蟻が十匹
ありがじゅうひき
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十 = 「じゅう」; 「とお」
蟻が十
ありがとう
Thank you
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Showing posts with label だじゃれ. Show all posts
Showing posts with label だじゃれ. Show all posts
Friday, February 27, 2015
Monday, April 4, 2011
J-Word Play #15 [Answer]
Last week I posed the question "When is Meat Day in Japan?" Though it's a pun, this one is actually applicable to life in Japan, as some supermarkets will run special sales on meat for this day.
[Update: Sorry folks! I messed up big! Received a number of replies about this riddle, but had a mix-up with my email accounts. I honestly thought I had the blog's official email address forwarded to my personal email address, but looks like that option wasn't enabled. Again, my apologies to everyone who submitted! Below are some kudos, followed by the correct answer.
- Kudos to Alice of Super Happy Awesome Fun Time for getting the answer right. Check out her up-and-coming website for more Japan-related content.
- Kudos to Ali of Haikugirl's Japan - have a look at her latest post on sakura!
- Kudos to reader and Japanologist Theresa for her special answer*.
- Kudos to Renee of Shoujiki Shindoi. Still time left to participate and read about Project Hitori Jyanai on her blog!
- An additional kudos to Tokyo Five, another J-blogger; writing about his life in Tokyo with wife and kids.
- Nod and a wink to Chris, who shares a birthday with my mom.
Now on to the answer! Highlight below to check out the answer.
February 9th. This is because the Japanese for "meat" is 肉 (にく; niku). に = 2 and く = 9. Therefore "Meat Day" is 2/9.
[Update: Sorry folks! I messed up big! Received a number of replies about this riddle, but had a mix-up with my email accounts. I honestly thought I had the blog's official email address forwarded to my personal email address, but looks like that option wasn't enabled. Again, my apologies to everyone who submitted! Below are some kudos, followed by the correct answer.
- Kudos to Alice of Super Happy Awesome Fun Time for getting the answer right. Check out her up-and-coming website for more Japan-related content.
- Kudos to Ali of Haikugirl's Japan - have a look at her latest post on sakura!
- Kudos to reader and Japanologist Theresa for her special answer*.
- Kudos to Renee of Shoujiki Shindoi. Still time left to participate and read about Project Hitori Jyanai on her blog!
- An additional kudos to Tokyo Five, another J-blogger; writing about his life in Tokyo with wife and kids.
- Nod and a wink to Chris, who shares a birthday with my mom.
Now on to the answer! Highlight below to check out the answer.
February 9th. This is because the Japanese for "meat" is 肉 (にく; niku). に = 2 and く = 9. Therefore "Meat Day" is 2/9.
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* Theresa's answer was delicious and punny, and must be shared. "Meat day" as ひにく (皮肉; meaning "sarcasm" or "irony"), because if you're just looking at the readings of the kanji, you might swap the 皮 for 日 (same pronunciation, but meaning "day"). Clever!
Saturday, March 13, 2010
Japanese puns
Also known as おやじギャグ(old man jokes), these things are gold. I try to churn them out whenever the inspiration strikes. They're a good way to prove to the natives how funny and hip you are.
Anyway, here are a couple that do me proud. おもろいなぁ！
僕も親父ギャク頑張るぞ！
Not too sure what the deal is with this Ken Tanaka guy, but he and Remi seem to have a posted a number of videos about Japanese. YouTube really is a great resource for language study.
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