thermal underwear ( ババシャツ ) is not セクし！

is that how you spell sexy?

It’s one of women’S underwear, which preserves heat.
It keeps our body warm, but its design is not so fashionable….In Japan
ばばあ like to wear them and younger people regarded these undershirts
with disdain.

But, recently these underwears have becom popular with young women
because they want to be scantily dressed. I heard there was now a wide variety of colors and designs.

Colors like beige or pink are good because they aren’t see-through. A wide v-neck style is good because it won’t show above your neckline.
However, if you have a date, I have to say “Do not wear them!”.
These undershirts are NOT very popular with men. So go for luxualy
undershirts… even if you catch a cold!!

what is it like?

For your infomration, we sometimes say じじい and ばばあ.
じじい is the rude word of おじさん. ばばあ is the rude word of おばさん.
You should not use these words in front of the people whom you don’t
know well. If you use them, they minght be very angry.

BUT, we use these words as a joke when we have a chat with close friends, boyfriends or girlfriends.
For example, I went to the gym and worked out for an hour. I was
so tired. I told my friends that I was so tired to work out. She
said to me, “ばばあになったね”. It means, you get old, so you get
tired so fast even though you work out just for an hour.
Do you know “ババシャツ (baba-shatsu)? I sometimes wear this…hahaha.

Recently, I sang it to my Japanese-speaking boyfriend– calling him: Ojisan, and he wasn’t very pleased.

But I don’t know what RIPPANA OBASAN means. I Looked it up:

りっぱな = nice
おばさん = aunty!

Thank you for visiting, Natsu. I saw your site. I can’t exactly read all of it, but I see you don’t mind displaying your age on your ‘about’ section. I guess it’s different.

I’m さんじゅいち! but I don’t think i’d display it on my site….in english

oh dear! that will be me too!

わたしわおばさんです！

I’m Natsu who live in Japan .
I really enjoyed reading your blog and was so impressed with your great
attitude learning Japanese.

Above lists are right ! Expecially we like to ask question 2 and 3 each other when we meet new people and inroduce ourselves. You know,
in Japan, blood type is associated with a person’s character (I think it is
nonsense!!). So when Japanese ask you what your blood type is, they
might be suprised if you say “I don’t know my blood type”.

Japanese think people in youg age are better.
People in twenties are even called “OBASAN”, “OYAJI” or “OJISAN”
(Do you know these words?). I heard it was rude to ask an age first in
U.S. But in Japan, it seems not to be rude. I’m 33 years old, so I’m
“RIPPANA OBASAN”!

There are the lists I think Jaanese might ask you ;

1. Why are you interested in Japanese?
　　なぜ日本語に興味をもちましたか？

2. Where do you want to go siteseeing in Japan?
どこへ観光に行きたいですか？
　　** Japanese think people from foreign countries almost always like to
go to Kyoto, Asakusa and Kamakura. Recently Akihabara is getting
populer.

As Vince A. said, we are interested in about where you came from and
what you do.

Anyway, I’m happy to help you to learn Japanese. Please feel free to
contact me and send E-mail. “GANBARE!”

One month from now, it would be very cold there wouldn’t it? Have you written about where in Japan you’d be going?

” meeting osmeon in ireland.”

I’ve heard the name before…