japanese word meaning "
everything"
so, "niban zenbu dotto kommu" would translate into
english as
"everything2.com" just thought youd like to know.
zenbu is of course, the
polite form of the word.
never thought "everything" would have an
impolite form?
well, the japanese have a
slang, or
colloquial, form of the word
"zen zen"
this is the
pronoun form of the more
noun like zenbu, but is
gaining popularity amongst the japanese youth as the term to use.
"zen zen" isnt, however, a completely new word.
in fact, in a way, it always meant "everything".
it was, until recently, the negative of "everything"
effectively "
nothing".
examples:
"zen zen
wakaranai"
"i know nothing"
"zen zen chigou"
"everything is different"
and so,
parroting what id heard and thought i understood,
i said,
"zen zen daijobu"
"everything is OK"
to my japanese language teacher.
this turned out to be rather a
paradox, as i was quickly assigned more homework.
it seems the correct use of japanese is more important to her than my ability to
communicate with a person i meet on the street.