A little more about japanese "idiom" [汗臭い」

Kraise

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Hello there again guys.

Practicing my real time comprehension, while watching japanese videos I found this expression whose meaning I can barely grasp.

「あんな汗臭いのの、どこがいいわけ」

Now, for a matter of contextualization, the person saying this is refering to the behavior of someone who gets "anxious" in the presence of the one she has a crush on.

「汗臭い」might refer to this「緊張」 state, sweating and tense, however, due to this use of 「どこがいいわけ」 I have no clue on how I should interprete the sentence.

If a little more of context is needed( or the video itself) I will post here.

Thank you everyone

 

Mike Cash

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Are you perhaps confusing 良い訳 and 言い訳 ?

"What on earth do you see in that xxxxxx guy/girl?"

 

nekojita

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I think a third person (her friend?) is asking her why she thinks that "sweaty (guy?)" is good (the person speaking doesn't think he's worth crushing on). The first の is a generic noun, referring to the person who is the object of the crush, the second one connects that to どこ (where/which part of).

「あんな汗臭いの] の「どこ」が いい わけ？

ETA: Mike beat me to it.

 

Kraise

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Hum, so this 「いい」 should be 「良い」?

Makes a lot more sense indeed.

But in the end, I was wrong about [汗臭い] then, completely overlooked the adjectival pronoun 「あんな」 and to whom it referred.

 

Mike Cash

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Ain't Japanese fun!

 

Kraise

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Just to re-use this thread

A different question though.

Is there a japanese equivalent to the expression [take the opportunity/take the chance] ?

for example, after using this thread and having my questions answered by you, I'm taking the opportunity to ask one more question.

sorry, this time I cant type in kana:

[mae no (shitsumon) ni kotaetemoratta ato de, (I'd like to take the chance to ask one more question) mou hitotsu no shitsumon wo shitai no desu ga]

I'm pretty sure the above isnt "shizen" enough, but it can be understood well (i think), Would someone rephrase it for me, adding the [take the opportunity] part in it?

thank you

 

Mike Cash

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ついでに is a very useful item.

 

Kraise

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Mike Cash said:

ついでに is a very useful item.

Click to expand...

Why is it that I keep forgetting things I've learned months ago ...

I've studied this one in nihongo-somatome N3, yet here I am asking such a *.

Thanks again Mike, for real