足、崩してください。

English translation: Please make yourself at home.

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Japanese term or phrase:	足、崩してください。
English translation:	Please make yourself at home.
Entered by:	Lara Silbert

16:05 May 26, 2010

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Japanese term or phrase: 足、崩してください。

In the context of a short story, two characters that have just met each other in the house of a third character.

Thanks so much! :)

Lara Silbert KudoZ activity Questions: 182 (4 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 19 Australia
Local time: 16:39

Please make yourself at home.

Explanation:
キャラクターが正座をしていたので、もっと楽に座ってください、ということですね。Literal translation would be very wordy...

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Note added at 7 mins (2010-05-26 16:13:02 GMT)
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Maybe "Please make yourself comfortable." wjould be better?

Selected response from:

Shimpei Shimizu (X)
Local time: 04:39

Grading comment

thanks so much!
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

3 +6

Please make yourself at home.

Shimpei Shimizu (X)

Please stretch your legs and relax.

humbird

Please ease your legs.

Yohei Nakamitsu

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6 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +6

Please make yourself at home.

Shimpei Shimizu (X)
Local time: 04:39
Works in field
Native speaker of: Japanese
PRO pts in category: 12

Grading comment

thanks so much!

2 hrs confidence:

Please stretch your legs and relax.

Explanation:
shimpes-san's answer is clear and succinct.
Here's another suggestion.

humbird
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English
PRO pts in category: 40

3 hrs confidence:

Please ease your legs.

Explanation:
The speaker suggests them to quit sitting square(like a reference below).
You may omit "please" depending on the context (This phrase doesn't sound very formal).
If there's no phrases which refers to legs or postures in the context, general phrases like Shimpeis-san proposed would be proper. But I guess there are such phrases near the quote.

Reference: http://www.google.co.jp/images?q=%E6%AD%A3%E5%BA%A7

Yohei Nakamitsu
Japan
Local time: 17:39
Native speaker of:

Japanese

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