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From: Philip Newton <pne-news-20011023@newton.digitalspace.net>
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Subject: Re: Nerd Boy, episodes 72-78
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On Sun, 21 Oct 2001 20:03:46 +0200, "Joaquim Almgren Gandara"
<claw@lords.com> wrote:

> Gambarimasu! (= "Good luck/Do your best")

If I remember my Japanese, that's what the person who is taking on a job
says. The person who is asking someone else to do a job or who is
encouraging them says "Ganbatte!" or "Ganbatte kudasai", which is the
"request" form of the same verb. Sort of like "Please do your best", to
which the other person might answer "I will do my best".

Cheers,
Philip.
-- 
Philip Newton <nospam.newton@gmx.li>
That really is my address; no need to remove anything to reply.
If you're not part of the solution, you're part of the precipitate.