Japanese Slang...

[Golgo_13]

OK I'm impressed.

Now here's two more I've just come across
メンドい
and the practically non-existent but very easy to guess
セクしい

These are soo easy somebody's got to get them.

Mendoi is a contraction of Mendokusai

I've also heard "sekuru" ("sekutta" past tense) as a verb to have sex.

My favorite still is "Dotakyan" DOtanba (at the last minute) + KYANseru (cancel).

 

[PaulTB]

Woot! New slang!

鯖

(Not a fish ;-)

Does anybody know this one? =^^=

 

[PaulTB]

Woot! New slang!

鯖

(Not a fish

Nobody got it

It's a pity 'cuz it's a really lovely bit of slang.

サーバー = server.
Hence 鯖 (さば).
In multiplayer RPG's 鯖 is used as a suffix on server names.

 

[Glenn]

Alright, I've got one. This one isn't in the 大辞林, but it is in 英辞郎 (although not as its own entry): ガルタ. Anyone know what it means?

 

[PaulTB]

Alright, I've got one. This one isn't in the 大辞林, but it is in 英辞郎 (although not as its own entry): ガルタ. Anyone know what it means?

Hmm ... well most of the Google hits I find are for euphonically changed カルタ as in いろはガルタ.* I presume it's not 'playing cards'.

* I keep wanting to read that as 'iro wa garuta' ^^;;

 

[Glenn]

Hmm ... well most of the Google hits I find are for euphonically changed カルタ as in いろはガルタ.* I presume it's not 'playing cards'.

Actually, I believe that that is the meaning in the context that I found it in. It also stands up to the examples in 英辞郎. Anyway, here is where I initially came across it, which I find interesting.

 

[PaulTB]

Actually, I believe that that is the meaning in the context that I found it in.

Where's my rep vote then?

It also stands up to the examples in 英辞郎.

Anyway, here is where I initially came across it, which I find interesting.

Personally I don't think 'words' like ガルタ in 三枚ガルタ should count because they are only a standard phonetically modified version of the original word.

(Even though dictionary.go.jp contains a separate entry for どおり just to spite me. )

 

[Glenn]

Where's my rep vote then? .

Sorry, you have it now. For some reason I thought that I had already given you one.

Personally I don't think 'words' like ガルタ in 三枚ガルタ should count because they are only a standard phonetically modified version of the original word.

Hmm, perhaps you have a point. I guess I'm retarded, because I didn't even think about euphonic change.

(Even though dictionary.go.jp contains a separate entry for どおり just to spite me. )

Well, maybe you don't have a point.

Seriously though, I think that if a phonetic change doesn't bring about a change in meaning, then it shouldn't be considered a different word. However, in the case of とおり/どおり, they have different uses and should be considered different words.

 

[PaulTB]

New slang!
ポカ
It's a bit tough - so I'll give a clue.
It's something most of us will probably have been involved in - but not by choice.

[Edit]Bonus section : Bad Japanese by NSoJ
What /should/ いさぎいい have been?
( found at the end of user1.matsumoto.ne.jp/~maki/sintyan/sigoto2.html )

 

[PaulTB]

New slang! ポカ
アンド (and)
What /should/ いさぎいい have been?

Nobody likes my slang

Anyway :hilarious:
I came across ほんに recently

ほんに懲りんやつじゃなぁ…

Is ほんに a slang abbreviation for 本当に ?

 

[Golgo_13]

Is ほんに a slang abbreviation for 本当に ?

Hai, sou desu.

It's the equivalent of "Majide?" from 100 years ago.

 

[Exidez]

New slang!
ポカ
It's a bit tough - so I'll give a clue.
It's something most of us will probably have been involved in - but not by choice.

[Edit]Bonus section : Bad Japanese by NSoJ
What /should/ いさぎいい have been?
( found at the end of user1.matsumoto.ne.jp/~maki/sintyan/sigoto2.html )

ポカ wouldnt be a "blunder" would it?
A clumsy mistake?

I don't know what いさぎいい should be though....

but i have another slang word.... Its something only the people living in the north of japan would know. I think its a dialect thing...
I am not 100% sure of its meaning as the words is difficult to explain even in japanese. So i was told...
anyway the word is いいふりこき

 

[PaulTB]

ポカ wouldn't be a "blunder" would it?
A clumsy mistake?

Yup.

I don't know what いさぎいい should be though....

