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Originally Posted by BowserJr
*shrugs* works for me 
BTW you said
How would this have effected the word BTW? I'm just curious. |
You do know "が = but", right?
That sentence's basic structure is: XXXXXX but YYYYYY.
XXXX and YYYY MUST NOT mean the same or similar thing, right?
It's saying "The dude talks BS at Place A
but he is really sharp at Place B."
You can't say "He is sharp at Place A
but is sharp at Place B", can you?
This is why you would know the word in question would mean "BS" even if it had been written 適当 in kanji by a more careless writer. So that が plays a huge role.
Other examples:
舐める = to lick
ナメる = to take someone lightly
嵌まる = to get stuck
ハマる = to love something a lot
How the hell do I know these things? You would if you attended kindergarten thru university in Japan!!! Read my other posts and decide for yourself who to trsut.