2008年6月15日日曜日

Names and Adresses

1.Are feelings emotions and facial expressions universal across borders, happy, sad, etc..?

Yes,I am.

2. Try to name as many feelings as possible in Japanese. ( 10 minimum) Now write the English translation.

★嬉しい       happy 
  ☆むかつく angry
  ★悲しい sad
  ☆だるい tired
  ★緊張 nervous
  ☆困惑 Perplexity
  ★おもしろい intresting
  ☆感動 Impression
  ★興奮       exciting
☆悔しい      mortifying
    

3. Are there any feelings in Japanese that cannot be translated into English?

   ●憂い(うれい)   ●戸惑い   

5 件のコメント:

Charlotte さんのコメント...

Sure. I also have no idea about うれい in English.

compton335 さんのコメント...

I agree. It is difficult... you can say sad? but it is not fit to English expression. You can't describe it in one word I guess.

bits さんのコメント...

I share the same view.うれい is difficult to translated into English!

CREA さんのコメント...

I think so.
憂い can't to translated into English.
I think 憂い is beautiful Japanese word.

jane さんのコメント...

Thank you for wtiting a comment!
I don't know how to explain 憂い and 戸惑い.
Hoever I think 憂い is beautiful Japanese word.