On 21 Dec 2003 18:44:04 -0800, another fool  ...
>
>the feeling in English of "whatch where you`re going asshole" in the
>Tokyoish area of Japan?
>
>Not looking for a direct translation but the sort of slang that will
>let some idiot know - hey watch it you are about 3 seconds from
>getting your ass kicked.
>
>"Whatch where you`re going asshole" said in English didn`t have the
>desired effect although me giving one of the offenders an impolite
>shove did get a long string of bows and sumimasens.
>
>Wife tells me it is something like "aha boka" if we were in the Kansai
>area but she doesn`t know what you would say here near Tokyo.


"iku no hou mite (yo)" literally means "watch in the direction you are going". I
find I use this a fair bit.

I also use "stop bowing and get out of the fucking way" on a regular basis, the
most recent on Thursday night as an entire company was saying goodbye to someone
at the entrance to the Akasaka subway. Amazingly it seems to work without
translating it.






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