Japanese Slang (61 page)

shirinuke
assless

taka
(gambling slang)

tari
short for tarinai, “lacking”

tawake
romper (Nagoya dialect origin)

toroi
dull

usunoro
from
usui,
“weak,” and noroi, “slow”

KILL, to

chirasu
to scatter

higehachiya
(ethnic Korean origin)

honaira
(ethnic Korean origin)

honengu
(ethnic Korean origin)

mageru
to twist

nemurasu
to put to sleep

nesaseru
to put to sleep

nishi
o
mukasu
to make someone face west (bodies buried according to Buddhist custom, have their heads pointing west)

shimeru
to close

shinginta
(ethnic Korean origin, “to make cold,” Seoul dialect)

tatamu
to fold

tomeru
to stop

yaru
to do

KNIFE

ai
short for
aikuchi

aikuchi
dagger

aikusu
from
aikuchi

bade
inversion of
deba,
short for
debab
ch
,
“kitchen knife”

dosu
from
odosu,
“to threaten”

haku
knife that has been used in a robbery or stabbing

k
ch
cooking knife (dialect origin)

koburi
small thin-bladed knife

nagashari
noodle

nareteru
it becomes familiar (central Japanese dialect origin)

nonbo
can also mean “gun”
nuki

saka
small, sharp knife made in Osaka

tenshi

ya

yaiba

yappa

yasu
lance

LOCK PICKING

ate o tsukau
to use a chisel

atetsukai
chiseling

eri o kiru
to cut a collar, to destroy the lock

eri o tsukeru
to put on a collar (pun on
iri o tsukeru
, “using to enter”)

eri o tsuneru
to nip a collar

eritsuke
with collar

geri o tsukeru
to use a jigger

hana o konasu
to handle flowers

hana o toru
to pick flowers

hanaseburu
breaking the front part of the lock

iri o keru
to kick the entry

iritsukeru
using to enter

iso o tsukeru
to use a jigger

koburu
to widget (to break the lock)

konasu
to grind (to open with a master key)

mushi o toru
to take an insect

shiburu
to widget (to break the lock)

shimeage
screwing on

shimeru
to strangle

tanka o hiraku
to burst out swearing (to break a lock with force)

tanka tsuru
to fish the door

tate o kiru
to cut that which stands

tehataki
to get rid of by hand

LOCK PICKING, tools

ai
short for
aikagi,
“master key”

aibiki
trick

aikagi
master key

aisu
Osaka street slang

akinogassan
Mount Akino

ate
chisel

gen
chord

geri
jigger

harigane
wire

hikkake
hook

kenuki
tweezers

kenukimus
matchless tweezers

koburi
widget

k
ch
cooking knife

kuwa
hoe

makkeita
master key (ethnic Korean origin)

neji
wrench

nezumi
mouse

pasu
pass, as in “pass key”

sanpira
master key

sanya
master key

MASTURBATION

emu
the initial M, short for
masutab
shon,
“masturbation”

henzuri
Osaka dialect version of senzuri, “thousand rubs”

hitori de yaru
doing it by oneself

hitorigokko
self-play

jibun de jaru
doing it on one's own

kawatsurumi
skin copulation (male masturbation)

kawatsururi
skin sliding (male masturbation)

masu
“mas” (short for “masturbation”)

masu kagami
masturbation in front of a mirror; pun on Sei Shonagen's medieval literary work
Masukagami
(The Pillow Book)

senzuri
thousand rubs (standard slang)

shikoshiko
rub rub

suma no ura suma
backwards (which spells
masu,
short for “masturbation”)

sutab
shon
“sturbation”

zurisen
inversion of
senzuri,
“thousand rubs”

MASTURBATION, female

ateire
blocking and entering

bobowaru
cunt splitting

botantori
button grabbing (stimulating the clitoris)

ijirimakurimawasu
to finger in, out, and around

ijirimakuru
to finger round and round