Word: desu
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...Bermuda shorts and ancient tennis shoes, he seems most in his element while pottering around the seashore inspecting biological specimens. His evenings are generally spent at home with his wife watching soap operas and sumo wrestling on TV. In conversation, he rarely ventures anything more voluble than "Ah so desu ka [Is that so]?" Such are the salient features of the still, shy life of Emperor Hirohito, born as the 124th Imperial Son of Heaven in an unbroken line stretching back 2,643 years. Schooled since birth in the remoteness and reticence that become a deity, Japan...
...Kekko Desu. An only child, Ofuji Murayama had long been accustomed to having her own way, and she saw no reason why the paper should be an exception. Her obedient husband agreed, and he was in a position to help. After marrying Ofuji and taking the family name-an old Japanese custom -he replaced his father-in-law as publisher and president. Whatever Ofuji wanted was absolutely kekko desu with...
...financial difficulties and welcomes any practical contribution they can make either directly to students or through this office. It should be clear, however, that we cannot permit a student organization to act as a pressure group in behalf of individual students in the allocation of University Cands. W.J. Dender Desu of the College...
...sighed, "Ah so." Then His Majesty wandered like a scared mouse through the maze of plant wreckage. Before one of the workers, lined up to get their first imperial glimpse, he paused nervously. "How long have you been working here?" "Fifteen years." "Ah so," said the Emperor. "So desu" ("That is so"), snapped the worker with finality. Following chalk marks, Hirohito approached an aged, dirty-faced woman. "Are you working hard?" "Yes, I'm doing my best," stammered the woman. "Ah so desu," concluded Hirohito, bowing stiffly...
...Good day" in Japanese is Konnichi wa (literal translation: "As for today . . ."). Another idiom: to say "I want whiskey," Japanese observe politely Toki-doki uisuki ga hoshii desu ("Now and then whiskey is desirable...
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