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| Re: fugu proverb.... |
| 27 Jun 25 13:41:31 |
XPost: sci.lang.japan, fj.sci.lang.japanese, fj.sci.lang XPost: alt.usage.english From: noone@nospam.com Στις 27/6/2025 12:26 π.μ., ο/η HenHanna έγραψε: > On 6/26/2025 2:19 PM, HenHanna wrote: >> On 11/17/2024 7:52 AM, Dimitris Tzortzakakis wrote: >>> Hi everyone, how's this proverb please in japanese, I'd like to eat >>> fugu and I want to live? meaning of course eating the (in)famous >>> pufferfish? (Furigana please. Thanks a lot. also romaji would work. >> >> >> >> >> Related Japanese Proverb : >> A proverb that reflects the risk and reward you’re talking >> about (since eating fugu can be dangerous if not prepared properly): >> >> Japanese: 虎穴に入らずんば虎子を得ず (こけ にいらずんば こじをえず) >> >> Romaji: Koketsu ni irazunba koji o ezu >> >> Translation: If you do not enter the tiger’s den, you cannot get the >> tiger’s cub. (Meaning: Nothing ventured, nothing gained.) > > > > SH also talks about [tiger cub] > > >> >> _____________________________ >> There isn’t a set proverb about wanting to eat fugu and wanting to >> live, but you could invent a playful saying to fit your idea: >> >> Japanese: フグを食べたいけど、死にたくない。 >> (Fugu o tabetai kedo, shinitakunai.) >> >> Translation: I want to eat fugu, but I don’t want to die. >> > どうもありがとうございました！！ BTW, my name in japanese is デミチリ・ジョジ In Scotland, nobody could pronounce my surname, so they just called me Dimitris!!! Even native speakers of greek have difficulties with my surname. --- SoupGate-DOS v1.05 * Origin: you cannot sedate... all the things you hate (1:229/2) |
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