Jan 7, 2019 22:19
5 yrs ago
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Japanese term
バツ悪かった
Non-PRO
Japanese to English
Art/Literary
Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Dear ProZ members,
I was wondering if I'm understanding correctly the meaning of バツ悪かった in the following sentence.
Three boys in a cartoon meet a kind siren and become their friends. Some people from their town finds out this and decide to use the siren to attract tourists. However, elder people believe that sirens are ferocius man-eating monsters and are scared by them.
The grandfather of one of the boys makes a great fuss saying the town should have nothing to do with sirens. In order to get out from the situation, the three boys try to convince the others that no real siren exists and that it was just a costume made my them.
After that, when the boys are alone, one of them says:
お前のじいちゃんにはバツ悪かった ウソつくの気まずい
(I was embarassed with your grandpa. Lying makes me feel uneasy.)
Is my take on バツ悪かった correct or not?
Thank you!
I was wondering if I'm understanding correctly the meaning of バツ悪かった in the following sentence.
Three boys in a cartoon meet a kind siren and become their friends. Some people from their town finds out this and decide to use the siren to attract tourists. However, elder people believe that sirens are ferocius man-eating monsters and are scared by them.
The grandfather of one of the boys makes a great fuss saying the town should have nothing to do with sirens. In order to get out from the situation, the three boys try to convince the others that no real siren exists and that it was just a costume made my them.
After that, when the boys are alone, one of them says:
お前のじいちゃんにはバツ悪かった ウソつくの気まずい
(I was embarassed with your grandpa. Lying makes me feel uneasy.)
Is my take on バツ悪かった correct or not?
Thank you!
Proposed translations
(English)
3 | I felt awkward (in front of your grandpa) | Yuki Okada |
Proposed translations
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Selected
I felt awkward (in front of your grandpa)
He felt awkward, embarrassed, and ashamed and he would rather be elsewhere than being in front of the grandpa.
3 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "Wonderful, so I got it right. Thank you!"
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