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    Thread: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread
Post: The "What's this word/phrase?" thread

Hello! I've been reading a children's storybook, and found two expressions that I just can't understand: 「おい、起きろ、起きろ。生意気な、ちびこぞうめ。」 And 「三人、力を合わせれば、こんなのらネコなんかい、まけるもんかい。」 Also, there's this weird p...
jtrejo The Japanese language 8,332 1,454,177 2010-02-10, 11:29 pm
    Thread: Remembering the Hangul?
Post: Remembering the Hangul?

Hahaha, there's no language as hard to spell as English, my friends.
jtrejo General discussion 26 15,122 2009-04-23, 7:19 pm
    Thread: 恐い/怖い?
Post: 恐い/怖い?

恐 is used in the word 恐竜, dinosaur. In latin, dinosaur means "Terrible lizard", so perhaps 恐 is scarier than 怖い :D.
jtrejo The Japanese language 26 8,703 2009-03-06, 11:46 pm