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ElleB
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 Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:12 pm Post subject: getting a hair cut |
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| Hi - does anyone know how to say "Please don't thin my hair" in Japanese? This question is for the ladies or anyone with really good Japanese. |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
Posts: 1921
Location: Japan
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 2:25 pm Post subject: Re: getting a hair cut |
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| ElleB wrote: |
| Hi - does anyone know how to say "Please don't thin my hair" in Japanese? This question is for the ladies or anyone with really good Japanese. |
"Kami o herasanai de kudasai" |
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G Cthulhu
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
Posts: 1373
Location: Way, way off course.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 07, 2007 4:31 pm Post subject: Re: getting a hair cut |
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| While we're on the subject, what is "trim" in Japanese, as in "Just a trim, thanks"? Not the same word used for things like hedges or trees or grass etc? Maybe it is. Never got a straight answer from anyone I trusted and the people that I went to while in Japan all knew the terms in English (& German, for some reason) so it never came up. |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:09 am Post subject: Re: getting a hair cut |
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| G Cthulhu wrote: |
| While we're on the subject, what is "trim" in Japanese, as in "Just a trim, thanks"? Not the same word used for things like hedges or trees or grass etc? Maybe it is. Never got a straight answer from anyone I trusted and the people that I went to while in Japan all knew the terms in English (& German, for some reason) so it never came up. |
"Kami o soroete kudasai" or "Soroeru dake" |
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JimDunlop2
Joined: 31 Jan 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:35 am Post subject: |
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Hey canuck, that's pretty good.  :
How do you say, "I'd like a medium wave, bleached to a light daffodil shade, with only a bit of layering, two-inch extensions in the back and graduated, angled bangs that go an inch above my eyebrows." ? |
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canuck
Joined: 11 May 2003
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Location: Japan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:40 am Post subject: |
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| JimDunlop2 wrote: |
| How do you say, "I'd like a medium wave, bleached to a light daffodil shade, with only a bit of layering, two-inch extensions in the back and graduated, angled bangs that go an inch above my eyebrows." ? |
I don't know. |
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JimDunlop2
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 1:50 am Post subject: |
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LOL. Awwwwwwwwwwwww...... 
That's ok.
But in all seriousness, does anyone know how to ask for a "straight razor shave"? Japan is one of the rare countries left in the world where this practice is still legal...
I had a few "ahem" illegal straight razor shaves back home in Canada, provided courtesy a friend from El Salvador who ran an underground barbershop! (Wait. What?) Seriously, nothing beats a good, straight razor shave. |
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Yawarakaijin
Joined: 20 Jan 2006
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Location: Middle of Nagano
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:40 am Post subject: |
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Everytime I get my hair cut a straight razor shave seems to be complimentary. Threw the poor old man for a loop one day when I asked him to skip the shave as I was in somewhat of a hurry.  |
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Apsara
Joined: 20 Sep 2005
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Location: Tokyo, Japan
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 3:13 am Post subject: |
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If you can't find someone to give you a straight razor shave in Japan, head for India. My husband has had numerous shaves in various parts of India and is still alive to tell the tale
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G Cthulhu
Joined: 07 Feb 2003
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Location: Way, way off course.
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| Posted: Thu Mar 08, 2007 2:06 pm Post subject: |
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| JimDunlop2 wrote: |
Hey canuck, that's pretty good. :
How do you say, "I'd like a medium wave, bleached to a light daffodil shade, with only a bit of layering, two-inch extensions in the back and graduated, angled bangs that go an inch above my eyebrows." ? |
"Inch" could be tricky. |
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rvsensei
Joined: 16 Jan 2006
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Location: Los Angeles,CA
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| Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2007 5:25 am Post subject: |
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| How about some Japanese not even wanting to cut your hair because of being a foreigner. Only happened to me once in Sagamihara back in 99. It was 3 gaijin going in, he must have got scared, so he pretty much ran us all out. |
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Patros
Joined: 21 Nov 2004
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| Posted: Mon Mar 12, 2007 1:30 am Post subject: |
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| Heh, anyone ever been to the QB house? A trim and a vaccuum is all you need. |
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