Taihen

I don't like it when people say 大変お世話になっております。What's so 大変 about it? I think it's one of those adverbs that don't do anything, like "very."

• Taihen
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• When showing that someone is very busy or something is deadly/important, we often say "taihen (大変)."
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• I think that many of us have negative images for "taihen," such as "hard," "tiring," or "major incident."
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• In fact, taihen is usually used in a bad meaning.
• In fact, taihen is usually used in a bad meaning.

  I think it is more natural to say "In fact, taihen usually has a bad meaning."
  
  or "In fact, taihen is usually related to a bad meaning."

• On the other hand, the kanji "大 (tai)" and "変 (hen)" mean "big" and "change" respectively, so "taihen" can also impliy "big change."
• On the other hand, the kanji "大 (tai)" and "変 (hen)" means "big" and "change" respectively, so "taihen" can also imply "big change."

• Because of this, some people think of taihen as a positive sense -- it's a big chance to change yourself.
• Because of this, some people think of taihen in a positive sense -- it's a big chance to change yourself.

• However, since it still has a strong negative image, please be careful to use it.
• However, since it still has a strong negative image, please be careful when using it.

I've often heard people say "大変ですね" as sympathy. Is that a correct way to use it?

• When showing that someone is very busy or something is deadly/important, we often say "taihen (大変)."
• When expressing that someone is very busy or something is very important or serious, we often say "taihen (大変)."

  "deadly" = 致命的
  "important" = 重大、重要
  "serious" = 思い、難しい

• I think that many of us have negative images for "taihen," such as "hard," "tiring," or "major incident."
• I think that many of us imagine negative meanings for "taihen," such as "hard," "tiring," or "a major incident."

  メージを思い浮かべる = "imagine" （想像する）

• In fact, taihen is usually used in a bad meaning.
• In fact, taihen is usually used with a negative connotation.

  これは確かに複雑な英語ですけど、こういうのはきれいに意味を伝えると思います。
  言葉に関して場合には、"connotation"っては含蓄という意味です。いつも言葉を記述します。
  言葉に関して"negative connotation"ってことは、「否定的な意味合い」という意味です。

• On the other hand, the kanji "大 (tai)" and "変 (hen)" mean "big" and "change" respectively, so "taihen" can also impliy "big change."
• On the other hand, the kanji "大 (tai)" and "変 (hen)" mean "big" and "change" respectively, so "taihen" can also imply "big change."

• Because of this, some people think of taihen as a positive sense -- it's a big chance to change yourself.
• Because of this, some people think of taihen in a positive way -- it's a big chance to change yourself.

  "in a positive sense"も言えますけど、"in a positive way"ってはよく使うと思います。色々な使える表現があります。

• However, since it still has a strong negative image, please be careful to use it.
• However, since it still has a strong negative image, please be careful when you use it.

• When showing that someone is very busy or something is deadly/important, we often say "taihen (大変)."
• When pointing out that someone is very busy or suffering a hardship, we often say "taihen" (大変).

  showing --> pointing out - This is a more active phrase but "showing" is also fine.
  
  or something is deadly/important --> or suffering a hardship
  
  I used "hardship" because that's the word Google Translate came up with.
  
  The way you wrote your sentence it appears that taihen appears to refer to two distinctly different things.
  
  It refers to someone who is very busy
  or
  It refers to some activity (that is not tied to "someone") where that activity can be described as deadly/important.
  
  I'm thinking that taihen is referring to a state that a person is in if they are either very busy or suffering a hardship (suffering through something that is deadly/important)
  
  I'm basing the rest of my comments based on that view point.
  
  By the way, I think this might be a friendly way to manage referencing Japanese words and their associated kanji.
  
  When pointing out that someone is very busy or suffering a hardship, we often say "taihen" (大変).
  
  It's common to place quotes around a foreign word or a term that you are introducing. It's also common to place parentheses around something clarifies the previously quoted, italicized, or bolded word/phrase. The only time I've seen parenthese inside of quotes is only if they were part of the quoted text.
  
  Also, it's common that after introducing a term subsequent appearances of the word are not marked. The only time I'd think you might continue to use quotes is if the word you've introduced is so common in English that the word might no be instantly recognized as Japanese.
  
  
  What do you think?

• I think that many of us have negative images for "taihen," such as "hard," "tiring," or "major incident."
• I think that many of us have associated negative (images/meanings) (such as hard, tiring, or major incident) with taihen,

  Yes, I placed parentheses around "such as hard, tiring, or major incident" because this is additional information that helps clarify what the negative association is.

• In fact, taihen is usually used in a bad meaning.
• In fact, taihen is usually used (as a)/(to add a) negative connotation.

• Because of this, some people think of taihen as a positive sense -- it's a big chance to change yourself.
• Because of this, some people think of taihen in a positive sense. It gives you a big (chance)/(opportunity) to change yourself.

  "Because of this" works but it doesn't make any sense until after you read the next sentence/phrase.
  
  You might use a word like "surprisingly" because it prepares the reader to read a bit more before making a judgement.
  
  Surprisingly, some people think of .....

• However, since it still has a strong negative image, please be careful to use it.
• However, since it still has a such a common and strong negative image, please be careful using it.

Your posts really make me think. I'm starting to consider I should charge four times as much as I do now. Sigh.... $0 * 4 = $0 Oh well...

• When showing that someone is very busy or something is deadly/important, we often say "taihen (大変)."
• This sentence is perfect! No correction needed!

• I think that many of us have negative images for "taihen," such as "hard," "tiring," or "major incident."
• I think that for many of us have negative images for "taihen" conjures negative images such as "hard," "tiring," or "major incident."

• In fact, taihen is usually used in a bad meaning.
• In fact, taihen is usually used in to imply a bad meaning.

• On the other hand, the kanji "大 (tai)" and "変 (hen)" mean "big" and "change" respectively, so "taihen" can also impliy "big change."
• On the other hand, the kanji "大 (tai)" and "変 (hen)" mean "big" and "change" respectively, so "taihen" can also impliy "big change."

• Because of this, some people think of taihen as a positive sense -- it's a big chance to change yourself.
• Because of this, some people think of taihen as in a positive sense -- it's a big chance to change yourself.

• However, since it still has a strong negative image, please be careful to use it.
• However, since it still has a strong negative image, please be careful to using it.

Thank you! :)

3 great corrections in no time before mine.

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