Thursday 20 May 2010

First Kitchen - Fakkin

You're in Tokyo and you can't find a 'First Kitchen'? Then ask for directions, but remember the Japanese have a habit of shortening words so you will have to ask where the nearest :- ファッキン is.

最寄りのファッキンはどこですか。
Moyori no fakkin wa doko desu ka.

最寄り : 'Moyori' = Nearest.
の : 'no' this is a particle meaning something like 'of.'
ファッ キン : Fakkin (First Kitchen) The Japanese often shorten words for example the Japanese band 'Asian Kung Fu Generation' is often shortened to 'Ajikan.'
は : 'wa' is the subject particle.
どこ : 'doko' = where.
です : 'desu' = is / are
か : 'Ka' is the question particle. To make a sentence a question add 'ka' at the end.

Yes, I know it is childish and immature to want to go to a First Kitchen just so you can say the word 'fakkin' Just because it sounds very similar to the 'F' word, but it has to be done.
Actually it is also often referred to just 'FK' (Efukei) and they redesigned their logo in 2005 to emphasize this.

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