Japanese Slang (60 page)

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Authors: Peter Constantine

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donkusai

donpo

ei eichi
the letters AHO which spell
aho
(high school slang)

hekoki
farter

hetare
farter

ketsunuke
assless

momi
unhulled kernel of rice (gambling slang)

n
tarin
from
n
,
“brain,” and
tarinai,
“is lacking”

noppo
tall and gangly (gambling slang)

noroma
(dialect origin)

-chan
contraction of “oxygen,” and
chan,
“little Mr. “(student slang)

onchi
tone-deaf

otankonasu
(Tochigi dialect origin)

p
soft-headed

p
bo
from
p
,
“idiot”

p
kingu
fusion of
p
a
, “softheaded,” and “king” (high school slang)

p
apurin
(high school slang)

p
purish
(high school slang)

paparapa
(onomatopoeic) version of
p
, “soft headed”

ponke
(dialect origin)

r
jii
short for
kur
jii,
the English word “crazy”

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