I was thinking of writing a theme-based post with all sorts of useful expressions and examples but I’m too lazy so I decided to do another one like the last one and just talk about one word. This time, I’m going to introduce yet another slang that you’re going to hear all the time, especially among the younger crowds.<\/p>\n
Let’s say you woke up at 8:00 in the morning. You look at the alarm clock and you realize that you are totally late for school. If you are a robot like those characters in Japanese textbooks, you might say something like \u300c\u3069\u3046\u3057\u3088\u3046\u300d to mean “What shall I do?” (Lit: “How shall do?”). Now let’s say you’re a real human being, you’re late, and you’re in deep shit. In Japanese, you would very likely say, \u300c\u3084\u3070\u3044\uff01\u300d.<\/p>\n
A\uff09 \u6388\u696d\u306f\u3001\u3082\u3046\u59cb\u307e\u3063\u3061\u3083\u3063\u3066\u3044\u308b\u305c\u3002- Class has already started, man.
\nB\uff09 \u30de\u30b8\u3067\uff1f\uff01\u3084\u3070\u3044<\/u>\uff01- For real? Oh crap! (Lit: Dangerous!)<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\u300c\u3084\u3070\u3044\u300d in the dictionary is defined as “dangerous” and that’s a good way to remember it as long as you keep in mind that it’s the “oh shit” variety and not the “watch your head” type of danger.<\/p>\n
You can use \u300c\u3084\u3070\u3044\u300d in all sorts of fun ways. For instance, if you want to warn your friends that that one girl is crazy and they should watch out, you might call her \u300c\u3084\u3070\u3044\u300d. Or you found out that you totally bombed a test. You can even use it in a positive sense such as calling something dangerous because it’s so delicious.<\/p>\n
A\uff09 \u8a66\u9a13\u306f\u3069\u3046\u3060\u3063\u305f\uff1f- How was the test?
\nB\uff09 \u5168\u7136\u30c0\u30e1\u3060\u3063\u305f\u3002- Totally no good.
\nA) \u305d\u308c\u3063\u3066\u3001\u3084\u3070\u304f\u306a\u3044<\/u>\uff1f- Isn’t that dangerous?
\nB) \u3046\u3093\u3001\u3084\u3070\u3044<\/u>\u3002- Yeah, I’m screwed.<\/p><\/blockquote>\nA\uff09 \u305d\u3093\u306a\u306b\u3046\u307e\u3044\u306e\uff1f- Is it that tasty?
\nB\uff09 \u3084\u3070\u3044<\/u>\u3088\u3002- It’s dangerous.
\nA) \u3046\u305d\u3060\u3002- Yeah right. (Lit: It’s a lie)<\/p><\/blockquote>\nTune in next time when I’ll hopefully have more than just single vocabulary explanations!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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