What is the phrase 'I am emo' when translated from English to Japanese?

Answer 1

But you might not want to say "Watashi WA emo desu," because you are essentially saying, "I am a potato." When I was in Japan, they told me that when you call someone an "emo" in Japan, you are essentially saying that they dress like a country bumpkin, and their fashion sense is poor, to say the least. It simply doesn't translate.

The closest I can come up with is something called "harajuku keitai." Harajuku is an area in Tokyo where people with various styles, like gothic lolita, cosplay, visual kei (the crazy J-rock look), etc. hang out. But I'd be hesitant to call myself that unless I actually hung out in Harajuku.

Answer 2

The phrase "I am emo" translated from English to Japanese would be "私はエモです" (Watashi wa emo desu). In this translation, "私" (Watashi) means "I," "は" (wa) is the topic marker indicating the subject of the sentence, "エモ" (emo) is the borrowed term for "emo," and "です" (desu) is a copula verb indicating politeness and formality.