically adding an apostraphe-s. "Yuki no Yanagi" is basically "Snow's willow" or "Willow of the snow".

EDIT: Just wanted to mention that, despite what I say above, "yuki no yanagi" is (AFAIK) grammatically correct in terms of Japanese sentence structure. It's just not the literal interpretation of what SteelDraco wanted.

 

[RangerWickett]

And if you want something brief, "snow flower" is yukihana. Unfortunately it could also be translated as "snow nose," or "snow snot."

 

[barsoomcore]

Of course, her name should REALLY be "Yanagi Yuki".

That sounds like a Japanese name. Certainly Yuki is a very common girl's name, and "Yanagi" doesn't sound crazy for a family name.

Yanagi Yuki

Yanagi-san

Yuki-chan

Yu-kun



I love Japanese names.

 

[haiiro]

For future reference, Googling "japanese english translator" produces a number of good results.

 

[Piratecat]

For further further reference, this is probably an Off Topic thread. I've got to say, though, I find it amazing that I hang out in a place where gamers from all over the frikkin' world are only a couple of clicks away.

 

[SteelDraco]

For further further reference, this is probably an Off Topic thread. I've got to say, though, I find it amazing that I hang out in a place where gamers from all over the frikkin' world are only a couple of clicks away.

Shouldn't you be busy writing your losing story?

 

[Judas]

I've tried looking for a good translator, but I always find something that displays nothing but question marks when I do a translate. I think it's trying to show the actual japanese symbols instead of the english spoken word.

I have a character that is has Kara-Tur heritage and has a frostband that he named in the language of his ancestors. He has labelled the sword "Cold Death". Can anyone translate this for me?