J-WOTD: 正真正銘
Blue on Apr 16 2006 at 12:02 am | Filed under: WOTD - Japanese
しょうしんしょうめい (shoushinshoumei)
* “J-WOTD” = “Japanese Word of the Day”
“Authentic” “fair dinkum” “real”
Used to stress that something is not a fake, as in, “This is the real McCoy”.
More examples:
正真正銘のピカソの絵
a genuine Picasso painting
正真正銘のプロ
real professional
正真正銘の難民
genuine refugee
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