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Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from
by
Matt Fargo
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Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Japanese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:
-Cool slang
-Funny insults
-Explicit sex terms
-Raw swear words
"Dirty Japanese" teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Japan:
What's up?
Ossu?
How's it hanging?
Choshi...more
Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Japanese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:
-Cool slang
-Funny insults
-Explicit sex terms
-Raw swear words
"Dirty Japanese" teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Japan:
What's up?
Ossu?
How's it hanging?
Choshi...more
ebook, 128 pages
Published
April 1st 2009
by Ulysses Press
(first published April 26th 2006)
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Double malt and prolonged use of Valium has taught me :-
1)- Never pay money for anything in a seriously inebriated state.
2)- Japanese sex is kinky and not their urban thesaurus.
3)- Phrases to memorize along with the courteous konichiwa , if I visit the Harajuku station or roam Dōtonbori avenue or picnic under a fully blossomed sakura tree:-
I’m new to Japan
(watashu was nihon ni kita bakkari nandesu)
I only have three months to live.
(inochi wa ato sankagetsu shika nainda)
I’m still a virgin
(mada ch...more
1)- Never pay money for anything in a seriously inebriated state.
2)- Japanese sex is kinky and not their urban thesaurus.
3)- Phrases to memorize along with the courteous konichiwa , if I visit the Harajuku station or roam Dōtonbori avenue or picnic under a fully blossomed sakura tree:-
I’m new to Japan
(watashu was nihon ni kita bakkari nandesu)
I only have three months to live.
(inochi wa ato sankagetsu shika nainda)
I’m still a virgin
(mada ch...more
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Mar 05, 2013
Aileon Noah
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3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
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linguistics
I bought this book when I started learning Japanese. The reasons were:
a) I had a job and lots of money to spend in Amazon.
b) I wanted to learn the colloquial Japanese I'd have never got the guts to ask my teacher about.
c) It looked like a funny book.
All my expectations about point C were met. Yes, it was an entertaining book. And I laughed. But I can't say the same about point B (and now, let's forget that point A ever existed, ok?).
If any of you have ever studied something related to languages...more
a) I had a job and lots of money to spend in Amazon.
b) I wanted to learn the colloquial Japanese I'd have never got the guts to ask my teacher about.
c) It looked like a funny book.
All my expectations about point C were met. Yes, it was an entertaining book. And I laughed. But I can't say the same about point B (and now, let's forget that point A ever existed, ok?).
If any of you have ever studied something related to languages...more
Sitting at the local Izakaya we passed this book over to our twenty something waiter and his pals to review. A titter here and there, a raised eyebrow. After a while he gave it back to us and said flatly "Nah, nobody really uses words like that." Well fuckity.
Now its not a total loss, there are some funny curse words and slang in here, but be warned. The problem with this book is that the author gives you a false impression of how nasty Japanese curse words are. A clear example of this is found...more
Now its not a total loss, there are some funny curse words and slang in here, but be warned. The problem with this book is that the author gives you a false impression of how nasty Japanese curse words are. A clear example of this is found...more
I'm not sure how useful a lot of this will actually be; I don't foresee the need to ask where to find dope, or a good part of the drinking nonsense. While this book did help to clarify some of the terms I've come across, there were several points I found disagreeable, especially when the author starts bad mouthing elements of Japanese culture for no reason other than he needed to lengthen the page.
Good for learning some of the more obscure terms that you might come across (although many are prob...more
Good for learning some of the more obscure terms that you might come across (although many are prob...more
I think this book gives a really good example of bad words and impolite responses that would put a "gaijin" (foreigner) in deep trouble,specially when used on older or higher ranking Japanese persons. This book is indeed a personal reference only as to how language in Japan can be heard everyday. But If your aim is to do business talk and impress people with your Nihongo fluency- read something that will give the basic and most polite way of speaking. Japanese has a high regard on speaking in fu...more
While a fair amount of the book is scatalogical, there is enough that is not as well as enough that is socio-cultural commentary to make this a worthwhile read for folks who want to explore more natural and casual conversation with their CLOSE Japanese friends.
Written by misogynistic asshole. Apparently. Give this a pass.
I wish i had taken a japanese classs!
Mar 16, 2008
Aaron
rated it
5 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
everyone I've ever met
The best book of slang to take to Japan. What other book will tell you how to order the best of Japanese cuisine, identify a foot fetishist, or introduce yourself to your future Japanese friends in ways both formal and offensive?
Oct 18, 2009
Dominic
rated it
3 of 5 stars
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review of another edition
Recommends it for:
Those wishing to learn simple colloquial Japanese.
Shelves:
resource
Only this book will give you prevalent things to shout during sex with a Japanese woman. Very entertaining, very knowledgeable, and very reader friendly.
I have been learning the how to say "What the Fuck" five different ways in Japanese and other classics such as "My boss is a real asshole."
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