--- In [email protected], "ai3131" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hmm, maybe that's an idiom used in certain regional dialects, not
> hyoojungo.
No, that's hyoojungo all right and anyone will understand what it
means. It's just that the expression is seldom used.
> So "harawata ga kusatta" would be used to describe someone as
being
> morally corrupt beyond redemption, as opposed to someone who just
> happens to have a questionable moral character? If that is so then
> the meaning would be too strong even for informal conversation.
That's right.
> > You are misinformed. The expression means to "beat up someone
> until he/she bleeds all over".>
>
> Sounds to me like a quote that Yakuza would use.
Exactly.
> "Real" Japanese? Hmm, wouldn't that be a bit hard to achieve?
>
Exposing yourself to "real" Japanese is not hard at all. Japanese
books, manga, TV dramas, movies, and anime are easily obtained. All
you have to do is read and watch them a lot.
Kamui
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