Daily Thread: simple questions, comments that don’t need their own posts, and first time posters go here (March 19, 2023)

8 comments

1. Why are special moves in anime, games or media in general called “必殺技” ? Isn’t “secret killing technique” quite brutal or violent? Why isn’t it just called something like “特別技” or “スペシャル攻撃” etc. ?

2. What does 入ってこない means?

   I’m watching a show and the subs translates it something like “being confused” but even if if I think it’s figurative (“not getting into” something) I haven’t found this particular meaning of the verb anywhere

3. why do words like ほしい and こんにちは have sounds that repeat (specifically い in ほしい and ん in こんにちは)

   why does は sometimes sound like “ha” and sometimes like “wa”

4. >わたくしだって椅子に生えているわけじゃないもの。たまには外へ出てお散歩しないと。

   “I don’t grow from a chair. Sometimes I have to go out on walks.”

   ”お散歩しないと” – what does this part mean?

   Is this a shortened form of しなければならない?

   and what does the と do at the end? Does it just serve to quote the sentence?

   Thank you!

   edit: oh is it just a shortening of ”お散歩しないとダメだ”？

5. Hello! I’m wondering if there’s a phrase that’s the equivalent of ‘olive branch’, or ‘peace offering’, specifically within the context of two people on bad terms, where one of them makes a gesture of goodwill in an attempt at reconciliation.

   I’ve found 平和の捧げ物 and/or 平和の供え物, but they both sound too literal and… formal? I’ve also found 謝罪の申入れ or 和解の品, but I don’t know if there are any additional connotations to those. I would appreciate it if anybody has any suggestions!

6. What are these long dashes at the end of sentences called? What do they mean?

   https://imgur.com/gS7RKAh

7. What’s a good way to say “take seriously” in Japanese?
   (e.g. “she takes her job seriously, she’s the best worker we have”)

   Also, what’s a good way to add “too” to that, as in “take too seriously”?
   (e.g. “he takes his grades too seriously – he’s going to die early if he keeps stressing out like that”)

   (This might deserve its own post actually)

8. I’m doing the Genki I workbook exercises and I want to check one of my answers.

   This is the suggested answer from a resource I found online.

   ゆみさんはよくわたしの(いえ/うち)に来ます。

   Is it correct if I put よく just before 来ます？ie

   ゆみさんはわたしの(いえ/うち)によく来ます。