Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"

Fargo, Matt/ Mack, Lindsay (Illustrator)

ISBN 10: 1569755655 / ISBN 13: 9781569755655

Published by Ulysses Pr, 2007

About this Item

illustrated edition. 128 pages. Japanese language. 6.75x4.25x0.25 inches. In Stock.

Seller Inventory # x-1569755655

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from "What's Up?" to "F*%# Off!"
• Publisher: Ulysses Pr
• Publication Date: 2007
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1569755655
• ISBN 13: 9781569755655
• Binding: Paperback
• Condition: Brand New

About this title

Synopsis

Learn all the slang words and modern street phrases you never got to in Japanese class with this fun, super-handy English-Japanese phrasebook.

Next time you’re traveling or just chattin’ in Japanese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:

•Cool slang
•Funny insults
•Explicit terms
•Raw swear words

Dirty Japanese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets from Tokyo to Kyoto from "What's up?" (Ossu?) to "I'm smashed," (Beron beron ni nattekita.)

About the Author

Matt Fargo has worked in Japan as a writer, translator, and musician, subsequently earning his Master's degree in Japanese Literature at UC Berkeley. He lives in Berkeley, CA.