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GET D!RTYNext 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 wordsDirty Japanese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Japan:What's up?Ossu?How's it hanging?Choshi doyo?I'm smashed. Useful Japanese phrases. To see these phrases in many other languages click on the English versions. If you'd like to see these phrases in any combination of two languages, try the Phrase Finder. Key to abbreviations: frm = formal, inf = informal, f = said by women, f = said to women.
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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 doyo?
I...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 doyo?
I...more
Published April 26th 2007 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 wa 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 wa 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
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
Dec 08, 2016Reem rated it liked itNow 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
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An alright book; it has some nice phrases but lacks the proper composition and it's hard to take it seriously.
Mar 05, 2013Aileon rated it liked it
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
Jul 01, 2012Adam Smith rated it really liked it · review of another edition
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
Jun 18, 2014Monnie rated it liked it · review of another edition
I got this as a joke from a friend when I started to learn Japanese. It's funny in a school kid kind of way and some parts of the book could be useful. Overall, there is not much here you would dare say to anyone in a normal situation. I can't see going to Tokyo and telling some random stranger 'I've got serious eye gunk.' or a gem like 'I have a zit on my ass.' Still, in a juvenile way the book is funny.' I think if I was a teenager I'd get more use out of it because it has stuff like how to hi...more
Feb 05, 2016d rated it it was ok
Observaciones por el momento y para el futuro:
a) Varias de las palabras relacionadas a prácticas sexuales son tomadas del inglés. Caso paradigmático kiss / キス (kisu).
b) Parece que la mejor forma de incorporar slang oral son las películas de yakuzas de Takashi Miike (Dios lo tenga en la gloria) y cualquier dorama.
Algunos ejemplos geniales, útiles e irrespetuosos a la gramática –
義理のお母さんは鬼婆だ。
(giri no okaasan wa onibaba da)
Mi suegra es el demonio.
あたしを 扱える男なんかいない。
(atashi o atsukaeru otoko nanka in...more
a) Varias de las palabras relacionadas a prácticas sexuales son tomadas del inglés. Caso paradigmático kiss / キス (kisu).
b) Parece que la mejor forma de incorporar slang oral son las películas de yakuzas de Takashi Miike (Dios lo tenga en la gloria) y cualquier dorama.
Algunos ejemplos geniales, útiles e irrespetuosos a la gramática –
義理のお母さんは鬼婆だ。
(giri no okaasan wa onibaba da)
Mi suegra es el demonio.
あたしを 扱える男なんかいない。
(atashi o atsukaeru otoko nanka in...more
Jun 05, 2016Keith Mcnichols rated it really liked it · review of another edition
Not just about sexual/scatological slang. It starts with some useful polite words and phrases and who you should address in which way. then it gets to the 'dirty words', some of the expressions are unique to Japanese and have no equivalent in other languages. Then it goes on to cover useful words and expressions in other subjects, like sports, hungry Japanese and others. There is usually a paragraph explaining things then a list of words with romaji and kanji/katakana characters, so you English...more
May 12, 2016BookLady rated it really liked it
Checked with my current Japanese teacher at school, told me that a few words are accurate, some never heard of them before and others not in used.
I'm still checking at school but if you are a fan for anything Japanese or Japanese culture, you will like this book.
I'm still checking at school but if you are a fan for anything Japanese or Japanese culture, you will like this book.
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.
Mar 16, 2008Aaron rated it it was amazing
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?
I wish i had taken a japanese classs!
An hilarious guide to learning Japanese, while I wouldn't recommend using everything you've learned from this book. But some of it is usefull. A very entertaining method of learning Japanese
Sep 10, 2011Sean rated it it was ok
Written by misogynistic asshole. Apparently. Give this a pass.
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