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Be careful not to be ディスられる by trying to be hip Posted by eriko1 on Mar 24, 2021
In the last blog (Flattening Accents), I wrote about the trend of flattening accents. I am going to list more language trends (トレンドtorendo) among Japanese young people in this blog. Combine English words+ suffix ru バズる （buzz + ru) = to go viral ディスるor disる (disrespect + ru) = to disrespect ググる (google + ru) = to…
Flattening Accents Posted by eriko1 on Mar 15, 2021
I have been always interested in teenage vernacular (特有の言葉 tokuyu no kotoba). My senior thesis was on the teenage vernacular in Southern California. Teenagers are experts (専門家senmonka) in creating new words as they are not bound by rules. They are creative in any language. Some new words are born and die, while others gain status…
New Year’s Cards (年賀状） Posted by eriko1 on Jan 5, 2021
明けましておめでとうございます。（A happy new year. Akemashite omedetogozaimasu) Let us start the 2021 blog with the Japanese declining tradition (伝統 dento)- New Year’s Cards called 年賀状(nengajo). It is a postcard with New Year’s greetings. You can purchase 年賀状 from your post office with a lottery number printed on them. In the New Year, numbers are drawn on…