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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 08:19 PM
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Teach me to speak Nihongo dozo.
Hurry I have only a few days to learn.

Domo arigato.

180 san.
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JitterbugPerfume Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 08:25 PM
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1. Diajobu
Eddie San
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everythingsxen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 08:30 PM
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2. Gaijin and proud of it!
Where's my knife and fork? All I see are some damn sticks on the table!

:P
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 09:41 PM
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11. hashi diajobu deso
Chop chop!

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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 08:33 PM
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3. ah ee oo eh oh
a ka sa ta na

ha ma ya ra wa

n

Benjo wa doko desu ka?

Beeru kudasai.

Sake nomimasuka?

Wa! Sugoi!

Gojiro wa Tokyo tabemashita! Aieeee!

Okasan, okane kudasai. Ima!

Baka! Aho! Shine!

That's about all I got. And I'm not sure it's all right. But good luck.
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 08:51 PM
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4. Hey! Boysan
speak excellent Nihongo! Where you learn such fine words?

180 san
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 08:59 PM
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5. Okasan
Sanjuro, Yojimbo and Cowboy Bebop. ;)
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 09:30 PM
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7. Ah so!
Okasan no uchi doko desuka.

Yotsu Chi Chi
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 09:32 PM
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8. Portland
Originally Okayama, but arranged marriage with Dad and all that.
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 09:37 PM
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10. Anata Nihonjin?
Excuse the gender.

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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 09:44 PM
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12. Sansei
Or yonsei, depending how you look at it. Or, as some Hawaiian friends pointed out in college, a 'banana.' :P

Why the urgent need for nihongo? Test coming up?
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:12 PM
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13. Chotta Matte
nt
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:19 PM
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14. sansei?
acidity, agreement?

No I spent three years in Japan long ago 52 to 55. I am planning a trip there sometime.

Sansei suggest Hawaii born Japanese? Nesi?

180
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democracyindanger Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:32 PM
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17. No actually
My dad is nisei (2d generation American), and my mom, being native Japanese, is Issei. Which actually makes me either Sansei (3d gen) or Nisei, I guess.

Oregon-born, my Hawaii friends were at the U of O.

I was going to suggest 'Speed Tribes' as a cultural primer, but knowing that you were old enough to travel there in the 50s, I don't know if it'll be that useful :)
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AlecBGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 09:26 PM
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6. read Shogun
it will help with the language and it will give a look at Japanese culture. Its a kickass book!
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 09:34 PM
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9. Hai gasiamus
I read that book. I have it also. I have many books on Japan.

Domo

Eddiesan
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Lydia Leftcoast Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:26 PM
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15. Uhhh, don't trust Shogun as a source for either language or culture
Now, for your first lesson, "dozo" doesn't mean "please, " except in the sense of "please go ahead." I know what all the phrasebooks say, but they're wrong in this case.

"Please" formally is "o-negai shimasu," informally "tanomu."

Probably your most useful phrase is

"Eigo, dekimasu ka?" "Can you speak English?"

"Benjo" is probably what was used for "rest room" in your day, but now people say "toire," which comes from "toilet."

"Ikura desu ka?" (EE-koo-ra des' ka?) "How much is it?"

That's enough for one session. Gambatte!
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7th_Sephiroth Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:27 PM
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16. lets see
Bullshit- Yoku iu-yo
i'm hungry- Onaka-ga suita
i'd like more beer- Biru-ga nomitai
you asshole- Kono kuso-ttare
You Bitch- Kono ama!
you Whore-yariman
(worst thing u can say to a girl)- BUSU!
Kiss Me-Kisu shite
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TahitiNut Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:50 PM
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18. Makadonarudo! Isukuremu!
Edited on Fri Apr-02-04 10:51 PM by TahitiNut
Arigato.
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Bill of Rights Donating Member (424 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 10:55 PM
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19.  Memorize this one: What is your name?
Anata no namae wa nan desu ka?
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oneighty Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Apr-02-04 11:07 PM
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20. You are female?
ojosan.

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