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  1. Bloodberry

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    i give...my brain isn't working right...heh just post a word of the day...[edit]so i change the entire post lol[/edit]
     
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    Bloodberry, Aug 2, 2002
  2. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    uhh.. hate to be a nitpick...

    kowai - scary

    Here's a few things you can do with kowai gramatically:

    kowasugiru - Extremely scary! (lit. beyond scary)

    Chou kowai - Very scary.

    not to be confused with:

    kawaii - cute

    Kawaisugiru - Extremely cute!
    and
    Chou Kawaii! - Very cute!

    -UK
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    well, being a mod, I have to know these sort of things! (but I'm still learning!)
     
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    UrashimaKeitaro, Aug 2, 2002
  3. BakaMattSu

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    Was it "kakko ii"? Wasn't that cool?
     
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    BakaMattSu, Aug 2, 2002
  4. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    Y'see.. now we need Mikko to come along and humble me *real* good about knowing the language.

    -UK
     
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    UrashimaKeitaro, Aug 2, 2002
  5. Mikko

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    Kakko ii!!

    Kakko ii means cool:)

    Urashima Keitaro! You are great!!! They are all perfect:) If you change all chou to meccha, they'll be kansai ben. It's easy:)

    Mikko
     
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    Mikko, Aug 5, 2002
  6. neoblacklady

    neoblacklady ~*Tpyo Godedses*~

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    wowsas...i just learnded some new words ...
    thanks!
     
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    neoblacklady, Aug 5, 2002
  7. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    Well, it's a new week, so why not have a new word of the day?

    Here we go!

    Another adjective? sure!

    isogashii - busy

    Some uses include:

    Gomen, ima isogashii desu. - Sorry, I'm busy right now.

    isogashiku nai - not busy

    chou isogashii - very busy!

    and lots of other uses.

    Is there anything we should know about this word in Kansai-ben?

    -UK
     
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    Gomen, ima isogashii desu.

    I'll be using that a bunch tomarrow! my school strts funfun!

    put more down PLEASE!:anime:
     
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    Odango_rose, Aug 6, 2002
  9. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    Guess what time it is!

    It's Tuesday, and as of now, I'm going to try to pick up the torch on the word of the day idea. Any additional help is appreciated, greatly.

    The Word of the day for Tuesday, August 6th is...

    Oishii! - delicious!

    -UK
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    is at work right now, so no additional grammatical patterns for now from me.
     
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    UrashimaKeitaro, Aug 6, 2002
  10. YokoburiKinura

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    (Random - somebody tell me if 'it looks tasty' needs one 'o' or 2)

    Tempura udon desu ka?
    Oisoo da ne?
     
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    YokoburiKinura, Aug 6, 2002
  11. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    the 'it looks' modified form of an adjective has one 'i' cut off the end and 'sou' put on.. so it'd probably be 'oishisou'

    -UK
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    don't squeeze the...
     
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    UrashimaKeitaro, Aug 6, 2002
  12. Mikko

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    Urashima Keitaro!
    I realised your Japanese are written in roman style. The kansai ben I told here was written in English style, but I'll use roman style from now on.

    Umai: slang version of Oishii
    Umee: slang version of Oishii and less formal than umai
    Umasou:less formal version of oishisou.

    Kansai people also use isogashii:)

    Mikko
     
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    Mikko, Aug 7, 2002
  13. Legato

    Legato Shakkin Daiou

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    Heres my sentiment for the day,

    Boku no Ko unde kudasai.
     
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    Sore wa himitsu!! Hehe I love say that line its soooooo fun! Its a secret!
     
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    Naru, Aug 7, 2002
  15. Vash

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    Thing is Legato said that to an entire class of female Japanese exchange students. Sukebe yarou.
     
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    Vash, Aug 7, 2002
  16. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    Honestly, I don't know what that second to last word Legato used there was. Let's try to keep it clean, ok?

    Word of the Day, Wednesday, August 7th:

    Taihen - (Noun) problem

    Taihen desu ne... nice response when something problematic has just happened to someone.

    And Mikko? I can read it either way. 8-]

    -UK
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    is the mod. Taihen desu ne...
     
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    UrashimaKeitaro, Aug 7, 2002
  17. Vash

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    My bad! What Legato said wasn't dirty, just a bit saucy. It's a Miroku quote, from Inuyasha.
     
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  18. Shadowbard

    Shadowbard Black-Winged Angel

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    *chuckle* Legato really used Miroku's catch-phrase in the presence of an entire class of female Japanese exchange students? I'm surprised he didn't get slapped....^__^


    Heh, I'll probably be visiting around here more often once I get back to school, hoping and praying for help on my homework. After all, I can't really keep bugging my roommates for help, can I? Nevermind that two of them are Japanese majors....

    ~Shadrach Anki
     
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    Shadowbard, Aug 7, 2002
  19. That guy!

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    ah, what the heck ;)

    I might as well quote Jek Porkins in Japanese!

    Watashi gokurou taihen achikochi!!!!


    I'm not sure though if I need "no" or "wa" in there anywhere though, because that doesn't sound right ><
     
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    That guy!, Aug 7, 2002
  20. Mikko

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    ???

    Do you mean 'you are tired because you went many places?'
     
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    Mikko, Aug 9, 2002
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