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Jinamuro

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Posted: Wed Apr 11, 2007 11:46 am

I was watching a movie and someone said "midate yai" or something that sounded like that. Someone told me it was kansai-ben, but they didn't know what it meant or if that's even a real word (if he was really saying midate yai and not something else). Anyways can someone help me out with this?

Posted: Thu Apr 12, 2007 10:30 pm

Honestly? I have no clue. If you could give a better description of the context that this is taken from (during what type of scene it's from) I might be of more help. 3nodding Also, if you have basic language questions like this please use the Language Questions and Subforum FAQs next time. blaugh

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Shebechan

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Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 12:29 am

I'm not sure without knowing the context, but it might have been "medatsanai"...maybe? If it was, then that means the opposite of "stand out" as in
"He doesn't stand out in a crowd." It also kinda means "not striking" as in "That color is not striking." Ugh, I'm not saying this well at all. (-_-")

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