I live in Japan, and it's been difficult with such a limited knowledge of the Japanese language.… - Feed Post by Jent
I live in Japan, and it's been difficult with such a limited knowledge of the Japanese language.
One of the things I keep hearing is "gak-san" or something of that nature. I am pretty sure I'm mishearing what is being said, but I hear this on trains and in restaurants quite often. Maybe someone here might be able to make sense of what I'm hearing?
One of the things I keep hearing is "gak-san" or something of that nature. I am pretty sure I'm mishearing what is being said, but I hear this on trains and in restaurants quite often. Maybe someone here might be able to make sense of what I'm hearing?
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My guess would be お客さん(Okyakusan), meaning customer.
Could also be "takusan", as in a lot. Without context, we're all just guessing.
probably okyakusan..... customer/guest- 客
きゃく(san)
(n) (1) guest/visitor/(2) customer/client/shopper/spectator/audience/tourist/sightseer/passenger/(P - I don't know how likely you'd be to hear "customer" on the train, to tell you the truth. If the OP means from the train station staff, or on the speakers (the train will be late, thanks to our honoured guests for having patience yada yada yada) I could see it, but people on the train would be unlikely to say it. Restaurants, yeah.
maybe gaijin-san, foreigner.- Where does the "ku" he spoke of come from? The only way he could hear that would be the use of gaikokujin.
- well, the op said he's pretty sure he misheard. that said yeah, mistaking a j for a k is not likely. maybe it's gokuro-san, maybe it`s gakusei-san; i`m sure the op will understand the word after getting used to the sounds.
