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Message: <blockquote data-quote="NANGI" data-source="post: 20139" data-attributes="member: 656">Konnichiwa Elizabeth-san!Yes, Yakusha means performer, Busoku(Fuoku) means deficiency. Yakusya-busoku means insufficient ability of the performer. And Yaku-busoku means insufficient role(trivial job). There are a lot of books about confusing words in Japan, Siranai Nihongo, Nihongo no Oni, Nihongo ga Yokuwakaru and etc... Those book comment on confusing words, proverb, idiom, honorifics, etymology of strange word and etc...An instance, "Nekobaba" from my book of confusing words.Neko means a cat. Baba means a dung. Nekobaba means cat's dung. What means cat's dung in Japanese?<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite124" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" />Nekobaba means "embezzle" or "pocket" in Japanese.in JapaneseKare ha Michi de Okane wo Hirotta ga, Dare mo Miteinakatta no de Nekobaba shita.in EnglishHe found a money on the sidewalk, but, since nobody was around, he pocketed it.<img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite124" alt=":D" title="Big grin    :D" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":D" /> But why "cat's dung" means "pocket"? Because cat cover own dung with sand or soil by hind legs. Cat hide their wrong things. And "Nekobaba"means wicked deed in secret, especially "embezzle" or "pocket".NANGI</blockquote>

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