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Showing posts with label funny Japanese words. Show all posts
Showing posts with label funny Japanese words. Show all posts

Monday, November 12, 2007

Happy Trails to You....(ギャランドゥ)

He Says:
gallandoo (ギャランドゥ)=happytrail
There is no word for happytrail in Japanese. But among young japanese, sometimes they like to use gallandoo as happytrail.
Originally,the word gallando was the title of a song,"Gallando". When the composer made the song,he just muttered the word to make the melody.
Then the meaningless word gallando became the song title.
But we could see the japanese singer had so much happytrail when he was singing.
Since then many people have used the word just as a happytrail.
So this word is a slang, we can't see it in a japanese dictionary.
If you use the word to those who have happy trail, japanese people will laugh so much.

She Says:
This is so weird I don't even have any comments.

The next word is...はげ。

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。

Tuesday, November 6, 2007

Most Awesome Japanese Use of a Foreign Word (バーコード)

He Says:
bar code/baa koodo (バーコード)=thin hair like a bar code

Many 50' or 60's years old people have a thin hair like a bar code.
Then subordinates use the word to complain like that stupid bar code boss!
Usually bar code old people's head is a bald head,and looks oily,you know.
So especially many young japanese girls hate bar code guys' looks.
But in a TV show,a japanese girl had to lick a old guy's bar code head.
Then she cried so much,was held down not to escape,and finally,
her face touched the oily bar code head fully.
It was so ugly moment..
That'll be funny if we scan the bar code head,a casher says 99cents or something!

She Says:
Hilarious. This is what we'd call a comb-over. But bar code is such a funny word for it.
There are many foreign words than get incorporated into the Japanese vocabulary and Japan-ized. That's why you wouldn't really pronounce the "r" in bar when you said this.
Usually though, the word just means what it means. This is one of the first words that I came in contact with that had an alternate meaning. And it's a great one!

The next word will be...まめちん。