Japanese Street Slang by Peter Constantine
From ai (love) to zukkyu (heart attack ) Japanese Street Slang details the roughest and rawest street language as it's used in Japan today. Here's how the Japanese really speak: the hustlers and high-rollers, the anime otaku teens and Tokyo yuppies, the gangsters and their ladies of the night. This is the guide to the kinkiest sex talk, drug slang, criminal lingo, popular text-messaging abbreviations, and more. More than just a guide to gritty and gross-out gab, this book includes witty mini-essays that trace the fascinating origins of many expressions and rollicking example sentences that reveal just how and where they may be heard.Peter Constantine is the author of Japanese Slang Uncensored and Japan's Sex Trade. For Six Early Tales by Thomas Mann, he received the PEN Translation Prize, and for The Undiscovered Chekhov, he received the National Translation Award. In addition to Isaac Babel, Machiavelli, Gogol, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky, he has translated works by Isaac Babel, Machiavelli, Gogol, Tolstoy, and Dostoevsky.
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| ISBN 13 | 9781590308486 |
| ISBN 10 | 1590308484 |
| Title | Japanese Street Slang |
| Author | Peter Constantine |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | Shambhala Publications Inc |
| Year published | 2011-02-08 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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