Talk:Ee ja nai ka

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Date

Date right? I've found 1868 instead. Charles Matthews 15:16, 14 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

Oops you are right, I checked with the Japanese Wikipedia article and it does say from 1867 to 1868. Thanks for the correction - feel free to edit the page if you want to . --DannyWilde 00:47, 15 October 2005 (UTC)[reply]

spelling

The phonetically correct spelling would be closer to "ei ja nai ka", rather than "ee ja nai ka", the latter when pronounced by English speakers forms a long E sound, which is incorrect.

Interestingly, in this very same article a film is mentioned by the same name, but spelled in the phonetically correct construction.

I don't know a whole lot about Romaji configurations, other than that there are 2 widely used and a few more obscure ones. Perhaps the original author was using one of the obscure configurations, but for continuity's sake, I think the spelling should be changed. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 98.28.179.6 (talk) 16:11, 1 October 2008 (UTC)[reply]

English translation of term

"The term ee ja nai ka ("Hey, what the hell!" or "Isn't great?")" Could this be changed to "Isn't it great"? CopaceticThought (talk) 10:40, 15 December 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I've added the literal meaning to the article lede. ‑‑ Eiríkr Útlendi │^{Tala við mig} 04:40, 12 March 2023 (UTC)[reply]

Additional Sources

Source for the movement eventually descending into mob violence? There is bound to be some documentation for those incidents. Conrad Totman's book, Early Modern Japan has a small mention of ee ja nai ka that is not quite mob violence. It also mentions that some would participate to spite people they hated or as a form of revenge. Clmn3 (talk) 13:01, 21 January 2017 (UTC)[reply]