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Dajare

Dajare is a kind of typically Japanese wordplay which relies on the similarity of two different words' pronunciations.

A: "隣の家にヘイができたんだってね。"
"Tonari no ie ni HEI ga dekita nda tte ne."    
(I heard that a neighbor built a Wooden fence.)
B: "へー"
"HEE"
(Oh, really or Wooden fence, so?)


Last updated: 05-09-2005 16:33:04
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