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New "Bushism" Slang Word Sweeps Japan! "KAKKATE KOI!" ("OK, Bring Them On"): Japanese Press
Nikkan Gendai News ^
| 4 July 2003
| AmericanInTokyo
Posted on 07/03/2003 7:30:34 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo
President George Bush's threat and taunt of terrorists to 'try their hand against the United States' has been highlighted, above the fold, in the Japanese press.
The newest buzzword sweeping Japan in connection with Bush and his image as a 'tough guy, no nonsense on terrorism dude' is:
"KAKKATE KOI!" or "OK, BRING IT ON THEN"
Directly transliterated, it means, "If you are going to come after me, then come on!"
This phrase is often heard in tough, burly precincts of blue collar Japan just before fists are hurled.
TOPICS: Breaking News; Culture/Society; Foreign Affairs; Government; Japan; News/Current Events; War on Terror
KEYWORDS: antius; bringthemon; bush; image; iraq; japan; kakkatekoi; terrorism; waronterror
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To: AmericanInTokyo
I love it.
141
posted on
07/03/2003 12:54:36 PM PDT
by
lawdude
(KAKKATE KOI!)
To: Semper Paratus
No, this is the phrase the Japanese PM used just before GW's Dad hurled on him.
The Japanese always get what they ask for--you would think they would have learned by now.
To: lawdude
Heck, who DOESNT?? :0
143
posted on
07/03/2003 1:07:34 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: jla
This goes to show how much confidence Our President has in our military. :)
144
posted on
07/03/2003 1:10:41 PM PDT
by
Treasa
To: lawdude
KAKKATE KOI!!!
145
posted on
07/03/2003 1:29:35 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: bandleader
To: AmericanInTokyo
What a REFRESHING change!!REAL LEADERSHIP!!!!God,I LOVE "W"!!!!!!!!!!!!!
37 posted on 07/03/2003 7:54 AM PDT by bandleader
146
posted on
07/03/2003 1:43:08 PM PDT
by
f.Christian
(( Shock -- revelations (( designed universe )) ... AWE --- you haven't seen anything - yet ))
To: Treasa
This goes to show how much confidence Our President has in our military.That's an excellent point, and I'm sure the feeling's mutual.
147
posted on
07/03/2003 1:43:39 PM PDT
by
jla
To: Treasa
This goes to show how much confidence Our President has in our military.That's an excellent point, and I'm sure the feeling's mutual.
148
posted on
07/03/2003 1:43:45 PM PDT
by
jla
To: jla
oh you bet! YOu can see it in thier eyes when the President visits any of the military...I'm so glad to see both standing Proud these days...
149
posted on
07/03/2003 1:47:48 PM PDT
by
Treasa
To: AmericanInTokyo
To: AmericanInTokyo
Perhaps this illustrates it best.
To: AmericanInTokyo
Thank you!
Can always count on your posts being interesting AND educational.
I'm studying aikido, so I know just enough Japanese to get myself into some serious trouble.
(And I am going to CAREFULLY refrain from saying anything that might sound like "Kakkate koi!" within 2-3 blocks of the dojo . . . . :-D )
152
posted on
07/03/2003 2:42:17 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
To: dr_who_2
Actually, I struck up a conversation with him one day in the lobby-level bar of the Hotel New Otani in Tokyo about 10 years ago. It was only 4:00 p.m. and he was already starting--alone. Seemed like a lonely fellow but quite approachable and not arrogant at all. He seemed pleased to talk with me a little bit in Japanese--he might have dismissed me if I rambled on in English--another benefit to languages. And yes, even off camera, Mifune had that gruff samurai grunt way of talking that John Belushi copied. Poor fellow. R.I.P.
153
posted on
07/03/2003 2:47:08 PM PDT
by
AmericanInTokyo
(Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
To: Ronin
Nihon Bump.
To: AmericanInTokyo
Mifune was amazing in "Seven Samurai". First exposure I ever had to Japanese tradition, after the writings of Lafcadio Hearn, which enchanted me as a child (and still do). I have told some of his versions of traditional Japanese ghost stories to a tough audience (6th grade boys) with very good effect. Does anybody remember "Herun-san" in Japan nowadays?
155
posted on
07/03/2003 3:02:24 PM PDT
by
AnAmericanMother
(. . . there is nothing new under the sun.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Yabai!!!
156
posted on
07/03/2003 4:26:57 PM PDT
by
Ronin
To: Ronin
Bump
157
posted on
07/03/2003 4:34:40 PM PDT
by
Ronin
(I AM still here in Tokyo, so you can worry about me instead -- contributions welcome.)
To: AmericanInTokyo
I remember back in '67 during the 6 day war Japanese were wearing a button that was simply "5 - 10 - 5" ... said it all.
:-)
To: altura
Here's another one, if you don't know it already..."Shimatta" (SHE-mat-Ah)...It means, roughly, "I f***ed up!".
159
posted on
07/03/2003 5:18:42 PM PDT
by
Wombat101
(What? Me Worry?)
To: AmericanInTokyo
Great report! Thanks for the laugh. Our Japanese friends are underappreciated in these days when other so-called allies turn out to be fair-weather friends or in bed with a brutal dictator like Saddam.
I'm just picturing these working-class Japanese guys saying "Okay, bring it on then!". Biff! Bang-boom! Ow!
Hilarious.
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