(2016-02-20, 10:14 am)Kuroro Wrote: In the sentence  封筒らしき物を手にしている why is らしき used instead of らしい?

(2016-02-20, 10:14 am)Kuroro Wrote: In such cases is there a rule to predict the dakuten?

(2016-02-20, 10:14 am)Kuroro Wrote: Another word that is bothering me right now is 包む, which I always read as つつむ only to find out that くるむ is also a possible reading. Is there a difference in meaning between the two?

Quote:「犯人らしき男を見かけた。」とは言いますが「犯人らしい男を見かけた。」は、ふつう避けられます。

現在の日本語で、
犯人らしき男＝犯人と思われる男、ですが、
犯人らしい男＝犯人としてふさわしい男、と受け取られる可能性があるからです。

(2016-02-21, 7:34 am)foreverunclean Wrote: What is the difference between　黄泉　read as こうせん　as よみ？
I know they are both the place one goes to when they die but not much else to differentiate them

(2016-02-21, 8:45 am)zx573 Wrote:

(2016-02-21, 7:34 am)foreverunclean Wrote: What is the difference between　黄泉　read as こうせん　as よみ？
I know they are both the place one goes to when they die but not much else to differentiate them

I personally didn't know either and was interested so I did some research.

There was this explanation on Wikipedia. See also word origin section.

And there's also this dictionary entry that differentiates the two.

And there's also this website which usually has good explanations of words in my experience.

So, after reading all of those, this is what I gathered:
In Chinese, the word has the meaning of "underground spring" (地下の泉) but also became known as the underground world where the dead go, which is where こうせん comes from. In Japanese, よみ is given the same kanji, but it has a different origin. よみ apparently comes from "よみのくに". The exact origins of よみ are unclear so I won't try to interpret that.

よみ seems to strictly mean the underground world where the dead go. こうせん can mean the same, or just "underground spring".

(2016-02-21, 10:08 am)foreverunclean Wrote: Thanks alot. That really helps alot. So I'm guessing if I was to use it, I would use よみ？
I have a feeling that when I mined the word, it was with こうせん as furigana, although I can't remember where I got it from. It's either from the Berserk manga, 宮本武蔵 novel, or 羅生門.

(2016-02-21, 10:29 am)zx573 Wrote:

(2016-02-21, 10:08 am)foreverunclean Wrote: Thanks alot. That really helps alot. So I'm guessing if I was to use it, I would use よみ？
I have a feeling that when I mined the word, it was with こうせん as furigana, although I can't remember where I got it from. It's either from the Berserk manga, 宮本武蔵 novel, or 羅生門.

I've never seen the word used before so I can't say for sure. よみ is the Japanese reading so I feel like that might be the better of the two options (especially if you want to refer to the underworld). On its own, it could probably be read as こうせん too. When I was googling, a lot of websites listed both readings when explaining the word, so you might be understood if you used either. However, if you run across something like 黄泉路 then it must be read as よみじ (using the Japanese reading) and not こうせんじ (using the Chinese reading).

(2016-02-22, 6:04 pm)zx573 Wrote: No problem. And what a ridiculous coincidence just now. I've been playing the Japanese horror game Siren on my PS3 this weekend and reading more about the lore and such, and while trying to explain 赤い水 to a friend in Japanese, I ended up consulting a Japanese site that has explanations for a lot of things. Related entries for 赤い水? 屍人 and... 黄泉戸喫! It's read "よもつへぐい", so different from よみ and こうせん. They also explain 黄泉の国 (よみのくに) and the different readings and such. So, more potential reading if you're interested.

(2016-02-21, 10:23 am)foreverunclean Wrote: I got another pair of words I don't get the difference between. This time its definitely from Berserk Manga. What is the difference between 首領 and 領主？ I know they both mean lord

(2016-02-23, 6:34 pm)foreverunclean Wrote:

(2016-02-21, 10:23 am)foreverunclean Wrote: I got another pair of words I don't get the difference between. This time its definitely from Berserk Manga. What is the difference between 首領 and 領主？ I know they both mean lord

bump

(2016-02-23, 6:45 pm)Ash_S Wrote:

(2016-02-23, 6:34 pm)foreverunclean Wrote:

(2016-02-21, 10:23 am)foreverunclean Wrote: I got another pair of words I don't get the difference between. This time its definitely from Berserk Manga. What is the difference between 首領 and 領主？ I know they both mean lord

bump

not really lord for 首領. did you try J-J dictionaries?

首領
https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%96%E9%A0%98-529518
一つの仲間の長。かしら。頭目。親分。多く、悪党に対していう。「盗賊の首領」
boss of some (often evil) group

領主
https://kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A0%98%E4%B8%BB-659300
１ 領国を支配している人。領土の持ち主。
lord of some land

(2016-02-27, 12:15 am)tokyostyle Wrote:

(2016-02-26, 11:08 pm)FlameseeK Wrote: Speaker A: 日本の車についてレポートですね。
Speaker B: うん。あ、それから、ハイブリッド車とかエコカーとか、英語でどう書くのかもよく分かんないんだ。それもチェックしてくれない？

If I understand it correctly, の is actually an explanatory particle in this case, か is your standard interrogative particle, and も adds emphasis? My production sucks so I'm not sure about how grammatically correct what I'm about to say is, but wouldn't that be pretty close to 英語で書き方もよく分かんないんだ ?

Actually の is the interrogative and かも is かもしれない.

買い物へ行きますか？→買い物行くの？
雨が降るかもしれない。→ 雨が降るかも。

Both "I don't know how to write words like (...) in English very well." and 「英語で書き方もよく分かんないんだ」are correct. Mad props for rephrasing it in Japanese.