• Contramuffin@lemmy.world
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      4 days ago

      Close but not quite.

      Best translation is “I don’t want to go to work”

      Text: Kaisha ni ikitakunai

      Breakdown:

      Iku (to go) > ikitai (want to go) > ikitakunai (don’t want to go)

      In total: (To the office/workplace) (don’t want to go)

      “Didn’t have to go” might be translated as “do not have a need to go” (iku hitsuyou ga nai), so “I wish I didn’t have to go to work” might be translated as “kaisha ni iku hitsuyou ga nai to negaishimasu”

      (need to go to work) (there is not) (I pray/wish)

    • thenoirwolfess@fedinsfw.app
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      27 days ago

      Google can corroborate with “I don’t want to go to the company…” and the label she’s wearing says the same