Comments on: Dictionary Discoveries: びんびん

By: Harvey

Harvey — Thu, 09 Jul 2009 11:49:00 +0000

Wow! That bin bin connection is hilarious.

And the report looks interesting! Thanks! Adding it to my reading list. Maybe another blog post will come out of it.

Umm… what was I looking up anyway… I don’t even remember!

By: Luke

Luke — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:36:47 +0000

neat paper on the subject here:

http://web.aall.ufl.edu/SJS/Baba.pdf

The author did an experiment asking Japanese speakers to narrate and then roleplay a story from a comic strip (sounds like サザエさん to me), and found that the people in the study used four times as many 擬態語 and 擬音語 when roleplaying than they did when narrating. すごいね！

By: KabutoTX

KabutoTX — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 19:19:53 +0000

So what was Harvey looking up!:)

Rikaichan say it can also mean strong (e.g. beat of music)

By: John Smith ;)

John Smith ;) — Tue, 07 Jul 2009 02:00:05 +0000

My friend told me he’s only ever heard びんびん used in porn. That’s what my friend said.

By: J

Mon, 06 Jul 2009 23:44:15 +0000

Interesting! In some latin american countries, “bin bin” is slang for penis:

http://www.diccionariolibre.com/definition.php?word=bin+bin