GrammarInTheWild - February / March 2022

Yesterday's

No. If you look closely, they’re beating egg yolks up.

Today's

Oh crap! But I want to meet this person so much!

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Summary

Crap! I really want to see this person, but (worried, nervous, been so long, what will they think, it’s complicated, they’re so much *****er than me, I totally lack confidence, etc.)

Anyone know this story and the implication of the んけど here? Just curious :thinking:

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WOW! I SUPER DUPER WANNA MEET THIS PERSON but…

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Summary

Crap! I really wanted to meet that person though.

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March 12th Translation

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March 13th
ものだ

Text: 話し合いは同じ立場でするものだ

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Summary

We’re supposed to take the same position in this discussion.

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We need to be on the same page to have a discussion.

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March 13th Translation

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March 14th
沢山

Text: でも向こうで沢山遊ぶために寝ておこっか。

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Summary

Lets sleep in preparation for a lot of hanging out over there.

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But to really let loose over there, shouldn’t we get to sleep?

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When did Komi get so thick?

Summary

But in order to have lots of fun over there shouldn’t we sleep first?

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This was on sale at Bookwalker just yesterday, haha.

Summary

My attempt at a direct translation:
But at over there, in order to do many fun things, let’s sleep.

Localization attempt:
Let’s sleep so we can do a bunch of fun stuff there.

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But at the same time, let’s sleep in advance to have a lot of fun later.

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Summary

But, in order to be able to play alot there, maybe its time to get some sleep ahead of time.

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March 14th Translation

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March 15th
かな

Text: オレの拳の突きを防ぐ事ができるのかなあ

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Summary

Hmm, I wonder if you can block the thrust of my fist…

Ew…

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I wonder if you can block my jab.

Is this sentence how you would normally say it or is it an intentionally specific like “you will die by the hands of my arms”?

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