Japanese Translation Game

[modus.irrealis]

Maybe people are interested in doing one of these translation games in Japanese, where you have to translate a given sentence from English to Japanese and then give a new English sentence for the next person. From the other forums, this seems to me to be a good way to practice basic sentence structures (as long as the sentences don't get too complicated).

So to start:

I have never visited Japan.

[Yasna]

日本に行ったことがない。

I ate Japanese curry last week.

[modus.irrealis]

I ate Japanese curry last week.

先週日本のカレーを食べた。

She works as a university professor.

[Yasna]

She works as a university professor.

彼女は大学教授として働いています。

Shut off the faucet.

[Ciarán12]

Shut off the faucet.

蛇口を閉めてくれ。

The first half was better than the second.

[Yasna]

The first half was better than the second.

前半のほうがよかった。

Is it our turn yet?

[Ciarán12]

The first half was better than the second.

前半のほうがよかった。

Is it our turn yet?

もう出番かい？

I have lost my pen.

[modus.irrealis]

I have lost my pen.

私はペンを無くした。

I will wear my green shirt today.

[Yasna]

I will wear my green shirt today.

今日は緑シャツを着る。

She isn't aware of how attractive she is.

[modus.irrealis]

I will wear my green shirt today.

今日は緑シャツを着る。

Why 緑シャツ and not 緑のシャツ? I thought 緑 was only a noun.

She isn't aware of how attractive she is.

彼女は自分の美しさに気付いていない。

That was hard to translate.

[Yasna]

Why 緑シャツ and not 緑のシャツ? I thought 緑 was only a noun.

I think both are possible.

She isn't aware of how attractive she is.

彼女は自分の美しさに気付いていない。

A closer translation would be:
"彼女は自分の魅力を自覚していない。"

That was hard to translate.

翻訳しにくかった。

There's a seed stuck in the strainer.

[modus.irrealis]

There's a seed stuck in the strainer.

ストレーナーに種子が刺さった。

Let's eat somewhere fancy tonight.

[Yasna]

Let's eat somewhere fancy tonight.

今夜はおしゃれなところで食べよう。

Dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago.

[modus.irrealis]

Dinosaurs became extinct 66 million years ago.

恐竜は六千六百万年前に死滅した。

She only drinks water.

[Yasna]

She only drinks water.

彼女は水しか飲まない。

Things are looking up.

[Ciarán12]

良くなっている。

Cyclists don't belong on the footpath.