Glossary entry (derived from question below)
English term or phrase:
He has died. (honorific, perhaps old-fashioned)
Japanese translation:
お亡くなりになりました
Added to glossary by
Geraldine Oudin
Nov 29, 2009 17:34
14 yrs ago
English term
He has died. (honorific, perhaps old-fashioned)
English to Japanese
Art/Literary
Poetry & Literature
Amy Carmichael Biography
Greetings,
According to a book I am reading about Amy Carmichael, when she went to Japan in the 1890s she had quite a lot of difficulty with the language, as in order to say “He has died” they would say (literally), “He has honourably deigned to cease to become.”
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
According to a book I am reading about Amy Carmichael, when she went to Japan in the 1890s she had quite a lot of difficulty with the language, as in order to say “He has died” they would say (literally), “He has honourably deigned to cease to become.”
All the best, and many thanks,
Simon
Proposed translations
(Japanese)
| 4 | お亡くなりになりました |
Geraldine Oudin
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| 3 | 御逝去なさいました |
cinefil
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| 3 | 永眠されました |
Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 3 | 他界されました |
Reiko Arakawa
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Change log
Dec 2, 2009 01:42: Geraldine Oudin Created KOG entry
Proposed translations
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Geraldine Oudin
United Kingdom
United Kingdom
Specializes in field
United Kingdom
Low Stress Solutions
Native in: French 
Works in: Japanese to French, English to French
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お亡くなりになりました
There are so many options I can think of....but this seems to fit to what you are looking for.
4 KudoZ points awarded for this answer.
Comment: "many thanks excellent"
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御逝去なさいました
an idea
11 hrs
Yasutomo Kanazawa
Japan
Japan
Native in Japanese
Works in field
Japan
Scientia est potentia
Native in: Japanese 
Works in: English to Japanese, German to Japanese, Italian to Japanese, and 3 more.
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46
永眠されました
another way of saying it (literally, eternal sleep)
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Reiko Arakawa
Native in Japanese
Works in field
Professionalism
Native in: Japanese (Variant: Standard-Japan)
Works in: Italian to Japanese, English to Japanese, Japanese to Italian
他界されました
another option
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