Friday, October 28, 2022

Wagyu Beef

Zさん:"You know that Japanese delicacy Wagyu Beef? You know what the literal translation of Wagyu is? 'Japanese Beef'. That's a little on the nose, if you ask me."

Saturday, October 22, 2022

Netflix

Zさん:"When I heard the Netflix so-called 'jingle', I instantly thought of the Japanese word とたん!"

Friday, October 14, 2022

Back to DS9

Aさん:「I have been rewatching Star Trek:DS9 recently. I have always been impressed by Armin Shimerman's portrayal of Quark.」
Zさん:"Well, you can't spell Ferengi without 演技."

Friday, September 30, 2022

Birthday Wishes

Zさん:"てんじょうび・おめでとう!"
Aさん:「?。。。ゆか・ございます!」

Friday, September 23, 2022

Friends

Zさん:"Remember that TV show from the late '90s Friends? There was a gay character Susan who was married to another character Carol. It is really rather surprising, for those days, to have such prominent homosexual characters."
Aさん:「スゲエー。」
Zさん:"Carol was too."

Friday, September 16, 2022

変な注文

ウェイトレス:"... so what can I get you?"
Zさん:"I'll have 2 eggs scrambled and some bacon."
ウェイトレス:"and for you?"
Aさん:「目玉やき。」
Zさん:"Grilled eye ball? Ew, what is wrong with you?"
Aさん:「。。。」

Saturday, September 3, 2022

Opportunity

Aさん:「In Chinese, there is a word that means both crisis and opportunity.」
Zさん:"In Japanese, there is a word that means both opportunity and machine."
Aさん:「... what? ...」