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Nagoyankee 10-20-2009 01:02 AM

It's コン-fusing!
 
Just for the fun of it and/or to add a few words into your Japanese vocabulary, try translating the following abbreviations into non-abbreviated English terms. Let us all get コン-fused!

1. 生コン
2. エアコン
3. リモコン
4. 婚活(こんかつ)
5. ロリコン
6. マザコン
7. シスコン
8. ゼネコン
9. パソコン
10. コンビニ
11. コンポ
12. コンサバ
13. ツアコン
14. ミスコン
15. ラジコン
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One thing is for sure:

16. 混乱(こんらん) = Confusion!!!

Yuusuke 10-20-2009 01:12 AM

1. 生コン- TIME MACHINE!!!
?2. エアコン- Air conditioner?
3. リモコン- Limosuine?
4. 婚活(こんかつ)
5. ロリコン- Lollicon?
6. マザコン-
7. シスコン
8. ゼネコン- money machine?
9. パソコン- break maker?
10. コンビニ- vending machine? convience store?
11. コンポ- computer
12. コンサバ
13. ツアコン
14. ミスコン
15. ラジコン- radio?

delacroix01 10-20-2009 02:19 AM

Guess I'll give it a try. Correct me if I'm wrong :p

1. 生コン Is this 生産されるレディーミクストコンクリート?
2. エアコン -> Air conditioner
3. リモコン -> Remote control
4. 婚活(こんかつ) -> Marriage activity?
5. ロリコン -> Lolita complex
6. マザコン -> Mother complex
7. シスコン -> Sister complex
8. ゼネコン -> General contractor
9. パソコン -> Personal computer
10. コンビニ -> Convenience store
11. コンポ -> Component
12. コンサバ -> Conservative
13. ツアコン -> Tour conductor
14. ミスコン -> Miss contest
15. ラジコン -> Radio control

Naoko 10-20-2009 02:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nagoyankee (Post 778692)
Just for the fun of it and/or to add a few words into your Japanese vocabulary, try translating the following abbreviations into non-abbreviated English terms. Let us all get コン-fused!

1. 生コン
2. エアコン Air Conditioner!!
3. リモコン
4. 婚活(こんかつ)
5. ロリコン Lolicon xD
6. マザコン Mazakon...Mothercon? lol
7. シスコン
8. ゼネコン
9. パソコン popcorn?...wait...no >.> @_@
10. コンビニ company?
11. コンポcompost? :D
12. コンサバ
13. ツアコン sewer contractor
14. ミスコン Miss Con? lol
15. ラジコン

Whew...that's difficult xD I had a lot of the same answers as Dela but I didn't want to look like I was copying :x
Either way, fun!! It'll help my katakana at the very least :D

KyleGoetz 10-20-2009 02:51 AM

1. 生コン - this makes me think of concrete that hasn't hardened yet, like 生卵 and such?
2. エアコン - air conditioner
3. リモコン - remote conrol
4. 婚活(こんかつ) - married life?
5. ロリコン - lolita complex (fetish for young girls, sort of like ephebophilia or pedophilia)
6. マザコン - mother complex (we call it an Oedipus/Oedipal complex in English)
7. シスコン - system console?
8. ゼネコン
9. パソコン - PC
10. コンビニ - convenience store (which are usually not attached to gas stations, unlike in the US!)
11. コンポ - combo
12. コンサバ - conserver? or is it some kind of mackerel? haha!
13. ツアコン - tour convention???
14. ミスコン - mystery convention???
15. ラジコン - radio convention??? (sense a pattern of guessing here?)


Quote:

One thing is for sure:

16. 混乱(こんらん) = Confusion!!!
AMEN!

Nagoyankee 10-21-2009 03:38 PM

Con-ばんは!Answer Time です!:D

1. 生コン freshly mixed concrete
2. エアコン air-conditioner/air-conditioning
3. リモコン remote control
4. 婚活(こんかつ) spouse-finding activities (attending parties, using agencies) This is a new word.
5. ロリコン Lolita complex

6. マザコン Mother complex (Oedipus complex)
7. シスコン Sister Complex (You like your sister a little too much.)
8. ゼネコン general contractor
9. パソコン personal computer
10. コンビニ convenience store

11. コンポ component (hi-fi jargon)
12. コンサバ conservative (fashion jargon)
13. ツアコン tour conductor
14. ミスコン Miss contest
15. ラジコン radio controlled vehicle or the operation of such

Nyororin 10-21-2009 04:03 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nagoyankee (Post 778992)
11. コンポ component (hi-fi jargon)

Are these being called components in English now too?
Japanese コンポ is what I would call a shelf stereo / shelf system, or something like that. Component in English makes me think of actual parts or component cables.
But... I`ve been out of the US so very long that maybe they`re called them components now instead of stereos or shelf systems. :D

Naoko 10-21-2009 04:58 PM

9. パソコン personal computer

Ahhh!!! I had パソコン reading the "so" as "n" ._. I was like...what's a pankon? xD

rassy 10-21-2009 06:08 PM

hi
 
Quote:

Originally Posted by Naoko (Post 779003)
9. パソコン personal computer

Ahhh!!! I had パソコン reading the "so" as "n" ._. I was like...what's a pankon? xD

hi:D :D

you like wot

MMM 10-21-2009 06:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Nyororin (Post 778993)
Are these being called components in English now too?
Japanese コンポ is what I would call a shelf stereo / shelf system, or something like that. Component in English makes me think of actual parts or component cables.
But... I`ve been out of the US so very long that maybe they`re called them components now instead of stereos or shelf systems. :D

I would say yes, components for your stereo system, etc, but the reality is they exist in fewer and fewer homes, as I am sure is the case in Japan, too.


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