One of the best examples of Japanese English I have seen was a list of the symptoms of the flu. They were all pretty normal except the last: "Feeling of worthlessness."
"star" is a cool English word so is "innovation" let's stick them together no, we gotta make it plural, we got more than one of them "star + vation + s" "starvations" ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔｉｏｎ． _japanese businessman noises_
DID YOU BIGOTED TRANSPHOBES JUST ASSUME THAT PERSON'S GENDER? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT XE IS MALE OR FEMALE? WHAT IF XE DIDN'T IDENTIFY AS A MALE YOU HATEFUL, CRUEL BIGOTS???
@@guyfawkes6428 Are you joking or are you serious? I am bi myself dude I ain't assuming anything. I just think that he didnt understand what was writing on it because my people dont really know much english.
@@Bossshrew Within the context of how capsule hotels work it's pretty obvious. The capsule spaces are separated by gender, so clearly you're not allowed to enter the female zone of the hotel. Further on you're also not allowed to have sex in the hotel as you can't bring the other sex into capsule areas and probably also not allowed to be more than one person per capsule so no homosexual shenanigans either.
Haha reminds me of I sign on a car repair shop in rural Oman... "for the repair and attempt to repair motor vehicles". I think it's the most honest sign ever
The best memory of botched English translation I have is from two years ago in Prague... It was right after the death of bassist Lemmy from Mötorhead. There was an English newspaper in the café on the first floor with the headline "Lemmy killed by death".
A classic Chapulín Colorado episode (the comedy show Bumblebee Man from The Simpsons was based on) is literally titled: “The dead cadaver of a deceased that passed away by dying.” Just to be sure. ⚰️
There are some toilets with baby seats for women to put their baby in when they pee. Cool, I thought. Clever. Then I read one of the warning instructions: *"Don't fold the baby."* Don't WHAT?!?!
I once passed a crepe stand in Kyoto where the crepes were described as being filled with "Flesh Cream". I think they meant 'fresh cream' - but none the less I was quite weary to try it. My Japanese friends didn't quite get the laughter.
I know it's been 2 years since your post, but it's because most Japanese people have a hard time differentiating between what's supposed to be an R sound and what's supposed to be an L sound. The reason being that in Japanese, they make a sound that's in between the R and L sound, so you'll see it often that these get mixed up when it comes to English. Hope this helps explain it! : )
A man has freedom as a man. It is dream, love.... and everything else. Black Man is pursuing it forever. Black Man makes you to be free. It is a nice Taste.
My experience with English marketing in East Asia: a skyscraper in Xining, Quingai (China) with GIANT neon lights sprawled down the side that say "Baby Party Number 5". My colleagues and I spent some time trying to locate Baby Parties 1 through 4. We were unsuccessful. A second favorite was a small convenience store in Beijing called "Daddy's Girl", owned and run by one middle-aged man.
Talking about odd English, I remember once in Spain, a restaurant had translated chicken breast (Pechuga de pollo in Spanish) as chicken boobs. I just couldn't stop laughing!
in london there is a restaurant next to the globe theater called Zizi , ... that's the french word for like willi , or like kid friendly way of saying penis
Spain is usually quite good at translating to English, as many Spaniards speak English..."...with the obvious exceptional of the “Boob” restaurant owner. Surely. he knew what he was saying was just a bit out of line.😏 '
Thanks for all these treasures, Chris, I couldn't stop laughing. I found this friendly warning on a menu in a tiny restaurant in Kyoto: "We cannot deal with vegetarianism. In everything is used fish" The fish tasted quite fresh though.
On my travels through India i found plenty of establishments labeled as a "Cum Restaurant's", but my personal favourite had to be a bakery called "Bread Pitt".
In Ethiopia we ordered a meal, and they tried to write the bill in English and ended up writing "Sex Thunderday And Fruntlyloof". We each ended up paying a large amount of money so they could just give us the change. We got no change. To this day we still speculate just how much Sex Thunderday And Fruntlyloof is worth.
maybe that did that on purpose ... and hoped you would just over pay not knowing how much it was and they just kept the extra ... i think you got scammed hahaha
Duuuude this works the opposite way as well, I was at Ross with my sister and we found a hoodie with the words shoe hat in Japanese and we laughed at it for five minutes
And non-japanese people are getting tattoos in japanese kanji which literally mean "deep shit" or "failure" and are proud to show it off like they are fuckin super ninjas lol.
Chris mentions this in some of his other videos. The use of Japanese on English or US T shirts and tattoos is hilarious to Japanese people.. Apparently it's usually gibberish.
