ザギンでシースーベータ (za gin de shi su be ta) = 銀座ですしたべた (Ginza de sushi wo tabeta)
I hope I got the かな / カナ right. I just learned this phrase recently but haven't had a chance to check on the writing. As you can see, ザギン is a switching of the order of syllables in Ginza; the same is done with sushi (シースー), although I'm not sure why the hyphens are in there, but I was told that there should be hyphens to express an elongating of those syllables. I'll check on it and if there are corrections to make on this post, I'll be sure to make them.
For beginner to perhaps intermediate-level students, Japanese words, phrases, and expressions, as learned by an American living in Tokyo. . Some of it I absorbed from my surroundings--slang, abbreviated terms, or new katakana-ized words that have recently entered the Japanese language. Some words are straight-up conventional vocabulary that I've found helpful to know, either in the classroom (where I taught English) or in everyday life, and some words just make me smile.
Friday, July 12, 2013
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