Japanese Slang (70 page)

Penisu no Sh
nin
The Merchant of Penis

ponbiki
panderer

p
t
porter

POLICE

akapori
red police (policewoman)

ahiru
duck

ah
dori
stupid bird, albatross

air
tsutsuai
(ethnic Chinese origin)

aobuta
blue pig (officer of the mobile unit)

aokarasu
blue crow (officer of the mobile unit)

aokuri
traffic policeman

aori
stir up (undercover cop)

barikatotsuta
(ethnic Korean origin)

barori
pig (ethnic Korean origin)

biitenga
(ethnic Chinese origin)

biyakutonkaru
(ethnic Korean origin, Iksan city dialect)

b
furi
stick swinger

bu
short for
bukei

bukei
inversion of keibu, “police inspector”

bukeiho
inversion of
keibuho,
“assistant police inspector”

buho
short for
keibuho,
“assistant police inspector”

ch
chiiyatsu
(ethnic Chinese origin)

chari
policeman on a bicycle

chiishuir
(ethnic Chinese origin)

chiyanbeku
(ethnic Korean origin)

chonbu
chiyanbeku (ethnic Korean origin)

ch
hine
middle gnarl (police section chief)

daikon megane
radish with glasses (inexperienced, provincial policeman)

dani
tick

deka
(standard slang)

dekach
chief inspector

enma
devil (Emma, king of the underworld)

enma-sama
Lord Emma

en
monkey

enii

etek
ape

gabinta
barking dog (Korean origin, “no respect for one's superiors)

gacha
clank

gokiburi
cockroach (policeman on a motorcycle)

hachi
bee

hayabusa
falcon

hige
beard

hime
princess (policewoman)

hine
gnarl

hoimu
(ethnic Korean origin)

horudoki
(ethnic Korean origin)

hoshi
star

in'
ya

inta

itachi
weasel

itach
chief of police (from
itachi no ch
, “head of the weasels”)