I heard this joke about some tourists who were wearing a T-Shirt with Japanese Kanji and thought they were wearing something profound like “Peace Love & Harmony” until they noticed some Japanese people across from them on the subway train who looked at their shirts and started laughing. When they asked them why they were laughing the Japanese people said “Do you know what your T-Shirts say”? and the tourists said yes they mean “……” and the Japanese people said “No they don’t, they say ‘Stupid Tourists Don’t Know What This Shirt Says”. 😂
When I lived in Japan the faucet in the dorm kitchen broke and the maintenance guy put a note on it: "the faucet appears to have got a shock. was your dishes in the room as it recovers."
when i download the app it says that it need to download something and when i click yes it says no connection. i have tried with both wifi and 4G :((((((
i lost it when you smirked after "secret sexy club." and “halfway up the chicken's---" love the editing, chris. your transitions are seamless! and the music and sfx, thumbs up.
In Peru I encountered a lingerie shop with the name "Kids made here". I still find it funny. And yes the lingerie that was sold there was rather "inviting". :P
As a second generation Japanese Canadian, I totally get the craziness of engrish! 😂 Loved "Bon Jovi" chicken as well as "monster priest octopus sausage"! 🤣🤣🤣 I've seen massage clinics spelled as "message", or adverts promoting "plecious stons" when trying to sell gemstones. My favourite sign went something like; "to exit, go back towards your behind...." 😂😂😂
While exploring Harajuku, my friends and I stumbled upon this goth store named "Sex Pot Revenge". The sign outside of the store also had this magical line "Decontrol of war, no feeble bastard". Honestly, it was the most profound thing I had found on my journey and it's a piece of wisdom I still carry with me today.
Oh...Sometimes, in Canada, everything is bilingual. Exepte that many companies forget to hire someone who actually speaks french. So you have wonderful details such as "Litière de chats" as a translation for "cat litter" exept that "de" implies that the litter is made out of cats rather than being for cats. Also...one packet of cookies with this wonderful translation: "ménage à trois" which translates to "threesome".
Menage a trois is kind of a surprising mistake to make, as that's quite well known in english - common enough as a borrowed phrase that most english dictionaries will list it, just like certain other French phrases common amongst English speakers like "bon voyage" or "tour de force".
My favourite store in japan is called something like "The Heart Store" due to their slogan "There is a heart in our store", like there is just a real heart sitting in a glass case in the middle of the store.
I'm studying as a foreign student in a japanese university right now and outside my dorm building they have a sign that reads "BUILDING NO. 38: INTERNATIONAL STUDENCE"
i vividly remember being like 10 years old back home in my non-english speaking country and i found a black tshirt in a thrift store. it said something like "I am a virgin. But this T is old". And I had no idea what it meant but i liked the design and mom, who's AN ENGLISH TEACHER, cracked up and let me buy it................................. love u mom
There's a bad movie called Pod People. A guy is wearing a shirt that says "I'm A Virgin." Looking at this guy I believe it. It's an American movie, so it's not a mistranslation.
I remember the Virgin tee shirt. The Irish version read “I’m a Virgin” and then in parentheses in a smaller font “(this is a very old shirt)” The boy who wore it was legendary for his, er, dating behaviour. His nickname was Eight-Hands (In Gaelic, Ocht Lámh). Nobody doubted the accuracy of his tee shirt logo.
Oh my.. forgot about 'that' connection. I never were into that stuff, I think this is a good thing but it opens the doors to things as this. Apologies :)
I have a couple from my travels in japan. "Beware of smoking or bonfire" "Never leave" and "Baby rest inside" (in a women's bathroom) "Thank you for use. Slowly. Please relax." (On a toothbrush's packaging.) "It is very delicious rice cake. Please for a souvenior." "The sweets politely finished up. It is delicious of the surprise. Surely, we will send happy time to you." (On an ice cream cup) I also had another one which was absolutely hilarious, but it seems I've lost the picture of it so I can't remember what it read. ;_; It was in a fitting room in some clothing store and it was about taking off your shoes. I still don't remember what it said but I do remember that it spelled shoes like "shose" or something like that, and everything else on it was also similar innocent gibberish as what read on that ice cream cup.
SURELY WE CAN DO BETTER THAN "STARVATIONS". If you were going to brand a children's discount clothing chain, what would you call it? And where would you rather go; Secret Sexy Club, Sexy Friendly Club or Club Bitter?
I think they were trying to do something with innovation and stars. STAR-VATION... kind of like innovation from/for/of stars... I don't know. That's the best I could do to explain it. Xb
Coming back to relive the hilarity that is Black Man underwear, and just had to put this out there: Chris I miss seeing more of these kinds of videos from you! The witty Britishness, you're like the Jeremy Clarkson of Japan, but with the arrogance knob turned way down haha. Its classic, subtle humor and its fantastic. Please don't stop doing your thing, as always the quality of your newest content is awesome! Would love to see another japanglish episode!
I went to a store called Tai Ping. It's a super market that sells Asian food. We went to look for some Kikkoman and ended up finding Crap Paste (Crab Paste).
