Thursday, August 02, 2007

Japanese word of the day 本日の日本語の単語

今日の日本語の単語はドジです! 多分この単語はイギリス英語の単語'dodgy'から来ました. 分かりませんでも面白いと思います!

Today's Japansese word is ドジ pronounced 'doji'. I guess this word came from the English 'dodgy' but the meaning is slightly different. ドジ is forgetfull or scatty. For example 彼はちょっとドジですね which maybe translates to something like - 'he is bit of scatterbrain isnt he'. For a girl you might say 彼女はちょっとドジですね。 which maybe translates to something like 'she is a bit blonde!' (sorry to all my blonde friends!)

1 comment:

Teresa said...

Ah, you have to love (do you really?) katakana English. My favorite one I heard recently is カンニング from the English word "cunning." However, the Japanese take carries the meaning of cheating. So, a kanningu peepa translates to a 'cheat sheet.' And you can even カンニングする!