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Authors: Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang From "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"

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Bring it on!
kakatte koi
Stopping a fight
kenka o tomeru
If you ever have one of those rare holiday experiences when a carload of teenage meth-heads roll up on you fully intending to make your jaw a permanent part of the curb, you might have one of those transcendental moments where you realize that Phish isn’t such a horrible band and that John Kerry wasn’t necessary a total pussy for leaving Vietnam to protest war—and before you know it you are saying one or more of the following in an Owen Wilson drawl:
Don’t get your panties all in a knot.
atama o hiyashitoke
Hey, calm the fuck down.
oi ochitsuke yo
Dude, don’t loose your shit like that.
sonna ni kireru na yo
Take a deep breath or something.
shinkokyū demo shiro
You’re all worked up.
kōfun shisugi dayo
Violence is bad.
bōryoku wa ikenai zo
Give peace a chance, man.
heiwa ga ichiban sa
I’m a pacifist.
watashi heiwa shugisha nandesu
Forget about it, man.
hottoke yo
I have nothing to do with this.
kotchi kankei nē yo
Who really gives a fuck?
dōdemo īnjanē ka
Stop it.
yamero
Whatever, man.
katte ni shiro
Call the cops.
keisatsu o yobe

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