Japan has two sharp contrasting faces — good old tradition & history side and geeky high-tech OTAKU side.
Dig in and see how the geeky side of Japan had contributed in destructing the grammatically-correct Japanese. And in making life with this new vocabulary development lot more colorful and funny.
Enjoy a list of genius inventions of Japanese and non-Japanese word combo slang.
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1 Garakee ( Sounds like gala kei )
Gara is a shorten form of Galapagos Islands, while kee is for keitai ( mobile phone ). Galapogos Islands + Mobile Phone = cell phones still surviving from pre-smartphone/iPhone era. Goes on its own evolution process in the isolated field, Japan.
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2 Metabo Meshi ( Sounds like meta bow mesh )
Metabo is a shorten form of Metabolic, and Meshi implies meal. Here, the word Metabo doesn’t really have much to do with original English meaning. This word combo is used to mean all those foods that are fatty, high carb, tons of sugar, bad-for-me-but-how-can-u-resist things. This slang is popular when talking about foods that will add your belly flab quite speedy and effortless.
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3 Netoge Haijin ( Sounds like NATO gay hygiene)
Netoge is an easy one. Stands for Network Games. Haijin in Japanese is a wreck. Network Games + Wreck = a guy whose life is completely and only dedicated to Netoge, and pay no attention to boring 3-D world.
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4 Ria Ju- ( Sounds like rear Jew )
Ria is an abbreviation of Real and Ju- is a first part of Japanese word Ju-jitsu (means full-filled or satisfied ). Real + Full-filled/Satisfied = A guy who has a 3-D, living human “real” girl/boy friend. This slang is often used by comparison with OTAKU whose partner lives in 2-D virtual world.
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5 Aruki Sumaho ( Sounds like Ah, rookie sue man hoe )
Aruki in Japanese is walking. Sumaho is a shorten form of smartphone. Thanks to Pokemon Go, Japanese police are now super busy warning those Aruki Sumaho people everywhere.
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6 Rasu Bosu ( Sounds like Lass Boss )
This slang came from the roll playing computer games. You keep fighting with numbers of enemies to win the game. Rasu Bosu simply implies Last Boss, the hardest one to battle down that awaits you at the very final stage. This is used to describe a giant hungry grouch you meet after going through a tough long way in doing something.
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Please let Japanese people know correct English phrases like him.
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