Japanese to English translations [PRO]
Marketing - Cosmetics, Beauty | | Japanese term or phrase: パール・ラメ感があること | a function of lip makeup products.
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| | Frosted or glittery | Explanation:
"Pearl" seems to often be used in Japanese where "frost" would be used in English. And like Yamada-san says, lame is glitter. I suspect the "感" applies to both パール and ラメ, and I think it can be expressed well in this case by simply making both words adjectives. |
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Shannon Morales
Local time: 23:18
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3 hrs confidence:   pearliness/glossiness
Explanation:
ラメ感 is a tough one - technically it's lamé (pron. "lamey"), but I think in English it's much too close to "lame" (as in "lame duck") for comfort. That's why I opted in for "glossy" instead, although it's not the exact same thing. If you get rid of the 感 bit, "brocade" might work better.
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3 hrs confidence:
5 hrs confidence: pearly shine or sparkle
Explanation:
SHINE has been one of the more recent trends in lipsticks (the past few years). Examples:
Wet Shine Diamonds (Maybelline)
Pure Shine (YSL)
Diamond Sparkle Lip Gloss with Super Shine (NYX)
Soft Shine Lipstick (Clinique)
Glam Shine Lipstick (L'oreal)
Divinora Color & Shine (Guerlain)
MANY more examples on the 'net.
As Krzysztof mentioned, I don't know that you really need the 感 here, but anything with ラメ in it is shiny or sparkly, so my suggestion would be to either say:
lipstick that gives a pearly shine, or
lipstick with a pearly shine feel (if you want to keep the 感).
HTH a little.
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