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Sunday, November 11, 2007

Lost in Translation (へたれ)

He Says:
Hetare (へたれ)=coward
Hetare originaly means a farter("he" is a fart,"tare" is ~er.)
But usually Japanese use hetare when the person can't do or hesitates to do such an easy thing.
Espacially young people love to use the word.
It's from Osaka, but now so many people in Japan use the word casually.
This word hetare is comparatively a powerful word, because japanese language doesn't have many dirty words. So if you say it to someone,they would be hurt easier.
For example in a test of your courage in a haunted house with japanese friends, if you are scared so much,you would be said hetare.
But I might be a hetare, because I was so scared my wife's big fart in the silence...

She Says:
Strong words indeed...but can you keep a straight face knowing that you're calling someone a "farter"? I didn't think so...

The next word is...ギャランドゥ。

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