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！」

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."

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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：「。。。」

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? ...」

The Musician

Aさん：「I was talking to a friend of mine, and he is trying out for first chair oboe in the orchestra.」
Zさん："So... that's... Oboeの応募？"
Aさん：「。。。」

Squid

Aさん：「I am going to have fried squid legs for dinner. Care to join me?」
Zさん："I guess so."
Aさん：「僕もげそを愛するよ！食べましょう！」

JLPT 2022

Zさん："Registration for JPLT N3 starts Monday! I plan to sign up. How about you?"
Aさん：「um... I'm Japanese.」
Zさん："Oh right, Japanese people are registered automatically."
Aさん：「。。。？」