Random Japanese Signs

by **Takechanpoo** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:09 pm

Hey boyne,
you definitely lack a sense of humor.
This thread never be continued.
boring

by **Charles** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 12:11 pm

NJR, but it probably should be

by **ttjereth** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:37 pm

Mulboyne wrote:I have a few images kicking around on a USB stick to use to illustrate stories on FG. Either a relevant news item hasn't yet popped up or, more commonly, I've just forgotten about them. Anyway, I'm getting bored looking at them. Since there's no-one in the pictures, they don't suit the Random Nihonjin thread so this thread has become their dumping ground.

"Tsumaranai" means dull or boring. Said quickly, with a slight sneer, it can sound like "Sumanai" making this a bad place to live.

Can also be used as "excuse ~" or "pardon ~" which works to coming off as something like "forgive us for this place" or "inexcusable place", as if the name of the station is apologizing for the station/area.

And from the hundreds on my hard drive:

by **ttjereth** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 4:41 pm

Don't feel like writing up explanations for all of them at the moment, if anyone has questions post and I will explain/translate.

by **ttjereth** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 5:01 pm

Takechanpoo wrote:Hey boyne,
you definitely lack a sense of humor.
This thread never be continued.
boring

by **sublight** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:02 pm

ttjereth wrote:Don't feel like writing up explanations for all of them at the moment, if anyone has questions post and I will explain/translate.

I got all of them except the piman one. What's up with that one?

by **amdg** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:09 pm

There's that rule again, if you're going to criticize someone's writing, the odds are you'll fuck up too.. ;-)

by **sublight** » Mon Apr 07, 2008 10:16 pm

by **succubusqueen** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:00 am

Great thread...Mulboyne!!:D

by **ttjereth** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:42 am

sublight wrote:I got all of them except the piman one. What's up with that one?

It's just a dumb pun on Osugi and Pico, two flamboyantly gay celebrities. I think it shows more imagination than generally exercised/allowed in minimum wage employees here.

More in a similar vein:

by **ttjereth** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:48 am

by **ttjereth** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 2:49 am

[quote="sublight"]The し]
So it seems.

The "Book Off" one is also a "kora" in case anyone couldn't guess

by **ttjereth** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 3:11 am

Some more (not all strictly "signs", but hopefully allowable):

Bad supermarket

Good supermarket

Teacher of the year

どっちかよ

This one's probably also shopped, but funny none the less

Melon whip

「あまり」!?!?!　「ときどき」や「ちょっと」ならいいのか？

Finally, the hospital women (and possibly some of the men on this board) have been waiting for:

Yakitori next left

No left turns

No parking

by **Greji** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 12:20 pm

ttjereth wrote:

That's gotta be a pain in the arse....

by **ttjereth** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 6:30 pm

Greji wrote:That's gotta be a pain in the arse....

I assume that's what they're hinting at too. I didn't realize the whole "prison rape" thing was that common in Japan.

by **Visitor K** » Tue Apr 08, 2008 10:26 pm

okay, here are some of mine...

from a toilet in shikoku:

i know these signs are nothing special around tokyo, but i just really liked the bottom right one about passing gas, so i took a picture of it:

okay, i know this is just some engrish, or more likely some miclosoft wold mistake, but its still one of the funniest english mistakes i saw over there:

by **sublight** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 4:33 am

I found this one outside a Love Hotel near Shin-Okubo:

So I only go into the Japanese ladies.

by **Kagetsu** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 7:50 am

by chance, has anybody seen the sign on the way up Mt Fuji between the shrine and the first station of the bear chasing a man?

I remember seeing it about three or four years ago, but forgot to take a photo.

by **sublight** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 3:19 pm

The ugly ones can fend for themselves.

by **Greji** » Wed Apr 09, 2008 6:00 pm

sublight wrote:

The ugly ones can fend for themselves.

Send 'em to the goat pen for training!
:cool:

by **Captain Japan** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 1:46 pm

by **Greji** » Sun Apr 13, 2008 4:36 pm

Captain Japan wrote:

Japan's got nothing but rank amateurs! Now, NY......
That's where the elite meat, er meet!
:cool:

by **Mulboyne** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:15 pm

There's nothing wrong with this poster but, when I first caught sight of it out of the corner of my eye, it seemed to me that the bloke was pleasuring himself while looking at porn. Clearly that's not the case and I would ask that you not think badly of my parents for the state of my mind.

by **amdg** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:24 pm

You're not the only one. Photoshoppers, on your marks, set...Go!

by **Taro Toporific** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 7:59 pm

[color="Silver"]...just because you can never have enough Hello Kitty.[/color]

by **amdg** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 8:27 pm

I don't have any good typefaces on my computer :-(

by **omae mona** » Wed Apr 16, 2008 9:33 pm

Mulboyne wrote:

There's nothing wrong with this poster but, when I first caught sight of it out of the corner of my eye, it seemed to me that the bloke was pleasuring himself while looking at porn. Clearly that's not the case and I would ask that you not think badly of my parents for the state of my mind.

Mulboyne, it's not just you. When I first saw this poster a week ago, my first thought was that somebody was going to photoshop it to show exactly the scene you imagined, and post it on FG. I would have done it myself if I had a little more time!

by **Tommybar** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 10:50 am

Visitor K wrote:okay, here are some of mine...

i know these signs are nothing special around tokyo, but i just really liked the bottom right one about passing gas, so i took a picture of it:

by **ichigo partygirl** » Fri Apr 18, 2008 11:29 am

New Zealand seems to be located in some dodgy building in Kobe between some delightful looking massage joints.

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