More Reverse Engrish – Kanji Tattoo
Recently on Japanese television they interviewed a person with a Japanese tattoo in New York, and I thought it was a funny exchange: They had him pull up his shirt to show off his “kanji” (Chinese character) tattoo, which says “ronin”. Tattoo’d New Yorker: ”It means a ‘samurai without work’, or a ‘student’, right?” Japanese [...]
Reverse Engrish – Hemorrhoids
This boy likely has no idea what his hoodie says – because the big white character says “hemorrhoids” in Japanese*: (*Chinese usually is two characters: “痔核”).
