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#1
I was watching a random episode of NHKにようこそ!when I understood a line that I've been thinking a lot about lately:

”佐藤くん!ゲームはやるもんじゃなくて、作るもんだよ!”

I think it's stuck with me because it represents a huge theme of participation in the series--佐藤 became a hikikomori because he kind of bought into the ideas someone else told him about conspiracies, and he trapped himself in worlds that other people had made for him instead of going out and creating his own. The other reason why it hit me is because, I was thinking of how I would translate this into English and just liked the way this flowed in Japanese because it's just so succinct.

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#2
目の前のことに一生懸命になれないヤツに、夢を語る資格なんてない!

From the drama バンビ~ノ!

This was one of the first full sentences of drama I ever understood maybe a couple of years ago and for some reason I can still remember it now. Well, I guess it is a pretty cool line. I like to use it when people are like "Say something in Japanese!!"
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#3
Cheria's quote for her 3rd blast caliber: (from Tales of Graces)



数多の刃よ此処に集え…汝が見る夢、刹那と消える! 奥義! 百花繚乱!

Rough translation: "Gather here o countless blades... The dream you see.. will disappear in an instant! Secret technique! Blossom Rush!!"
Edited: 2012-05-22, 11:40 pm
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#4
神様の愛い奴かチンピラかチンカス

Just makes me laugh every time I hear it.
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#5
生という時
生より他にものはなく
滅という時
滅の他にものはなし

In the time of life,
there is none other than life
In the time of death,
there is none other than death


真に人間の命なぞは、如露亦如電に違いございません。
Поистине, человеческая жизнь исчезает вмиг, что росинка, что молния.
Zaprawdę, życie człowieka jest nietrwałe jak rosa, krótkie jak błyskawica.
Truly the life of man is as fleeting as the dew or the lightning.
Edited: 2012-06-05, 2:34 pm
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#6
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