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 18 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 18 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,23212161
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
18 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
18 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
18 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 18 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,23212161
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 18 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,23212161
asked 18 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,23212161
edited 18 hours ago
Nicolas Raoul
asked 18 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,23212161
asked 18 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
5,23212161
asked 18 hours ago
Nicolas RaoulNicolas Raoul
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5,23212161
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
18 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
18 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
18 hours ago
add a comment |
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
18 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
18 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
18 hours ago
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
18 hours ago
Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
18 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
18 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
18 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
18 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
18 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 18 hours ago
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I suppose they meant code smell!
– Peter A. Schneider
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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 18 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
128k9163273
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I suppose they meant code smell!
– Peter A. Schneider
17 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 18 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
128k9163273
1
I suppose they meant code smell!
– Peter A. Schneider
17 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 18 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
128k9163273
「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 18 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
128k9163273
answered 18 hours ago
l'électeurl'électeur
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answered 18 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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I suppose they meant code smell!
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Which dictionaries? Monolingual?
– Leebo
18 hours ago
As this person is an IT engineer, he might be likely to use net-slang. Maybe he means dubious or suspicious.
– BJCUAI
18 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
18 hours ago