Donmai and Faito

^z 21st July 2023 at 8:40pm

From "Self Taught Japanese" and "Just a little Japanese, two useful loanwords:

  • ドンマイ (donmai, from "don't mind") — meaning "it's ok", "never mind", "no worries", etc
  • ファイト (faito, from "fight") — meaning "good luck", "hang in there", etc

... the latter perhaps a bit akin to Deadpool's catchphrase "Maximum Effort!"

(cf Misogi Harai (2008-02-11), Japanese Boyfriend Scale (2009-07-01), Enso (2012-02-29), Omamori (2012-03-09), Shikake (2012-12-18), Chengyu (2019-07-06), Ikigai (2020-07-18), Shokupan (2022-12-18), ...) - ^z - 2023-07-21