What are the differences between these expressions?
Japanese “freeter”/ freelancer
Japanese “paato”/ a part-time job
gang/ gang member
ground/ playground
Write words that match these definitions. No abbreviations are possible in English.
Prices rising
Prices falling
Health problems caused by bad diet, usually shown by excess fat around the waist
Someone, e.g. a political prisoner or protester, refusing to eat as a protest
Children not going to school or leaving school early without permission, maybe going to shopping centre with their friends instead or secretly going back home once their parents have gone to work
What are shorter and/ or more informal ways of saying these things in English?
environmentally friendly
homosexual
an intellectual
Explain what these “Janglish” terms mean:
base up
bed town
BGM
cashing
claimer
cool biz
warm biz
cup ramen
doctor stop
idling stop
game centre
girl hunt
goal in
golden hour
Hello Work
high teen
low teen
inside report
one room mansion
live house
no make
manner mode
monosex
new half
skinship
OB
OL
one man company/ one man president
recycle shop
private time
range food
recruit suit
What are the differences between the Japanese and English meanings of these expressions?
cosplay
cunning
feminist
freshman
gorgeous
salaryman
talent
reform
The following expressions have two meanings in English. What are they?
demo
bubble
diet
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