Japanese Street Slang Completely Revised and Updated,9781590308486

Japanese Street Slang Completely Revised and Updated

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Edition: 2nd
ISBN13: 9781590308486
ISBN10: 1590308484
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2011-02-08
Publisher(s): Weatherhill
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Summary

Herers"s the Japanese youwonrs"tfind in any dictionary-but that is essential for anyone who wants to navigate Japanese street culture.Japanese Street Slangpaints an uncensored panorama of the rich body of forbidden Japanese, analyzing the more private, guarded secrets of modern Japanese speech to present realistic portraits of men and women from different walks of contemporary Japanese life. Completely updated with current slang and swear words, this book is a fascinating guide to the language yours"ll hear in the "real" Japan. Witty mini-essays trace the fascinating origins of many expressions and rollicking example sentences reveal just how and where they may be heard.

Author Biography

Peter Constantine is the author of Japan’s Sex Trade and Japanese Slang Uncensored.  He was awarded the PEN Translation Prize for Six Early Stories by Thomas Mann and the National Translation Award for The Undiscovered Chekhov. He has also translated works by Isaac Babel, Machiavelli, Gogol, Tolstoy, and Dostoyevsky.

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