Neko Atsume Japanese Questions

[GenoMerc]

So, right now I am playing Neko Atsume in Japanese, and I made too many threads when asking questions, so this is the last one, and I will post all my questions here. Also here are the previous threads for your viewing pleasure. Also, feel free to ask your Neko Atsume questions here as well.

I have a question about this sentence

So right now I am attempting to play Neko Atsume in Japanese, and I have been writing down the dialogue so far, and the verb at the end I am not really sure about. Is the 完成させましょう one verb…as in is it a する verb or is it a word and a verb. Also is it polite volitional? Thank you in advance. The full sentence is at the bottom. 猫たちを集めて,猫手帳を完成させましょう

Hi, again, more help requested for neko atsume

So I have this wonderful sentence here, "商品は画面を左右にスライドさせるとページが恋わります” Context: I am in the shop in the game for the first time, and it is giving me instructions on what I can do and how to do it Question: 恋わります, I am not sure if this is one word or two, and if two, what does わります mean on it’s own, and what do the two together mean? Thank you in advance

Yay more Neko Atsume Questions

Context Sentence: ぼよんぼよんとはねる ゴム製の赤いボール 柔らかさと弾力で飽きがこない！ Context Within the game: I am about to buy a red rubber ball, and this is the description for it. Tip: (はねる is 跳ねる) Question (s): 飽きがこない seems to mean to not get tired of something, but what does the がこない do? And can こない work the same without the が? ぼよんぼよん plus the と seem to make ぼよんぼよんand adjective for はねる, does the と make it an adjective or something else going on? Is 柔らかさ another form of 柔らかい? If so, what adjective form is it? Th…

Neko atsume again, I still have a few questions

Context sentence: ちょっと大きめだけど ゴムの弾力でぐいぐいする のがなんかイイらしい Google translate’s translation (I know I shouldnt use it but it doesnt seem to bad and I couldn’t take the words apart to well to get a better translation on my own): It’s a little big The elasticity of the rubber makes it squeaky It seems to be good Questions: What is the め in this first line? So ぐいぐい is squeaky? I can’t find a definition that says that Why is ぐいぐい a verb? Is it trying to say it makes a squeaky noise? Is the イイ らしい …

Yay Neko Atsume again, my apologies

Context: I just placed a rubber ball and I was hit with a wall of text, as you can see below Sentences: つぎにゴハンを設置しましょう お徳用かりかりを選んで 設置してください グッズを設置しても ゴハン設置しないと ねこたちはやってきません お徳用かりかりは何度設置しても なくなりません こまめにしっかり補充しましょう My terrible translation: Next let’s place the rice Please select and place the crunchy food package Select the goods, and also the rice and the cats will come around The crunchy food package won’t run out no matter how many times you select it Diligently let’s properly r…

Ok, another neko atsume thread

Context: The description of the normal food bag Context Sentence: お徳用かりかり 贅沢品ではないけれど 味も大きさもまぁ合格 My crappy translation: The crunchy bag of food is not a luxury item but the taste and the height are fairly successful Questions: What form is いけれど in? And what purpose does that form serve here? Is this an adequate translation? If not, what did I mistranslate

[GenoMerc]

Context:
お徳用かりかり
贅沢品ではないけれど
味も大きさもまぁ合格

Question:
What verb is “ではないけれど”? There are a few in jisho that seem to work, but I’m not sure

[QuackingShoe]

https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/じゃない-janai-ではない-dewa-nai-meaning/

https://jlptsensei.com/learn-japanese-grammar/けれども-keredo-mo-meaning/

Do you have a textbook or anything? ではない and such should be explained in any of them

[GenoMerc]

I do, and I slightly remember it, I’m just referring more to the いけれど part

[QuackingShoe]

贅沢品 _ ではない _ けれど

There isn’t a いけれど part. It’s ではない and then けれど, both grammar points linked above ^

[alo]

Looks like @QuackingShoe got it sorted but you can also just think of it in a simpler form:

じゃないけど

The meaning is the same but the level of formality is lower.

