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> "gaijin dame" (no foreigners allowed) I recognize the word "dame" from playing the game of Go, where it means [1] a neutral point of no value. Curiously, tha
by tromp 5y ago
> "gaijin dame" (no foreigners allowed)
I recognize the word "dame" from playing the game of Go,
where it means [1] a neutral point of no value. Curiously,
that page says "It also has the everyday Japanese meanings of bad, don't do it."
So foreigners are bad, don't do them :-)
[1] https://senseis.xmp.net/?Dame https://senseis.xmp.net/?Dame
- yellow_lead 5y agoIt also means "cannot; must not; not allowed "