New "Bushism" Slang Word Sweeps Japan! "KAKKATE KOI!" ("OK, Bring Them On"): Japanese Press

Nikkan Gendai News ^ | 4 July 2003 | AmericanInTokyo

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Not "crazy" ?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Actually, this is from a website on Japanese anime:

""Kakkate koi(Come and fight, already)!" Kim's taunting YOU, pal! ;)" and if you go to this site: http://www.geocities.com/TimesSquare/Battlefield/4281/kimsound.html

...there is a short WAV audio file there that apparantly has someone shouting 'Kakkate koi!" so that might help in the language lessons here this morning for FR.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Unless it is is HTML-ized, hira, kata and kanji will not work on FR. Maybe we can get Jim to fix that some day.

[AmericanInTokyo]

Actually, 'kakkate' almost rhymes with "karate" (when said correctly....not 'kuhradee" as many Americans mistakenly say).

[ffusco]

Magnificent Bastard!

[Eric in the Ozarks]

You are correct, oh Great One.

[AmericanInTokyo]

sorry! hope no 'loss of face' was incurred :-)

[Seeking the truth]

AIT, think this would be popular in Japan?

FR's Registered has graciously allowed me to use "W Sam" to make a 0cents Stamp

W Sam

[Eric in the Ozarks]

I like it !

[alnick]

I love it! It's my new tag line. :-)

[Eric in the Ozarks]

Chee, chee, paa-paa,
chee paa-paa.
Suzu meno gakko,
No sensei, wa...

[OldFriend]

Don't forget the KOI!

[Redbob]

But I thought "koi" was a carp?

[AmericanInTokyo]

Yes. Indeed. You got a money maker there, IMHO it would be a BIG Hit over in Japan. It could be used on graphics for a book cover or perhaps background for a news report, etc. (In other words, get it copyrighted quick before the Japanese steal or copy it!)

[AmericanInTokyo]

you need to back up and read earlier posts where that was explained

[bandleader]

A GREAT READ!I have a number of books on Lt.General George S.Patton Jr.,but this is the best.I found it hard to put down(despite it's considerable girth)!!!!!!!

[AmericanInTokyo]

The only thing that might be a drawback on that stamp is that (and don't laugh here) many foreigners (westerners) look the same to Japanese so they might understand the Uncle Sam image but they might not look close enough to see it is G. Bush. Again, remember, all foreigners look alike to many Japanese.

I have seen some 'look alike' contests in Japan where foreigners (Americans/westerners) were supposed to look like famous people, and they would have been booed off the stage in the States, but for the Japanese they were 'close enough'.

[martin_fierro]

KAKKATE KOI!

[uglybiker]

Only Japanese words I know are, "RUN, GODZILLA.".

I believe it's pronounced: "LUN, GODZIRRA!"

[Seeking the truth]

I think its one of Registered best images. Talk about a picture being worth a 1000 words!