Re: Jorden at MIT

From: Marc Adler (marc.adler_at_gmail.com)
Date: 09/14/04 

Date: Tue, 14 Sep 2004 01:37:54 GMT

Bart Mathias wrote:

> Not to mention "ka" and "mi." The akusento would be different, but I
> wonder if you could write something like "kami-o kiru" intending "I'm
> gonna limit/cut out the seasoning"?

調味料をカットする might be a more nuanced rendering of the English...

> "Kami-no ke-o
> kiru" makes me think maybe somebody has a handful of hair and is going
> to cut it shorter or something.

That's what it sounds like to this Non, although context is life in this
situation. 

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