I think what they were going for with Starvations was a portmanteau of "star" and "innovations" without factoring in that starvation is an actual English word with a significantly different meaning
I'll never forget the moment that I landed in Japan for the first time, and the pilot announcing : "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Tokyo. The local time is... 4:20 pm " xdd I was like YESSS.. PERFECT
We had a professional race car driver who publicly said "It is not the fart that kills, it is the smell" as fart means speed and smell means crash. Also more than once I have heard vegetables been called "green cases" here in Norway. Still not anything near what you experience, but funny. We must appreciare this free entertainment.
I have never really realized how good he is at choosing the background music. Now that I've noticed, i can't but to see more examples of him making great decisions.
I once bought a notebook at the 100 yen store that had a photo of puppies in a basket on it. The text said "small dogs jammed into box." A fave of mine was a beer making kit that said "Let's beer!" all over it. I find that a useful expression for many occasions.
My favourite crepe shop in Harajuku's slogan is 'Come on sweet girls'. As enticing as that is, 10 a.m is a better time for crepes and a bit to early for..ah..
actually no. heh! 'woman friendly' isn't about meat or vegan. ladies in Japan are VERY self-conscious about their 'scent' and 'does my breath stink?' and 'is this very salty, spicy, or have a strong taste?' so to bring in more ladies... restaurants advertise dishes that don't have a lot of heavy spices, spices/herbs etc. that may come out in human sweat, tons of salt/MSG, or have seriously strong taste like liver and tripe and other 'manly punch you in the face like Chuck Norris' flavors.
@@abhilasha9608'the woman friendly thing' on menus, it's a cultural thing. only started about 20-ish years ago. there's actually restaurant chains in Japan that are famous for their 'woman friendly' menus and advertising about it. i personally think girls around the world need to 'man up' a lil tiny bit and just eat normal food. but that's just me, i'm not an insanely picky eater. except for liver. and pimentos. yuck. :P
@@lesliekilgore648 That's awesome tbh 😂I'm not a picky eater either, I can't live without spices! But I'm vegetarian though,so when I go to Japan I need to plan out a lot 😂
There's something about you Chris that I really really like. You know you upload at a pace thats not too overwhelming and not too underwhelming but to the point where when I see one of your videos I get instant gratification. The content you put out is absolutely amazing It never bores me, In fact I like to grab a bowl of food and eat while I'm watching this, It's that good. I just wanted to say thanks for the content you put out man and keep it up. Always looking foward to something new.
The second before watching this video and reading your comment I was listening to banana brain but ant XD not my kind of music but it was on my playlist... Anyway, this comment combined with that and the rest of my day... It's been so banana full
There's a bar in Beppu which is called 'Neon'. It's slogan was: "Never Entertainment Only Navigation", which is quite frankly just what I am looking for in a bar. Who goes there for entertainment?! pfff
We laugh at these, but honestly I find them a great way to improve my Japanese learning, because these give an insight on the kinds of expressions and sentence structures that is natural for Japanese to use in their language.
I love this video so much that I rewatch it probably every 3-6 months to experience the wonders of Engrish with Chris Broad all over again. It's definitely like a magic.
The Bon Jovi bit definitely deserved a like.. my wife and I were cracking up.. nicely done. Actually, the whole thing had us cracking up! Hilarious.. Thumbs up, naturally.
I'm getting married in Japan and during a meeting with the wedding planner we looked at place cards with a set message on it. It said something like "We enjoy and are together a new life! Please for we and a happy pair forever!" I refused to order it.
I saw a hair salon in Osaka, called "IT'S HAIR". But it wasn't a big surprise actually. I live in a small town in Germany now, there's a second hand clothing store called "TWO HANDS FASHION".
There is a beauty salon here in my German city that reads: make me beauty. Since I’m not a native English speaker I wonder: does that make any sense? Sounds wrong to me.
I know how you feel. In the UK, there is a fashion brand named "SuperDry極度乾燥（しなさい）". The name of this brand itself and the Japanese words printed on the cloths of this brand are so random to us Japanese.
I found this. I am not Japanese but I can read kanji. It makes no sense. "The company explained to a Japanese television crew in 2011 that they deliberately use *simple machine translation* to generate Japanese text, and that they are aware that the texts often have no meaning."
I typed (しなさい) into Google translate and it translated to "Do It"... I think this is just one of those times when Google translate doesn't know the answer and just generates nonsense...
Dylan Lucas 極度 きょくど maximum; the most. 乾燥 かんそう dryness; aridity. しなさい - imperative ‘do’ So it’s basically saying “do superdry,” but in a way that sounds very awkward . However, I will still continue to wear their clothes, in spite of the nonsensical Japanese.
Brilliant exposé as usual - love your channel and your most amusing delivery. I've only been to Japan once for 10 days and loved it, but yea, the Engrish provided another dimension to my enjoyment
If you've ever been to Kobe Tower, there is a staircase on the upper floor with a sign that reads as follows: "Please drown the stairs" I think they mean something like please go down here? Hilarious nontheless
When I traveled to China, I saw a sweet looking grandma wearing a t-shirt that said "I like to be on top"
It might be my grandma
uh...i think she knew damn well what it meant.
