Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (August 30, 2022)

5 comments

1. What does どう(?) mean in these situations? I’m playing Yakuza Zero and this word gets used a lot in places I didn’t expect. Men on the street will call out 「どうですか」 and this is never translated nor can you actually interact with them (I think they’re trying to sell me something?). Then in a certain side quest the protagonist can buy property, and when you do this a cutscene plays and he says 「このお金で、どうだ」which the game translates to “I’ll make an offer… in cash”.

2. How would you express the idea of a person being sensitive? (i.e. easily hurt emotionally, particularly by the words or actions of others)

3. I was wondering about this:

   > 「。。。ってなわけだ。こんなすげえお宝、見逃す手はねえぜ。俺たちで、ごっそり、いただいちまおうじゃねえか。」

   For context, I don’t have much but this is from a book and some shady characters are speaking in private.

   I was wondering what “いただいちまおうじゃねえか” would mean. I get that the first part may be いただく but I can’t figure out how to look up the rest.

   I guess the rest might mean “I don’t know. Such a great treasure, we can’t overlook it. Secretly [???]”

   Is it maybe…頂く+ ちまう and maybe it would mean “We have to visit it”

4. Does 二度と+[negative verb] mean “*not for a second time i.e. not again*”? Is it only used when the next time is the second time? If so, what would be used to mean “*never again*” regardless of how many times the action/event was done?

5. Is the sentence ごろごろするだけつもりです correct? I’m not sure where to place だけ