KY - a Japanese buzzword.

KY (pronounced as "Key-why") is one of japanese buzzwords of 2007.
It's the abbreviation of Kuuki(atmosphere) Yomenai(can't/don't read), and literary translated as "someone who can't/don't read the atmosphere"="someone who acts improperly".

For example, you can use it like this "He was making silly jokes during the whole meeting with our professor yesterday. He was so KY!" Got it?

In Japan, it is really important to read the atmosphere and read other's thoughts too.
We think we can/have to tell each other's feelings without saying a word.
I think that's the reason why some Japanese are poor at asserting ourselves.
People from foreign countries may think it's so confusing, but I'm used to it and like this Japanese style of communication.
Here is a Japanese saying "Say one, know ten" .

Actually i don't use KY much, but high school students and junior hugh school students use it a lot!
I feel old and the generation gap :'(

Hai! Oppappi-!

Hello! I have nothing to talk about, so I'm going to tell you about a Japanese famous comedian "Yoshio Kojima".

Have you ever heard of "Oppappi-"? It means "Ocean Pacific Peace", Kojima says..
He is a rookie comedian who has become popular since this summer in Japan. on TV show, you can see him dancing in a bikini and telling us some stories. But those stories are not so important and he keeps making mistakes in his storytelling, then finally kneels down and says "Heta Koita(I made a lot of mistakes)..."
After that, he starts saying "demo sonna no kanke-ne-, sonna no kanke-ne-! (but it doesn't matter, it doesn't matter!)"

These days many people are copying him!
It's so cute when a little kid is doing that, but I was really surprised when I heard one of my friends from Germany saying "Sonna no kanke-ne-!".
Now I know he is really famous!

"Say! Oppappi-!"