Comments on: 35 widely unknown Japanese internet slang terms

By: auberginefleur

auberginefleur — Sun, 09 Dec 2012 06:19:35 +0000

オワコン Owacon is also used for out-of-date middle-aged and old people.

By: 35 widely unknown Japanese internet slang terms | Englishes Around the World

Thu, 06 Dec 2012 11:18:20 +0000

[...] Over the 5th and 6th of October 2012 1,064 members of the goo Research monitor group completed a private internet-based questionnaire. 58.2% of the sample were female, 10.5% in their teens, 13.7% in their twenties, 26.6% in their thirties, 27.6% in their forties, 11.7% in their fifties, and 9.9% aged sixty or older. Note that the score in the results refers to the relative number of votes for each option, not a percentage of the total sample. 世論 What Japan Thinks, December 3, 2012. Read more… [...]

By: Jrodshibuya

Jrodshibuya — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 05:47:17 +0000

ノーサイド noo saido – means taking a non-biased, bipartisan approch to issues. Former PM Mori used it in a title of a book he wrote, it’s based on his experience playing rugby and the spirit of friendly competition.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 03:59:37 +0000

I prefer to read “daretoku” as “who benefits from this?” This is amusing to me for some reason.

By: Rat

Rat — Mon, 03 Dec 2012 01:20:01 +0000

“Daretoku” is more like “Who is this for?” Like when a yaoi fangirl posts some weird fine detail about their favorite pairing on twitter and ends it with “(Daretoku),” a kind of self-tsukkomi thing implying only they care anything about that little weird detail or idea. Similarly there’s “oretoku” which means “for me/my own enjoyment.”

“Bakuhatsu shiro” is more like “fuck real life” or “fuck [insert unpleasant thing here].”

By: Jeshii

Jeshii — Sun, 02 Dec 2012 18:32:27 +0000

オワタ I think is less about finishing something and more like, “I’m done for.” Short for 人生オワタ. It’s when something bad happens and you go, “Oh well, GAME OVER! ＼(^o^)／”