can someone tell me how to say (1 Viewer)

[hipsta_jess]

hey!
can someone please tell me how to say "where are my underpants" in japanese please?
lol, look at my siggy, perhaps then you will understand!

 

[Lexicographer]

pcYB
"pantsu wo boushitsu shita"
"I lost my underwear"

or...

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"pantsu wa doko de na?"
"Where is my underwear?"

edit: repaired

 

[moogle]

pontsu or pantsu?




... just thought of chobits

 

[Lexicographer]

Well, JWPce says "pontsu" but I really think it's supposed to be "pantsu".

Edit: Yes, I checked my (many) other dictionaries, it's "pantsu"

 

[jogloran]

boushitsu... What are you, a paralegal? The second one is better.

Oh yeah. Chobits.

 

[Lexicographer]

Originally posted by jogloran
Oh yeah. Chobits.

Hypocrite! I remember all that stuff you said in Kinokuniya.

Gah, damn Clamp

 

[mercury]

It's shitagi wa doko desu ka.

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[Lexicographer]

Shitagi is what samurai and the elderly call their underwear

Most young people would prefer pantsu because it's foreign, and the Japanese are nuts about foreign. Freaky Japanese.

And, yeah, in the situation I imagine this phrase being used, you're not likely to be so polite as "doko desu ka". You could say "doko de aru".

 

[Lexicographer]

Originally posted by mercury
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are those kanji still in general use? or did you just hit space in the IME?

 

[mercury]

That's true =p context context context...... OMG, too much english... hmm, shitagi was in the BOS vocab booklet, so I used it, never knew about the samurai bit, thanks again =p

and um... yes, the kanjis are, because I've seen them, I saw the doko one on some anime... except in reality, i dont' think ppl would use kanji for that, i js felt like it. I like kanji =p

 

[Lexicographer]

Which anime? Was it a "period" anime? Or, more likely, was it in a formal document or something? I can only imagine people using those kanji in keigo (mega-polite language) or in a formal document...

 

[mercury]

it was in the song lyrics, u know how they have openign songs, and they got words down the bottom, yeah one of those...

 

[Lexicographer]

Ooh...that's a tough one. I'd ask which one so I could check it myself, but I just don't have time (and can't be bothered ). Basically, obscure compounds like that for such common words just aren't used. The Japanese are lazy too.

 

[mercury]

they don't wanna get too chinesey... though some really old fashioned jap ppl might use it, on the other hand, some might not even know what the kanji was.. LOL

 

[Lexicographer]

I wouldn't say that. The Japanese admire the Chinese for their tradition (please, do NOT start that wartime propaganda-induced argument, I'll delete it all). It's more to do with their subcolonial idolisation of the west. Their next pansociopsycholocial phase will probably be a reassertion of national pride (though they will be careful not to recede to prewar levels. They like cities in three dimensions).

 

[mercury]

no no =p no intention to go into war, the past is past, it's more meaningful to look to the future, plan for the future.
I just reckon that kanji are fading out in Japan, there are so many western gairaigo in japanese right now... I hope it doesn't get out of control =p

 

[Lexicographer]

I don't think the kanji will be gone for a very, very long time. They're amazingly useful for conveying ideas, and probably the only thing Japanese has for differentiating meaning (English has poor phonetisation). They also have a huge amount of cultural significance... besides, kanji are fun.

 

[jogloran]

Originally posted by Lexicographer

And, yeah, in the situation I imagine this phrase being used, you're not likely to be so polite as "doko desu ka". You could say "doko de aru".

It's only here that there could be a discussion regarding the perils of translating 'where are my underpants'.

Remember that 'de aru' is a book form, and is absolutely not used elsewhere.

 

[mercury]

what's the difference between hadagi and shitagi?

hmm, yeah i know, weird stuff.
I think prolly XXXX wa doko... would be used

 

[mercury]

yep yep, kanji wa ichiban tanoshii!!