Word up in the hood

Japanese translation: Ikaga desu ka?

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English term or phrase:Word up in the hood / How's it going?
Japanese translation:Ikaga desu ka?
Entered by: Will Matter

22:17 Mar 25, 2004
English to Japanese translations [Non-PRO]
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English term or phrase: Word up in the hood
How is it going?
Ikaga desu ka?
Explanation:
This is close to "How's it going?" but for obvious reasons it's impossible to directly translate "word up" or "what's up" or other colloquialisms.
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Will Matter
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5 +2Ikaga desu ka?
Will Matter
4おい!どうないしとんねん?
Troy Fowler


  

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Ikaga desu ka?


Explanation:
This is close to "How's it going?" but for obvious reasons it's impossible to directly translate "word up" or "what's up" or other colloquialisms.

Will Matter
United States
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish
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agree  kokuritsu: And alternatives can be: "どうしてる?"(do-shiteru?), "元気してる?"(genki-shiteru? if slangy).
6 hrs
  -> Soo desu, ne. Kore mo tadashii. Arigatoo.

agree  Vulcan27
22 days
  -> thanks.
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word up in the hood
おい!どうないしとんねん?


Explanation:
おい!どうないしとんねん?
"Oi! Dounai shitonnen?"
This is my slang, Kansai-ben rendition of "Word up in the hood."
"Oi! Dounai shitonnen?" would be something akin to: "Hey! What's happening?"

This is pretty thick slang that would be used among friends in the Kansai region, and not standard Japanese.

...Thought this might help!

Troy Fowler
United States
Local time: 15:13
Native speaker of: English
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