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"..Then we will fight in the shade..."

Surf's Up...

More Fun With Engrish..

How Black?

I don't even know what this is...

"Kawaii"かわい vs "Kowai"こわい

The Japanese word for "cute" is "kawaii" - "ka-why-ee" かわい
The Japanese word for "scary" is "kowai" - "ko-why"こわい

Now you're ready to approach the opposite sex in a bar.
Don't make the same mistake I did.


Kawaii or kawai? You decide...

Japanese Signs...

Believe me when I tell you that there are entire websites devoted to this topic. I wouldn't be surprised if there was a book or two floating around out there. Their hilarity stems from two things:

1. Engrish
2. What I believe to be completely different logical thinking from English speakers.

For example:

Engrish:
"Everyime I finish smoking a cigarrette, I realise I should have brought a portable ashtray with me."

So "rain is to umbrella, as cigarette is to portable ashtray"(?)

Incorrect.

Translation:
"You carry an umbrella in case you don't want to get wet, so why don't you carry a portable ashtray in case you want to smoke?"

Let's look at this one:

Engrish:
"I threw my cigarrette butt into the drain. That is to say I hid it in the drain."

Translation:
"Don't throw your cigarrette butts in the drain."(?)

Correct.

Now you try:

Here's my translation:
"Everytime the sun is shinning, and I see a giant cigarette as big as a man with a bird perched atop it, I introduce it to a friend.."

Incorrect.

Basically I think this one means to say that...I have no idea what that sign says..

What's your translation?
Don't be annoyed if you don't get it the first time; remember, Japanese is a language whose characters are originally based on pictures...they do this all day.

Japanese Household Products...

I'll let you guess what this is for...

Japanese Signs:

Product for testing your significant other's underwear for undesireable 'fluids'.
(this picture was taken at a Japanese bar)


Suggested Japanese methodology for pushing through the crowd on the train...
(I prefer the mosh-pit method; frowned upon, but effective)

I Can See Mt. Fuji From The Office...

My cameraphone doesn't do it justice...I gotta buy a new camera...

Tantalizing Tentacles...

I have begun expanding my palette here in Japan; partially to fit in and partially because I have no choice.
One of my new favorites is tentacles. I don't care what you cut them off of just give me tentacles. I love the way they wrap themselves around the chopstick and how they battle your throat on the way down. I don't even care how you make them: boiled...stewed...pickled...hell you don't have to cook them at all because I like them RAW too. I'll save the story of how much raw seafood I ate in 30 minutes for another time. In the meanwhile..

BRING ON THEM THAR TENTACLES!!

Mmmm..


How..


Yummeee...