Posted by Taka on December 22, 1998 at 13:06:22:
In Reply to: Re: Happy Birthday to Taka san!! posted by Kim Gisborne on December 22, 1998 at 06:42:27:
Thank you, Kim, for coming all the way from the
U.K. to say "Happy Birthday" to me!
: Happy birthday to one of Cheap Tricks biggest fans in Japan. Shiawasena tanjobi Taka-san (I hope my Japanese is correct).
Ah... Pretty close, but not quite right...
"Shiawasena tanjobi" is a direct translation of
"Happy Birthday," but we don't say that to someone
on his/her birthday here.
We say "Tanjobi Omedeto!" to congratulate on his/her Language has more to do with concepts than just
birthday. "Omedeto" is "Congratulations!" in
English, so the direct translation of "Tanjobi
Omedeto" is "Congratulations on your birthday,"
which may sound weird to you...
matter of words, don't you think??