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What's this sentence mean? - skinnyneo - 2009-05-27
あんなやせた人が、相撲とりのわけがない。
Hey all. This is from the Kanzen masters grammar book for JLPT level 2. I understand that this sentence means "There is no way such a slim guy is a sumo." Or something along those lines but what does the とりの after 相撲 mean? Thanks in advance! Cheers!
What's this sentence mean? - i_like_bee_stings - 2009-05-27
相撲とり （相撲取り） is just "a sumo wrestler." The の is what connects that noun to わけ.
What's this sentence mean? - skinnyneo - 2009-05-27
Oh word!? Cool thanks yo!
What's this sentence mean? - erlog - 2009-05-27
skinnyneo Wrote:あんなやせた人が、相撲とりのわけがない。The meaning is kind of 「There's no way that scrawny guy is a sumo wrestler.」
Hey all. This is from the Kanzen masters grammar book for JLPT level 2. I understand that this sentence means "There is no way such a slim guy is a sumo." Or something along those lines but what does the とりの after 相撲 mean? Thanks in advance! Cheers!
What's this sentence mean? - harhol - 2009-05-27
Why is 取 written as と...?
Is it because that particular kanji isn't covered at JLPT2 level?
What's this sentence mean? - i_like_bee_stings - 2009-05-28
I do not really know why it is written like that. In the green JLPT level 2 book they do that pretty often. but i do not think it really affects the meaning. You will find it in a bunch of places. as far as i know it might just be personal preference. though it is possible that it affects the nuance of the word, but i have no idea.
Sometimes people will take out the kana all together. for example with 乗り換え you will sometimes see it as 乗換. and most of the time i think they do that just to save space, like on the tiny menu screens on 携帯.
*i forgot to mention that the kanji should have come up earlier than level 2. it is pretty common, i think, and they use way more advanced kanji in that book.