04-20-2011, 12:53 PM
Are you sure it is slang? I would divide the language outside of textbooks in 3 classes (doesn't apply only to Japanese, but to all languages):
1_ Everyday language: it comes down to getting rid of extra fancy phrases and structures.
2_ Colloquial language: Here the language becomes more "personalized". Sounds become more simplified for a more practical use of the language, some shortened and some words linked (for example "wanna", "gonna", " 'sup" and so on).
3_ Slang: Slang is a real sub-language where words assume a completely different meaning from their original one or again new words are created. The use is usually restricted to a certain group of people (gang, young, some ethnics and so on). When the new words become popular they start being used also from people outside of the group.
(I left out the dialects, which are a big important class as well).
So are you sure you have problems with slang? I ask you that because I know that colloquialism is probably as hard as slang (at least for me).
降り注ぐ雨 マジで冷てぇ
暗闇の中 歩くしかねぇ
everything’s gonna be okay 恐れることねぇ
辛い時こそ胸を張れ
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