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Hello, my friend wants to know what this says. I can read the hiragana but I don't know a meaning. What does it mean?

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Afaik it doesn't have any real meaning. Typing ほいっさっさっ on Google gave me results with the exact same shirt, so I'm guessing it's a brand or something

edit: it could also be words of encouragement, as in heave-ho. Also read somewhere it could mean something along the line of さっさとこう as in "let's hurry" or something

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Wow, I get all sorts of different translations for ほいっさっさっ

Deepl translated is as “Alrighty then!”

Google Translate said “I'm not too late”

I found this forum thread where the OP asked what the phrase means:

https://detail.chiebukuro.yaho...

The selected best answer was this:

てくるおサルのかごってますねぇ。
さっさとこうってじゃないですかね?

Google Translate translated it as:

“That's what the monkey cage maker in the old tale said. I think it means to hurry up and get going.”

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It's just a 掛け声 - a rhythmic filler sound people say when working in sync (like carrying something heavy, rowing, marching, etc.).

Edit: Here's the relevant quote from the wiki page for the song: "In Yamaji’s original lyrics, the opening chant was written as 「エッサ ホイサ エッサ ホイサ」. To make it easier to set to music, Kainuma modified this into 「エッサ エッサ エッサホイサッサ」. At the time, such revisions of lyrics by composers were commonplace, but Yamaji initially resisted. "

And that's the origin of ホイサッサ / ほいさっさ / ほいっさっさっ :)

(The extra small っ's are added to make it more "playful")

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