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

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This may disappoint all the aspiring hooligans out there, but Japanese sports fans are oppressively polite. They don’t get drunk, jeer the opposing team, or yell slogans about the refs’ mothers (with the exception, perhaps, of Hanshin baseball fans). Oftentimes there are special team songs that you can learn, but for the most part you can just stick to the following simple cheers:
Go!
gambarē!
Fight!
faito
Hurray!
furē furē
Put ’em away
shimattekō
Banzai!
banzai
Where is the cheering section?
ōendan wa doko ni irundesu ka
Will you teach me the team cheer?
ōenkyoku oshiete kuremasu ka
The ref is a retard!
shimpan no boke
Swwwing, batterbatterbatter!
battā ga senpūki da
* This literally means “the batter is an electric fan”—he flails around and hits nothing but air.
Where can I find a scalper?
dafuya o sagashite irundakedo
For which team are you a…
dochira no. . .
supporter
sapōtā
fan
fan
hooligan
fūrigan

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