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How about "Abe suru"?
Beelzebub Click here to see all messages by Beelzebub Click here to see member profile (Oct 24 2007 - 08:48)Rate | Report
It's a verb, meaning to "cop out" or unceremoniously quit, coined right after Shinzo Abe's resignation. It was supposedly all over the blogs, but accusations surfaced the Asahi Shimbun may have been behind it.
 
How many of these 240000
ratcla Click here to see all messages by ratcla Click here to see member profile (Oct 24 2007 - 09:54)Rate | Report
entries will actually be of the Jengrish katakana kind? I bet way too many.
 
10,000 IT terms, trendy words to be added to Kojien dictionary
RandyJohnson Click here to see all messages by RandyJohnson Click here to see member profile (Oct 24 2007 - 09:59)Rate | Report
"gyakugire" (becoming offensive instead of reflecting).


I thought it meant flipping out at someone who scolds you.
 
trendy words
Sarge Click here to see all messages by Sarge Click here to see member profile (Oct 24 2007 - 10:27)Rate | Report
I like:

Kimoi - that's short for kimochi warui, or bad feeling.

Anburubaburu - combination of anbiribaburu ( unbelievable ) and buruu ( feeling blue ).
 
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paprika Click here to see all messages by paprika Click here to see member profile (Oct 24 2007 - 10:40)Rate | Report
dasakakoii...I mean, is it dasai or is it kakoii???
Make up your melons!!

(then there's erokakoii, kimokakoii, etc)
 
10,000 IT terms, trendy words to be added to Kojien dictionary
DenshaDeGO Click here to see all messages by DenshaDeGO Click here to see member profile (Oct 24 2007 - 12:23)Rate | Report
I was taught "K.Y." the other day. "Kuki yomenai" it means, (someone who can't read social situations.)

I thought it stood for Kojima Yoshio :P
 
Once a language scholar
Beelzebub Click here to see all messages by Beelzebub Click here to see member profile (Oct 24 2007 - 13:42)Rate | Report
asked me what was my favorite made-up Japanese-English word and I told him, "sextasy."
 
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Lunchbox Click here to see all messages by Lunchbox Click here to see member profile (Oct 25 2007 - 08:43)Rate | Report
yeah gyakugire means means gyaku ni kireru, so as you say flipping out on someone who was getting angry at you.

Lots of the Initial words going round at the moment, KY, PK ,AY, etc, I think they are called gyaru-go because they were coined by gyaru, but the are probably similar to cool biz and will not stay for long. PK stands for Pantsu ga Kuikonderu, usually referring to someone that is overweight and their underwear are riding up their crack. You would be surprised how many chances the teenagers find to use it. AY, atama ga yowai, as in she isn't very smart.

A couple that I've always thought should be in the kojien but never make it are noopan and gyaranduu. They are pretty widely used, there are no other words for them and I would say over half of the population would understand noopan.

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