Japanese Slang...
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Glenn
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PaulTB said:Two for the price of one deal on slang today.
These are quite common and are given in WWWJDIC - (no peeking
I'll vote rep for anyone who can get both without using a dictionary.
コピペ
レス (<- no, not レズ - that's something entirely different)
コピペ is "copy and paste." It just so happens that I came across this one recently.
As for レス, I would guess "restaurant," but that's just a guess.
Golgo_13
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Glenn said:コピペ is "copy and paste." It just so happens that I came across this one recently.
As for レス, I would guess "restaurant," but that's just a guess.
Family restaurants such as Denny's are called "Fami-resu".
The one I still can't get over is "Risutora". It has the meaning of being laid off due to downsizing of a company. Someone finally explained to me that it came from "Restructuring"--a mouthful for any Japanese not skilled in English.
Golgo_13
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Continuing with "resu":
Professional wrestling in Japan is called "puro-resu", but this term has been in use since the 1950s.
Bodybuilding is "bodii-biru". Also in use for a long time.
The homeless are actually called "houmu-resu".
My favorite Japanese actress is Yasuko Sawaguchi.
She stars in a TV drama titled "Kasouken no Onna". Guess what Kasouken stands for.
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Professional wrestling in Japan is called "puro-resu", but this term has been in use since the 1950s.
Bodybuilding is "bodii-biru". Also in use for a long time.
The homeless are actually called "houmu-resu".
My favorite Japanese actress is Yasuko Sawaguchi.
She stars in a TV drama titled "Kasouken no Onna". Guess what Kasouken stands for.
KAgaku SOUsa KENkyuujo Scientific Investigation (i.e. forensics) Laboratory
OK, but only cuz I feel sorry for all us 'unknown quantity' typesGlenn said:Hmm, well then, can I get half credit, PaulTB san? lol
The meaning of ﾆ椎槌湛 I was looking for, as you looked up and I'm guessing Golgo knew, is short for 'response'. It's often used in Japanese forums when thanking people for replying to your post & in subject lines.
No takers?PaulTB said:
DOM = Download Only Member
ROM = Read Only Member
荒らし = Troll / spammer / trolling / spamming (e.g. behavior to disrupt a chat room / chat chanel / BBS etc)
See ruins1.hp.infoseek.co.jp/admission02.html
All three are used in the context of mixed file-sharing / chat systems like WinMX. (Maybe that was a little too hard
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fixelbrumpf
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Do you watch Nurse Witch Komugi-chan, by chance?PaulTB said:
In episode 4 or so, there was some kind of biker gang called yoroshiku who used the same kanji to spell their name. The fansub group translated it as "Bitter Death at Night", but if that's true, the second kanji, which seems to mean either "dew" or "Russia" doesn't really fit in there.
No, or rather I've watched an episode or two but that wasn't where I came across it.fixelbrumpf said:
The second kanji isn't always the same - although the one I've used is the more common. Sometimes they use 路. Unfortunately for fansub translators it's a particularly Japanese form of sarcasm / irony - writing the positive よろしく with horrible kanji. The English equivalent would be something like the saying of "Thank you very much" as "**** you very much".fixelbrumpf said:
I don't think that frequency of use has any relevence to whether something is slang or not.Golgo_13 said:
Mr Dictionary agrees with me,
Definition of slang | Dictionary.com
and judging by some of the definitions there's a distinct implication that slang may tend not to be in common use.
Well that's what dictionaries are for but ...Golgo_13 said:
'slang' constitutes words, 'n' phrases that are a) not generally 'official', either at all or in the way they are used b) particular to a specific community / type of people of some sort and / or c) are currently 'in fashion' and liable to as quickly go out of fashion.
Actually they probably still count as slang after they are out of use - but are then also 死語.
Golgo_13 said:
I think all 流行語 are slang words, but not all slang words are 流行語
Kaleikuiha
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Hummm ok, I have a few words here and there...
アチイッテ (achi itte)＝ impolite way of saying "Go Away!"; "Go over there!"
アホ (aho)＝ A**hole; Dummass (Dumb ***)
and some slang from Osaka...
チャウチャウ (Chau Chau)＝ Informal way of saying ちがいます (CHIGAIMASU)
which means "wrong" or "it's something different (from
what you think)". This phrase comes from the Osaka dialect. Can
be said once or twice depending on the tone or emphasis.
BTW, does anyone know the saying "Magical Surgery Blowjob", because I was told this once but I can't remember the "blowjob" part. I'm sorry if any of this offends you in anyway.
meanwhile.....
アチイッテ (achi itte)＝ impolite way of saying "Go Away!"; "Go over there!"
アホ (aho)＝ A**hole; Dummass (Dumb ***)
and some slang from Osaka...
チャウチャウ (Chau Chau)＝ Informal way of saying ちがいます (CHIGAIMASU)
which means "wrong" or "it's something different (from
what you think)". This phrase comes from the Osaka dialect. Can
be said once or twice depending on the tone or emphasis.
BTW, does anyone know the saying "Magical Surgery Blowjob", because I was told this once but I can't remember the "blowjob" part. I'm sorry if any of this offends you in anyway.
meanwhile.....
Golgo_13
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The best definition of a "slang" is:
"An informal non-standard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech." (Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed.)
According to this definition, words such as "ristora", "konbini", "rihabiri" and "dotakyan" are slangs.
Thus, regional dialects are NOT slangs. The Kansai area is where history of Japan began when there were still cavemen living in what is now Tokyo. Calling the Osaka dialect a slang makes about as much sense as calling English spoken in the UK a slang just because American English is more widely spoken, or calling the Cantonese dialect a slang just because many words spoken are different from those of mandarin.
"An informal non-standard vocabulary composed typically of coinages, arbitrarily changed words, and extravagant, forced, or facetious figures of speech." (Merriam Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed.)
According to this definition, words such as "ristora", "konbini", "rihabiri" and "dotakyan" are slangs.
Thus, regional dialects are NOT slangs. The Kansai area is where history of Japan began when there were still cavemen living in what is now Tokyo. Calling the Osaka dialect a slang makes about as much sense as calling English spoken in the UK a slang just because American English is more widely spoken, or calling the Cantonese dialect a slang just because many words spoken are different from those of mandarin.
Kaleikuiha
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Well to me, "chau chau" is a slang (or another way of saying Chigaimasu) but I wasn't stating that a regional dialect was a slang at all... Anywho, you're both right! Oh and one more thing, I said that it came from the Osaka dialect, so saying "chau chau" in Tokyo might give you weird looks. Well here is an example... if you were to say "Like as if" in the deep south, then you'll be given a weird look, but if you said the samething in California, then nothing would be taken weird from it.
