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Naka
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 07:28 pm: | |
Can i ask for help again?
Don't know why, but i can't translate this sentence: お前こそいつものイキのよさはどうした？
It seems to be easy, but i'm not sure about that "iki", written in katakana. I surmised it's 意気 - mood, so it can be translated something like: "and what is your usual mood's.." and there is よさ, which i can't cope with to make it fit the sentence.
I've tried, really, but stuck 
Can you please help?
Thanks again for your work.
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Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 08:24 pm: | |
イキの良いやつpoints to a guy who is energetic, lively and daring--and maybe loud as well. |
Naka
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 09:40 pm: | |
So it's an idiom?
And the sentence can be translated like: and you are usually so lively? |
Anonymous
| | Posted on Saturday, February 07, 2004 - 09:51 pm: | |
I guess "イキがいい" is an idiom. I don't know the situation in which it is used, so I am taking a guess. When someone says お前こそいつものイキのよさはどうした？, the person means, "You're always big-mouthed and on the go; why are you so timid/reticent now?" |
Naka
| | Posted on Sunday, February 08, 2004 - 12:10 am: | |
oh, thanks a lot, really! guess it's exactly it  |
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