I noticed how much of an easy time Chinese speakers have when learning how to annunciate English words.
Oh she knew what she was wearing.
@@itsthezeke9022 Yeah see, even God's on our side
One of the best examples of Japanese English I have seen was a list of the symptoms of the flu. They were all pretty normal except the last: "Feeling of worthlessness."
I had that flu last year - not a good time.
😂
MADAO
+EvenInArcadiaIExist LOL
I saw that one too! 😂 It also said that anorexia was a symptom and I was like wtf?
"star" is a cool English word
so is "innovation"
let's stick them together
no, we gotta make it plural, we got more than one of them
"star + vation + s"
"starvations"
ｐｅｒｆｅｃｔｉｏｎ．
_japanese businessman noises_
😂
"Japanese business man noises" 😂🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Damn, you cracked it :o
🤣🤣🤣 I think you really solved that one nicely!
I ate a banana today. It was so bananaful that I flew like a scallop. It was like magic.
"It was like [a] magic!" ありがとうゆたさん!
Ah Yuta is soo cool!!!
Did you wash your manly body afterward? Please, daddy...
When's the next video Yuta??
*like a magic
Once saw a menu item for "chicken rude and unreasonable" which I think was meant to be chicken jerk
Looool
😂😂😂
Well played sir, well played.
Rude boy chicken
No, that was a mistranslation of a Chinese word which means “pungent” (with “rude and unreasonable” being one of the secondary meanings).
I saw a guy with a tshirt written "sorry Boys but this Girl is taken" on it.
i dont see the issue is it the capitalization? sorry just want to know
@@whoopsieskk Its a GUY wearing that
@@alifizharulhaq3370 it also refers to the wearer as a female when he was male.
DID YOU BIGOTED TRANSPHOBES JUST ASSUME THAT PERSON'S GENDER? HOW DO YOU KNOW WHETHER OR NOT XE IS MALE OR FEMALE? WHAT IF XE DIDN'T IDENTIFY AS A MALE YOU HATEFUL, CRUEL BIGOTS???
@@guyfawkes6428 Are you joking or are you serious? I am bi myself dude I ain't assuming anything. I just think that he didnt understand what was writing on it because my people dont really know much english.
I saw an older Japanese woman on Mt. Fuji wearing a hat that said "PERVERT" in big, bold letters across the front. Hilarious!!
Now you know why they live so long
I want that t-shirt hahahhaa
There was a kid in Harajuku wearing a T-shirt that said “Don’t arrest me. I’m not a terrorist.”
Engrish clothing merchandise is one of my favourite things ever
As if the hat alone wasn't funny, the age of the woman wearing it makes that even more hilarious! Be wary of perverted, middle-aged women on Mt. Fuji!
You need to make a series of this
I think that is a fabulous idea.
Yes, he should!
I also agree.
If you want examples without the running commentary just go to www.engrish.com/
Yes, he should and you, Ms. Mochi should be in it!!!
This was the best laugh I’ve had in a long time. Please make another one sometime.
Omg! Yes please
You might've seen it already but he did :D
Yeah he is funny and Chris. Spacejam is a classic
the capsule hotel I visited had this rule: "The man doesn't put it in the female zone".
Me: right... gotcha. damn.
Caspar Barkey I wonder what rules they’d advertise in a love hotel... 🤔
Ok I actually loled at this
Welcome back, to the Female Zone
@@Haha-Jim can you? Either no romance allowed or stay out of the female restroom?
@@Bossshrew Within the context of how capsule hotels work it's pretty obvious. The capsule spaces are separated by gender, so clearly you're not allowed to enter the female zone of the hotel. Further on you're also not allowed to have sex in the hotel as you can't bring the other sex into capsule areas and probably also not allowed to be more than one person per capsule so no homosexual shenanigans either.
As a black man, hopefully no one tries to wear me while I'm strolling around in Japan.
XD this made me laugh.
Lol. Black people dont have internet.
Yes they do, it's called DarkNet
Same...
You are hilarious 😂😂😂
Once, I saw a girl wearing a hat with the words “Need Porn” written boldly on the front.
Nah that girl knew what she was wearing
JJBA
@@tripler9608 Why would he need porn?
@@joeiken3357 why not init
@@TheReal99Gamer But why jojo's bizarre adventure?
Once I was in Thailand, and on a menu was "Fried Friend"...
Haha what
I like them especially when they are good salted with some Curry powder.
No..... I've died
Nice. I suggest you bring along your friend next time
One fried friend please.
In japan I saw a shirt that said "Smell of a new period" on a young man. :,D
Maybe the makers meant "Smell of a new era" :D
Eeva Nikkari OML 😂😂😂
Its not technically wrong but the wording is kind of off.
