Re: Meredith - Did you miss YOU's 100th entry?

On 6 Sep 2006 21:04:31 -0700, meredeth wrote:

and very close to the beginning, where's he relating the phone
conversation that led to this gig, the person that called him says the
following: 『いつもお世話になっております、
キメラ・クルーの◯◯ですが』 at first, I thought it
was like when you answer the phone at a business, you say "can i help
you?" but then the speaker turns out to be the one asking the favor, so
i was wondering exactly what that sentence means...

I used the past form of the expression a couple of days ago thanking
Ueshiba-san for his thorough explanation of a complex issue (it's in the
Nippon thread).

いつものとおりいろいろお世話になりました。

As always, you have provided considerable assistance and kindness.

お世話 is a term used when someone has provided assistance and has shown
kindness in doing so while going through some trouble. It is used very
often in business especially when wanting to humbly thank a person or
organization for support, service, and/or assistance as YOU apparently has
provided to so and so from Kimera Crew.

So, the phrase:
『いつもお世話になっております、キメラ・クルーの◯◯ですが』
Could be translated as:
"You've always been very good to us, this is So-and-so from Kimera Crew,
and...

You'll recall we had a long discussion on 『◯◯』 a few weeks ago.

The final が is a softener to prepare the person being spoken to for a
request. It means 'but' literally; however, it sounds more idiomatic
translating it as "and..."


Mata ato de,

Phil Yff
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