scoobydoo 0 Posted April 20, 2003 Share Posted April 20, 2003 Ganbarimasu seems to be thrown about all the time without much conviction. Link to post Share on other sites
brit-gob 9 Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 YOROSHIKU! Link to post Share on other sites
its-a-clock 0 Posted April 22, 2003 Share Posted April 22, 2003 My vote goes for Yoroshiku Onegai Shimasu. I write this while listening to 3 different candidates in the local election ride round waving in their while gloves and shouting it time and time again on their loud-speakers (at great volumes). Why do they all come out at EXACTLY the same time???? Link to post Share on other sites
scoobydoo 0 Posted September 28, 2003 Share Posted September 28, 2003 I've been here for about a year now and can safely say that gambarimasu wins this award. It drives me insane the way it is used so much - and I never know when it is actually meant or not. Link to post Share on other sites
OnTheTin 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Here's another one - isogashii (busy) Link to post Share on other sites
rachael 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Isogashii = wasting (or "using") time, lots of the time. Link to post Share on other sites
Siren 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 kimuchi ii Link to post Share on other sites
woywoy 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 I reckon the constant "shitsureis", either "shimasu" or "shimashita", are enough to drive anyone mad working in an office with people coming in and out all day. Of course the "osaki nis" and the "otsukares" give me the shits as well. I am not tired and I don't care if you leave before me. Link to post Share on other sites
Ocean11 0 Posted October 1, 2003 Share Posted October 1, 2003 Heheheh, I feel yo' pain woywoy. But it's far worse if it's 'translated' into English. I once 'team taught' with a teacher who believed there was complete equivalency between Japanese and English. After every goddamn lesson he would turn to me and say "Are you tayad Mr.11?" or "You must be vey tayad!" I had no idea at first what he was on about, and why he thought I must be such a weakling. Then I realized that what he really wanted to say was "Thank you for teaching this whole lesson on my behalf. I know I'm a millstone around your neck!" (He also had the annoying habit of turning to say this cockeyed Jinglish just as we were both walking through the classroom door, so that we would get wedged in there good and proper, to the vast amusement of the otherwise stupefied kids.) Link to post Share on other sites
rach 1 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 You are naughty Link to post Share on other sites
xxx 2 Posted October 2, 2003 Share Posted October 2, 2003 Our landlords wife is one of these older Japanese who uses the polite words constantly and repetitively over and over and over again. You get knackered just listening to her. Bowing and saying arigato and all that about 20 times when once will suffice. I'm tired just thinking about it. Link to post Share on other sites
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