Bccaundefined why does this sound so wrong (I know why ok)
I freaking love this guy...he makes me laugh so damn hard.
smells like teen spirit
My favourite was a backpack inviting you to feel the soft texture of the material on the rear of the bag. It said "Please touch my backside."
Haha reminds me of I sign on a car repair shop in rural Oman... "for the repair and attempt to repair motor vehicles". I think it's the most honest sign ever
Hey someone in Oman high five
Yea was there 5 years working on both new airports
@@travelswithsi8932 oh great airport is quite huge great work
@@rickythomas9698 Thanks Ricky, cant claim all the applause... only maybe 90% ;-)
@@travelswithsi8932 yeah love the new airport
Many years ago I bought a RC Car that had the following in the manual:
"Personal store murder is not included in servicing".
What no wonder some people murder a person using a bomb RC car...in GTA vice city
"J'adore" on an Italian flag.
I will punch someone
lmao
Time stamp?
Can explain me, i don't undesten
The best memory of botched English translation I have is from two years ago in Prague... It was right after the death of bassist Lemmy from Mötorhead. There was an English newspaper in the café on the first floor with the headline "Lemmy killed by death".
Sammie1053 I feel like death is the cause of many people dying.
People die when they are killed
Much English, such meaning, wow.
@gatheringoflight true! RIP Lemmy! \m/!
A classic Chapulín Colorado episode (the comedy show Bumblebee Man from The Simpsons was based on) is literally titled: “The dead cadaver of a deceased that passed away by dying.”
Just to be sure. ⚰️
I regret not buying the shirt I saw in Tokyo that had “NO SMOKING, NO LIFE!” on it
I've been to a restaurant that had a banner saying "No Ramen No Life" - interesting
Natsuki would love that shirt
No Game No Life
No raifu
That's actually a really Japanese thing to say xP
There are some toilets with baby seats for women to put their baby in when they pee. Cool, I thought. Clever. Then I read one of the warning instructions: *"Don't fold the baby."* Don't WHAT?!?!
Mom folded the baby
69
They were probably fold-up seats and they don’t want you to try to fold it up with the baby still inside. But who would try it?
I'M DYINGHDKSIDKFISIFLZM
It's good advice
At Nijo castle in Kyoto, there are a couple of signs for tours, one says "Individuals" and the other one says "Groupsiduals"
Now THAT shows some language creativity!😂🤣😂
"Groupsiduals"... maybe it's for conjoined twins
@@FIRELORD767 Or hiveminds. Either way, very progressive.
"Bon Jovi" is a Joke of the shopkeeper probably.
It is "Bon Jiri" actually.
Bon Jovi chicken is probably what you can afford when your six-string been hocked. I wouldn't be surprised if Gina works at the diner all day either.
@@jenniferstine8567 Did she cry in her sleep?
During my visit to the great wall of China many years ago there was a sign that said Forbidden to Fall
Very communist mentality. Anyone who falls will be treated as a traitor and promptly executed.
@@B3RyL double execution!
I once passed a crepe stand in Kyoto where the crepes were described as being filled with "Flesh Cream". I think they meant 'fresh cream' - but none the less I was quite weary to try it. My Japanese friends didn't quite get the laughter.
okay now this is epic
I know it's been 2 years since your post, but it's because most Japanese people have a hard time differentiating between what's supposed to be an R sound and what's supposed to be an L sound. The reason being that in Japanese, they make a sound that's in between the R and L sound, so you'll see it often that these get mixed up when it comes to English. Hope this helps explain it! : )
@@HinaMitsuki24 Yeah... But it's so weird. Like you google image flesh cream or fresh cream quite easily to get the correct description.
A man has freedom as a man.
It is dream, love.... and everything else.
Black Man is pursuing it forever.
Black Man makes you to be free.
It is a nice Taste.
It is dream, love and everything else is my new line
I prefer to stay a yellow man. Because yellow is like piss.
The only thing missing is a Shrek is love Shrek is life
@@sangkang6294
Asian are not yellow but beige.
@@mugiyuzu8399 Who said anything about Asian. Your a racist.
Ran across "Sexual Harassment Space Cherry" in Shinjuku on holiday. Also a series of unfortunately named photo booths called 'Cyunt'.
My experience with English marketing in East Asia: a skyscraper in Xining, Quingai (China) with GIANT neon lights sprawled down the side that say "Baby Party Number 5". My colleagues and I spent some time trying to locate Baby Parties 1 through 4. We were unsuccessful.
A second favorite was a small convenience store in Beijing called "Daddy's Girl", owned and run by one middle-aged man.
