McCrutch67
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When you see 頭, is it あたま or かしら? I've known both for a while but I've always been confused about the usage. Why are there two and when are they used?
頭 － あたま or かしら
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Glenn
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It depends on context. When read as あたま it means "head" (as in part of the body), and when read かしら it means "boss." It's similar to 方 being read as either かた or ほう. I think it just takes experience to know when to read it which way, but then again there are times that I read "read" the wrong way when initially going through a sentence, and then have to go back when the way I read it doesn't make sense. You know what I mean?
McCrutch67
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McCrutch67
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The first thing I thought was "interesting" and that reminded me of another question I've wondered about. I know omoshiroi isn't the best translation of interesting and really omoshiroi is like "sounds like fun" or something like that. So how do you say something is interesting in the way that you want to find out more or it makes you think more than the way omoshiroi sounds? I always find myself wanting to say(well, think) omoshiroi and have to stop and think that won't sound right.
Elizabeth
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Do you have an example in mind ? Most of the time it is the same -- the only thing that changes is the speakers intonation or modifying words (totemo omoishiroi to omoimasu, omoishiroina etc). I mean for really serious things like books or films or something you can say kyoumibukai (or hontou ni kyoumi ga aru etc) but omoshiroi is by far the most common and horribly overextended. ☝McCrutch67 said:
McCrutch67
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I found the reference that gave me the idea.
omoshiroi
fun, funny, comical, entertaining, amusing, interesting, humorous, hilarious, diverting, laughable, droll, ridiculous, witty...
Lots of dictionaries give very approximate translations. For example, "omoshiroi" is often translated as "interesting", which is I think a very misleading translation. I often hear Japanese people saying that they went to Disneyland or sing karaoke and that it was "interesting" when they really mean funny, amusing or entertaining. "omoshiroi" cannot be used for the most common meaning of "interesting", e.g. saying that a book is interesting, even if it's a book on the holocaust which is not funny at all.
EDIT: turns out Maciamo wrote it and it's on jref too
omoshiroi
fun, funny, comical, entertaining, amusing, interesting, humorous, hilarious, diverting, laughable, droll, ridiculous, witty...
Lots of dictionaries give very approximate translations. For example, "omoshiroi" is often translated as "interesting", which is I think a very misleading translation. I often hear Japanese people saying that they went to Disneyland or sing karaoke and that it was "interesting" when they really mean funny, amusing or entertaining. "omoshiroi" cannot be used for the most common meaning of "interesting", e.g. saying that a book is interesting, even if it's a book on the holocaust which is not funny at all.
EDIT: turns out Maciamo wrote it and it's on jref too
Elizabeth
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No, it's used for serious situations as well. The best example recently was the Chinese anti Japanese demonstrations a friend described as "totemo omoshiroi." It's used very widely. Maciamo probably had something against the lack of specificity or lack of vocabulary or something -- but there really isn't anything else that comes close.McCrutch67 said:
