Creating a report with 作成
Kanji Explanation: Becoming and accomplishing with 成
Fuu finds herself spirited away to another world, along with two other girls. A wizard appears before them, saying they cannot return home until they accomplish a specific goal.
- 風:
- 「困りましたわ。 わたし 先生に提出するレポート作成が残ってますのに」
- “Oh dear. I've still got to write that report to hand in to the teacher...”
- Literal: “Oh dear. Even though I still have report creation left to submit to the teacher...”
- “Oh dear. I've still got to write that report to hand in to the teacher...”
- 海:
- 「もう 戻れないならレポートの心配なんてしなくていいんじゃないの？」
- “If we can't go back anyway, isn't there no point worrying about the report?”
Key Points
1作成 means creating or preparing something into finished form
- With レポート, it refers to producing the report as a completed piece of work.
- Japanese comfortably says レポート作成 even though English usually says write a report.
2レポート作成が残ってます marks an unfinished task
- 〜が残ってます means something still remains to be done.
3困りましたわ and 〜のに give the line a complaining tone.
- 困りましたわ sounds refined and flustered rather than bluntly upset.
- The sentence-final 〜のに expresses frustration because she still has this obligation hanging over her.
Vocabulary
先生 (Teacher)
先生 is a respectful title for teachers and certain professionals, including doctors, lawyers, and politicians. Speakers do not normally use it for themselves.
作成 (Creation)
作成 means creating or preparing something (such as a document or data) in a finished, usable form.
心配 (Worry)
心配 means worry, concern, or anxiety about what might go wrong. With する, it means “to worry”.
See Also
- Kanji: Becoming and accomplishing with 成
- Grammar: If that's the case with なら
- Future entry: Even though with 〜のに
- Future entry: Past tense with 〜た・〜だ
- Kanji: Distribution and arrangement with 配
- Kanji: Going out and emerging with 出
- Kanji: Making and creating things with 作
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