Do you believe in "Bachi"?

[Rick Murchison]

"Can you speak Bachi?"
"Of course I can sir. I am fluent in over six million..."
"Ok, shut up"
"Shutting up sir..."
Rick

 

[kidspot]

LOL - now that was funny Rick

 

[justleesa]

Ok Miss Chepar....Bachi is not the japanese word for what goes around, comes around.

On the boat today we had Japanese Guests and we were saying we need to learn more Japanese...I said "I know Bachi!"...one of the Japanese instructors said "OH THAT'S A NAAAAAAASTY WORD!!!" I'll go and try to take my foot out of my mouth now....:rofl:

 

[chepar]

Ok Miss Chepar....Bachi is not the japanese word for what goes around, comes around.

Hmmm, I wonder what it really means? Seriously, though - if you ask any local person about "Bachi", they will tell you it means the "what goes around comes around" bit.

I wonder if it's one of those things that long ago had some kind of "authentic" basis that of evolved over the years into more of a local thing.

 

[H2Andy]

not sure how accurate this is:

Bachi (also batchi or buchi) is the name for the wooden sticks used to play Japanese taiko drums, and also the plectrum for stringed instruments like the shamisen and biwa.

[snip]

Hawaiian (slang): Bachi, loosely defined as "what goes around, comes around," is a mysterious force of divine retribution.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bachi

and finally:

Bachi-Gyaru/Bachi-Gai/B-Gyaru- All mean the same thing: "street" terminology for a Japanese girl trying to look "black."

http://otakubooty.bootyproject.org/of.asp?tab=8&page=1&id_post=120259&action=st

and what does "look black" mean? nope, not try to dress like rap artists.

it means they tan themselves very dark; it's apparently a type of style where tans are very important:

http://www.livemusicstudio.com/mac/pages/ganguro.html

the girls:

also dye their hair brown or gold and wear blue contact lenses. It'sthe California beach girl look without the bikini. And sometimes they evenwear fake flower leis or fake flowers in their hair. The Shibuya and Ikebukurodistricts of Tokyo are the center of ganguro fashion. It goes against the grain of the usual Japanese standard of female beauty, which calls for skin as white as possible.

 

[justleesa]

Hmmm, I wonder what it really means? Seriously, though - if you ask any local person about "Bachi", they will tell you it means the "what goes around comes around" bit.

I wonder if it's one of those things that long ago had some kind of "authentic" basis that of evolved over the years into more of a local thing.

Yeah, the guy went on to say that it is a local word, not a japanese word - who knows what it is derived from.

 

[Jcsgt]

"Bachi" descends from Middle Chinese pat "Buddhist monk's begging bowl" (yourdictionary.com)

 

[Rick Murchison]

All I know is that the guy who looked after Owen's 'vaporators on Tatooine also needed to speak Bachi as well as the binary language of load lifters...
Seems logical to me...
Rick

 

[Jamdiver]

Seems that the concept of 'Bachi' cuts across all countries and cultures... here in Jamaica that whole 'Bachi' concept is called 'Obeah'...

 

[Cacia]

voo-doo!