Ohisashiburi!

That means, “It has been a long time!” And it really has been a long time since I posted anything under Kyou no Nihongo. Anyway, I just learned new Japanese catch phrases yesterday and I mean to share them to you:

Puri-tsu
created by JJ magazine
It’s a combination of the words, princess and tsukin (which means to commute). Puri-tsu refers to mean women who commute to work looking like royalty.

Motepuyo
from Story magazine
This word refers to middle-aged ladies who have started putting on weight but still try to stay in fashion. Although others say that this phrase refers to short and chubby girls who have cute faces.

Does this mean that is motepuyo?

Burin-burin-kei
from Glitter magazine
Yep, this comes form the hip-hop term bling-bling. This particular phrase, however, pertains to high maintenance women. (a.k.a. bilmoko)

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Today’s Japanese word:

MAJIDE
Usually written in Hiragana and Katakana as below
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Simple Definitions:
Really/Very much
Are you sure?

Last time’s Japanese word:
KAWAII

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Today’s Japanese word:
KAWAII

Kanji:
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Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
Cute!
Adorable!

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Today’s Japanese word:
HEIKI

Kanji:
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Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
No problem!
It’s ok!
Forget about it!

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Today’s Japanese word:
DAME

Kanji:
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Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
No!
It’s bad!
It’s not possible!

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Today’s Japanese word:
OMEDETOU
most commonly used as “omedetou gozaimasu”
expression

Kanji:
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Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
Congratulations!

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Today’s Japanese word:
YABAI
adjective

Hiragana:
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Katakana:
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Simple Definitions:
Risky.
Crap!

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Today’s Japanese word:
KIMOI
adjective

Katakana:
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Hiragana:
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Simple Definitions:
abbreviation of ????? or ?????? or kimochi warui
Eew!
Yuck!
Disgusting!

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