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Originally Posted by Sashimister
Can someone tell me what these words mean? I know the answer, mind you.
The purpose of this thread is to show you that if you keep asking "What's the Japanese word for ~~~?" as a vocabulary-building method, you will never get to know many of the important words that every average Japanese knows and uses on a daily basis because you won't ever even wonder what the Japanese call something that is non-existent in your culture and/or language.
Consider my personal experience. It took me a decade since I started studying English to learn the simple, often-used English word "prom". Why? Because there is no such thing as a prom in Japan; therefore, I had never even wondered how to say it in English.
Anyway, enough ranting. Someone tell me what these words mean. You can use anything. Please pretend that I know little Japanese.
雨男（あめおとこ？）
雪男（ゆきおとこ？せつなん？）
晴れ女
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Hehe, I really like the first one. "A boy who has bad luck with the weather"?
雪男 is apparently a yeti
But 晴れ女(はれおんな？）. My best guess is a girl who is really open and friendly with people.
I'll post my own word I've heard of in Japanese that doesn't really exist in English, but there is an equivalent maybe.