The quick or short Language Questions Thread (not grammar)

jisho.org has the “kyuushuu-ben” sense: たい - Jisho.org and scroll down a bit and it has

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2. indicates emphasis. Kyuushuu dialect, at sentence-end

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Oh, yeah it’s not ですたい, it’s です + たい.

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i figured that much, i’m not sure why i put them together…

oh

whoops!

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Anyone know where the ど in どタイプ (totally my type) comes from? I know it’s an emphasiser, just wondering where the root is.

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Fascinating. I like the idea it came from the word Dreadnaut though.

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what does ぶん mean?

足りないぶん 足りないぶん
そう 幸せへの余地があって
苦しいぶん 苦しいぶん
ほら 甘いお菓子のプレゼント
知らないぶん 知らないぶん
また 目立ちたいからホラ吹いて

from the lyrics of ignorant pumpkin by pinocchio-p.

i tried to search on jisho but couldn’t find it.

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I think it’s definition 2 here?
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Like they’re trying to quantify the amount of shortage/suffering/unknowing-ness?

Link to the lyrics if anyone else wants to jump in with a better explanation

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hmm… maybe putting it in hiragana doesn’t mean anything? this could be it.

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It might also be a stylistic choice :slight_smile:

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i was going to apologize for so many questions, but then i remembered that’s a good thing.

what does ションペット mean? i found it in the lyrics of “dear” by pepoyo and there’s nothing in jisho. there is the english translation of that song, but… i would… like some confirmation before taking that as fact?

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No idea why it’s called that, but it’s a bottle full of pee, basically

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well… i guess the translation was correct… uhhh… it’s not NSFW i swear!

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From a lazy pronunciation of 小便 probably

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ション pee
ペット pet bottle

= the classic piss in a bottle

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Jisho gives しょんべん as an alternate reading of 小便.

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Fun fact! When a dog wets itself out of joy or excitement it’s called ウレション

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