Re: ikeru

From: Bill (ws21_at_cornell.edu)
Date: 07/06/04 

Date: Tue, 06 Jul 2004 15:33:44 -0400

In article <uaoFc.2571$6e7.1749@nwrddc03.gnilink.net>,
 Bart Mathias <mathias@hawaii.edu> wrote:

> The Japanese say, in essence, "It can't go" meaning "It won't do at
> all--it's prohibited, bad, #10." Doesn't Random House list "ikeru" in
> the sense of "OK"?

Nope. That's what brought up the question.

I explained Ikanai to someone else in my class as equivalent to the
English "That won't go over" or "That doesn't fly."

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