Well under the same 'rule' there would be a word こころいい ;-)

but i have another slang word.... Its something only the people living in the north of japan would know. I think its a dialect thing...
I am not 100% sure of its meaning as the words is difficult to explain even in japanese. So i was told...
anyway the word is いいふりこき

Er, a こき pretending to be nice? (Now all I need to know is what a こき is ☺ )

Aha! I get it. こき is the noun form of こく (see vulgar Japanese thread) so it's similar to うそ → うそつき
いいふり → いいふりこき
So it's a vulgar phrase indicating someone who sucks up by pretending to be good. (I had to use Google where I came across いいふりこいて which has the -te connective form of こく)

 

[Exidez]

Er, a こき pretending to be nice? (Now all I need to know is what a こき is ☺ )

Aha! I get it. こき is the noun form of こく (see vulgar Japanese thread) so it's similar to うそ → うそつき
いいふり → いいふりこき
So it's a vulgar phrase indicating someone who sucks up by pretending to be good. (I had to use Google where I came across いいふりこいて which has the -te connective form of こく)

Wow, didn't think anyone would get that one....
i didn't even really know what it was myself...

but this is the example I got from a japanese person on what a いいふりこき is..
I person who wears lots of expensive cloths, watches, jewelry and things like that to look "rich". But in actual fact that person isn't rich at all. he is only pretending.

 

[PaulTB]

Wow, didn't think anyone would get that one....
i didn't even really know what it was myself...

I am the slang king.

but this is the example i got from a japanese person on what a いいふりこき is..
I person who wears lots of expensive cloths, watches, jewelry and things like that to look "rich". But in actual fact that person isn't rich at all. he is only pretending.

Yeah after posting I came across a rather better definition.
It's somebody putting up a front / posing. Could be 'well behaved', pretty, rich ...

 

[KickAss_Danieru]

at my school i got a few good japanese friends... and yeh the most common word out of the list at the top is まじで .. its spoken as reply when in conversations n stuff... always まじで every few sentences by the listener.. lol.. good word to remember

Also I have a lot of rude slang stuff.. but I don't know if I'm allowed to write it up in here.. lol

 

[Golgo_13]

If someone can hardly believe what you're saying, "majide" (a variation of majime ni?) is used.

There was a time when people kept saying "Uso !" (Lies !) which was very annoying. It's almost like when Americans used to say "No way !" whenever they heard something they couldn't believe.

 

[KickAss_Danieru]

lol.. at my school.. since the jp students are in ESOL, the hardest word for them is realy.. its funny how its hard for them to pronounce realy.. and i get majide on my 1st try...

 

[Golgo_13]

lol.. at my school.. since the jp students are in ESOL, the hardest word for them is really.. its funny how its hard for them to pronounce really.. and I get majide on my 1st try...

Try getting them to say "parallel park", "safari rally", or "squirrel." Then "First, get to third base fast!"

 

[Cocacola]

Hello everyone. Thanks for starting this thread because slang is so hard to learn. Dictionaries are of no use for this.

Questions:
1. what does it mean by "ノリにのっている"？
2. what is "カラミづらい"?

Thanks a bunch!

 

[PaulTB]

Hello everyone. Thanks for starting this thread because slang is so hard to learn. Dictionaries are of no use for this.

Questions:
1. what does it mean by "ノリにのっている"？

Good question. It appears to mean "be popular / in fashion" but I don't know how it is derived. (Except that the second half is probably 乗っている).
[edit]
Oh, and it might be '死語'.

2. what is "カラミづらい"?

Possibly from
絡む 【からむ】 (v5m) (1) to entangle; to entwine; (2) to pick a quarrel; (3) to be involved with; (P)
and
辛い 【つらい】 (adj) painful; heart-breaking; (P)

Maybe meaning 'Hard to be involved with' ?
e.g. 健くんのカラミづらいところについて
'Concerning the ways in which 健くん is hard to get on with.'

 

[Cocacola]

hey PaulTB, thanks for the quick reply!

why do u think that nori ni notteiru may be "shigo"?

and how come you know where I saw "karamidurai" to begin with? "ken kun" = "miyake ken" desu ne? hahahaa

 

[PaulTB]

hey PaulTB, thanks for the quick reply!

Thanks for the interesting question.

why do u think that nori ni notteiru may be "shigo"?

Because that's what someone wrote (死語?) after using it when I was checking for Google matches.

and how come you know where I saw "karamidurai" to begin with?

Actually I had no idea - that was just one of the first Google matches to come up when I was checking for example sentences.

 

[Cocacola]

wow i dunno that google is so useful for learning slangs, great tip!

 

[PaulTB]

New slang (to me anyway)
バカい
I don't think anybody will have trouble working out what that means. ^^;

[EDIT]
Also a rather tougher one イメチェン
rep point for anyone who gets it.