October 16, 2011

Japanese -- Kekko?

There's a word I've heard a number of times which, yet again, I can't in the dictionary. Particular instances: Uiharu says it in the first episode of Railgun at about 08:08. It's just after Saten flipped Uiharu's skirt. Saten says "Sorry, sorry. Want to see my panties in exchange?" And Uiharu says "Kekko desu." and doesn't look. They translated it as "That's alright."

Uiharu uses it again in ep 17 at the end when talking about the boy that transferred away. Anyway, if I'm spelling it right, then it isn't in the dictionary. So it might be a contraction or a slang term. What is it?

UPDATE: Surprisingly, it's in the Urban Dictionary. I wonder why it isn't in the Japanese dictionary?

Posted by: Steven Den Beste in Japanese at 03:20 PM | Comments (3) | Add Comment
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1 結構 (kekkou); it's that pesky long-o again.

-j

Posted by: J Greely at October 16, 2011 03:31 PM (2XtN5)

2 Thanks. It's really hard to hear lengthened syllables at the ends of words, especially when the speaker is using a pause for emphasis.

Posted by: Steven Den Beste at October 16, 2011 03:38 PM (+rSRq)

3 For a moment I was thinking in terms of Kekko Kamen....  Although I suppose THAT would have been interpreted to mean one of them was going commando....

Posted by: Mauser at October 16, 2011 04:20 PM (cZPoz)

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