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Old 08-21-2007, 04:43 PM
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Osu Smoothsake-san,
Thanks, hope you don't mind for using it as a signature.
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No problem. Pretty funny phrase if you ask me.
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I am not sure of exactly what type of situation you envision yourself in, that a crucial decision between karaoke and training would come up...but, hey, now you know!!

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Old 08-21-2007, 06:20 PM
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Osu,
Just in case I'm visiting Japan to see some suppliers of my company and they might ask me to join them in the karaoke bar.
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If that is the case then you should ask them to join you:

Issho ni ikimasen ka?

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Heh, it's "dojo" in Japanese too?
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道場=dojo....of course it is dojo!!

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Usual way of Kumite in Japan

Kumite starts
We bow and say "Onegaishimasu".
Kumite ends
We bow and shake hands, "Arigatou gozaimashita."
Thats wierd cuz, my first session at kokubunji I went to shake hands at the end and got some strange as looks. I noticed one of Pauls friends did the same thing at Obiken the other night and same result. Is it purely a Josai thing or what?
I just wonder where our home dojo got it from considering the strong link between here and there? **sorry for hijacking thread**
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Nande jiro jiro wa miteru nan desu ka? (could by moderately chigaimasu yo!!)
Why are you staring at me?
Ikiyo! ( said if you are late to class and have to bow in from the back)
Sumimasen, buko wa chotto bakka janai desho!! ( gets a laugh from most Japanese)
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Thats wierd cuz, my first session at kokubunji I went to shake hands at the end and got some strange as looks. I noticed one of Pauls friends did the same thing at Obiken the other night and same result. Is it purely a Josai thing or what?
omg maybe i'm being brainwashed here lankyS have you trained at Futamatagawa dojo? u keen on visitign the dojo with me at some stage?
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please to meet you

i am tired

good fight!

i am hungry

how do i go to...

could you repeat that?

my sensei is...

what round is this?

who is that?

(dont translate the line below)
i'm going to japan in november. yahoo!
also anyone know where i can get an mp3 version of dojokun in nihongo?
arigato!
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please to meet you
= anatani aete koei desu.

i am tired
= tsukaremashita.

good fight!
= yoku tatakatta!

i am hungry
= onaka suitemasu = onaka pekopeko.

how do i go to...
= douyatte ??? he ikkukoto ga dekimasuka?

could you repeat that?
= mou ikkai itte moraemasuka?

my sensei is...
= watashi no sensei wa...

what round is this?
= kore nan raundo me?

who is that?
= are dare desuka?
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omg maybe i'm being brainwashed here lankyS have you trained at Futamatagawa dojo? u keen on visitign the dojo with me at some stage?
Yeah man Id be keen as mustard!!
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also anyone know where i can get an mp3 version of dojokun in nihongo?
arigato!
Do a search for it in the forum...actually in this very sub-forum...there are recordings, and it is also written out too!!

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Lanky, why don't you head over to Shinagawa between the 3rd-12th of September.....that is where I will be!!

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please to meet you
= anatani aete koei desu.
How would you translate ''dozo yoroshiku'' literally?

Thanks in advance.

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How would you translate ''dozo yoroshiku'' literally?

Thanks in advance.
That is a tricky question, because that phrase takes on several meanings depending on the situation.

One version would be:
Please accept my regards

The formal way of saying that phrase is:

Dozo Yoroshiku Onegaishimasu

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"I have come here to chew bubblegum and kick ass...and I'm all out of bubblegum."

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de ja vu

kindergarten level question will be ignored like the gum on the bottom of my shoe!!





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Come on.. how funny would that be. You got to love rowdy rowdy piper in that role. Mullet and all.
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