Aug 26, 2022 23:51
1 yr ago
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Japanese term

やってる

Non-PRO Japanese to English Art/Literary Cinema, Film, TV, Drama
Dear ProZ members,

I have a quick question about the following use of the verb やってる. Two people are walking late at night on a very cold day, when they suddenly find a ramen shop where they can eat. They say:

- ラーメン屋やってるー
- やってるやってる!

I know that 店をやる means "to run a shop", so it could be something like "There's a ramen restaurant here!", but I have the feeling that the speaker might be saying "The ramen restaurant is open!" (you may expect it to be closed due to the late hour).

Could you help me to get the right meaning?

Thank you so much!
Proposed translations (English)
3 +3 (still) open

Proposed translations

+3
2 hrs
Selected

(still) open

やってる here means 営業している, and is the opposite of 閉店している。
The ramen restaurant is still open.
Yeah, it's open!



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Note added at 2 hrs (2022-08-27 02:41:01 GMT)
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The link below shows 深夜までやっているお店 of a restaurant chain:
https://www.hotpepper.jp/SA23/dncLU0024/
Peer comment(s):

agree Yuki Okada
29 mins
ありがとうございます。
agree Zoe Womack : This definitely means that the shop is still open even at this late hour.
3 hrs
ありがとうございます。
agree Patrick Hideo Kirby
3 hrs
ありがとうございます。
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