Help With A Phrase

A Yak · 07-19-2009, 10:32 PM

Hello, I am painting someone a landscape, and was thinking about placing some kanji in the finished product. I want it to say "Alone among many". I'm beginning to study Japanese, however, and I haven't learned these kanji yet. I found these: 独僚多. Is that close, or am I completely off the mark? (I also don't know the word order, kana usage...)

hanachan · 07-20-2009, 12:23 PM

Hi, I'm Japanese.
"Alone among many" is "大勢の中の孤独" in Japanese. It's a little poetic.
"You feel loneliness even if you're with many people"
Is it close to your feeling?

If you want to write the phrase with Kanji characters only, you'd better ask Chinese people.
You selected right three Kanji. Of course I understand the meaning of each Kanji.
独=alone, loneliness (also "only one")
僚=friends, companion
多=many
However, Kanji itself is not enough to work as Japanese language.

A Yak · 07-25-2009, 04:05 AM

Thank you very much for your help

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A Yak Brand New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 A Yak is an unknown character at this point	Help With A Phrase Hello, I am painting someone a landscape, and was thinking about placing some kanji in the finished product. I want it to say "Alone among many". I'm beginning to study Japanese, however, and I haven't learned these kanji yet. I found these: 独僚多. Is that close, or am I completely off the mark? (I also don't know the word order, kana usage...)
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07-20-2009, 12:23 PM	#2 (permalink)
hanachan Growing Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Location: Japan Posts: 29 hanachan is just really nice hanachan is just really nice	Hi, I'm Japanese. "Alone among many" is "大勢の中の孤独" in Japanese. It's a little poetic. "You feel loneliness even if you're with many people" Is it close to your feeling? If you want to write the phrase with Kanji characters only, you'd better ask Chinese people. You selected right three Kanji. Of course I understand the meaning of each Kanji. 独=alone, loneliness (also "only one") 僚=friends, companion 多=many However, Kanji itself is not enough to work as Japanese language.
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A Yak Brand New Member Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 2 A Yak is an unknown character at this point	Thank you very much for your help
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