Please help me identify this Japanese movie?

Question:

I don't understand Japanese, but from what I remember/could discern about the movie is that it's centered around a guy who looked like he's tracking down this girl who was a photographer. I don't know the nature of their relationship. The plot looks like it's about the guy trying to find the whereabouts of the girl by following her footsteps which she had documented, I think, through photographs (and maybe letters or email). It's revealed in the end that the girl died. In the beginning, it looked like she had moved away to a city, and lived with another girl who wanted to be a model. The photographer did the aspiring model's portfolio, and when they were presented to some talent scouts/agents, they focused more on the photographer's works instead of the model herself. Apparently, the model got jealous and killed the main girl.
I think the guy's name is Makoto? And the photographer was this cool, upbeat girl who liked to eat noodle soup with mayonnaise.

Please help me identify the movie. Thank you!

Answer:

i think it is called Renai Shashin - Collage of our life.

i'm not sure about the ending the girl being killed but i have read the book that has different ending to it.

http://asianmediawiki.com/College_of_Our…

i hope this is what you are looking for~

good luck.

What is the name of the documentary about alley cats in shinjuku japan?

Question:

About 5 years ago I was on an airplane from Japan to the US and watched a documentary about alley cats in Shinjuku. Does anyone know the name of it? Producer? Director?

Answer:

I think it's "dai-shinjuku nora neko monogatari".

It was one show of Super TV documentary series on Nippon TV. But it was aired in 1999 or 98. So it's difficult to find its DVD or something now.

Can anyone translate the image text on this page?

Question:

http://pupe.ameba.jp/pr/coorde/
This is a japanese game that I play sometimes. Most of the site is translated into english, but this page is full of images with japanese writing on them. Can anyone tell me what it's saying?

Answer:

the images are just advertisement/info of the game.
Like 'a lot of trendy items!' ,, 'be stylish too (yourself'.
Hope it helps. ^^

Is the Tohoku region of Japan safe?

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Will be traveling and living in the Tohoku region of Japan in September. Not exactly on top of news to the hour. Will there be radiation that'll affect me in the long run or will it be generally unsafe to consume water or vegetation, etc.?

Answer:

The other half of the region (Akita, Aomori, Yamagata) should be safe. By September, hopefully the trains going in there should be fine at that time.

The radiation problem is only in a part of the Fukushima prefecture. And hopefully by September it won't get worse. The food and water coming from the area near the nuclear plant is controlled and banned so no need to worry about it.

No one can really tell what can happen during the next few months, so I suggest you just stand by and get updated for more news coming.

If it doesn't go your way, there's still other parts of Japan you can travel. Like the Kyushu and Chugoku region.

Will japan reach bankruptcy?

Question:

if so when and what will the results be.

Answer:

You don't seem to understand the power of Japanese economy.

1) Japan is the 3rd largest economy in the world (in terms of GDP)
2) Japan has the 2nd largest foreign exchange reserves: more than 8 times the amount of the US.
3) Unlike most of the debt ridden countries, including the US, Japan has no foreign debt at all.
4) Unlike the US, almost all of Japan's national bonds are borne by domestic financial institutions.
BTW, Japan holds 882 billion USD national bonds, which is 20% of all the US bonds held by foreign countries.
5) Japan's national savings: 1,500 trillion yen (18.75 trillion USD) is the world largest.

Do you think Japan will go bankruptcy? If you think so, tell me why?

Can you listen to this and tell me what the singer is saying?

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In one of my favorite songs, "1+1=3" from Mother Ninja. For most of their songs I know what they are saying [in Nihongo and English] but I can't figure out what Aboo [the female singer] is saying. While this might be a little strange, I really hope someone can inform me here because it's making me rack my brain lol.
Here's a link to Mother Ninja's homepage
>> http://www.avexnet.or.jp/mother/discogra…
Scroll down to song #5 "1+1+3"
It's not the full song, it's just a snippet. 20 seconds in the song, the female singer [Aboo] starts singing the chorus. Can you please tell me what she's saying [in Japanese please] before the music fades out? All I can make out is "1 + 1こたえわさん... (1+1, kotae wa san....)" Thanks in advance! ありがとうございます!

