Things I’ve only said in Japan
12/10/2006 @ 12:00 am
- “Did you remember to switch the carpet off?”
- “There’s a car park at the top of the volcano.”
- [in the deep mid-winter] “I’m going out to the garden to warm up.”
- “Here, these apples have been reduced to ¥300 each.”
- “Is cat poo burnable or non-burnable rubbish?”
- “Yes. Very kawaii.”
- [half-way up a mountain] “There’s must be a drinks machine round here somewhere.”
- “He’s got a cold so he went to the hospital.”
And I’m sure you can add more to the list.
“It can’t be helped.”
“Did you turn on the bath?”
“Did you turn off the bath?”
December 10th, 2006 at 2:08 amOh wow… Ok here we go!
“Where’s that voice coming from?”
“Even the toilets are polite in this country”
“I don’t know if thats exciting me or scaring me”
“I’ll pull out some extra money for the highway toll”
“The machine only has cold beverages. What a waste. We’ll look for another one.”
“Biku biku biku bik Ca-me-ra!”
“I’m looking for swing girls… oh sorry no, I mean its a movie called Swing Girls… No, its about JAZZ… ok its ok. I’ll look for it myself!”
“Seven Eleven is a LIFE saver”
“The train is 21 seconds late this morning. Wow, something must have happened!”
December 10th, 2006 at 3:22 am“Did you remember to turn the carpet off?”
OK… I’ll need some help on that one?
Whhhaaaaatttt?
December 10th, 2006 at 5:36 amHeated carpet, Betty.
December 10th, 2006 at 9:17 amhttp://zhonglei.en.alibaba.com/product/50131238/50603565/Electric_Carpets/Japanese_Style_Electrically_Heated_Carpet.html
December 10th, 2006 at 9:29 amAbove is a link to one of what Overoften is talking about.
That’s exactly it!
December 10th, 2006 at 9:36 amOh, that’s brilliant, that is. I would love to have one for our home “office”. (office sounds better than “computer room”, doesn’t it?)
December 10th, 2006 at 9:43 amAny sentence with the phrase “level up” in it.
December 10th, 2006 at 1:39 pm“…., ne?”
December 10th, 2006 at 3:03 pmThings You Only Say In Japan
Japundit has a great list things you only ever say in Japan such as:
* Did you remember to switch the carpet off?
December 10th, 2006 at 8:23 pm-What time do the ATMs close?
December 10th, 2006 at 11:12 pm-Yes, of course I’m excited that the Dragons won. I got these shoes for 20% off!!
When cleaning out the fridge. “Is this garbage or tomorrow’s breakfast?”
December 11th, 2006 at 1:00 pm“Do you enjoy ICE hockey?”
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December 11th, 2006 at 2:08 pmTo us British, Ryo, hockey is a terribly violent game played on a grassy pitch with a round ball which you want to put in a goal (just like ‘football’
). Whereas when they play it on ice, it’s a ‘variant’ so you append ‘ice’ to the name to explain which odd variation of the original you’re talking about.
…and for the same reason you’d say ‘American’ English.
December 11th, 2006 at 2:11 pmOveroften: Thanks for the mini-lesson! It’s nice to learn something new everyday. (And I had no idea the grassy version of this game was violent. Or played by men. Not that there’s anything wrong with that….)
December 11th, 2006 at 2:18 pmno jolly hockey sticks then overoften?
“Well, she’s okay, but a little jolly hockey sticks, if you know what I mean.”
http://idioms.thefreedictionary.com/be+jolly+hockey+sticks
December 11th, 2006 at 3:02 pmEvery met a jolly hockey sticks type, Rem? They’d never actually play the game, would they. Too much risk of losing teeth or getting gouged.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:09 pmI’ve met a few of the the grotty trinian types if you get my drift.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Trinian’s
December 11th, 2006 at 3:14 pmThe grotty ones? Well done.
December 11th, 2006 at 3:42 pmNow cut it out, Rem and Overoften. . .
The official language of Japundit is English, you know. . .:wink:
December 11th, 2006 at 5:10 pmTouché, Mr JP.
December 11th, 2006 at 5:16 pm