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Aiko_589

PostPosted: Fri Nov 03, 2006 9:18 pm


unlike my other guide, which was a guide to contractions, this is a guide to slang, some of it you will run into even in a polite conversation. I HAVE NOT INCLUDED ANY UNCOMMON SLANG.
PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:04 pm


じゃん: Just one of the things that divides 標準語 From 東京弁 

Before showing you how to use it, lets go over why its a big factor in setting tokyo dialect from standard japanese:

~its used all the time
~the hyoujungo equivalent is じゃないか・ですよね 
~ Its slang borrowed from yokohama dialect, ts the kind of slang you can use in a polite conversation

This is how you use it:

いいじゃん 

this can be translated as "is it good or what?" or "its good isnt it"
its confiming the positive, more forceful than ね And less forceful than でしょ 

いいでしょ 
いいね

The first one is like saying "its good right" or "its good, see i told you, right?" "its probably good, but i dont care if its nots because im assuiming it is"

the second is just "its good eh?"

Aiko_589


Aiko_589

PostPosted: Sun Nov 19, 2006 5:35 pm


Please not ehtat even though written in katakana , nothing here is borrowed from any other language than japanese dailects.

タメ= 同い年 
(Borrowed from chiba dialect) 

っしょ= でしょ 
(Borrowed from hokkaido dialect, used only when its hard to say でしょう With the previous word)

っス= です
ウケる= Funny interesting 
イケる = Cool
イケメン = Handsome man
キモイ = 気持ち悪い
ウザイ = うるさい
ゲロ = Barf
うざいって =Cut it out!


元カレ=Ex boyfriend 
元カノ=Ex girlfriend
PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:03 pm


You may want to note: あんがとう its slang teens occasionally use, it is simply ありがとう

Aiko_589


Aiko_589

PostPosted: Wed Nov 22, 2006 8:38 pm


ウチ Is commonly replacing あたし、Though this pronoun is dead in kansai. the difference you say? 

ウチ= It sounds young slang and teenish, you probably wont use it after 20. it can also kind of rude in the wrong context

あたし= well, for one you can use this for a lot longer. till you re about 35. next, even female children use it. its a nice normal for a girl to say atashi, sounding young feminine, and it has a nice ring to it. not as rude as uchi
PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:34 pm


I cant believe i forgot to include this earlier. i dont think of it as slang but its is! 

マジ(で)


This basically is 本当(に)。 

Just as saying 本当に? Is stronger than 本当?  

マジで? Is stronger than plain マジ? 

Aiko_589


Aiko_589

PostPosted: Thu Nov 23, 2006 3:54 pm


This isnt really slang anymore but its best to know 

あったかい= あたたかい (暖かい) 

Warm,hot
PostPosted: Sat Nov 25, 2006 11:33 am


んな= そんな 

もん= Aside from being the contracted form of the feminine particle もの。 It can also be just a contracted from of 物。 

A:んなもん買うかぁ?
B:ううん 
A:えっ?!なぜ※?!買えっちゅーの!! 


※ なぜ Has a very demanding tone to It。 

どうして Souds soft/polite, and you best use at side times if its not polite situation. Or when the situation calls for soft speech 

なんで This is just colloquial, no nusanses.

Aiko_589

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