Answer:

「1+1=3

生まれてくる君のため　もっと2人愛を語りあうだろう

1+1=3

どんな雨に振られても　守れちゃうそんなキズナ

1+1　答えは３　健全な大人の足し算

1+1　答えは３　最高にうれしい誤算

1+1　答えは３　健全な大人の足し算

1+1　答えは３　最高にうれしい誤算」

here you go~. i hope this is what you are looking for...

Train/Subway from HND to Sunroute Shinjuku?

Question:

My friend and I are visiting Tokyo in July is there a train from Tokyo Haneda Airport to a train station close to Sunroute Plaza Shinjuku? If so, how much and between what time does it run?

Answer:

From Haneda Airport,

1, Take Keikyu line to Shinagawa staiton.
2, Take Yamanote line to Shinjuku station.

It's about 50 minutes and 590 yen. You can walk to Sunroute Shinjuku from Shinjuku station.

Trains run between 6am and midnight.

Can the word hansei in Japanese be a person's name?

Question:

Answer:

I have never seen someone with Hansei name.

As another says, it means "regret" or something. So it's not good to put it on someone as a name.

How to say first and last name in Japanese?

Question:

Just in-case I ever need to distinguish my first from my last name in Japanese, I wanted to know how to do it. You know, just in-case if they don't tell which is my last/first name.

Answer:

in japanese last name first, but talking in english they say the first name first.

Can I stream Japanese radio online?

Question:

Not random online radio stations that just play Japanese music. I'm talking about actual live stations that are based in Japan (meaning I'm going to hear both music from Japan as well as the UK & States).

Answer:

In ustream.tv there are many fm stations that are broad casted like this one:
http://www.ustream.tv/user/jwave813fm

Jwave is a fm station in Tokyo.

Are there any cheap hotels in Roppongi, Japan?

Question:

I've already talked to The New Sanno but they are all full. Are there any other hotels, located near Roppongi, near the price of The New Sanno, or at least under ¥7,500? Japanese style rooms are fine. Anything larger than a janitors closet with a bed and bathroom.

Answer:

I don't know why you stick with Roppongi. You can go to other places easily by train even if you stay at another place.

Describe the constitution japan adopted after world war 2?

Question:

Answer:

Homework time! Go to a library!

I would like to buy an japanese Wagasa (paper umberella) over the net. But i CANT find any big ones,?

Question:

The umberellas are mostly used for tea ceremony and weddings
http://www.wamodo.com/images/6312649.jpg
http://206.108.50.202/JSHOP/eg/special_hiyoshiya/images/nodate.jpg
Its not the usuall small ones Im looking for a big one to fit under a picknick :D pLZ HELP.

I want to buy it over the net. English website if u can help me look > - < its hard to find..

Answer:

Try looking on Rakuten. Bokunan-do has some for dancing. You could also just try googling wagasa or paper umbrella, I found a few by doing that.

Are the Japanese planning to kill us?

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i heard that they had some nuclear facilities with high activity, are they going to try to make a pearl harbor 2?

Answer:

No, but, we just want to teach you how horrible it is to be a victim of nuclear weapons.
If you are so afraid of radio activities, you can understand the cruelty of nuclear bombs, right?
140,000+ people were killed on the spot and 60,000+ people died of cancer and blood illness caused by radio activities in Hiroshima alone.
Can you justify your nuclear bombing on Japan in retaliation for our attack on Pearl Harbor?
This is the lesson we want you to learn.

Old fashioned Japanese names and meanings?

Question:

I'm looking for both male and female names from the Edo period and before, preferably with their meanings :)
Thanks.T.x.

Answer:

As females name, Kinu (Silk) and Tae (more blessed)
Men's name --suke, such as Kichinosuke (joy)

On what year do you think japan would de back to normal?

Question:

I think it would take a couple of years months ofter it gets back to normal?

Answer:

It depends on what you mean by normal. Some things will never be the same.

For example, Japanese people have lost trust on nuclear power plants. So Japan will not have a new nuke at least in the next 10 to 20 years.

Osaka vs Tokyo airport Immigration?

Question:

I heard that Tokyo narita immigration is kind of a hassle. Im going to japan next month but i wont have much money. I heard tokyo narita airport will check your bank account. Will osaka do the same?

Answer:

You must check necessary documents at the Embassy of Japan in your country first.
Immigration belongs to Ministry of Justice. It should be the same, but whether showing bank a/c or not might be within the discretion of each officer.

What is the difference between these two phrases?

Question:

What is the difference between these two phrases?

Watashi wa … to iimasu.

