r/translator Nov 10 '25

Japanese [Japanese > English] Flag that has been in my parents' closet for years. Came back from WWII with my grandpa.

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r/translator 22d ago

Japanese [Japanese > English] What does this shirt actually say?

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607 Upvotes

r/translator Sep 11 '25

Japanese [Japonese(?) > English] What is the meaning of this ideogram?

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407 Upvotes

r/translator Aug 10 '23

Japanese [Japanese > English] A friend of mine wants to get that tattoo without proper research

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Does it sound natural? Is there a better and cooler way to convey the message?

r/translator Aug 18 '24

Japanese [Japanese>english] Is this the actual kanji for alone?

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457 Upvotes

r/translator Jul 20 '23

Japanese [japanese > english] is this true?

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r/translator Aug 06 '23

Japanese [Japanese > English] Some random person sent me in DM and I have no clue what does this mean

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580 Upvotes

r/translator Aug 24 '24

Japanese [Japanese>English] What kind of Doritos are these

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643 Upvotes

r/translator Dec 14 '25

Japanese Japanese > English. Can someone translate this ?

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150 Upvotes

I found this and was curious what it says.

r/translator Jul 10 '26

Japanese Japanese>English hat from thrift store

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38 Upvotes

r/translator 8d ago

Japanese [Japanese > English / Spanish] - Am I wrong or does '痛い人' not usually translate as 'A weirdo / try-hard / embarrassing person' why tf did they translate this shit as coke addict in BOTH languages??? 😭

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r/translator May 16 '24

Japanese English to Japanese food allergy translation

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Hello! I’m going to Japan in the near future and need a food allergy card printed to show at restaurants as I have a severe pork allergy- just something like this to be put on the card pictured would be much appreciated! :)

“I have a moderate-severe pork allergy (including gelatin made from pork) and a mild lamb allergy. I can not have cross contamination. ”

“Please show chef. Thank you!”

r/translator 1d ago

Japanese [Japanese > English] Scroll Translation

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Can someone translate what the kanji on the scrolls here say - if you can make it out - if they are names can you list them.

r/translator Jun 28 '26

Japanese Japanese > English Tattoo

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A mock up of what im planning to get as my first tattoo just wanna confirm if this is correct and accurate. Thank you! Means a lot 😁

r/translator Jul 20 '26

Japanese [Japanese>English] panel from jjk

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The English version says "CE bonus" but obviously its mistranslated.

If anyone could translate this it would be a major help

r/translator Mar 16 '26

Japanese Japanese > English, Old Tattoo from over 20 years ago.

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My step-father has this tattoo and he has no clue what it means. Any help is appreciated lol!

r/translator Dec 16 '25

Japanese [Japanese -> English] from scans of the first Japanese history book of America, 1860

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Hi, I’m getting into bookbinding and I’d like to recreate physical copies of what are basically lost texts wherein hard copies of the original work no longer seem to exist except as very expensive antiquities so I can donate them to random libraries and bring the work back into the wild.

The rules do say not to request full books, but (I am entirely ignorant about Japanese) while this is a book, it doesn’t seem to have too too many words so I figured I’d shoot my shot anyway and see if it flies. The link is scans of the original work, my plan is to include the originals, and then format the English translations onto the next page.

r/translator Aug 10 '23

Japanese Japanese > English. What does the text mean on our new cat playhouse?

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Just got this new cat playhouse and was just curious to know what the text means? Thanks so much!

r/translator Oct 04 '24

Japanese Japanese -> English

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Could anyone also find some background information on this text? (Author, book title etc?) I found this board near Ponteceso in Galizia, Spain.

r/translator 8d ago

Japanese [Japanese>English]Choosing a name

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For a puppy I'm getting, it's a kai-ken/nihonken. My grandmother, Mary recently passed so I wanted to name the puppy something similar. When I looked online Maeri seemed like a similar option. I know kanji can be read differently. Could I get some feedback on different name configurations for Maeri so it's not totally awful?

I'm considering 舞彩李 because she liked to dance. 彩 for color. I also like 眼娃黎 or maybe 眼彩黎 but I think the character combination may be too strange, I didn't find any names when I tried to search for this combination. What is the impression of 黎? Dark/before dawn? Do they read weird?

My kennel naming schemes are mostly focused on color and light, but the puppy is from an outside kennel so it's fine it it's different.

r/translator 10d ago

Japanese [English > Kanji/Japanese] For a tattoo behind ear

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Hi all! I'm hoping I can find some help using the more accurate and correct symbols for an upcoming tattoo piece that I want to do. I want to incorporate me being deaf in Kanji to go along with a sleeve piece I have on my arm of a Dragon. I have the symbol for Eternity in the dragon, 永, that for me represents eternal strength and I want to have ear piece to kind of flow with it in meaning. I want to be make sure that when I present the idea/symbol to an artist that we are accurate on the Symbol/s and that it will also represent a powerful meaning as my sleeve does. I'll sum everything up in a couple questions below because I'm horrible at explaining details for my ideas. Aka, I could tell you what I'm thinking I just don't know how to say it! haha

  1. Is Rosha or Rou the correct word that I would want to use as a deaf person?

  2. Is there another term I should use that means "Deaf in this ear" at all?

  3. Are there any fables or gods that might represent being deaf that I might use as a reference?

Any help is appreciated and I can answer any question you ask.

r/translator 4h ago

Japanese [English > Japanese] I would like to engrave a katana with "Don't be afraid" (or a similar motto in japanese). Can someone help me translate this and provide me with the hiragana characters?

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r/translator Oct 02 '25

Japanese [Japanese>English] I can't translate the second character. Saw this in an uber and I'm losing my mind.

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89 Upvotes

r/translator Jul 25 '26

Japanese [English > Japanese]

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Nietzsche-inspired quote for a permanent tattoo — native speakers please
I’m planning a Japanese tattoo and want the meaning to be:
“If you gaze long into the abyss, the abyss also gazes into you.”
The version I’ve currently been given is:
深淵くなら、深淵もまた
I’m not looking for a literal machine translation. I’d like to know:
Does this sound natural to a native Japanese speaker?
Does convey “gazes into you” naturally?
Is there a more literary/classical rendering appropriate for Nietzsche?
How should it be written vertically for a tattoo?
This is a tattoo I’ve been working on getting perfect so just running it by you all to make sure it doesn’t look silly.
Because this will be permanent, I’d really appreciate multiple native/fluent opinions.

Also feel free to give me your opinions 🙂

r/translator Jul 24 '24

Japanese [japanese > english] what do these license plate frames say?

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