Talking about odd English, I remember once in Spain, a restaurant had translated chicken breast (Pechuga de pollo in Spanish) as chicken boobs. I just couldn't stop laughing!
andresmoisesjua CHICKEN BOOB
in london there is a restaurant next to the globe theater called Zizi , ... that's the french word for like willi , or like kid friendly way of saying penis
Spain is usually quite good at translating to English, as many Spaniards speak English..."...with the obvious exceptional of the “Boob” restaurant owner. Surely. he knew what he was saying was just a bit out of line.😏
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Pechuga is breast in spanish, so that is correctly said
Chicken boobs would be, tetas de pollo
Thanks for all these treasures, Chris, I couldn't stop laughing. I found this friendly warning on a menu in a tiny restaurant in Kyoto: "We cannot deal with vegetarianism. In everything is used fish" The fish tasted quite fresh though.
That’s like what Gordon Ramsay would say but more polite
On my travels through India i found plenty of establishments labeled as a "Cum Restaurant's",
but my personal favourite had to be a bakery called "Bread Pitt".
Karlos Dude you have no idea what they write in the appointment and paid in India lol btw I am from India
in cape town there's a store called Amy's Wine House...
If you saw any signs saying stuff like "Bar cum restaurant" it actually means "Bar and restaurant"
Bread Pitt isn’t engrish, it’s pure genius
@@karlaflow The ultimate food pun!
In Ethiopia we ordered a meal, and they tried to write the bill in English and ended up writing "Sex Thunderday And Fruntlyloof". We each ended up paying a large amount of money so they could just give us the change. We got no change.
To this day we still speculate just how much Sex Thunderday And Fruntlyloof is worth.
Najey Rifai Maybe they thought the extra cash was a big ass tip
that looks like 642 to me lol
Oh my gosh what a story!
Wait a minute, Ethiopia had meals?
maybe that did that on purpose ... and hoped you would just over pay not knowing how much it was and they just kept the extra ... i think you got scammed hahaha
Duuuude this works the opposite way as well, I was at Ross with my sister and we found a hoodie with the words shoe hat in Japanese and we laughed at it for five minutes
And non-japanese people are getting tattoos in japanese kanji which literally mean "deep shit" or "failure" and are proud to show it off like they are fuckin super ninjas lol.
My friend told me she saw someone in London with a tattoo that said 台所 (kitchen).
Chris mentions this in some of his other videos. The use of Japanese on English or US T shirts and tattoos is hilarious to Japanese people.. Apparently it's usually gibberish.
I heard this joke about some tourists who were wearing a T-Shirt with Japanese Kanji and thought they were wearing something profound like “Peace Love & Harmony” until they noticed some Japanese people across from them on the subway train who looked at their shirts and started laughing. When they asked them why they were laughing the Japanese people said “Do you know what your T-Shirts say”? and the tourists said yes they mean “……” and the Japanese people said “No they don’t, they say ‘Stupid Tourists Don’t Know What This Shirt Says”. 😂
Oh that food is woman-friendly? I've been looking for woman-friendly foods for such a long time now! Everyday I'm starving!
Woman friendly - extra friendly for feminists
It may just be a name. But am hoping it's woman friendly because it's low calories. As they don't want over weight women.
Gummel i thought ur profile picture was an eyelash on my phone, you have no idea how many times i tried to remove it
go to stravations
@@refineries147 that's the opposite of women friendly
When I lived in Japan the faucet in the dorm kitchen broke and the maintenance guy put a note on it: "the faucet appears to have got a shock. was your dishes in the room as it recovers."
that one really got me xD gj
omg, the faucet must have seen some terrible things. #PrayForFaucet
i'm shook
One wonders what have they been washing in the dorm kitchen that shocked the faucet ^_^;;
I'm in physical pain from the banana!
I was in a Japanese shop and saw a tote bag with a monster on it and it read "I think square best shape in world"
I don't normally write comments on RUclips but I am obsessed with your channel and it has inspired me to start learning Japanese.
Awesome - if you're a beginner download an app called Human Japanese. If you're more than a beginner, use Genki textbooks. Godspeed and goodluck
Will do! I enjoyed the video. Keep smashing them out my friend!
is it worth the 10 dollars or should you just go with lite version?
Definitely worth it - but try the Lite version first and see if you think it's good.
when i download the app it says that it need to download something and when i click yes it says no connection. i have tried with both wifi and 4G :((((((
i lost it when you smirked after "secret sexy club." and “halfway up the chicken's---"
love the editing, chris. your transitions are seamless! and the music and sfx, thumbs up.
feels like sand paper, fuck yeah!!!
skyllo He's at level: wizard!
You mean the chicken's bon jovi?
The one time I can tolerate bon jovi is in this context
Bon jovi chicken😂😂😂
In Peru I encountered a lingerie shop with the name "Kids made here". I still find it funny. And yes the lingerie that was sold there was rather "inviting". :P
Well are they wrong?
It is now at 69 likes ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°). Nobody should ruin it.
