Glossary entry (derived from question below)
Japanese term or phrase:
人生へたれまっしぐら
English translation:
I'm well on my way to be a loser in life.
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Wei Peng Loy
Feb 20, 2008 00:42
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Japanese term
人生へたれまっしぐら
Japanese to English
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I'm not quite sure what this phrase means. Can anybody enlighten me? Thanks.
Proposed translations
(English)
| 3 | I'm well on my way to be a loser in life. |
Takeshi F
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| 2 | live straight to be a chicken |
drobert
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I'm well on my way to be a loser in life.
I'm also a native Kansai speaker. I take "人生へたれ" to mean a "loser in life." So, I would translate the phrase as above.
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live straight to be a chicken
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I'm not a native Kansai speaker but I think any Japanese could use this.
へたれ is indeed an insult word and I think "chicken" is good.
Might depend on the context though...could be "We all live straight to be a chicken" or something.
へたれ is indeed an insult word and I think "chicken" is good.
Might depend on the context though...could be "We all live straight to be a chicken" or something.
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