Help! レ・ミゼラブル

[Thenardier]

Sorry, I posted this in the wrong spot somehow!

Hi, I am now and just got interested in Japanese.

I received Les Mis in Japanese ( レ・ミゼラブル ) (love it). Not knowing Japenese, I was looking for it in romaji online - however can't find it becasue I am having trouble transfering it.

If you think you can help, let me know. I can scan some of it for you.

Here's one of the songs.

この家の主

Would it be Kono ya no... ?

thanks

[Shibakoen]

Isn't that Kono ie no... and then the first character for husband?

[Thenardier]

この家の主 - yes....oops...

I think it is Kono ie no su

Here's some more I tried:

らつしゃい この町一番の宿屋へ
Ra tsu shi ya i Kono machi ichi ban no yado ya he

多に <---Actual characters (not full)
Me e ta ni <---It sounds like he says that

There's one more character before the "ta" (多) - it seems to make a "me" sound - but I couldn't find it in this sites kanji guide.

[Mukade]

Thenardier wrote:
この家の主 - yes....oops...

I think it is Kono ie no su

Close. It should be read as kono ie no nushi.

Thenardier wrote:
Here's some more I tried:

らつしゃい
Ra tsu shi ya i

Rasshai is a common greeting from a store owner to a patron. It's the shortened form of Irasshaimase. The つ here should be written small, as it's acting as a glottal stop. You will often see it written large in older texts, but if that were the case here, the ゃ from しゃ would be written large, as well.

So, new texts:
らっしゃい

Older texts:
らつしやい

Thenardier wrote:
この町一番の宿屋へ
Kono machi ichi ban no yado ya he

この町一番の宿屋へ = kono machi ichiban no yado ya e
I don't know about the romaji convention for this last particle (or if there is one), but since へ is acting as a particle in this instance, remember it's actual pronunciation is e.

Thenardier wrote:
多に <---Actual characters (not full)
Me e ta ni <---It sounds like he says that

There's one more character before the "ta" (多) - it seems to make a "me" sound - but I couldn't find it in this sites kanji guide.

滅多に = mettani -> "rarely"

The first character is 滅 = "metsu," "to destroy" or "to extinguish."

[Thenardier]

Thanks!

Rasshai makes sense in this case!

[Thenardier]

滅多にいねえよ 俺のような 土は
Mettani i ne e yo Ore no yo u na tsuchi wa


I am not sure how the romaji is split up.

Now, there is a figure missing between the な and 土. I think it makes some sort of shi sound...not too sure though. It may be more advanced (can't find it int he kanji dictionary here.

The print is small so I will try to describe the right side - which looks like 中, but the box is longer with another horizontal line in it.

I know, I don't have any idea what's going on....

P.S. - all that I'm doing is based on my ear, the booklet with the lyrics, and this site...


Also: sounds like this: Sho chi ki de

Then there are three characters, a kanji and 値で
(excpet in the book, the ten-ten are above the て...?)

Also,

まつとうで
Ma tsu to u de...?

Also, can the つ be silent? It sounds like "ma to u de"

[Thenardier]

Another (!)

グラスを上げて
Gurasu (w)o uegete

right? (I'm not sure about the romanji spelling)

I know if means lift the glass...or w/e

[clay]

上げて is agete - raise your glass

[Thenardier]

that makes even more sense....thanks!