Dirty Japanese: Everyday Slang from What's Up? to F*%# Off!

by Matt Fargo

Book Overview

GET D RTY
Next time you're traveling or just chattin' in Japanese with your friends, drop the textbook formality and bust out with expressions they never teach you in school, including:

-Cool slang
-Funny insults
-Explicit sex terms
-Raw swear words

Dirty Japanese teaches the casual expressions heard every day on the streets of Japan:

What's up?
Ossu?

How's...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1569755655
• ISBN13: 9781569755655
• Release Date: September 2020
• Publisher: Ulysses Press
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 4.3" x 7.1"

Customer Reviews

It's so good I wouldn't let my kids read it (if I had any)!

Wow, what a great book! It's more of a handbook, but wow, this little fellow sure carries a lot of information! I know Japanese, and the only thing that I was missing was the informal/slang part, and this book certainly covers it all! Not only that, but it increased my vocabulary a lot, I wouldn't have dream of knowing how to say the different types of breasts or "dicks," but thanks to this book I know them! This is a really good handbook, easy to carry around, well organized and with a huge amount of info. Totally recommended!

more than dirty

You read in an hour, never forget what you read and laugh a lot. Beware of not using what you learn with your sensei. Even you aren't the fond-of dirty talking guy you will appreciate the best travelbook I have ever read

Getting Dirty in Japanese

I have often pointed out the importance of letting the locals know I bothered trying to learn something of their language when I visit - even if I know English is widely spoken. I will usually memorize a few of the essentials phrases and courtesies and then pull my trusty crash course language pamphlet and shamelessly plow ahead. I have butchered many a thank you and salutation. Fortunately, what I lack in language skills I make up for in polite sheepishness and hopeful confusion peppered with my genuine joy of traveling. Most people find my attempts endearing or don't mind because it is obvious that I am really trying. Still language is not my forte. Over the years, I have amassed a tall pile of foreign language dictionaries and quickie guides: Easy German, French in 20 easy lessons, Instant Swahili. I have them all. So when I saw Dirty Japanese I couldn't resist the prospect of, well, dirty Japanese. While my days of speaking outrageously have naturally curbed over the years, the curiosity may never leave. Dirty Japanese is a quick and lean read filled with a wide variety of slang set in a variety of situations, which surprisingly is much more than a lump of generic dictionary definitions all bound together. It offers the writer's insights into practical Japanese culture using humor and keen observation. This book made me laugh out loud and reminisce longingly about my own experiences in Japan. I need to go back! While I can't really fathom diving into this book and practicing the time-honored tradition of learning only the dirty words of any language for its own sake, I can attest to the commentary by author Fargo as entertaining and worth perusal. Moreover, I have a few Japanese friends and will be trying out my `new' language essentials. Matt Fargo has a Masters in Japanese lit, so he knows his stuff. I am not sure what he was thinking when he applied for grad school (seems like an impossible subject), but his book is a lot of fun and more importantly there is a lot more here than just `Dirty Japanese.' In terms of practice, this book would really only benefit a reader with more than minimal Japanese. It would benefit someone with the basics and someone who has some close Japanese friends with a sense of humor as to not offend. Wisely, the author deftly covers this topic as well. I will be bringing this little book along with me on my next visit to Japan.

Got me laid

I got this book for a trip I took to Japan to visit a friend who works in Tokyo. I wasn't sure at first if it would be any good, but it turned out to be perfect. I memorized some phrases on the plane ride over and tried them on some Japanese business men I was meeting -- they laughed super hard and bought me sake. And then I met this girl my friend works with, and I used the dating lines on her -- SMOOTH. I hung out with her for the rest of the trip. I've already bought a copy for my buddy who works there. You HAVE to read this book.

Omoroi koto!

"Dirty Japanese" is hilarious! It covers a WIDE array of slang topics in such a tiny book; some chapters are tame while others are so explicit like 'Horny Japanese' that I was embarrassed to actually say some of the phrases. It's a fun, quick read with up-to-date Japanese slang. I had previously bought 'Making out in Japanese' and found the Japanese outdated and the phrases lacking. I really recommend "Dirty Japanese" to anyone that wants a great, comprehensive - and of course DIRTY - Japanese slang guide.