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English term or phrase:
day but a night
Japanese translation:
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Jun 7, 2010 05:40
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English term
day but a night
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Could someone please tell me how to translate "day but a night" in the following sentence? Thank you.
An example of the neutral contestant is “Not sure it would be a day but a night and would be running off into the night with a wonderful lady”.
An example of the neutral contestant is “Not sure it would be a day but a night and would be running off into the night with a wonderful lady”.
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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| 2 | 日中でなく夜／昼間よりは夜に |
cinefil
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Yasutomo Kanazawa
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ここでのdayは1日のことを指しています。それをnight（夜）とかけているのです。上記の全文を訳すと、「1日と言えるかどうか分からないが、素敵な女性と夜を楽しむことかな」という文章になります。つまり自分にとって嬉しいことは、1日中素敵な女性といると言えるかどうか分からないが、陽が落ちてから素敵な女性と夜を過ごす（性的な意味もあるでしょうし、ただ単に食事して映画見て、軽く飲んでだけの場合もある、そこまでは推測できません）ことが今の望みである、ということです。
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日中でなく夜／昼間よりは夜に
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