Comments on: Today's Japanese Lesson

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 08:27:38 +0000

That's a word that comes up so rarely in conversation that I never needed to know it. Somebody somewhere probably calls it that, but slang in Japanese is like slang anywhere else–words are regional, sometimes used by only certain age groups and go in and out of style.

By: Drooo

Drooo — Sat, 27 Jan 2007 02:55:23 +0000

Ever heard of this? I found it on Wikipedia: "The Japanese popular term for vaginal flatulence is chinara"

By: Drooo

Drooo — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:23:38 +0000

I think a decade or so down the road you might have saved my ear a few thousand miles of nagging logorrhea. Thanks ; )

By: Drooo

Drooo — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 04:19:54 +0000

I just ran that past my (Japanese) wife and she explained how it's the short way to express what she regularly tells me when I screw up: "why you say now?! Why not you say before?!" [sic]

By: Rich Pav

Rich Pav — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:31:49 +0000

Yeah, I know, but it still bugs me whenever it happens.

By: maciej

maciej — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 03:26:38 +0000

The thing is Rich that no matter how long you lived in foreign country you will always miss something and there will always be somebody who knows little bit more than you. Live just sucks that way.
I think some of us are Mexican wrestlers and some of us are just priests.

By: Garrett

Garrett — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 16:04:52 +0000

Didn't a pair of older comedians put out a pop song last year called, "今さらデビュー" last year?

By: Carl

Carl — Thu, 25 Jan 2007 12:28:49 +0000

Hey thanks, that would be great! Also I just wanted to let you know that my next post is going to be about you, your website, and podcast.