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あれは面白そうにしている

English translation: He/She seems to be having fun OR He/She seems to be enjoying it

15:53 Apr 13, 2004
Japanese to English translations [Non-PRO]
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Japanese term or phrase: あれは面白そうにしている
describe people
shing
English translation:He/She seems to be having fun OR He/She seems to be enjoying it
Explanation:
あれは = "he/she" or "that"
面白そうに = seems to be having fun OR seems to be enjoying
....そう = seems OR looks like.

I guess that the word, 面白い, confuses you a lot because it also means interesting as well as funny.


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tomousjob
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Local time: 08:36
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Summary of answers provided
4 +3He/She seems to be having fun OR He/She seems to be enjoying it
tomousjob
4 +1It looks like you are having fun doing that.
shhogg


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3 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
It looks like you are having fun doing that.


Explanation:
It looks like you are having fun doing that.

shhogg
Local time: 10:36
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 6

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
neutral  Linden Tree LS: I feel that "あれ" here is not pointing the action "that." Instead, "あれ" means the third person, he or she, which speaker is describing... This type of "あれ" is not so polite, though.
4 hrs
agree  Mumu Watanabe (X): The subject may be different, thoough.
9 hrs
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7 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +3
あれは面白そうにしている
He/She seems to be having fun OR He/She seems to be enjoying it


Explanation:
あれは = "he/she" or "that"
面白そうに = seems to be having fun OR seems to be enjoying
....そう = seems OR looks like.

I guess that the word, 面白い, confuses you a lot because it also means interesting as well as funny.




tomousjob
United States
Local time: 08:36
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
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Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Linden Tree LS: I agree that "面白い" has wide spectrum of meaning. Looking at just this sentence, I feel that this answer fits better.
14 hrs
agree  seika
1 day 6 hrs
agree  Linda Hata
3 days 7 hrs
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