SLJ's 3 best hits: otenba, sikato, sakura-niku
Tomoyuki Tanaka
aside from AFAQ, general observations on human nature,
[mean comments deleted],
and things i learned as a result of my own thinking, the
following have been the 3 most interesting things i learned
from SLJ.
1. origin of otenba
2. origin of sikato
3. origin of sakura-niku
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1. origin of otenba
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http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/afaq/dutch.html
7.9.4. Which Japanese words originate from Dutch?
`otenba' (...) ontembaar
(untameable [untamable]) a tomboy
every English teacher in Japan should use this factoid
in his/her classroom.
"tame" ("apprivoiser") is also an important keyword
in the English (French) version of "The Little Prince".
this keyword is lost in the poor Japanese translation.
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2. origin of sikato
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according to Jack Oatmon, "sikato" comes from the hanafuda
card in which the deer is looking away.
[i know such a card exists; somebody please confirm
this is indeed the origin of the word.]
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3. origin of sakura-niku
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according to Jack Oatmon, "sakura-niku" comes from the hanafuda
card in which a horse is seen with a cherry tree.
[i know such a card exists; somebody please confirm
this is indeed the origin of the word.]
he also said something about momiji-niku, botan-nabe(?).
see http://www.deja.com/=dnc/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=456812617
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>>> gase = gase-neta = sawagase neta = hito sawagase na neta
>
>this reminds me.
>my favorite journalism slang is "ahiru-kisha" (duck writer).
answer:
ahiru-kisha is a lazy/dishonest (newspaper) writer who
writes without actually seeing the event/scene.
mizu ni kaku == write without seeing
but also:
mizu ni kaku == paddle water, what ducks do.
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easiest way to read Jp WWW pages: http://www.shodouka.com (?)
http://www.embjapan.org.uk/viewer.html
BB's sci.lang.japan FAQ: http://www.hayamasa.demon.co.uk/afaq/afaq.html
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/afaq/afaq.html
Olaf's old <s.l.j> FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/japan/language
s.l.j (TT topics) FAQ: http://www.faqs.org/faqs/japan/language-TT
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-dir/japan/language-TT.html
<soc.culture.japan> FAQ files: http://welcome.to/SCJ
http://welcome.to/soc.culture.japan
http://www.faqs.org/faqs/japan
http://www.cs.uu.nl/wais/html/na-bng/soc.culture.japan.html
the best/biggest compilations of Japan-related WWW links:
http://www.jwindow.net
http://www.embjapan.org.uk
http://www.ntt.co.jp/japan/index.html
massangeana
> according to Jack Oatmon, "sikato" comes from the hanafuda
> card in which the deer is looking away.
>
> [i know such a card exists; somebody please confirm
> this is indeed the origin of the word.]
http://kuzan.f-edu.fukui-u.ac.jp/BBS/room_1/read.bbs?BBS_MSG_991002225032.html
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massangeana (Ken Masuyama)
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Shadroe
"Tomoyuki Tanaka" <tan...@web1.calweb.com> wrote in message
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>
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> 3. origin of sakura-niku
> --------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> according to Jack Oatmon, "sakura-niku" comes from the hanafuda
> card in which a horse is seen with a cherry tree.
>
> this is indeed the origin of the word.]
>
> see http://www.deja.com/=dnc/threadmsg_ct.xp?AN=456812617
>
>
...Inoshishi, Shika, Chou
Shad