Comments on: Aizuchi

By: Ronald Forston

Ronald Forston — Fri, 20 May 2011 22:00:19 +0000

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By: Daniel B

Daniel B — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 20:58:22 +0000

This is what is called “phatic communication” in linguistics.

By: Neil

Neil — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 04:16:58 +0000

The first time i read the word “un” was when i got an email back from a girl in response to my question, “let’s go out for a drink when you finish work” … i took “un” as being negative at the time and it was only the next day when i researched it that i found out she meant yes …. i wont make that mistake again!

By: john turningpin

john turningpin — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 02:30:54 +0000

I remember learning about aizuchi and the first time I tried it out to make the conversationi go a bit more smoothly, and thinking “Holy crap, it works!”

By: Mark

Mark — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 01:38:56 +0000

More Japanese. On the phone: “Un…un… “

By: Neil

Neil — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 23:44:24 +0000

Geez, sorry to hear that David, i think that’s a bit rich of them to block it!

By: Declan from KanaKanji.com

Declan from KanaKanji.com — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 22:25:06 +0000

I think I’ve heard of this being referred to as “backchannel”
I’ll see if I can look it up…

By: billywest

billywest — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 15:12:01 +0000

See what you mean now, Neil. You’re definitely right in that there are so many single words in Japanese that express what can’t be expressed in English with less than a full sentence.

By: David

David — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 13:40:14 +0000

“It’s not all semi-naked girls” – tell that to the web proxy at my office. Your site is blocked with the reason “provocative attire”.

By: tintin-san

tintin-san — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 05:59:40 +0000

Haha. I laughed at your first line of the post!

That was an interesting read ^^