Matt Fargo (24 page)
Authors: Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang From "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"
There’s not a lot of beer-bonging in Japan, but you do get a lot of good old-fashioned chugging.
Chug! Chug! Chug!
ikki ikki ikki
ikki ikki ikki
This is what you yell while people chug chug chug.
Let’s drink until the last train.
shūden made nomō ze
shūden made nomō ze
…which ain’t all that late in Tokyo.
I’m gonna drink till it comes back up!
ribāsu suru made nomu dē
ribāsu suru made nomu dē
Hilariously enough, they call puking “reversing.”
If you’re going to barf, do it in the toilet. gero tchaunnara toire de yare
< OTHER DRINKS THAT JAPANESE PEOPLE ENJOY:
Shōchū (potato liquor—drunk by the pros)
< Chūhai
(a cocktail with
shōchū)
(a cocktail with
shōchū)
〈〈〈〈〈〈〈〈〈〈A DRINKING SONG〉〉〉〉〉〉〉〉〉〉〉〉
NOMIUTA
Ra-ra-raccoon balls, see them sway
Even on a windless day
And when Papa Raccoon spied
These balls he laughed till he cried
And his own balls swung side to side.
tan tan tanuki no kintama wa
kaze mo nai noni yura yura
sore o miteita oya danuki
hara o kakaete wa hha hha
chōshi o awasete yura yura
deisui
Whatever, man—you aren’t going to remember any of these vocabulary words when you’re sprawled out on the tatami mats breathing fire. But I guess maybe this will make for some nice hangover retrospection as you sit there trying to remember what happened last night.
< I’M STARTING TO GET
…
…
. . .shite kichatta
. . .buzzed.
horoyoi. . .
horoyoi. . .
. . .a little tipsy—oh no!
yabai chotto fura fura. . .
yabai chotto fura fura. . .
. . .a bit drunk.
yopparatta kanji ga. . .
yopparatta kanji ga. . .
. . .sick.
hakike. . .
hakike. . .
< I AM
…
…
. . .ni nattekita
. . .smashed.
beron beron. . .
beron beron. . .
. . .really trashed.
mō guden guden. . .
mō guden guden. . .
. . .three sheets to the wind.
chō deisui jyōtai. . .
chō deisui jyōtai. . .
Yesterday I got so smashed I was hitting on girls in the train.
kinō nanka beron beron ni natte densha no naka de nanpa shimakuri
Don’t try talking to him—he’s already three sheets to the wind.
aitsu wa mō chō deisui jyōtai nanode hanashi kakenai hō ga ī ze
Yesterday I totally drunk-dialed my own sister.
kinō sa jibun no ane ni yopparatte denwa nanka kakechimatta
Hi, my name’s Nancy, and I’m an alcoholic.
konnichiwa watashi wa nanshī to īmasu aru chū desu
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