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Interesting Japanese words you come across - raseru - 2010-05-17

Ever come across a funny or interesting Japanese word that you've seen used? Words that you may never see again but still find interesting nonetheless?

I'll try and post these interesting words as I come across them. Feel free to contribute.　All these words have been seen and used. (aka NOT random words you find in a dictionary that may not even be used)

Here's some examples

紐 - ヒモ - gigolo
出臍 - でべそ - outtie (belly button)
女体盛り - にょたいもり - Eating sushi off a woman's naked body (lol)

Interesting Japanese words you come across - nest0r - 2010-05-17

下克上
げこくじょう
Wikipedia
Audio

Interesting Japanese words you come across - howtwosavealif3 - 2010-05-17

空前絶後

・過去にも例がなく、将来もありえないと思われること。きわめて珍しいこと。

cool word. I just read it today....

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Womacks23 - 2010-05-17

キツネの嫁入り

"Fox wedding" - Or when it rains while it is still sunny.

Just learned it a few minutes ago when I was trying to talk about the weird weather.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Asriel - 2010-05-17

Womacks23 Wrote:キツネの嫁入り

While we're at it
嫁入り
It's not that funny of a meaning, but the way the kanji are set up makes me chuckle.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - yudantaiteki - 2010-05-17

土下座
http://img.f.hatena.ne.jp/images/fotolife/n/nekolyte/20080926/20080926155530.jpg

Interesting Japanese words you come across - raseru - 2010-05-17

魑魅魍魎 - ちみもうりょう evil spirits of rivers and mountains
I've seen this used in berserk a few times
why words like these exist I'll never know

Interesting Japanese words you come across - ta12121 - 2010-05-17

raseru Wrote:魑魅魍魎 - ちみもうりょう evil spirits of rivers and mountains
I've seen this used in berserk a few times
why words like these exist I'll never know

I remember that exact word, as an idiom I was thinking to myself "Would I ever use this? aaa why not, just put it into my srs for fun!"

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Evil_Dragon - 2010-05-18

普天間基地移設問題
Arguably the most common word in Japanese.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - kazelee - 2010-05-18

raseru Wrote:魑魅魍魎 - ちみもうりょう evil spirits of rivers and mountains
I've seen this used in berserk a few times
why words like these exist I'll never know

Probably has ties to Shintoism. Shintoism has been a part of Japan since... Japan.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Katsuo - 2010-05-18

魑魅魍魎 are mentioned a couple of times in this video 悪霊退散

Interesting Japanese words you come across - FooSoft - 2010-05-18

逆ギレ: being angry at someone who would normally be angry at you
ふて寝: staying in bed out of spite

Interesting Japanese words you come across - chamcham - 2010-05-18

This one is from Code Blue Season 2 - Episode 4 - 12 minutes 34 seconds.

赤ちゃんポスト (Baby Post) = place for incapable parents to abandon their baby

In the episode, one of the patients is a 20-year girl who got pregnant (and her parents disowned her). She's basically a runaway (6 months pregnant) who got seriously injured in an accident. She wanted to know if the hospital had a baby post. She doesn't want to have the baby since it's too much of a burden.

I had no idea that hospitals in Japan have places where you can dump babies that you want to abandon.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Jarvik7 - 2010-05-18

Babypost started around 2007 when I was an exchange student. It sounds bad, but it's an improvement over people throwing their unwanted babies into dumpsters etc.

If only the pill wasn't so taboo here...

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Smackle - 2010-05-18

Jarvik7 Wrote:Babypost started around 2007 when I was an exchange student. It sounds bad, but it's an improvement over people throwing their unwanted babies into dumpsters etc.

If only the pill wasn't so taboo here...

If only Jarvik7 could keep it in his pants there...

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Jarvik7 - 2010-05-18

I don't have any dumpster babies that I'm aware of Tongue

Hopefully you're just joking and don't expect others to be no-sex-until-marriage religious cultists though.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Smackle - 2010-05-18

Jarvik7 Wrote:I don't have any dumpster babies that I'm aware of

Hopefully you're just joking and don't expect others to be no-sex-until-marriage religious cultists though.

I believe kissing shouldn't be until marriage.

Maybe you should see this educational film about purity, Pamela's Prayer.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Jarvik7 - 2010-05-18

That girl is such a skank - she actually hugged a man and she wasn't married to him!

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Evil_Dragon - 2010-05-18

Smackle Wrote:

Wait, this is satire, right?

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Smackle - 2010-05-18

Evil_Dragon Wrote:
Smackle Wrote:

Wait, this is satire, right?

No, it's actually a serious and complete film.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - raseru - 2010-05-18

Speaking of 逆ギレ, there's 逆ナン, which is ナンパ when girls do it.

Jarvik7 Wrote:If only the pill wasn't so taboo here...

This, seriously.
My condom broke once, so my gf had to go pay 70 bucks to get 1 stupid pill. She also had to listen to a doctor explain the risks of unprotected sex even though we used protection.
That pill was cheap too, I had to search all over to find a pill under 100 dollars
Uggh, Japan is retarded in so many ways

Interesting Japanese words you come across - nest0r - 2010-05-18

raseru Wrote:Speaking of 逆ギレ, there's 逆ナン, which is ナンパ when girls do it.

Jarvik7 Wrote:If only the pill wasn't so taboo here...
This, seriously.
My condom broke once, so my gf had to go pay 70 bucks to get 1 stupid pill. She also had to listen to a doctor explain the risks of unprotected sex even though we used protection.
That pill was cheap too, I had to search all over to find a pill under 100 dollars
Uggh, Japan is retarded in so many ways

http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-05/single-dose-ultrasound-could-render-men-infertile-six-months

Interesting Japanese words you come across - raseru - 2010-05-18

文字化け - もじばけ Is a very useful word. You know when your characters turn into gibberish font on the computer? It's 文字化け

nest0r Wrote:http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2010-05/single-dose-ultrasound-could-render-men-infertile-six-months

While it sounds awesome, I can't help but think this probably will have serious long-term issues

Interesting Japanese words you come across - Tobberoth - 2010-05-18

raseru Wrote:Speaking of 逆ギレ, there's 逆ナン, which is ナンパ when girls do it.

Jarvik7 Wrote:If only the pill wasn't so taboo here...
This, seriously.
My condom broke once, so my gf had to go pay 70 bucks to get 1 stupid pill. She also had to listen to a doctor explain the risks of unprotected sex even though we used protection.
That pill was cheap too, I had to search all over to find a pill under 100 dollars
Uggh, Japan is retarded in so many ways

Yeah. Not only are pills VERY expensive in Japan, you actually have to go to a doctor to get them, makes it impossible to have your girlfriend start taking it.

Interesting Japanese words you come across - gyuujuice - 2010-05-18

I thought most Japanese people were indifferent to abortion and the pill.