Chase the Gaijin » Playstation http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog Speaking in pictures is fun. Mon, 26 Jul 2010 04:10:52 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 When asked the thing that most Japanese people would like to be able to do is double jump, if you know what I mean. http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/when-asked-the-thing-that-most-japanese-people-would-like-to-be-able-to-do-is-double-jump-if-you-know-what-i-mean/ http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/2009/when-asked-the-thing-that-most-japanese-people-would-like-to-be-able-to-do-is-double-jump-if-you-know-what-i-mean/#comments Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:05:59 +0000 Chase The Gaijin http://www.chasethegaijin.com/blog/?p=789 Would you believe that they advertise commercials about video games? Isn’t that stupid and childish; don’t they know that everyone stops playing them before they’re able to do their times tables?

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By the way, if you see something in parenthesis next to a Katakana word that means that the word that everyone uses is abbreviated. I’ll talk more on this later as there are some very interesting abbreviated words, but for now if you want to know the full word(s) they’re in the parenthesis.

この飛行機は故障中です。キャノンをお使いください。
このひこうきはこしょうちゅうです。キャノンをおつかいください。
This airplane is currently out of service. Please use the cannon.

プレステをあんまり使わなかったからヤフオクで売った。
プレステ（プレーステーション）をあんまりつかわなかったからヤフオク（ヤフーオークション）でうった。
I didn’t use my Playstation that much so I sold it on Yahoo Auctions.

ピエロと一緒にサッカをする場合は罠に気をつけて。
ピエロといっしょにサッカをするばあいはわなにきをつけて。
If you’re playing soccer with a clown make sure to watch out for traps.

あなたは看護士として。そして、僕は患者とする。注射をしてね〜〜
あなたはかんごしとして。そして、ぼくはかんじゃとする。ちゅうしゃをしてね〜〜
You be the nurse and I’ll be the patient. Give me a shot please.

Now go turn the tables and use use on unused users.

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