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The name Yabai can also be used in a positive sense to mean "great", and is particularly common among young people. Source: https://web-japan.org/trends/buzz/bz
by l2dy 3y ago
The name Yabai can also be used in a positive sense to mean "great", and is particularly common among young people. Source: https://web-japan.org/trends/buzz/bz0510.html https://web-japan.org/trends/buzz/bz0510.html
- presentation 3y agoAs a relatively young Japanese speaker, can confirm, it can be either bad or good in context as slang. The comparison to English “wicked” makes sense - could be like “whoa, that’s really uncool/dangerous/awful” or it could mean “whoa, that’s amazing! Sick!” Probably library author is going for the latter!