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To: 4mycountry
"baka" will suffice for "crazy" but is really more suited for "idiot", "imbecile", "dolt", "moron", "ignoramus" and the like.

However, I have heard the westernization of crazy as "kurae(zh)ee", phoneticized and in katakana. For example, 'honma ni, aitsu wa kuraezhee' (really, that guy is crazy!) in Osaka for example....

120 posted on 07/03/2003 11:31:46 AM PDT by AmericanInTokyo (Folks, I am NOT in Tokyo right now. So don't worry about me being nuked by N. Korea. OK? Thanks.)
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To: AmericanInTokyo
Please give me a hint on how to really get to my former marine hubby who spent time in Japan?
He always one ups me when we jab at each other kidding around. Could you tell me phonetically something that will let me win for once?
125 posted on 07/03/2003 11:38:05 AM PDT by netmilsmom (God Bless our President, those with him & our troops)
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