Questions about example sentences with, and the definition and usage of "Karen"

A: Karens are stereotypically white middle class women with a short-ish haircut, but that's just the stereotype. Anyone can technically act like a Karen but the term is most commonly applied to white women.

A: Karenは女性の名前ですけど、最近、怒って、威張り散らす女性という意味です。

A: Karen is a woman's name. Recently it's been used colloquially to mean a rude, entitled middle aged woman.

Examples: "That customer was such a Karen"

"Karen wants to speak with the manager."

"Don't be a Karen."

Karen is an extremely rude thing to call someone (unless that's their name), so you wouldn't call someone a Karen to their face.

A: 「はいどうぞ、カレンと紫の物」

カレンとはずっと文句を言っている人という意味が多いので冗談かもしれないと思います。ある散髪を持つ人もカレンと呼ばれます。説明しづらいことですが、ネットで見つけられると思います

A: https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Karen

Karen is slang for a specific type of 'annoying person,' so Karens/ Karen strikes again could mean, 'this annoying person is being annoying again'

A: oh okay! thank you 😁👋🏼

A: I have said it both ways and heard it both ways. To me, they mean exactly the same thing. I don't know why I bother saying it differently. For variety I guess.

A: When Karen arrived, we had dinner. — this means that they have not had dinner yet and as Karen has arrived, they are now having dinner.

When Karen arrived, we were having dinner. — this means they were already eating dinner before Karen arrived.


When he arrived, we were already eating our dinner.

As soon as she arrived, we had dinner.

A: Hello everyone!
→ もしくは: Good morning everyone!（朝の場合）
I'm Karen.
It's nice meeting you all! (→よく使われてます）
→　もしくは：Let's get along well!
Recently, the slang term "Karen" for middle-aged women has been popular online.
Well, I'm not sure if I'll be one of those Karens in the future, but it will be a surprise for those who have been so good to me up to that point, right?
Kidding! By all means, please feel free to call me by my name. I really like it.
Let's be friends!

A:


中文能这样翻译吗？可能换个例子好
When I picked up the toy, it broke.
我把玩具捡起来的时候，它坏了
(My act of picking up the toy caused it to break, or maybe it just happened to break when I picked it up).

When I picked up the toy, it was broken.
我把玩具捡起来的时候，它已经坏了
I was not the one who broke the toy. At the time I picked it up, it was already broken.

想了一想，问题点可能是在"to have dinner”这个动词

因为When Karen arrived, I had two bicycles. Now I have one. 意思是：她到我家的时候我（已经）有两辆自行车。 也许她偷了一个,现在我只有一辆自行车。
但这里的动词是"to have"而不是"to have a bicycle".

形容状态的话的确是已经存在的条件

When I arrived, the light turned on.
verb: to turn on
= I arrived, and then the light turned on.

When I arrived, the light was turned on.
verb: to be
= the light was already on, the light had been turned on

不知道这对你有了帮助还是更糊涂了😎

A: It's a hybrid electric car that makes less noise than regular cars. So you wouldn't hear it if it slowly drove up behind you.

A: it's a car that's very quiet. you don't hear the motor compared to other cars. they're comparing Karen to a quiet car

A: Karen would sleep better if she wasn't stressed/steessed out

A: Yes, it is an interesting coincidence how opposite in meaning 可憐 is.

FYI, the English name "Karen" was originally a shortened form of "Katherine", which comes from the Greek word "katharos", which also means "pure" (so there is actually some similarity in meaning with 可憐 there, even though most people don't know that it means that anymore, because it has changed so much over time).

I think it is probably more confirmation bias than the labeling effect... That is, it's just that we notice it more when a karen's name happens to be Karen, than when a nice person happens to be named Karen instead... (and there are a lot of older women named Karen, so it is really just a common name in general)

A: × A: Hey, I met up with Karen yesterday.
✓ A: Hey, I met up with Karen yesterday.

× How is she doing?
✓ How's she doing?

× A: I heard she is going to marry soon.
✓ A: She told me she's getting married soon.

× She invites me to her wedding hole and she said that she wanted you to come too.
✓ She invited me to her wedding and said she wanted you to come, too.

× B: Do you know when she is married?
✓ B: Do you know when she's getting married?

× A: Yeah, on Sunday next week.
✓ A: Yeah, next week, on Sunday.

× . you know, I wasn't really close to her in school.
✓ You know, I wasn't really close to her in school so I'm not sure if I should go.

× So I'm not sure if I should go there.

× A: You haven't seen her in a long time, have you?
✓ A: You haven't seen her in a long time, then?

× Let's see her with me after a long time.
✓ Let's see her with me after a long time. (I don't understand this. Maybe: Since it's been such a long time, you can go with me and see her.

× So I'll go to your house on Sunday in the morning.
✓ I'll come to your house Sunday morning.

A: × Nice to meet you!
✓ Hello everyone!

× Get along well!
✓ Nice to meet you!

× Well, I don't know if "Karen" will become "Karen" in a few decades... it's a surprise for those who have been on good terms with me until then!
✓ Well, I don't know if I, "Karen," will become one of those "Karens" in a few decades... it'll be a surprise for those who have been on good terms with me until then!

× Im kidding!
✓ Kidding!

× I would appreciate it if you would feel free to call me by my name, I like it.
✓ I would appreciate it if you would call me by my name, I like it.

× Best regards from now on!
✓ Let's be friends!

I think this is also for this question:
https://hinative.com/questions/23329034
Please check my answer.

When introducing oneself, we don't start with "Nice to meet you." We start by greeting everyone. Like, "Good morning," "Good afternoon," "Good day," or "Hello."

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A: "Thank you very much to Karen at the First Aid station in the Magic Kingdom. Thanks to her we were able to have so much fun. Now, having returned to Japan, it's as if we are still surrounded by magic."
:)