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From: "Michael Downey" <michaeldowney@gmail.com>
Newsgroups: japan.lang.japanese
Subject: Contemporary colloquialisms
Date: 13 Sep 2005 03:01:28 -0700
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Hi there. I recently came back from Japan after 11 months and I'm soon
to start studying more of the language at University. While I was in
Japan, I often came across words that are usually unlisted in
dictionaries (slang, faddish words - etc). Even though I was near Osaka
and thus had to contend with Kansai dialect, I was wondering if anyone
could direct me to a site that has some up-to-date information on
modern colloquialisms, and maybe even information on the Kansai dialect
and the Tokyo equivalents.

Specifically, if anyone could give me an accurate definition of:

=E3=82=84=E3=81=B0=E3=81=84

when used as an exclamation or part of a statement, I'd be pleased.
Everyone I've asked has failed to clearly explain it to me ^_^;.

Thanks,

-Michael