Comments on: An Introduction To Basic Japanese Slang http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/09/japanese-slang-introduction/ A Japanese Language & Culture Blog Sun, 13 Apr 2014 11:32:54 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Mayu http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/09/japanese-slang-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-284255 Wed, 01 Jan 2014 03:54:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32120#comment-284255 Lol
I’m Japanese. I always use those words. I did not know those words are even slang lol.
I think those words are really common among young people.

]]> By: Lenna Stites http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/09/japanese-slang-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-277272 Sat, 21 Dec 2013 15:41:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32120#comment-277272 Personally I find that Japanese slang words are such good descriptors and sometimes the only way I can describe certain situations are as “bimyou” or “yabai”. The trouble is, I feel like I can’t come up with any equivalent words in the English language that carry the same nuance for these types of situations. I think Japanese slang has a lot of convenient words!

]]> By: yaada http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/09/japanese-slang-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-224910 Tue, 15 Oct 2013 08:43:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32120#comment-224910 Or Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de, in the episode where Kageyama goes UKERUUUU~ into Reiko’s face!

]]> By: マナブーン http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/09/japanese-slang-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-163806 Thu, 22 Aug 2013 04:30:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32120#comment-163806 オシャンティー, a derivative of shareteru, my friends tend to throw out there a lot.　女々しいな形容詞なんですけれども思い存分使って下さい。

]]> By: Panda http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/09/japanese-slang-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-158408 Tue, 13 Aug 2013 16:34:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32120#comment-158408 ん is actually part of Japanese Grammar. it’s the shortened version of の, and it’s used to express reason.

e.g. 盗難の届をだしたいんですけど。 means “I’d like to report a theft” but with the ん it is also at the same time subtly expressing the reason why the speaker is there so I guess it could be read like
“(the reason I am here is because) I’d like to report a theft.”

]]> By: Glenn http://www.tofugu.com/2013/07/09/japanese-slang-introduction/comment-page-1/#comment-155328 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 04:34:00 +0000 http://www.tofugu.com/?p=32120#comment-155328 I never noticed that these are slang. Probably because 97% of the people who know Japanese around me only learned proper Japanese from classes.
My favourite slang, or at least the one that comes out of my mouth the most, is ウザイ.

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