The most likely intended meaning:
"That's about my relatives, so please stop (mentioning it / interfering)."
Used when someone is prying into family matters or bringing up a sensitive topic related to the speaker’s relatives.
If you’ve encountered the Japanese phrase "shinseki no koto otomari dakara" (親戚の事お止まりだから), you may have found it puzzling. It is not a standard expression in Tokyo-standard Japanese, but by breaking it down, we can infer useful meanings.
| Japanese | Romaji | Meaning | |----------|--------|---------| | 親戚 | shinseki | relative(s) / family relation | | の | no | possessive particle ("of" / "'s") | | 事 | koto | thing / matter / situation | | お止まり | otomari | polite imperative/request form of "stop" (from 止まる – to stop) | | だから | dakara | because / so / that's why |
Literal translation:
"Because it's about relatives, please stop."
or "It's a matter of relatives, so stop."
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The most likely intended meaning:
"That's about my relatives, so please stop (mentioning it / interfering)." shinseki no koto otomari dakara
Used when someone is prying into family matters or bringing up a sensitive topic related to the speaker’s relatives. The most likely intended meaning:
If you’ve encountered the Japanese phrase "shinseki no koto otomari dakara" (親戚の事お止まりだから), you may have found it puzzling. It is not a standard expression in Tokyo-standard Japanese, but by breaking it down, we can infer useful meanings. "That's about my relatives, so please stop (mentioning
| Japanese | Romaji | Meaning | |----------|--------|---------| | 親戚 | shinseki | relative(s) / family relation | | の | no | possessive particle ("of" / "'s") | | 事 | koto | thing / matter / situation | | お止まり | otomari | polite imperative/request form of "stop" (from 止まる – to stop) | | だから | dakara | because / so / that's why |
Literal translation:
"Because it's about relatives, please stop."
or "It's a matter of relatives, so stop."
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