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Re:can somebody please translate this for me? 2 Weeks, 5 Days ago Karma: 2  
うーん...

When you say "nan darou" you just noticed the fact that there's something with the object.

On the other hand I guess when you say "oh geez", you have already realized some nature (usually negative one) in it, don't you?

So this is my guess:
* [are] nan darou? - what's that?
* nante kotta... - oh, geez...


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Re:can somebody please translate this for me? 2 Weeks, 5 Days ago Karma: 1  
Maz,

I looked up "nante kotta," and I think it is probably too strong and negative in affect.

"Oh jeez" is, if anything, rueful-- expressing mild regret-- but it doesn't even have to be negative at all. It can just express the fact that one was not expecting something.

Thanks for the clarification on "nan darou."

We could go on endlessly about this, couldn't we?

--Tony
 
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Re:can somebody please translate this for me? 1 Week, 1 Day ago Karma: 0  
pretty much, I just say (or mumble) "oh jeez" whenever my friends say someting odd or i say something odd that emberasses me...or I make a mistake on something stupid...things like that...

I think i forgot about me posting this forum....which explains why I haven't been on here
 
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WOOT! BANANA EATING ZEBRAS WILL RULE THE PACIFIC OCEAN IN THE YEAR 2003156!!! BEWARE!!!! oh jeez, i'm a psycopath...YOUR MOTHER WAS A HAMPSTER AND YOUR FATHER SMELT OF ELDERBERRIES!!!
 
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Re:can somebody please translate this for me? 1 Week ago Karma: 0  
what about gekidou? i asked somebody else who lived in japan and knows japanese...that's what she said...*sigh*...oh well!!!

*sigh* oh jeez...I'm a dork...HAHAHA!!! i used it again!!!!
 
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Re:can somebody please translate this for me? 1 Week ago Karma: 1  
According to EDICT, the "gekidou" you're probably talking about means "terrible shock, agitation, upheaval"-- so it sounds unlikely to me. (There is also another word pronounced "gekidou," but spelled with different kanji, which means "drama" or "theatrical arts." ) But I have been led astray by dictionary definitions before.
 
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Last Edit: 2008/05/10 03:50 By tony.
 
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Re:can somebody please translate this for me? 1 Week ago Karma: 0  
hnnn...well, i'll stick with nante kotta ...how would you pronounce that? nahn-teh koh-tah??
 
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