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jive

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Source Word

jive

IPA(Pronunciation)

US colloquial derogatory often

Japanese Meaning

1940～50年代に流行したダンススタイル / スウィングに特徴づけられるジャズ音楽のスタイル / ジャズミュージシャン間で使われる隠語や俗語

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At the vintage festival, she performed the jive with effortless flair, and the crowd cheered.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

ヴィンテージフェスティバルで、彼女は1940〜1950年代に流行したダンスを軽やかに踊り、観客は歓声を上げた。

Sense（1）

A dance style popular in the 1940–50s.

Sense（2）

Swing, a style of jazz music.

Sense（3）

A slang associated with jazz musicians; hepcat patois or hipster jargon.

Sense（4）

(US, colloquial) Synonym of bullshit: patent nonsense, transparently deceptive talk.

Don’t give me that jive. I know where you were last night.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

Sense（5）

(US, colloquial, often derogatory) African-American Vernacular English.

Although speaking Western Japanese to your friends in Ōsaka, Kyōto, or Kōbe will allow you to get closer to them, speaking Western Japanese in Tōkyō might seem as outlandish as hearing a Japanese exchange student back home speaking jive or cockney.

Google Translation / DeepL Translation

jives

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