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Nazonazo (Japanese Riddle)
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by FG Lurker » Fri Apr 07, 2006 1:01 pm
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it's sinking
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
Racing around to come up behind you again
The sun is the same in a relative way, but you're older
Shorter of breath and one day closer to death
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Another elevator joke
by wu » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:34 pm
You can ask this joke in J or E (for your bilingual buddies), but the punchline is in Japanese:
A man and a woman enter an ascending elevator. On the way up, the cable breaks, and the elevator plunges into the basement. The woman dies, but the man survives. Why?
A man and a woman enter an ascending elevator. On the way up, the cable breaks, and the elevator plunges into the basement. The woman dies, but the man survives. Why?
I'd probably better get back to work now.
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Another...
by wu » Fri Apr 07, 2006 5:40 pm
A woman and a little girl try to jump across a stream. The adult makes it, but the child falls in. Why?
I'd probably better get back to work now.
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Mmmm
by kurohinge1 » Sat Apr 08, 2006 8:54 pm
wu wrote:A woman and a little girl try to jump across a stream. The adult makes it, but the child falls in. Why?
Tansoku?
- "This is the verdict: . . . " (John 3:19-21)
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by kamome » Tue Apr 11, 2006 4:06 am
wu wrote:A woman and a little girl try to jump across a stream. The adult makes it, but the child falls in. Why?
Matagenakatta
Can you explain that one further?
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FG is my WaiWai--baka tono 6/26/08
There is no such category as "low" when classifying your basic Asian Beaver. There is only excellent and magnifico!--Greji, 1/7/06
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by Greji » Tue Apr 11, 2006 9:08 am
kamome wrote:Can you explain that one further?
mata:drool5::tongue:
gennakkata:cry:
Other than my own perv thoughts, I got no idea!
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by amdg » Wed Apr 12, 2006 2:12 am
[quote="wu"]Not beautiful translations, but close to either "Couldn't span it" ]
I think most people call pubic hair ‘inmou’ (陰毛) and wouldn’t use 股毛. But that was pretty good for a riddle you made up yourself! Good job.
Alternate riddle; if it was a little boy falling in the river, instead of a little girl, then you could say why did the little boy fall in? ‘botchan dakara’*.
* 'botchan' being a young boy and also the word for the sound of something 'plonking' into the water.
I think most people call pubic hair ‘inmou’ (陰毛) and wouldn’t use 股毛. But that was pretty good for a riddle you made up yourself! Good job.
Alternate riddle; if it was a little boy falling in the river, instead of a little girl, then you could say why did the little boy fall in? ‘botchan dakara’*.
* 'botchan' being a young boy and also the word for the sound of something 'plonking' into the water.
Mr Kobayashi: First, I experienced a sort of overpowering feeling whenever I was in the room with foreigners, not to mention a powerful body odor coming from them. I don't know whether it was a sweat from the heat or a cold sweat, but I remember I was sweating whenever they were around.
- Otaru Onsen Oral Testimony
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by spyder » Tue May 30, 2006 2:43 am
1) An FG fell asleep on the Yamanote-sen, and when he awoke, he didn't know where he was. He got of the train, and read the sign. He was even more confused. He asked the station master: "Why does this station have 3 lines, and 3 boxes?"
Where was he?
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2) Which station on the Yamanote-sen has only K and A in it's name?
Where was he?
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2) Which station on the Yamanote-sen has only K and A in it's name?
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by CrankyBastard » Wed Jul 05, 2006 10:03 pm
Not really a nazonazo, but I like it.
If pigs could fly!
Tondemonai!
If pigs could fly!
Tondemonai!
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by spyder » Sat Mar 17, 2007 1:21 pm
This thread hasn't had much action recently, so I have upped 3 new problems....
I have also included some hints at the bottom to make it easier.
_ _ / _ _ _ _ <-- Japanese answer. Each space (_) = one kana character.
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ <-- Japanese answer. Each space (_) = one kana character.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ <-- English answer. Each space = one English character.
The last one is kind of tricky
I have also included some hints at the bottom to make it easier.
_ _ / _ _ _ _ <-- Japanese answer. Each space (_) = one kana character.
