anyone speak japanese?

[Ken Ibold]

Looking for how to say the japanese word for "gatherer", which Google translates as 採集.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

What way is the word being used?
As a person who gathers or harvests things?
As a person who collects taxes?
As a person who collects rents?

Japanese may have different words for these different meanings in English.

 

[Ken Ibold]

As a person who gathers or harvests things?

That one.

 

[Cap'n Jack]

Would 農家 be closer?

 

[Ken Ibold]

Would 農家 be closer?

Google is translating that as farmer. What I'm interested in would be as in "hunter and gatherer" society.

 

[kevin47881]

The word should be: o toriiteru

I don't know how to change the spelling however.

 

[Ken Ibold]

The word should be: o toriiteru

I don't know how to change the spelling however.

Can you give that phonetically? Thanks.

 

[Areeda]

Can you give that phonetically? Thanks.

The leading o is a politeness thing and japanese is pronounced in syllables so it would be something like

toe ree ee tay roo I wouldn't particularly accent any of those.

Note it takes a lot of practice to get the difference between ree and ree ee it's just an extra syllable so for your purposes I'd forget about it.

Joe

 

[kevin47881]

Can you give that phonetically? Thanks.

Joe nailed it.

 

[AdamZ]

In my house we call the person who gathers...Wife.

 

[kevin47881]

In my house we call the person who gathers...Wife.

Tomorrow you will call said person ex-wife.

 

[EdFred]

I can only count and know certain body parts. (Aikido training)

 

[ScottM]

I can only count and know certain body parts. (Aikido training)

I know Sushi Japanese!

 

[Paul Allen]

In my house we call the person who gathers...Wife.

It's a good thing your an attorney!

 

[KennyFlys]

It's a good thing your an attorney!

Hai!

 

[AdamZ]

Tomorrow you will call said person ex-wife.

LOL I was an aquaintence of a guy who used to refer to his wife as the Plaintiff.