As a second generation Japanese Canadian, I totally get the craziness of engrish! 😂 Loved "Bon Jovi" chicken as well as "monster priest octopus sausage"! 🤣🤣🤣 I've seen massage clinics spelled as "message", or adverts promoting "plecious stons" when trying to sell gemstones. My favourite sign went something like; "to exit, go back towards your behind...." 😂😂😂
sushi seal 😂😂
this is why i see them intriguing
But what is "Bon Jovi chicken" supposed to be??? 🤣
"Depeche Mode Duck" with orange sauce, anyone ?
I hope the "monster priest octopus sausage" isn't catholic
While exploring Harajuku, my friends and I stumbled upon this goth store named "Sex Pot Revenge". The sign outside of the store also had this magical line "Decontrol of war, no feeble bastard". Honestly, it was the most profound thing I had found on my journey and it's a piece of wisdom I still carry with me today.
McKenzie Dunwald Sex Pot Revenge would make a good name for a band.
this one is amazing as i have absolutely no idea what the message intended to say xD
Sounds like a cool record store you'd find Abigail and Sabbat records in.
I've met some goths that would be perfect for.
Oh...Sometimes, in Canada, everything is bilingual. Exepte that many companies forget to hire someone who actually speaks french. So you have wonderful details such as "Litière de chats" as a translation for "cat litter" exept that "de" implies that the litter is made out of cats rather than being for cats. Also...one packet of cookies with this wonderful translation: "ménage à trois" which translates to "threesome".
Lilas Duveteux there’s a wine called that tho lmao
hentai est très bien
oui oui *laughs in french*
Menage a trois is kind of a surprising mistake to make, as that's quite well known in english - common enough as a borrowed phrase that most english dictionaries will list it, just like certain other French phrases common amongst English speakers like "bon voyage" or "tour de force".
@@lartrak yeah that's just people who knew what they were doing and thought it was funny
Ah, but in French, is "ménage a un" a euphemism for having a wank?
My favourite store in japan is called something like "The Heart Store" due to their slogan "There is a heart in our store", like there is just a real heart sitting in a glass case in the middle of the store.
The store is actually called "Heart-in." I bought an umbrella there in 2005.
"Erogance" ooh, it's going with "Ero" and "elegance" ....such concept blew my mind!
but it said erogamce
When I was in Vietnam, they had french fried in the menu. Never try to "colonize" another country, or you will end up on their menu. XD
Brilliant
Tomorrow We Live
magnifique
Easily a typo
XDDd
I'm studying as a foreign student in a japanese university right now and outside my dorm building they have a sign that reads "BUILDING NO. 38: INTERNATIONAL STUDENCE"
Lol what's Japan like
OH THE IRONY 😂
XD
I wonder if the Japanese Government will try to fix the bad English in Japan for the 2020 Olympics or just let it be.
THIS lol
"Fly like a scallop, from the sea.
Fly like a scallop, a priest octopus is after me"
🤣
Sounds legit.
I think that can be interpreted as "Run! A bald preist is after me" lol.
i vividly remember being like 10 years old back home in my non-english speaking country and i found a black tshirt in a thrift store. it said something like "I am a virgin. But this T is old". And I had no idea what it meant but i liked the design and mom, who's AN ENGLISH TEACHER, cracked up and let me buy it................................. love u mom
There's a bad movie called Pod People. A guy is wearing a shirt that says "I'm A Virgin." Looking at this guy I believe it. It's an American movie, so it's not a mistranslation.
I remember the Virgin tee shirt. The Irish version read “I’m a Virgin” and then in parentheses in a smaller font “(this is a very old shirt)” The boy who wore it was legendary for his, er, dating behaviour. His nickname was Eight-Hands (In Gaelic, Ocht Lámh). Nobody doubted the accuracy of his tee shirt logo.
At my local Chinese takeout there is a dish called chicken in Wikipedia flavour.
The taste of knowledge!
Erin Beevs very nerdy flavour!
Elijah B Try the fried 404 page not found.
@@mvl71 If you can find it on the menu.
I'm naming my band Monster Priest Octopus Sausage now
And quite rightly so.
or... The Amazing Tentacle Of Doom
MrAnsagon
sounds a bit... hentai-y
Oh my.. forgot about 'that' connection. I never were into that stuff, I think this is a good thing but it opens the doors to things as this. Apologies :)
XD
I have a couple from my travels in japan.
"Beware of smoking or bonfire"
"Never leave" and "Baby rest inside" (in a women's bathroom)
"Thank you for use. Slowly. Please relax." (On a toothbrush's packaging.)
"It is very delicious rice cake. Please for a souvenior."
"The sweets politely finished up. It is delicious of the surprise. Surely, we will send happy time to you." (On an ice cream cup)
I also had another one which was absolutely hilarious, but it seems I've lost the picture of it so I can't remember what it read. ;_; It was in a fitting room in some clothing store and it was about taking off your shoes. I still don't remember what it said but I do remember that it spelled shoes like "shose" or something like that, and everything else on it was also similar innocent gibberish as what read on that ice cream cup.
