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Comment by asiachick

No, it is not. Never heard a Japanese person say "Huh?". They say "Ha?". Similar but not the same and used less often the English "Huh?" It's usually only used in a kind of extreme shock situation where as "Huh?" in English, or at least USA English, is way more common.

English

a) "Hello"

b) "huh?" (meaning I didn't hear you)

a) "I just said Hello"

Japanese

a) "I went to buy a car but I bought a camel"

b) "HA?" (WTF?)

a) "Yea, seriously. It drinks lots of water"

parent asiachick 4 years ago

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