[GenoMerc]

Oh no, I’m so sorry, thank you for pointing that out

[GenoMerc]

Context:
おつかれさまでした！

これで準備は万端です！

ねこたちがやってくるまでに

少し時間がかかります

My Translation:
You finished! That was all the set up!
The cats will take a little bit of time to come around.

Question:

1. Which meaning does かかる take on here, as when I looked it up on jisho, there were a lot of definitions, and a few possible ones look like it might be it, but I could be mistranslating the sentence, so I’m not sure
2. If I mistranslated it, which will probably will help me to understand my first question, where did I mistranslate it? Is there a certain grammar point I missed that changes the meaning from what I think it means?

Tip: This 掛かる is most likely the かかる in the context sentences.

[rodan]

You got it pretty much right! It’s the first meaning of かかる on jisho - to take (as in use up/require) a resource (like time in this case). Which is the one you used in the translation.

[QuackingShoe]

By the way, this isn’t an answer to your question but a tip for hunting down things, but some words (I’m thinking especially or かかる/かける and あたる) have so many uses and definitions that when trying to figure out a use, searching for a whole phrase is probably better. Like googling “時間がかかる 意味” or whatever.

Like in my monolingual dictionary, 掛かる has 19 entries, some of which have up to 8 sub entries, for probably something like 50 or 60 definitions. Even when you already know what definition you’re looking for its still hard to find it!

[GenoMerc]

Context:
ねこたちがやってくるまでに
少し時間がかかります。
ホームキー等でアプリを
一時停止か終了させて
しばらく時間を置いてから
アプリを起動してみてください

My bad translation:
Things like the home key can allow you to pause and close the app for a while, please try to start up the app

Questions:

1. What is the purpose of the bolded か there? Does it work with など in listing the stuff?
2. How do I translate this? What did I mess up on?
3. The から, this goes with the translation, as I’m not really sure it’s function here because I don’t necessarily understand what’s being said. But maybe I did better than I realize

Edit: I put in 直いて instead of 置いて, it’s fixed though

[alo]

1. The か here is like “or”. など would be “things like”

You can pause OR close the app

2. You’re pretty close.

3. The から means after in this case.

しばらく時間を直いて から
After it’s been a little while

アプリを起動してみてください
You should see the app starting up

[Leebo]

@alo

しばらく時間を直いて から

Any idea what 直いて is? I can’t figure out how to read it.

Edit: ah, I guess 時間を置く is an expression, and 直 was a typo by the OP?

[GenoMerc]

It was a typo, thanks for getting that

[alo]

@Leebo

Any idea what 直いて is? I can’t figure out how to read it.

I thought it was 直居て with 直 acting adverbially.

@Leebo

ah, I guess 時間を置く is an expression, and 直 was a typo by the OP?

Yeah that makes way more sense. lol

[Myria]

@alo

アプリを起動してみてください
You should see the app starting up

This is more like „please try to start up the app (after it’s been a little while)“

with 〜てみる meaning „try to 〜“

(which is actually what @GenoMerc already wrote in their translation )

[GenoMerc]

Context:
今回はチュートリアル中なので
すぐに起動しても大丈夫です！

My translation:
Even though this time because you were in the tutorial, it’s ok to start it up (the app) immediately.

Question: Is this a proper translation, or what needs fixing? (I think this is the last bit of the tutorial…maybe…it looks like it but I can’t trust it~)

[Myria]

I‘m not sure where you got the „even though“ from Maybe you mixed up なので and なのに? I’d say change it to „because“ and you’re good to go.

„(Because) we‘re in the tutorial this time, it’s okay to start it up immediately.“

[GenoMerc]

I got it from the ても conjugation

[Myria]

Oh, I see!

That‘s the 〜てもいい „it‘s okay to do“ construction, just with 大丈夫 instead of いい.
„Because it’s still the tutorial, it’s fine even if you start it up again immediately.“

That‘s where I would put it in the English translation.