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[SSJup81]

Skinship? That's an odd one. ^^

[MMM]

Many Japanese don't know that it isn't actually an English word.

[Nagoyankee]

Originally Posted by MMM

Many Japanese don't know that it isn't actually an English word.

I think that's basically because it's such a useful word for us in Japan, where hugging and kissing aren't traditionally common. If we had to create a new word meaning the same thing but using kanji, it would have both looked and sounded much too direct to us.

The word gained an instant and permanent position in our language in the 60's, when the psychologists, educators, etc. wanted to introduce the Western ways of child-raising and interpersonal relationship. They used this new word 'スキンシップ' as THE key word in their efforts and it worked.

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How about a new phrase that has been in HEAVY use the last few years? Is there a set phrase meaning the same thing in your language?

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[Cyclamen]

I guess its English equivalent could be "to look down on (someone)".
There's a set phrase with this meaning also in my first language. Roughly translated, it would be "to look from above to down" (and, as 99% of this kind of expressions, it looses all its meaning when said in another language )

[MMM]

I would have to agree. "To look down on someone".

[Nagoyankee]

Thanks Cyclamen and MMM!

To be frank, though, I was wondering if there was a noun phrase as the original word is a noun. But then I do understand that sometimes parts of speech must be changed when translating from one language to another in order to sound more natural to the speakers of that other language.

[MMM]

あの国には、彼女を受けている混沌が淀んでいます。

This sentence is confusing me...any help?

[Nagoyankee]

I would say that is a poorly constructed sentence. The 彼女を受けている part makes no sense to me.

EDIT: MMM, would you kindly check again if the sentence has been copied as it is?

[MMM]

That's what I feared. I may have guessed the wrong final kanji.

Here is how it is literally written:

あの国には、彼女を受けている混沌がよどんでいます。


ありがとう！

[Nagoyankee]

No no no, you had the correct kanji for よどむ. The part that bugs me is still the 彼女を受けている part.

It would look more 'correct' if that part were changed to 彼女を待ち受けている. I still would not call it a perfect sentence with that change but it certainly makes sense and becomes dramatically more translatable.

I'm going to take the liberty to give my translation of the selfishly-corrected sentence, so I can go to the P parlor.

"In that country, a stagnant chaos awaits her arrival."

I really think the original sentence is incorrect. Who wrote it if I may ask?