This one is trending right now, I was told today. The language itself isn't anything special; it's just a way of saying "That's no good" or "You can't do that," things of the like. My friends tell me that what stands out about this clip is the tone and pitch of the speaker.
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Update (July 10, 2015)
Unfortunately, You Tube took off the above video, I imagine for copyright reasons. But people have been filling in the void with other clips. Below are a duo who use the original audio recording and mime along with it:
I was surprised to find a bunch of SNSD videos dedicated to this phrase. Their Japanese has gotten so good. . .I'm jealous.
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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.
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