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02-15-2009, 06:53 AM

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Originally Posted by alanX View Post
Well I'm pretty sure I've said that at least 10 times to native Japanese, and they understood completely what I was saying, and didn't question it at all.
"Onna" used by itself is a bit of a degrading term for "Onna no ko" or "Onna no hito". When obviously not meant to be degrading, it sounds childish or robotic.

"Onna kirei na" means "Women are pretty".

I have found I have to tell my Japanese friends to correct me, or else they will just nod and giggle when I butcher the language. It isn't in their nature to correct people's Japanese.
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