Sunday, October 15, 2006

「カワイイ」という便利な言葉。。。Japanese word::KAWAII

「カワイイ」は男女問わず誰でも使ったことがあります。この言葉がとても便利だと思いません?
.スタイルがモデルのように良くて、顔が女優さんのようにきれいなお姉さんが通り過ぎるとき→一人でいるとき「カワイイな」と思うし、友達と一緒にいるなら思わず言葉に出ちゃいますね。
.スタイルがままだけど、顔がきれいなお姉さんを見る時も「カワイイ」
.スタイルも顔も普通だけど、服装がおしゃれで高いものをみにつける女の子を見るときも「カワイイ」
.ちょっと太めのお姉さんがぴったりの服を着るときも「カワイイ」
.そんなにきれいじゃないけど、天然ボケの女の子も「カワイイ」
.誰が見ても「ブス」だとわかっていてるが、「ブス」というと失礼なので「カワイイ」と言っちゃいます。
.賢いワンちゃんを見て「カワイイ」
.物静かで動かないデブな猫を見るときでも「カワイイ」
.高いバグを見て「カワイイ」
10.高くもないし、デザインがきれいでもないバグだけど、手作りなので「カワイイ」
11.???
などなどです。
いったい「カワイイ」という言葉の正しい意味は何ですか?こんなに使えるなんてあなたは「カワイイ」といわれたいですか?女の子なら誰でも言われたいようですね。
夕べテレビでは日本の文化についてでした。フランスでは「カワイイ」という言葉が流行っているらしいです。フランスの若者はかわいいの意味のフランス語を使わずに日本語の「カワイイ」を使っているらしいです。なんか「カワイイ」を使うとカッコいいですって。
ロシアでは「女を口説くなら日本レストランだ」という若者の間のひょっとした風潮があるらしいです。また中国では日本人作家「村上春樹」の作品を読まないと時代遅れだとか。。。いろいろありますね。
「カワイイ」に戻りますが、僕は便利な言葉だと思いますね。特に、慰めるときに超便利です。一応何も考えずに、「カワイイ」と言ってあげれば本人が納得するようです。皆さん、「カワイイ」といわれるときはそんなに喜ばないほうがいいですよ。。。

Japanese convenient word:: KAWAII/ka.wai.i/
The word that whoever who use japanese language used. There are many meanings of this word. If you search in the dictionary, english says CUTE. But in japanese, the meaning is more than CUTE. There are many ways of using this word.
1. When you saw a pretty girl whose style is like a fashion model and face is as beautiful as actress, you say KAWAII.
2. When you saw a beautiful girl whose style is not that good but her face attracts you, you say KAWAII.
3. When you saw a girl who is not so pretty (but the simple one) but she wears charming dresses, you say KAWAII.
4. When you saw a fatty girl and she wears a tight clothes, you say KAWAII
5. When you saw a not-so-pretty girl but she is blurred with something, you say KAWAII.
6. When you saw a girl that is absolutely charmless (ugly girl?) but you can't say bad word to hurt her, you say KAWAII.
7. When you saw a smart dog, you say KAWAII.
8. When you saw a lazy fatty cat, you say KAWAII.
9. When you saw an expensive branded bag, you say KAWAII.
10. When you saw one's own-making bag that is no brand and not expensive at all, you also say KAWAII.
11. ...???
more and more
Actually, I am getting lost with the meaning of this word--KAWAII. Do you want to be said KAWAII? Any japanese girl uses this word. It is such a convenient word, you see?
I saw a documentary on TV last night talking about japanese culture in the world. American like using super-kawaii. In france, french youth prefere to use KAWAII on behalf of the same meaning of french word. Because they feel that it is handsome to use KAWAII than their word. In Russia, boy believe that if he want to woo a girl he should go to japanese restaurant because the atmosphere is really romantic and they believe that japanese food has low calory and healthy.
Well, come back to KAWAII. It is really convenient. When I don't know how to console someone, KAWAII is the most used word. You know, that one seems satisfied when he/she was said KAWAII. So, how about you? Do you like to be said KAWAII?

16 Comments:

At 10/15/2006 02:01:00 pm, Blogger Socheat said...

then can i say a natawa kawai de sa ne?hahhahah i know nothing about jap language dont laugh at me ok?j/k

 
At 10/15/2006 02:13:00 pm, Blogger hp said...

Hahaha, you know it is rare to say KAWAII to man.
Anyway where did you learn these japanese language? You 'd better say "Anata wa kawaii desu ne!" or you can say "KAWAIIIIII!" to your female friends and they will be happy.

