Kawaii!

May 8, 2002 on 10:29 am | In Uncategorized | | Email This Post

I’m not kawaii, I’m freakin macho.

If you’ve spent any time studying Japanese, living in Japan, or interacting with Japanese people, you have certainly learned by now that the phrase ‘kawaii’ ‚©‚í‚¢‚¢I Is used by Japanese females more often than Americans use profanities.

My Japanese-English dictionary says that ‘kawaii’ means either, ‘pretty’, ‘cute’, ’sweet’, ‘lovable’, ‘lovely’, ‘dear’, or ‘precious’…

That’s a lot of definitions, but considering how often it’s used, I’m not surprised.

As a foreigner in Japan, you’ll hear kawaii on many occasions. After about one month, it’ll probably get on your nerves. You’ll hear it when say something a little off in Japanese, you’ll hear it when you try to sing at karaoke, and if you ever go shopping… goodness.

In my opinion, it’s over used. I guess as you get older you’ll hear it less and less… I hope so anyway…

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