yumeguri de syasin wo tora naide hosii.

Questions & Answers about yumeguri de syasin wo tora naide hosii.

How do I read this sentence?

It is read:

ゆめぐり で しゃしん を とらないで ほしい。

A couple of notes:

  • 湯巡り = ゆめぐり
  • 写真 = しゃしん
  • 撮らないでほしい = とらないでほしい

Also, the spaces are just for learners. In normal Japanese writing, it would usually appear as:

湯巡りで写真を撮らないでほしい。

What does 湯巡り mean exactly?

湯巡り is a compound word:

  • 湯 = hot water, bathwater, often hot spring water
  • 巡り = going around, visiting several places in turn

So 湯巡り refers to going around and visiting multiple baths or hot springs. It often has the nuance of bath-hopping or hot-spring touring.

Why is で used after 湯巡り?

Here, で marks the place, setting, or situation in which the action happens.

So 湯巡りで写真を撮らないでほしい means roughly:

  • during 湯巡り
  • while doing 湯巡り
  • in the context of 湯巡り

This is similar to sentences like:

  • 授業で寝ないでほしい。 = I want you not to sleep in class.
  • 会議でスマホを見ないでほしい。 = I want you not to look at your phone in meetings.

In all of these, で marks the situation where the action occurs.

Why is 写真を撮る used for taking photos?

Because 写真を撮る is the standard Japanese expression for take a photo.

Breakdown:

  • 写真 = photo
  • を = marks the direct object
  • 撮る = to take, to capture

So Japanese says photo + object marker + take.

This is just the normal collocation, much like English says take a photo rather than make a photo.

Why is it 撮らない and not 撮りない?

Because 撮る is a godan verb, not an ichidan verb.

For godan verbs ending in -u, the negative form changes the final sound to the a row before adding ない.

So:

  • 撮る
  • 撮らない

This is the same pattern as:

  • 書く → 書かない
  • 読む → 読まない
  • 話す → 話さない

A lot of learners get confused because 撮る ends in る, but not all る verbs are ichidan verbs. 撮る is one of the godan る verbs.

What does 〜ないでほしい mean?

〜ないでほしい means I want you not to do ... or I would like you not to do ...

In this sentence:

  • 撮らないで = don’t take photos
  • ほしい = want

Together, 撮らないでほしい expresses the speaker’s desire that someone refrain from doing the action.

So grammatically, it is not just a plain command. It is the speaker expressing a wish about the listener’s behavior.

A useful pattern to remember is:

  • V-てほしい = I want you to do V
  • V-ないでほしい = I want you not to do V

Examples:

  • 来てほしい。 = I want you to come.
  • 来ないでほしい。 = I want you not to come.
Is 〜ないでほしい the same as 〜ないでください?

Not exactly.

  • 〜ないでください = please do not do ...
  • 〜ないでほしい = I want you not to do ...

So the difference is:

〜ないでください

  • a direct request
  • common in instructions and polite requests
  • often sounds more standard on signs or notices

〜ないでほしい

  • expresses the speaker’s feelings or wishes
  • can sound more personal
  • may feel softer in some contexts, but also more emotionally direct in others

For example:

  • 写真を撮らないでください。 = Please do not take photos.
  • 写真を撮らないでほしい。 = I want you not to take photos.

The second one sounds more like someone expressing a preference or desire, rather than giving a neutral rule.

Why is it ないで, not なくて?

Because with verbs, 〜ないでほしい is the normal pattern.

So:

  • 撮らないでほしい = correct and natural

Using なくて here would not be the standard way to form this expression.

A simple way to think about it is:

  • 〜てほしい = want someone to do something
  • negative version = 〜ないでほしい

So you do not build it by taking ない and changing it to なくて here.

Who is the subject of ほしい in this sentence?

The subject is omitted, which is very common in Japanese.

The person who wants something is usually the speaker, or the organization speaking through a sign or notice.

So the full sense is something like:

  • I want you not to take photos
  • We want visitors not to take photos

The person who would do the action 撮る is the listener, visitor, or general public, depending on context.

Japanese often leaves both of these unstated when they are obvious from the situation.

Why is there no あなたは or other explicit subject?

Because Japanese usually omits subjects when they are understood from context.

A sentence like this does not need to say:

  • あなたは
  • みなさんは
  • お客さまは

Even though English often needs a subject, Japanese often sounds more natural without one.

If you added an explicit subject, it could sound more pointed or less natural unless there is a special reason to emphasize it.

Could I use に instead of で after 湯巡り?

In this sentence, で is the natural choice.

That is because the meaning is about the action happening in the setting or context of 湯巡り.

に would not work well here, because に usually marks things like:

  • destination
  • specific time
  • indirect object
  • result state

Since the meaning is while doing 湯巡り / during 湯巡り, で fits much better.

Why is only 撮 written in kanji, while らないで is in hiragana?

This is because of okurigana, the hiragana that follow a kanji to show inflection.

The dictionary form is:

  • 撮る

When it changes form, the ending changes, but the kanji part stays the same:

  • 撮らない
  • 撮って
  • 撮れば
  • 撮ろう

So:

  • 撮 carries the core meaning
  • らないで shows the grammatical ending

This is a very normal way Japanese verbs are written.

Is this sentence natural Japanese for a sign or notice?

It is understandable, but it sounds a bit personal or conversational because of 〜ないでほしい.

On signs, notices, or facility rules, Japanese often uses more standard expressions such as:

  • 写真を撮らないでください。
  • 写真撮影はご遠慮ください。
  • 湯巡りでの写真撮影はご遠慮ください。

Those sound more like official requests.

So your sentence is grammatical and understandable, but depending on context, a more formal notice might choose a different wording.

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