Useless Kanji of the Day

by **drpepper** » Fri Jan 13, 2006 4:30 am

just wondering how long this will go on before yu-utsu and bara pop up....

by **tidbits** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:11 am

How to read those kanji ? why not post the yomi kata as well?

by **American Oyaji** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 12:39 am

suggestion -

It's all well and good to put the kanji up there, but if it has alternate meanings, they need to be posted. Also have it used in a sentence.

Not everyone is on the same level here kara.

by **drpepper** » Sat Jan 14, 2006 3:49 am

American Oyaji wrote:suggestion -

It's all well and good to put the kanji up there, but if it has alternate meanings, they need to be posted. Also have it used in a sentence.

Not everyone is on the same level here kara.

Nobody is on this level. Those kanji are specifically for the "stump the japanese" type situations so they can look at you and go "ohhhhhhhhhhhh, sugoi desune".

Sure to come up soon will be all the sakana-hen kanji...

by **Molokidan** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 3:56 am

by **kamome** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 5:39 am

Molokidan wrote:Doesn't that annoy you!? I always spend so much time looking up interesting, archaic words and using them in sentences...but it always backfires -- they just think I'm messing up words and know even less than I do. And then it takes another five minutes to explain to THEM what I was saying. Some of my most disgruntled moments ever.

Well, their response is hardly surprising. I react that way when non-native English speakers try to use some archaic, hardly used word or phrase they found in their dictionary. The very usage of such terms indicates they know little about the English language because a fluent speaker would know those words aren't appropriate for daily conversation.

by **drpepper** » Sun Jan 15, 2006 8:27 pm

Well at least that last one is somewhat in use...

by **teru** » Thu Jan 26, 2006 7:36 pm

by **Mulboyne** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 6:56 am

drpepper wrote:Sure to come up soon will be all the sakana-hen kanji...

by **Greji** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:27 am

by **drpepper** » Fri Feb 03, 2006 11:08 pm

Mulboyne wrote:

..ya bastard

by **Molokidan** » Fri Feb 17, 2006 9:05 am

Mulboyne wrote:

Is a kujira really a fish? I have a coffee mug with the sakana-hen kanji on it and it bugs me all the time.

by **ojara** » Sat Apr 22, 2006 11:35 am

Molokidan wrote:Is a kujira really a fish? I have a coffee mug with the sakana-hen kanji on it and it bugs me all the time.

These are real fish and shellfish.
you can order at Sushi Shop, depend on the season.
Some fish very difficult to get now.

I have a Tea Mug too. that was free, Sushi Shop gifted , added their shop
TEL no for delivery service.

by **Jack** » Wed Jan 16, 2008 4:34 am

Sorry to resurrect this after couple of years but this is fun. Can we fire this up again?

by **Iraira** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 12:59 am

bikkle wrote:[SIZE="7"]檸]

[hide]れもん
lemon[/hide]

bad news, man....when I started to reply, it showed "[hide]れもん
lemon[/hide]"....so I spent two hours trying to hide the lemon...which sounds like some perverse sexual thing....hence, I easily memorized these two useless Kanji...mucho gracias.

How about "自己発情窒息"?

by **Greji** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 11:38 am

by **Iraira** » Thu Feb 14, 2008 1:27 pm

by **Western All Stars** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 2:26 pm

by **Iraira** » Tue Jun 10, 2008 4:02 pm

Western All Stars wrote:[size=167]咀]
そしゃく mastication

日本咀嚼学会 Japanese Society for Mastication Science and Health Promotion
http://wwwsoc.nii.ac.jp/sosyaku/

Who is up for some group mastication?

and my useless Kanji, as it approaches the summer salariman stink season is 加齢臭

by **IkemenTommy** » Tue Sep 30, 2008 3:36 am

by **ErikIncogneeto** » Sat Jan 12, 2013 3:35 am

I like the word 輾転反側（てんてんはんそく）.

It means...uhhuhhum...it means...gohhohhommm... sorry had to
clear my throat...it means...umm... to...
jactitate in bed.

That's what the dictionary says. It means to jactitate.

http://tangorin.com/general/%E8%BC%BE%E8%BB%A2
http://dictionary.goo.ne.jp/srch/all/%E5%8F%8D%E5%81%B4/m3u/
http://www.nihongomaster.com/dictionary/kanji/5748/%E8%BC%BE

But apparently, to "jactitate" just means to "roll over".
It doesn't mean what you potty minded fg's were thinking.
So it won't make you blind. Unless you "roll over" and poke
your eye on the bedpost.

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