what do you think “majime sugi” ? I say to my japanese coworker when he does not receive money from older people… even if it take an hour or more to help them. (i work in the repair industry, so time is money)
Take the compliment. Serious, sober, earnest, diligent.
Usually it’s good thing! Sometimes people use it to describe you if you don’t joke around with them, or when you don’t get their jokes.
There is kuso-majime. Almost like having a stick up your ass.
But similar to plain majime, it could be good or bad.
Yeah. Think of it as “boring”, or “stick-in-the-mud”.
Yea, Majime could also be used in a way where you imply that a person is rather boring or not so special. Like for someone looking for someone that lives against the grain, they may not want someone that is Majime because Majime doesnt come off as very exciting.
It can be both good or bad depending on the context, but if you were called majime it was likely positive.
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what do you think “majime sugi” ?
I say to my japanese coworker when he does not receive money from older people… even if it take an hour or more to help them.
(i work in the repair industry, so time is money)
Take the compliment. Serious, sober, earnest, diligent.
Usually it’s good thing! Sometimes people use it to describe you if you don’t joke around with them, or when you don’t get their jokes.
There is kuso-majime. Almost like having a stick up your ass.
But similar to plain majime, it could be good or bad.
Yeah. Think of it as “boring”, or “stick-in-the-mud”.
Yea, Majime could also be used in a way where you imply that a person is rather boring or not so special. Like for someone looking for someone that lives against the grain, they may not want someone that is Majime because Majime doesnt come off as very exciting.
It can be both good or bad depending on the context, but if you were called majime it was likely positive.