Seeking English equivalents for Japanese slang words

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Seeking English equivalents for Japanese slang words

Post by Itasan » Mon Oct 31, 2005 8:21 am

Sorry this may be annoying to some people. Would you please ignore this thread?
I will post a number of questions in this single thread. Let me know if it's inappropriate.

CHARI(NKO)
This is a slang word here for 'bicycle' which has been pretty widely used for some time.
GENCHARI for 'motor bicycle'.
Do you have any such slang words for those in English?
Thank you.
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Re: Seeking English equivalents for Japanese slang words

Post by Lorikeet » Mon Oct 31, 2005 10:01 pm

Itasan wrote:Sorry this may be annoying to some people. Would you please ignore this thread?
I will post a number of questions in this single thread. Let me know if it's inappropriate.

CHARI(NKO)
This is a slang word here for 'bicycle' which has been pretty widely used for some time.
GENCHARI for 'motor bicycle'.
Do you have any such slang words for those in English?
Thank you.
I think this will be a perfect way to handle it, Itasan.

We use "bike" for both bicycles and motorcycles. I imagine we use it for motorized bicycles too, although I think we don't have many of those.
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Post by Macavity » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:03 am

I think moped covers the motorised bicycle.
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Thank you so very much.

Post by Itasan » Tue Nov 01, 2005 10:39 am

Thank you, Macavity. You are all so kind.
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BBS

Post by Itasan » Fri Nov 04, 2005 1:22 am

BBS (bulletin board system); Internet Forum
Do they mean the same thing?
BTW, here in Japan some people seem to be using the Japanese equivalent of just ‘Board’ for this. Do you do that too? Also, are there any other terms for this?
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Post by kurisuti » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:35 am

Yes, BBS means the same in English & in Japanese, though most Japanese BBS' are simpler than English ones.

"Board" is used as a shortened form as well, and "forum/forums."
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Thank you.

Post by Itasan » Fri Nov 04, 2005 3:53 am

Thank you, Christie.
Is Kurisuti your Japanese name?
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Post by kurisuti » Sun Nov 06, 2005 7:43 pm

Well, it is close. My name is Christie, so in Japanese I spell it &#12463;&#12522;&#12473;&#12486;&#12452;&#12540;.
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Hello again.

Post by Itasan » Sun Nov 06, 2005 11:59 pm

So you are bilingual. Sansei, Yonsei?
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Post by kurisuti » Mon Nov 07, 2005 1:38 am

Oh, no nowhere near bilingual. I have only been learning Japanese for a little over 1 year.
&#26085;&#26412;&#35486;&#23569;&#12375;&#12384;&#12369;&#12431;&#12363;&#12426;&#12414;&#12377;&#12290;&#12372;&#12417;&#12435;&#12394;&#12373;&#12356;&#12290;&#12391;&#12418;&#31169;&#12434;&#12364;&#12435;&#12400;&#12387;&#12390;&#12424;&#65281;
I'm really enjoying learning Japanese so far. I hope to be an ESL teacher in Japan after college, and to study abroad in Japan during college.
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