Comments on: I’m Turning Japanese http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/ 社会、文化、言語、旅、いろいろ・・・ Thu, 24 Jul 2008 13:57:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=MU By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-506 Marie Thu, 08 May 2008 15:41:43 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-506 Hi brain! Thanks for visiting! That's interesting... it's a very handy thing to know... Hi brain! Thanks for visiting!

That’s interesting… it’s a very handy thing to know…

]]> By: brain http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-505 brain Thu, 08 May 2008 14:34:01 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-505 I do #10 all the time, and I've never lived in Japan... but in my case I can blame growing up with Japanese relatives I do #10 all the time, and I’ve never lived in Japan… but in my case I can blame growing up with Japanese relatives

]]> By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-504 Marie Thu, 08 May 2008 13:40:06 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-504 Hi Alex! Thanks so much for the translations! I know all the translations but I guess I just wouldn't use them as I would in Japanese... Like just a simple "mendoukusai" or "shouganai" and it's a whole explanation in itself... or something like that. I know it's a bimio explanation but... Hi Alex! Thanks so much for the translations!

I know all the translations but I guess I just wouldn’t use them as I would in Japanese… Like just a simple “mendoukusai” or “shouganai” and it’s a whole explanation in itself… or something like that. I know it’s a bimio explanation but…

]]> By: Alex http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-503 Alex Thu, 08 May 2008 04:33:51 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-503 They don't necessarily translate as single vocabulary terms, but we have the same expressions in English: “natsukashii” - "Ahh, those were the days."; "That brings back memories."; "How nostalgic!" “mendoukusai” - "What a pain in the ass!" “bimio” ("bimyou"?) - "Sort of"; "on the line"; if you're talking about a person as in 微妙な人, "He/She's something..." “mottainai” - "What a waste!" They don’t necessarily translate as single vocabulary terms, but we have the same expressions in English:

“natsukashii” - “Ahh, those were the days.”; “That brings back memories.”; “How nostalgic!”

“mendoukusai” - “What a pain in the ass!”

“bimio” (”bimyou”?) - “Sort of”; “on the line”; if you’re talking about a person as in 微妙な人, “He/She’s something…”

“mottainai” - “What a waste!”

]]> By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-498 Marie Thu, 08 May 2008 01:17:16 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-498 Hi ro42g! Thanks for the comment! I don't think I've turned that Japanese yet... hehehehe... But Japanese words do suddenly come out when I talk to family and friends back home, and they're all like "What was that??" Hi ro42g!

Thanks for the comment! I don’t think I’ve turned that Japanese yet… hehehehe… But Japanese words do suddenly come out when I talk to family and friends back home, and they’re all like “What was that??”

]]> By: ro42g http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-493 ro42g Sun, 04 May 2008 23:14:18 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-493 How about dreaming in Japanese? I also talked in my dreams once in Japanese and my girlfriend heard it. She thought it was cute...but I thought I was losing my ability to speak English. How about dreaming in Japanese? I also talked in my dreams once in Japanese and my girlfriend heard it. She thought it was cute…but I thought I was losing my ability to speak English.

]]> By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-490 Marie Mon, 28 Apr 2008 16:19:08 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-490 Hi Neil! Thanks for visiting! Hi Neil!

Thanks for visiting!

]]> By: Neil Duckett http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-488 Neil Duckett Mon, 28 Apr 2008 07:09:04 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-488 Billy, you've got me thinking too .... i do that all the time, but please define "middle-aged" ..?! Billy, you’ve got me thinking too …. i do that all the time, but please define “middle-aged” ..?!

]]> By: Marie http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-483 Marie Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:45:59 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-483 Hi Billy! Good point... now you got me thinking... Hi Billy!

Good point… now you got me thinking…

]]> By: billywest http://japanqna.wordpress.com/2008/04/23/im-turning-japanese/#comment-482 billywest Wed, 23 Apr 2008 17:16:12 +0000 http://japanqna.wordpress.com/?p=109#comment-482 "2. I do the bow and single-hand cutting combination to cut through lines and get people to move over in public transport." Are you turning Japanese, or just into a middle-aged Japanese man? “2. I do the bow and single-hand cutting combination to cut through lines and get people to move over in public transport.”

Are you turning Japanese, or just into a middle-aged Japanese man?

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