_ _ _ / _ _ _ _ <-- Japanese answer. Each space (_) = one kana character.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ <-- English answer. Each space = one English character.
The last one is kind of tricky
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by kamome » Tue Mar 20, 2007 1:28 am
Is the first one "aka shingo" (red color, shi-n go-u)?
And is the second one banana juice? (I don't have Japanese text at my office, but it would be spelled in katakana - "ba-na-na j-u-su".)
No clue about the third.
And is the second one banana juice? (I don't have Japanese text at my office, but it would be spelled in katakana - "ba-na-na j-u-su".)
No clue about the third.
YBF is as ageless as time itself.--Cranky Bastard, 7/23/08
FG is my WaiWai--baka tono 6/26/08
There is no such category as "low" when classifying your basic Asian Beaver. There is only excellent and magnifico!--Greji, 1/7/06
FG is my WaiWai--baka tono 6/26/08
There is no such category as "low" when classifying your basic Asian Beaver. There is only excellent and magnifico!--Greji, 1/7/06
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Mmmm
by kurohinge1 » Tue Mar 20, 2007 7:23 am
kamome wrote:Is the first one "aka shingo" (red color, shi-n go-u)?
And is the second one banana juice? (I don't have Japanese text at my office, but it would be spelled in katakana - "ba-na-na j-u-su".)
No clue about the third.
Brilliant!
And great riddles, Spyder-san.
OK - what's the third one?
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by amdg » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:43 pm
kamome wrote:Is the first one "aka shingo" (red color, shi-n go-u)?
And is the second one banana juice? (I don't have Japanese text at my office, but it would be spelled in katakana - "ba-na-na j-u-su".)
No clue about the third.
Nice work kamome.
I can't work out the last one. One question I have is the "English answer" part, does that mean that the answer is an English word, or a Japanese word in Romaji?
Mr Kobayashi: First, I experienced a sort of overpowering feeling whenever I was in the room with foreigners, not to mention a powerful body odor coming from them. I don't know whether it was a sweat from the heat or a cold sweat, but I remember I was sweating whenever they were around.
- Otaru Onsen Oral Testimony
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Keep staring, I might do a trick.
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Noriko you whore!
- Otaru Onsen Oral Testimony
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Keep staring, I might do a trick.
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Noriko you whore!
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by spyder » Tue Mar 20, 2007 11:22 pm
amdg wrote:Nice work kamome.
I can't work out the last one. One question I have is the "English answer" part, does that mean that the answer is an English word, or a Japanese word in Romaji?
It means the answer is completely English.
And yes, the first 2 have been answered correctly - well done
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by kamome » Wed Mar 21, 2007 4:20 am
Thanks, guys. I love these nazonazo. Funny how the third one, which requires an English answer, is the hardest. I have no clue.
Tommybar: the answer can't be as obviously risque as I think it is. Because my mind went right in the gutter when I read your question.
Tommybar: the answer can't be as obviously risque as I think it is. Because my mind went right in the gutter when I read your question.
YBF is as ageless as time itself.--Cranky Bastard, 7/23/08
FG is my WaiWai--baka tono 6/26/08
There is no such category as "low" when classifying your basic Asian Beaver. There is only excellent and magnifico!--Greji, 1/7/06
FG is my WaiWai--baka tono 6/26/08
There is no such category as "low" when classifying your basic Asian Beaver. There is only excellent and magnifico!--Greji, 1/7/06
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by spyder » Wed Mar 21, 2007 2:42 pm
OK. I'll give some clues for the third one.
The Answer is English, BUT to get the answer, you need to use Japanese.
Hint #1: Think about how to say "x2" in Japanese, and then think what English word it sounds like.
がんばって下さい :)
The Answer is English, BUT to get the answer, you need to use Japanese.
Hint #1: Think about how to say "x2" in Japanese, and then think what English word it sounds like.
がんばって下さい :)
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by Greji » Thu Mar 22, 2007 10:06 am
Charles wrote:Jeez, that's about as lame as these old jokes:
Q: What word starts with F and ends with UCK?
A: Firetruck.
Q: What's a four letter word ending in K that means "Intercourse?"
A: Talk.
Well, I missed both of those. Do you grade on the curve?
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