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22:29 Aug 3, 2005 |
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO] Bus/Financial - Slang / strange? :-) | ||||
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5 +1 | Just a suggestion |
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4 +1 | ベンチャーキャピタリストたちの愛の奴隷 |
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4 +1 | Benchaa Kyapitarisuto-no Himo |
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ベンチャーキャピタリストたちの愛の奴隷 Explanation: Sex Slave is not very common expression... 性の奴隷 might be an alternative... -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 2005-08-04 07:21:03 (GMT) -------------------------------------------------- Conglatulations on vewing Japanese Charactors, Tex. 性の奴隷 Sei no dorei 愛の奴隷 Ai no dorei 愛の奴隷 is more like ¥"love slave¥". 性の奴隷 is sex slave. Pronounciation is something like... ¥"Bencha Kapitaristo tachi no Sei no Dorei¥" |
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sex slave of venture capitalists Benchaa Kyapitarisuto-no Himo Explanation: ベンチャー キャピタリストの ひも Where "Benchaa Kyapitarisuto" = "Venture Capitalist" "-no" -possessive "Himo" = gigolo, toyboy, etc. The literal meaning of "himo" is string/cord/tie, etc. which is where the double entendre comes from... This would probably work much better than "sex slave" if you are planning to say it to a Native Japanese person (was that the idea?) Won't get you into any of that PC strife, either, hehehe... HTH ;-) -------------------------------------------------- Note added at 1 day 40 mins (2005-08-04 23:10:10 GMT) -------------------------------------------------- In response to Yoshimine-san¥'s note: ¥"Pimp¥" is certainly another meaning of ¥'himo¥'. Yet *surely* you have heard it used as per my description! If not, here¥'s a little webidence: From Eijiro (admittedly not always the most reliable dictionary source but nevertheless): gigolo 【名】 愛人、女のひも、体を売る男、男娼◆【同】prostitute 女のひも => gigolo Also: http://www.geocities.jp/sio_wings/Diary1.html から ◎今日の単語 ・単身赴任 He works away from home. ・Tom boy おてんば Toy boy ひも http://www.junktrax.com/gigolo/ から ジゴロ[gigolo フランス] 女にたよって生活している男。ひも。(新修広辞典…集英社) 女に頼って働かない男。ひも。(カタカナ新語辞典…学研) 女にたかって生活する男。転じて、男妾。ひも。(広辞苑…岩波書店) アメリカンジョーク#33In a divorce case, the local gigolo was brought to the stand, accused of sleeping with the plaintiff’s wife. 離婚法廷に町の「女たらしのひも」が引き立てられる。 罪状は被害者の妻が寝取られたというもの。 The judge asked, ¥"This man claims ... www.geocities.jp/darabojp/miami33.html 大辞林 国語辞典 - infoseek マルチ辞書... ALCCで充実の英語留学を。 スペイン語留学 スペイン各地の語学学校を探そう 誰でもできるスペイン語学習, Ads by Google. ジゴロ 1 [(フランス) gigolo] 女にたかって生活する男。ひも・男妾の類。 Click Here! 大辞林凡例. ... www.infoseek.co.jp/SRedirect?qt=GIGO& type=kokugo&svx=101505 No-sword sans frontieres (old)... だからまあそういう意味で確かに言われたくない言葉なのだ。日本語の「ひも」 のニュアンスがよく分からないけど、それににてるかもしれない。あれって英語の「 gigolo」のほうがいいんじゃないかな。 でも、70s ... no-sword.sieve.net/sans/?11280829 etc.etc.etc..... |
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