Japanese infinitives and phrases
Setting: Bleach (manga/anime) universe.
I've just finished the first draft of my Bleach big_bang and need some help with my Japanese.
I've decided to name one of the character's zanpakuto (soul-swords, for anyone who doesn't follow Bleach) 'the singing river' but I have no idea how that would be translated into Japanese. I'm fairly certain that Japanese doesn't usually distinguish between infinitives and gerunds (so I won't end up with 'to sing river'), and usually you make infinitives by adding 'u' to the end of the verb but I'd rather have back-up by someone certain about it!
Google-fu has given me suggestions ranging from 'Uta hi kawa', 'Utau no kawa' or 'Utagawa' but my pathetic amount of taught Japanese is not giving me any help whatsoever. I've looked on mahou and jisho which both gave examples of 'singing' in sentences but not exactly what I needed.
Thanks in advance!
I've just finished the first draft of my Bleach big_bang and need some help with my Japanese.
I've decided to name one of the character's zanpakuto (soul-swords, for anyone who doesn't follow Bleach) 'the singing river' but I have no idea how that would be translated into Japanese. I'm fairly certain that Japanese doesn't usually distinguish between infinitives and gerunds (so I won't end up with 'to sing river'), and usually you make infinitives by adding 'u' to the end of the verb but I'd rather have back-up by someone certain about it!
Google-fu has given me suggestions ranging from 'Uta hi kawa', 'Utau no kawa' or 'Utagawa' but my pathetic amount of taught Japanese is not giving me any help whatsoever. I've looked on mahou and jisho which both gave examples of 'singing' in sentences but not exactly what I needed.
Thanks in advance!