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Title: Japanese Translation
Post by: marbs on March 15, 2008, 03:19:20 pm

日本のきびしいじゅけんはじゅけんせんそうとよばれる

anyone know what this says.

juken is (entrance exam)

Title: Re: Japanese Translation
Post by: Neobeo on March 15, 2008, 04:11:07 pm

"The severe entrance exam in Japan is called the exam war (juken-sensou)."

I might not have translated it correctly, since my knowledge of Japanese is limited. But for context this "exam war" refers to the intense amount of hours of studying required to pass the entrance exam into a Japanese college.

Title: Re: Japanese Translation
Post by: marbs on March 15, 2008, 06:44:35 pm

Quote from: Neobeo on March 15, 2008, 04:11:07 pm

"The severe entrance exam in Japan is called the exam war (juken-sensou)."

I might not have translated it correctly, since my knowledge of Japanese is limited. But for context this "exam war" refers to the intense amount of hours of studying required to pass the entrance exam into a Japanese college.

thanks very much.

It seems right because we have a listening sac on Japanese School Life

thanks

Title: Re: Japanese Translation
Post by: moshi on May 06, 2008, 10:12:50 pm

doesn't kibishii translate as strict?

Title: Re: Japanese Translation
Post by: Neobeo on May 06, 2008, 10:27:54 pm

Quote from: moshi on May 06, 2008, 10:12:50 pm

doesn't kibishii translate as strict?

Yes, and it would probably be have been a better word to use with exam as well. But they are probably interchangeable in this manner, since a strict exam would be more severe and vice-versa.