记得曾读过一篇文章，作者是一个在日本留学的美国人。有一次，他的一位日本朋友在跟他谈天中，说他刚听了一堂很没有意义的课，讲课人是个“jerk（译为笨蛋）”。作者很好奇地问：“用日语怎么说‘笨蛋’这个词？”那人想了很久，然后非常遗憾地告诉他说，在日语里实在很难找 I remember reading an essay by an American studying in Japan. Once, a Japanese friend of his was talking to him and said he had just listened to a meaningless lesson. The lecturer was a “jerk.” The author curiously asks, “How do you say ’fool’ in Japanese?” The man thought for a long time and told him with great regret that it was hard to find in Japanese