{"id":40353,"date":"2016-10-07T15:55:28","date_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:55:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/?p=40353"},"modified":"2016-10-07T15:57:42","modified_gmt":"2016-10-07T19:57:42","slug":"wit-life-306-%e6%89%93%e3%81%a1%e8%a8%80%e8%91%89","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jetwit.com\/wordpress\/2016\/10\/07\/wit-life-306-%e6%89%93%e3%81%a1%e8%a8%80%e8%91%89\/","title":{"rendered":"WIT Life #306: \u6253\u3061\u8a00\u8449"},"content":{"rendered":"

WIT Life<\/a> is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator <\/strong><\/em>Stacy Smith<\/a> (Kumamo<\/a>to-ken<\/a> CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with h<\/strong><\/em>er<\/strong><\/em> own obse<\/strong><\/em>rv<\/strong><\/em>atio<\/strong><\/em>ns<\/strong><\/em>.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

I was in Japan on business for most of September, and while there I caught up on dramas, variety shows and news programs.\u00a0 One special feature I saw talked about recent trends in \u6253\u3061\u8a00\u8449 (uchi kotoba<\/em>) or Internet slang that was born from cell phone communication.\u00a0 For example, perhaps the most well known uchi kotoba<\/em> is \u3042\u3051\u304a\u3081 (ake ome<\/em>), taking the place of the more formal \u660e\u3051\u307e\u3057\u3066\u304a\u3081\u3067\u3068\u3046\u3054\u3056\u3044\u307e\u3059 (Akemashite Omedetou Gozaimasu<\/em>) or Happy New Year.\u00a0 Such language is said to be \u5185\u8f2a (uchiwa) or inner circle, and knowing how to use it indicates you are part of a group.<\/p>\n

Some new incarnations that I found interesting were \u3088\u304d\u3088\u304d (yoki yoki<\/em>) for \u3044\u3044\u3088 \uff08ii yo<\/em>), or “Sure\/That’s fine.”\u00a0 It actually reminded me of the Kumamoto-ben \u3088\u304b\u3088\u304b (yoka yoka<\/em>) with the same meaning, which I would hear often while living there on JET.\u00a0 One abbreviation I liked was \u308a or \u308a\u3087 (ri<\/em> or ryo<\/em>), both short for \u4e86\u89e3 (Ryokai<\/em>) or “Understood\/Gotcha.”\u00a0 Another way of conveying a similar sentiment is \u304a\u3051 (Oke) for “Ok,” though this doesn’t seem to make it easier to write.\u00a0 <\/span>These uchi kotoba<\/em> are constantly evolving, and who knows how far they will go…<\/p>\n

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WIT Life is a periodic series written by professional Writer\/Interpreter\/Translator Stacy Smith (Kumamoto-ken CIR, 2000-03). She starts her day by watching Fujisankei\u2019s newscast in Japanese, and here she shares some of the interesting tidbits and trends along with her own observations. I was in Japan on business for most of September, and while there I […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_feature_clip_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[18,1,36,6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-translatinginterpreting","category-uncategorized","category-wit-life","category-writers"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t