屈す

English translation: submit to, yield, give in, be defeated by

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Japanese term or phrase:	屈す
English translation:	submit to, yield, give in, be defeated by
Entered by:	Lara Silbert

23:21 Oct 4, 2010

Japanese to English translations [PRO]
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Japanese term or phrase: 屈す

In the sentence:

生活指導の鬼頭不良のおどしごときに屈せんぞ！！

I'm thinking this is something like "I, Life Guidance teacher Kito, aren't going to bend to the threats of punks like you!" Is that right?

Lara Silbert KudoZ activity Questions: 182 (4 open) (1 closed without grading) Answers: 19 Australia
Local time: 12:48

submit to, yield, give in, be defeated by

Explanation:
These are all possible choices.

By the way who is 鬼頭 and 不良? Are they two different persons or one (the latter may be a group of people, however)?

If 鬼頭不良 is the person's name, it's quite unusual. Then it gives me an impression the material you are translating is manga.

In any event, if it is two different peopls, there should be a comma between 鬼頭 and 不良. Then your translation sounds correct to me.

Selected response from:

humbird

Grading comment

thx so much! :)
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +2

submit to, yield, give in, be defeated by

humbird

surrender or give in to (meaning all the same)

Kim Carlson Tadenuma

Discussion entries: 3

Answers

16 hrs confidence:

peer agreement (net): +2

submit to, yield, give in, be defeated by

humbird
Native speaker of:

Japanese,

English
PRO pts in category: 40

Grading comment

thx so much! :)

23 hrs confidence:

surrender or give in to (meaning all the same)

Explanation:
I have a suggestion please, sorry to post this twice, put the answer in the wrong place?
I think you should use "counselor" not teacher, as this is the term in English (USA) and also a sentence structure correction and bend is fine, also surrender is OK.

"I, Life Guidance Counselor Kito, will not bend (or surrender) to the threats of punks like you!"

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Note added at 23 hrs (2010-10-05 22:35:20 GMT)
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Sorry, the rest of my answer did not post. I think surrender is better, as by the definitions on my above reference:
3.
to give (oneself) up to some influence, course, emotion, etc.:

Example sentence(s):

"I, Life Guidance Counselor Kito, will not bend (or surrender) to the threats of punks like you!"

Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/bend?&qsrc=
Reference: http://dictionary.reference.com/browse/surrender

Kim Carlson Tadenuma
Japan
Local time: 13:48
Specializes in field
Native speaker of:

English,

Japanese
PRO pts in category: 4

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