Comments on: Japanese Slang #1

By: Jamaipanese

Jamaipanese — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 16:48:19 +0000

Ja ne was the only one I knew, but I know ‘em all now.

Mike — Tue, 10 Feb 2009 03:33:03 +0000

I think すまん could be used as ‘thanks’ the same way that すみません could be ^^

Dave — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 19:30:27 +0000

Yeah, ざいます was used a lot, although probably only out of extreme laziness, haha.

Yeah, it originated from おはようございます, there’s a little more about the origins of ‘おっす’ here if you’re interested. It’s in Japanese though.

Still not sure about すまん being used as ‘thanks’ or not?

Mike — Mon, 09 Feb 2009 18:03:07 +0000

おっす is actually a contraction of おはようございます ^^

Never heard ざいます being used before. Did they use it a lot in Kansai?

すまん is a cool way of saying sorry casually. I use it quite a lot I guess.