Talk:Hoshi o Katta Hi

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Title in English
Is there a reliable source for the English translation of the title? Why not The Day I Bought a Star? --Fukumoto (talk) 14:57, 3 September 2008 (UTC)
 * AFAIK, there's no official translation since there is no english release. I've seen the film at the Ghibli Museum and the boy doesn't buy the star. He gets a seed that he grows to a small planet. The title is written with a hiragana かった, so it can be one of several verbs. I think people just went with the most likely one. HertzaHaeon (talk) 21:57, 30 September 2008 (UTC)

HI means Yes
all my sources are telling me that the title of the film is hoshi wokatta nichi which would better translate (in English, literally) as Star Buying Day.

The title is partially written in hiragana. you can tell by looking at the japanese box that the hiragana portion (をかった) sits between two kanji. をかった is translated pretty decently as "bought I". the Kanji are 星 (hoshi (star; any light-emitting (or reflecting) heavenly body (except for the sun and the moon)))) & 日  (nichi (day)).

"raised", "bought", "earned", "brought", "carried", what have you?... all share common similarities both literally and philosophically. You get what you pay for. reap what you sow. etc. that's why "it could mean any number of things" but it isn't so complicated as to render it undefined.

を Common word, Particle - indicates direct object of action; - indicates subject of causative expression; - indicates an area traversed; - indicates time (period) over which action takes place; - indicates point of departure or separation of action; - indicates object of desire, like, hate, etc.

か Common word, Particle - indicates question (sentence end); - indicates choice, doubt, etc.

っ Common word, Conjunction, Particle - casual quoting particle - partical indicating that the speaker is trying to remember something - indicates supposition; if ... then; when; after;

た Auxiliary verb - indicate past completed or action; - indicates light imperative

Lostubes (talk) 18:23, 9 July 2013 (UTC)


 * Perhaps you should learn about onbin as well. --Fukumoto (talk) 13:28, 10 July 2013 (UTC)