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水曜日, 1月 20, 2010

わごむ (輪ゴム)

If your creative, maybe you can guess this in second. but just in case, heres "rubber band" if you didnt know.

ためぐち (タメ口)

I heard this on a video clip of a tv show. Its like "casual talk" as in not polite reservered lingo. Seems a bit common to use in a negative sense.

月曜日, 1月 18, 2010

やぶさか

This word litterly means something along the lines of "reluctant" but in the context: やぶさかではないです which takes on the (clearly polite) meaning of '[even though you guys dont think so] it's no problem for me.'

日曜日, 1月 17, 2010

ぜつみょう (絶妙)

I learned this one from a fast food chain (lotteria plus) they have rebranded most of their hamburgers as "superb"(perfect etc) hamburgers. context: 絶妙BLTハンバーガー

金曜日, 1月 01, 2010

へんかく (変革)

This was on a poster promoting action to protect the environment. It was promoting "revelutionary change" (upheavel/reform) and what not. Lets do it!