spectical

Japanese translation: 簡単に信用しない、疑り深い(sceptical typo)

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English term or phrase:spectical
Japanese translation:簡単に信用しない、疑り深い(sceptical typo)
Entered by: humbird

17:22 Mar 20, 2006
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
Art/Literary - History
English term or phrase: spectical
No wonder that Bezu faced highly "spectical" reactions: many predicted that he was certain to fail, just like several other foreign business people in Japan at the time. “There were a lot of sarcastic reactions,” he recalled. “They kept telling us that we would fall flat on our nose because we were gaijin, we were up against established Japanese companies and no foreigner could ever make it”.

I couldn't find this word in any of English dictionaries I have. Maybe British expression?
I guess it cuold mean something like "sarcastic" from the context, but can't be sure.
jackamano
Japan
Local time: 02:17
簡単に信用しない、疑り深い
Explanation:
すでに他の人々が答えているように、これは誤植、ミススペルです。
正しいスペルは sceptical で p と最初の c とが入れ替わっています。
これは文脈からみても sceptical です。つぎをご覧ください。
なお Can さんがなぜ skeptical と答えたかは明らかで、 sceptical とこれは同じ言葉だからです。

Sceptical, another spelling of skeptical
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/Dictionary...

sceptical
• adjective not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/sceptical?view=uk

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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-03-20 23:43:05 GMT)
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別の言葉で言えば、spectical などいう言葉は存在しないのですが、あなたがグーグルでみたサイトはみなそういう言葉を invent したから、タイトルとかキャプションとしてしか現れないわけです。
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humbird
Grading comment
有難うございました。どなたを選ぶべきか迷いましたが、参考サイトや説明の明確さで選ばさせていただきました。
Thank you very much!
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Summary of answers provided
5 +2skeptical
Can Altinbay
5 +2疑い深い
Miho Campbell
5 +2簡単に信用しない、疑り深い
humbird


Discussion entries: 1





  

Answers


10 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
skeptical


Explanation:
I am convinced it is a typo or mishearing of "skeptical".

Can Altinbay
Local time: 13:17
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in JapaneseJapanese
Notes to answerer
Asker: Thank you Can Altinbay-san. Actually I searched this word in Google and found as many as 36,400 hits. Here are just some examples. http://cahsconservative.blogspot.com/2005/03/note-to-bee-be-spectical-of-polls.html http://my.opera.com/kake26/blog/show.dml/93395 http://www.istockphoto.com/file_closeup/nature/animals/birds/712902_spectical_owl_looking.php?id=712902 Unfortunately, however, most of them are just titles or captions and I couldn't get any clue. So if this a typo, is it very common one, I wonder...

Asker: Thank you very much. Too bad, I have to pick up only one.


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KathyT: Yes, more likely a typo for "sceptical" (UK spelling) - from the Latin root rather than the Greek.
6 hrs
  -> Thank you. And I forgot to provide a Japanese term, didn't I?

agree  Naikei Wong
14 hrs
  -> Thank you.
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29 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
疑い深い


Explanation:
skepticalの誤植で、疑い深い、懐疑的という意味です。

Miho Campbell
Canada
Local time: 11:17
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese
Notes to answerer
Asker: 有難うございます。お一人しか選べないので、今回はbackup informaitonが豊富だったSusanさんとさせていただきますが、有難うございました。


Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  KathyT
6 hrs

agree  Naikei Wong
13 hrs
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6 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 5/5 peer agreement (net): +2
簡単に信用しない、疑り深い


Explanation:
すでに他の人々が答えているように、これは誤植、ミススペルです。
正しいスペルは sceptical で p と最初の c とが入れ替わっています。
これは文脈からみても sceptical です。つぎをご覧ください。
なお Can さんがなぜ skeptical と答えたかは明らかで、 sceptical とこれは同じ言葉だからです。

Sceptical, another spelling of skeptical
http://encarta.msn.com/encnet/features/dictionary/Dictionary...

sceptical
• adjective not easily convinced; having doubts or reservations.
http://www.askoxford.com/concise_oed/sceptical?view=uk

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Note added at 6 hrs (2006-03-20 23:43:05 GMT)
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別の言葉で言えば、spectical などいう言葉は存在しないのですが、あなたがグーグルでみたサイトはみなそういう言葉を invent したから、タイトルとかキャプションとしてしか現れないわけです。

humbird
Native speaker of: Native in JapaneseJapanese, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 8
Grading comment
有難うございました。どなたを選ぶべきか迷いましたが、参考サイトや説明の明確さで選ばさせていただきました。
Thank you very much!

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Minoru Kuwahara: that's possible, i guess. i also wonder why Can-san picks up 'skeptical', but it's a synonym after all. -
2 hrs
  -> Thank you mulberryfield!

agree  Naikei Wong
8 hrs
  -> Thank you NKWong!
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