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A phrase that just boggles me... - LegionOfDeicide - 2009-12-19
きっかけは、今回のことだとしても 下地はだいぶ前から できていたんじゃないでしょうか。
I am just so confused. What killed me was the "datoshitemo" and " Dekite itanjanai deshouka ". If somebody could help me out, throw me a bone here, I would be most grateful. I might be just having a bad day, ( japanese-wise ). >.>
A phrase that just boggles me... - DavidZ - 2009-12-19
It's hard to tell what's going on from just this one isolated sentence. More context would help. But I'll take a stab at it. Maybe something like this?:
"Even if what happened this time was the catalyst, the groundwork was laid much earlier, wasn't it?"
The "janai deshouka" makes it a rhetorical question.
A phrase that just boggles me... - LegionOfDeicide - 2009-12-19
Ah thanks, sorry for the one sentence haha. It was from a manga. But what you wrote helps a lot. Thank you!
A phrase that just boggles me... - Ryajinor - 2009-12-19
On the topic of boggling phrases: I just happened across "豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね" in my dictionary. Wow.
A phrase that just boggles me... - everfangomanga - 2009-12-21
Ryajinor Wrote:On the topic of boggling phrases: I just happened across "豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね" in my dictionary. Wow.Haha, I found that a long time ago too. Just look up 豆腐 and it's like the second entry.
死ね！
A phrase that just boggles me... - fjolnir - 2010-01-09
"Die by knocking your head against a block of tofu"?
..wat
A phrase that just boggles me... - mezbup - 2010-01-09
Hit your head on a cube of tofu and die!
LOLOLOLOLOLOL. Hilarious
http://psymaris.hp.infoseek.co.jp/killTofu.html
Full blown instructions on how to make tofu that can actually kill people. Brilliant.
edit:
a quick search turns up an explanation
「豆腐の角に頭をぶつけて死ね」の意味ですね？
簡単なことでばかげた失敗をした者を、ののしっていう言葉です。
豆腐みたいな柔らかな物に頭をぶつけたって死ねないですよね。それを「死ね」って言ってるんですから、完全にバカにしてるのです。
Basically you use it to insult someone who's so stupid they screw up the most basic of tasks.