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Word: conductresses (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1940-1949
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...come to pronouncing these words. Gas is gasu, tobacco is tobaku and matches are matchi. Even in the country inns, the maid will come running in with a pair of surippa, bedroom slippers. Beer is biru. When you indicate that you want to get out of a bus the conductress cries stoppu to the driver. As you step into the street she shouts after you orai, which stands for "all right" but is actually a form of farewell. In Tokyo the taxis are takuski and the chauffeurs are doraibu. A knife is knaifu, butter is bata, scrambled eggs are sakurambu...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: JAPAN: Pain in the Nekku | 3/24/1941 | See Source »

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