 
At 10/15/2006 04:38:00 pm, Blogger hp said...

Oh Weera, you learnt japanese? Good! You used it very well.
Oyasuminasai~Zzz!

 
At 10/15/2006 10:26:00 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

「カワイイ」ですか?実は2年前可愛いに関する作文を書きましたよ。可愛いを世界に発信させよというタイトルで村上さんの言論を基づいたもので、興味深かったです。可愛いということばをいうときって、ノコっと笑ってるような唇でやさしく感じます。同じ気持ちで伝えたいとして英語のCUTEを言ってもそのような表情ができないと思います。日本ならではの表現だと思います。日本社会ってなんでもかわいいじゃないですかね。男性にもかわいいと言いますよ。話し方がかわいいとか笑顔がわかいいとか。

 
At 10/15/2006 10:47:00 pm, Blogger hp said...

うわぁー、「カワイイ」のプロに読まれちゃいました。作文まで書かれたんですか?恐るべし!
英語のCUTEは日本語の「カワイイ」に訳できないですね。辞書ではそう訳しているんですが、気持ちの入り方が違いますね。
後「ヤバイ」もそうですね。カンボジア語に訳そうとしたらいくらでもいえますね、状況によっては。例えば、「お前やばいよ」だと「KON HEUY」だったり、「これやばいじゃない?」「ANIS CHIT KHOCH HEUY」とか、いろいろありますね。
言葉って不思議ですね。その文化に合った意味を持つものですね。

 
At 10/16/2006 12:43:00 pm, Blogger Socheat said...

hahhaha i know u would laugh at me yah i know that Kawai is using to woman but i jus make fun on u. i learnt from my japanese customers but few words only like do mo a rikato gosaima or matak aimatsu he he...

 
At 10/16/2006 05:55:00 pm, Blogger hp said...

Well, actually KAWAII can also be used with man too. For example, his smile is KAWAII, the way he got blurred is KAWAII and so on.
Learn more to have conversation with me ok?

 
At 10/16/2006 09:54:00 pm, Blogger Socheat said...

Ok i will learn more and my jp language would be much better than u hahahha m dreaming. nex life i would make a conversation wiht u jos.

 
At 10/17/2006 09:38:00 pm, Blogger hp said...

Hahaha, next life?Ok, I will not be born lah.

 
At 10/18/2006 12:14:00 am, Blogger hp said...

そうななですか。「カワイイ」といわれるのはセクハラですか。。。やめとこう。。。ありがとうございます。
今度持ち物や着ているものをほめるようにします。

 
At 10/19/2006 11:29:00 am, Blogger Unknown said...

kawaiine! Well, I love the word too. It's not easy to say KOUR-AOY-Sroalnh in khmer, but much easier to say KAWAII. Anthing can be kawaii, but are you happy to be commented as KAWAII?

 
At 10/19/2006 07:06:00 pm, Blogger hp said...

prampalmakaraさん、
確かに知ってもいないのにいきなりカワイイと言われてもうれしくなる前に違和感感じますね。適切時に適切な場所で言うのが一番無難ですね。

chanbopha
Yeah, you are right. We rarely say KUOR OY SROALANH.
Me? I don't exactly like to be said, cuz I am a guy. Well, if one says my designed homepage or what I produced is kawaii is acceptable and I am happy. But when one say I am kawaii(????though no one will never say), must be very shy and feel uneasy hahahaha.

 
At 10/21/2006 10:14:00 pm, Anonymous Anonymous said...

Wow, thanks for sharing. I just began to learn Japanese. Now, I know that I can use 'kawaii' with any girl. :-)

 
At 10/22/2006 01:30:00 am, Blogger hp said...

Oh Kenno, you just started to learn japanese? Good to hear that. But becareful, using word KAWAII may be taken as sexual harasement too. The same as in Khmer if you use SAAT NAS NOR or KUOR OAY SROALANH NAS NOR with the one you meet at the first time it might be taken as sexual harasement.
Wish you good luck!

 
At 10/23/2006 10:36:00 am, Blogger Barbie said...

Hi hp,

Kawaii can be used almost in every situation.

Hah, now I can speak Japanese heuy.... Kawaii, Kawaii.....

Thanks for posting this word na..

Bye Bye,
Michelle

 
At 10/23/2006 11:09:00 am, Blogger hp said...

You are welcome, Michelle. Good to hear that you like it.

 

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