Hello Group:
I would like to answer Inoue's question regarding the meaning of "Cabin
Fever." Also a comment about the translation.
"Cabin Fever" originates from the West. It is a restlessness or irritability
or anxiety resulting from a prolonged stay in a remote cabin. It alludes to
being penned up during a long winter. Think back to the early settlers in
the United States. No phones, no radios, no communication with the outside
world. A long winter, most likely snowed in, one will become restless and/or
irritable. That is the phrase origin. Now, of course, it is used a bit more
broadly, but still refers the the restless state of being.
As far as translation, there would be no word-for-word translation because
"cabin fever" is an idiom of sorts.
I am only a student of Japanese, not many years under my belt, but I would
bet a Japanese term more closely reflecting the meaning "restless" or
"irritable" would be a more accurate translation than trying to translate
the words "cabin" and "fever."
-Amie
>From: Inoue Takahiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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>Subject: Re: [Japanese_Language] Re: What is "Cabin Fever" in Nihon-go.
>Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 07:44:04 +0000 (GMT)
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>It is very glad to hear it is familiar with Japanese.
>I think that Japanese and the Japan culture are happy to study because the
>interior is very deep.
>Please study and hold out in the future.
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>Well, though it moves to the subject.
>Though I also examined by a variety of methods like the dictionary etc�
>I do not think that the word exists either.
>By the way, what meaning is �Cabin fever� in English?
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>Taka
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>kamuininja <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
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>--- In [email protected], "stevemissemiko"
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> > Konban ha,
> > I'm new to the group - looks interesting. I enjoy studying
> > Japanese. (Nihon-go ha benkyou ga tanoshii desu) Question: Is
>there
> > a word or phrase in Japanese that means the same as "Cabin Fever"
>in
> > english? Thanks,
> > suteebu
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>As far as I know, the answer to your question is no--there is no
>Japanese word or phrase for "cabin fever".
>I did some searching on the Internet and found "heisho sei
>hatsunetsu" as its equivalent, but there were only three examples.
>Maybe the Japanese don't have cabin fever, so they don't have the
>word for it.
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>Kamui
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