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Old 01-25-2008, 01:07 PM   #1
Fred L
Join Date: Nov 2002
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meaning of "osu"

I recently started training at a Yoshinkan dojo. They frequently use the term "osu" for al sorts of things like "hello", "thank you", etc. Their explanation to me was that the word is not used in conversational japanese, and that it is similar to the "hooyah!" used by marines. Can any of you guys elaborate?

thanks

Fred
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