Watashi no namae wa ... desu.

And which one is more common to say in Japanese?

Answer:

direct translation is:
a. Watashi wa … to iimasu. --> I'm .....
b. Watashi no namae wa ... desu. --> My name is ....

a) is more common. But if it's for colloquial, you can leave "watashi" out, or "... desu" is enough between friends.
"watashi wa .... to moushimasu" is more formal.
b) rarely used in daily life. It sounds like the beginning of an autobiography to me.

I'm going to Tokyo in August...?

Question:

Do you have any suggestions of cool/cultural sites within Kanto, preferably not too far out of Tokyo to see. Mainly I want at least one really good Temple to visit

Answer:

Tokyo is a great place to visit and you will never run out of new things to do and discover.

The highlights of Tokyo include, The Imperial Palace, Meiji Shrine; Asakusa district famous for Sensoji temple and Nakamise shopping street with cheap, antique kimonos, geisha bags and beautiful paper products, Sensoji temple, and the Kappabashi kitchen street for those plastic replicas of food seen in restaurant windows. Ueno for its park and museums, Akehabara for electronics, Shinjuku for its shopping with its huge Takashimaya department store and food hall, Tokyu Hands eight level craft store and Uniqlo store for really cheap, high quality, basic clothing, Harajuku for cheap shopping and Japanese street fashion, and Shiodome for entertainment.

Other places of interest include Shibuya for its famous intersection where the style tribes gather and Shibuya 109 the 10 level fashion emporium. Rappongi traditionally known for its nightclubs and bars, but now for its numerous upscale boutiques, smart cafes and Rappongi Hills with the 52 storey Mori building and Tokyo City View a walkway that wraps around the building offering 360 degree views stretching as far as Mt Fuji. Ginza for Matsuya department store and food hall.

Tokyo Japan http://japan-australia.blogspot.com/2010…

What can the radiation from japan do to a human?

Question:

I heard it can kill you but what is radiation & why do you die from it? I also heard we got I believe it's three if not four of those things in California & if those blow the entire US can die?

Answer:

Exposure to radiation over a long period of time increases your risk of cancer.

Short exposures to a lot of radiation cause radiation sickness. If it's not too much, it'll mostly consist of nausea. The worse forms of radiation sickness are very bad and painful at first, then for a few days you feel pretty okay compared to before. Then your organs fail...

In Japan, most people only have to worry about the increased risk of cancer. Radiation sickness shouldn't be an issue except for people working at the plant.

What are the requirements needed in applying japanese passport for my japanese-filipino 2yr old son?

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Answer:

If he's got Japanese citizenship, he can apply for Japanese passport relatively easily.

If he does not have it, he can't get Japanese passport.

Japanese boys & My friend?

Question:

Alright so my friend Anna has been pressing me about this since yesterday After the earthquake in japan in about 4-6 years she would like to go and since there are orphans and stuff in japan now she wonders by the time she get's to Japan will she still be Able to get/have a Japanese BF/Husband ever since the earthquake hits she wonder if there are any Japanese teenage boys that she could date "I told her she just needs to think about helping everyone not Bf's but anyway yeah so will she.

Answer:

What's your question anyway?

Can anybody translate this message to English?

Question:

あーもうやだやだやだこんなとこ見たくない。
早く帰りたい。
地震だけで終わればよかった。
津波が来なければ誰も死ななかった。
地震が来る前の日までRealとかブログ更新してたのに。
死んだなんて認めたくない。
お願いだから皆帰って来て。
大学生になってさ、皆で飲み会したかったよ。
一緒に成人式迎えたかったよ。
大人になって、社会人なって、いつか結婚式してる姿とか、赤ちゃん産まれて幸せそ…
もう全部叶わないんだよね。
18歳のまま時が止まっちゃったんだよね。
亡くなってからじゃなくて、亡くなる前に会いたかったよ。

お願いだから、まだ見つかっていない人達見つかって下さい。
遺体がないのに、死んだなんて思うこと出来ないよ。
れれちゃんは見つかって本当によかった。

Answer:

ohhhh, this is really horrible to see.
i want to go home.
i wish it was only the earthquake.
if tsunami never came, nobody had to die.
even one day before the disaster happened, Real was updating his blog...
i don't want to think/realize that he has passed away...
please everybody come back...
i wanted everyone to go to college and sometimes we could go have drinks..
i wanted to celebrate 20th age ceremony with everyone.
to become adult, to start working, and to get married, to have a baby...and be happy..
all of these dreams will never come true..
for them the time has stopped as 18 years old..
i wanted to see them before they died, not after...

