Dirty Japanese

Name: Dirty Japanese
Brand: Hachette Aotearoa New Zealand
SKU: 9781569755655
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Everyday Slang from 'What's Up? to 'F*%# Off

By Matt Fargo

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Summary

Dirty Japanese by Matt Fargo is a humorous and irreverent guide designed to teach colloquial and slang expressions in Japanese. It covers a variety of everyday scenarios and casual conversations, offering readers a cheeky and unconventional edge to their Japanese language skills. Filled with playful, edgy phrases, this book adds a fun twist to learning Japanese.
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Format: Paperback / softback

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This book may appeal to you if you're interested in diving beyond traditional Japan guides to explore the playful, cheeky side of the Japanese language. It offers a humorous take on slang, everyday exclamations, and expressions that might not find their way into conventional language books, providing a fun and irreverent way to get in touch with Japanese culture from a unique angle.

No body speaks in strictly formal address anymore. Not even in traditionally minded Japan, where slang from its edgy pop culture constantly enter into common usage. This all-new, totally-up-to-date book fills in the gap between how people really talk in Japan and what Japanese language students are taught.

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GET D!RTY

Next time you're travelling or just chatting in Japanese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:

• Cool slang
• Funny insults
• Explicit sex terms
• Raw swear words

Dirty Japanese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Japan:

What's up?
Ossu?

How's it hanging?
Choshi doyo?

I'm smashed.
Beron beron ni nattekita.

I love ginormous tits.
Kyo'nyu daiskui.

Wanna try a threesome?
Yatte miyo ka sanpi?

I gotta take a leak.
Shonben shite.

He's such an asshole.
Aitsu wa kanji warui kara.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781569755655

Publisher: Ulysses Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 May 2007

Country: United States

Imprint: Ulysses Press

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Width: 110.0mm

Height: 180.0mm

Weight: 150g

Pages: 128

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About the Author

Matt Fargo has worked in Japan as a writer, translator, and musician, subsequently earning his Master's degree in Japanese Literature at UC Berkeley. He lives in Berkeley, CA.