Software described as 香ばしいWhich part of speech is the 「ぞ」 in 「神のみぞ知るセカイ」?IT system renewal: Can I say 更新 for “renewal”?Specialized banking/credit card vocabularyMeaning of 根づいていた / 根づくFigurative use of 「まどから捨てる」蜘蛛の子を散らす-help with this idiomJapanese idiom equivalent to “that ship has sailed”
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Software described as 香ばしい
Which part of speech is the 「ぞ」 in 「神のみぞ知るセカイ」?IT system renewal: Can I say 更新 for “renewal”?Specialized banking/credit card vocabularyMeaning of 根づいていた / 根づくFigurative use of 「まどから捨てる」蜘蛛の子を散らす-help with this idiomJapanese idiom equivalent to “that ship has sailed”
Upon seeing a particular enterprise software solution XYZ being mentioned, a passing-by IT engineer wrote this:
XYZなかなか香ばしい
My dictionary only have food-related definitions for this word.
What could have he meant?
idioms business-japanese
asked 7 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
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Upon seeing a particular enterprise software solution XYZ being mentioned, a passing-by IT engineer wrote this:
XYZなかなか香ばしい
My dictionary only have food-related definitions for this word.
What could have he meant?
idioms business-japanese
asked 7 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,22212160
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
7 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
7 hours ago
@Leebo: Japanese/English, actually. I just checked the monolingual kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E3%81%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-497139 it has more definitions but I don't think any matches.
– Nicolas Raoul
7 hours ago
add a comment |
Upon seeing a particular enterprise software solution XYZ being mentioned, a passing-by IT engineer wrote this:
XYZなかなか香ばしい
My dictionary only have food-related definitions for this word.
What could have he meant?
idioms business-japanese
asked 7 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,22212160
Upon seeing a particular enterprise software solution XYZ being mentioned, a passing-by IT engineer wrote this:
XYZなかなか香ばしい
My dictionary only have food-related definitions for this word.
What could have he meant?
idioms business-japanese
idioms business-japanese
asked 7 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,22212160
asked 7 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,22212160
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Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
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asked 7 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,22212160
asked 7 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
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Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
7 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
7 hours ago
@Leebo: Japanese/English, actually. I just checked the monolingual kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E3%81%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-497139 it has more definitions but I don't think any matches.
– Nicolas Raoul
7 hours ago
add a comment |
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
7 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
7 hours ago
@Leebo: Japanese/English, actually. I just checked the monolingual kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E3%81%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-497139 it has more definitions but I don't think any matches.
– Nicolas Raoul
7 hours ago
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
7 hours ago
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
7 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
7 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
7 hours ago
@Leebo: Japanese/English, actually. I just checked the monolingual kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E3%81%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-497139 it has more definitions but I don't think any matches.
– Nicolas Raoul
7 hours ago
@Leebo: Japanese/English, actually. I just checked the monolingual kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E3%81%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-497139 it has more definitions but I don't think any matches.
– Nicolas Raoul
7 hours ago
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「香こうばしい」 used in the context you described must have been used for its internet slang meaning rather than for its "dictionary" meaning about food smelling fragrant, aromatic, etc.
The slang meanings are instead negative -- "shady", "cringe-worthy", "pitiful", etc.
answered 7 hours ago
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I suppose they meant code smell!
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「香こうばしい」 used in the context you described must have been used for its internet slang meaning rather than for its "dictionary" meaning about food smelling fragrant, aromatic, etc.
The slang meanings are instead negative -- "shady", "cringe-worthy", "pitiful", etc.
answered 7 hours ago
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I suppose they meant code smell!
– Peter A. Schneider
6 hours ago
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「香こうばしい」 used in the context you described must have been used for its internet slang meaning rather than for its "dictionary" meaning about food smelling fragrant, aromatic, etc.
The slang meanings are instead negative -- "shady", "cringe-worthy", "pitiful", etc.
answered 7 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
128k9162272
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I suppose they meant code smell!
– Peter A. Schneider
6 hours ago
add a comment |
「香こうばしい」 used in the context you described must have been used for its internet slang meaning rather than for its "dictionary" meaning about food smelling fragrant, aromatic, etc.
The slang meanings are instead negative -- "shady", "cringe-worthy", "pitiful", etc.
answered 7 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
128k9162272
「香こうばしい」 used in the context you described must have been used for its internet slang meaning rather than for its "dictionary" meaning about food smelling fragrant, aromatic, etc.
The slang meanings are instead negative -- "shady", "cringe-worthy", "pitiful", etc.
answered 7 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
128k9162272
answered 7 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
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answered 7 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
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answered 7 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
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I suppose they meant code smell!
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I suppose they meant code smell!
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– Leebo
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As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
7 hours ago
@Leebo: Japanese/English, actually. I just checked the monolingual kotobank.jp/word/%E9%A6%99%E3%81%B0%E3%81%97%E3%81%84-497139 it has more definitions but I don't think any matches.
– Nicolas Raoul
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