please...i want for people who are still missing to be found...
i don't want to think that they are dead if their body have not been found yet...
it was good that Rere was found...

~~~~~

this is a message or post from a person who was affected by 3.11 disaster...it made me almost cry trying to translated them...

hope it helps.

Learning Japanese CONFUSED?

Question:

So iv started learning Hiragana Symbols but I keep trying to understand Japanese from an English point of view

So when I was learning the first few syboils it was simple

A
I
U
E
O

Everything was good until I got to Ka, Ki, Ku...... which has really confused me

So my Question is: When learning Japanese, should I completely forget about English. Because I am really mixing it up.

PS: Does anyone have advise on learning a new language?

Answer:

I think it'll be best for you that when you are writing the character out on paper, don't think:
き　= K I

Don't read it. It's not K I. It's the sound, KEY.
Once you train yourself to forget the actual romaji being used and focus on the sound it'll come a little easier to you.

Here's my son's favourite song. He is a new 2 year old, 25 months exactly, and we've been working on him reading the Japanese alphabet since he is half Japanese. So far he can only reconize the あ　い　う　and　え but it's a start for his age!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lrMkJAzbW…

Does anyone know where i can get this Japanese pinwheel?

Question:

I love Japanese stuff and I Love collecting Japanese traditional toys. I live in the UK and was wondering if anyone knows where I can get this Japanese pinwheel. Its called kazaguruma.

and looks like this : http://www.flickr.com/photos/dare-a-mano…
I can't find them anywhere .... Also if no one knows.... I would still appreciate if anyone knows how to make it...
Thank you.

Answer:

in japan.

idk. probably off ebay.or some japanese convention somehwere

We're moving from the US to Japan. Japan has a very high humidity. What type of furniture would be best?

Question:

We're looking at leather, microfiber and fabric. Which would be best in high humidity conditions?

Answer:

It depends on place and season how much humid it really is.

It's very humid on Pacific side like Tokyo in summer. But I don't think you have to care about furniture. We have air conditioners after all.

What do the Japanese use to put the smiles on there food?

Question:

like, is it icing or, bean paste?? here are some pictures of Japanese smiling food :D http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http…

here's another one : http://www.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http…





Please copy and paste.

Answer:

With eggs and hamburgers, it's usually ketchup. With rice balls and weiners, it depends on the size. Anything can be made out of nori-seaweed, using kitchen scissors to shape the face parts. Sesame seeds make good eyes for tiny things. Slivers of carrot, green pepper, colored pepper, ham or scrambled egg can be used for good effects -- just use kitchen scissors to shape them a little more. Olives also make good eyes for bigger things (black or green).

You can also use "sauce" (a kind of worchestershire sauce used for tonkatsu) to draw things, too. If it's small, use a toothpick as your paintbrush. (Oh, and if you are making tiny eyes on a hot dog octopus, use the toothpick to make a hole, and then stick the sesame seed in so it doesn't fall out. Same goes if you are making a carrot nose on a hot dog or whatever.)

How to can jap bana and bell pepers?

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Answer:

??? Please re-phrase in a non-troll way

Can you translate this Japanese paragraph?

Question:

This is a hokora outside a Tokyo city building.

1996(平成8)年、縁結びの神様として知られる出雲大社(島根県出雲市)
の出張所である東京分祠(ぶんし・東京都港区)の神官によって神事が行
われ、出雲大社に参詣するのと同じ御利益を受けることになったという。

Found on this webpage: http://www.mapbinder.com/Map/Japan/Tokyo…

Please do not use translating website or program. Need an accurate translation. Thanks. :)

Answer:

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Can you translate this Japanese paragraph?

Question:

This is a hokora outside a Tokyo city building.

1996(平成8)年、縁結びの神様として知られる出雲大社(島根県出雲市)
の出張所である東京分祠(ぶんし・東京都港区)の神官によって神事が行
われ、出雲大社に参詣するのと同じ御利益を受けることになったという。

Found on this webpage: http://www.mapbinder.com/Map/Japan/Tokyo…

Please do not use translating website or program. Need an accurate translation. Thanks. :)

Answer:

Hello. You can get best answer from Lang-8.com, livemocha.com.