SURELY WE CAN DO BETTER THAN "STARVATIONS".
If you were going to brand a children's discount clothing chain, what would you call it?
And where would you rather go; Secret Sexy Club, Sexy Friendly Club or Club Bitter?
Orphan Fashion
Sexy Friendly Club is differently the best.
I think they were trying to do something with innovation and stars. STAR-VATION... kind of like innovation from/for/of stars... I don't know. That's the best I could do to explain it. Xb
I like your hair today.... You brushed it 😉👍
No expense spared on these videos 😉
"Eat or be eaten!"
Positive motivation on a menu is always welcome .
Coming back to relive the hilarity that is Black Man underwear, and just had to put this out there: Chris I miss seeing more of these kinds of videos from you! The witty Britishness, you're like the Jeremy Clarkson of Japan, but with the arrogance knob turned way down haha. Its classic, subtle humor and its fantastic. Please don't stop doing your thing, as always the quality of your newest content is awesome! Would love to see another japanglish episode!
I went to a store called Tai Ping. It's a super market that sells Asian food. We went to look for some Kikkoman and ended up finding Crap Paste (Crab Paste).
I think what they were going for with Starvations was a portmanteau of "star" and "innovations" without factoring in that starvation is an actual English word with a significantly different meaning
I burst into laughter many times here.
Good job man
A few months ago in Kyoto: "Be your happiness with the flower."
USAFparatrooper yes! I saw that hahaha
Video makes good funny. Comedy has I laughing.
(The above comment is women-friendly)
You english very yes!
Like a magic
Your comment was the Bon Jovi!
lol (Sorry for my bad english)
The best one I've seen while in Japan was the package for a shower cap. It said
"It will make you feel Tree"
Come on and slam and welcome to Japan
It's the song people arriving at Narita airport truly deserve to hear.
lolol I approve of this.
I'll never forget the moment that I landed in Japan for the first time, and the pilot announcing : "Ladies and gentlemen, welcome to Tokyo. The local time is... 4:20 pm " xdd I was like YESSS.. PERFECT
MidnightZ7 they ain't got weed there have they ?
I want a whole song of this now!
We had a professional race car driver who publicly said "It is not the fart that kills, it is the smell" as fart means speed and smell means crash. Also more than once I have heard vegetables been called "green cases" here in Norway.
Still not anything near what you experience, but funny. We must appreciare this free entertainment.
I have never really realized how good he is at choosing the background music. Now that I've noticed, i can't but to see more examples of him making great decisions.
"Family Rope"
That some kinky family
Incest is Wincest
I was thinking about a depressed family.. lol
I thought that it might be a suicidal family.
@@666HeroHero Bruh I was here first with that. Get outta here.
Sorry, I didn't see your comment. I just replied to the parent comment. No need to get so defensive.
In thailand there's a store chain called "Pink Pussy" it has cheap makeup and stuff geared towards 15 year olds. Seeing that was pretty great.
...wow.
Oh. My. God...
Pink "Pvssy"
For real?!!
It is their target market after all
I once bought a notebook at the 100 yen store that had a photo of puppies in a basket on it. The text said "small dogs jammed into box." A fave of mine was a beer making kit that said "Let's beer!" all over it. I find that a useful expression for many occasions.
My favourite crepe shop in Harajuku's slogan is 'Come on sweet girls'. As enticing as that is, 10 a.m is a better time for crepes and a bit to early for..ah..
Not to mention a Ramen shop I went to in Shinjuku that offered 'Jews ear' Ramen
Maybe it was creeps shop :P
To be fair, it *is* a kind of mushroom (Auricularia auricula-judae). I'd be worried if there were no mushrooms in the ramen, though.
"When hair goes smoothly so does life"
Guude.
Slay hair = Slay life 👏
Woah, we're halfway theeeeere/ Whoooooa! Chicken derriere!
Today, I saw a really grumpy looking old man with "GREAT FUN" on his T-shirt.
The Eat
or be Eaten
fly like a scallop
*Help me.*
I remembered this video so I googled "black man underwear" and oh boy I did not think that one through
My friend went to France and saw a French sauce translated below as squirt crème
"I think i fit well in sake. Please Daddy!" U wot? Lol
3:47 they clearly mistranslated "vegetarian" to "woman-friendly".
HolyMith vegans are shemales or women confirmed
actually no. heh! 'woman friendly' isn't about meat or vegan. ladies in Japan are VERY self-conscious about their 'scent' and 'does my breath stink?' and 'is this very salty, spicy, or have a strong taste?' so to bring in more ladies... restaurants advertise dishes that don't have a lot of heavy spices, spices/herbs etc. that may come out in human sweat, tons of salt/MSG, or have seriously strong taste like liver and tripe and other 'manly punch you in the face like Chuck Norris' flavors.
@@lesliekilgore648 Damn they really put a lot of thought in everything😂
@@abhilasha9608'the woman friendly thing' on menus, it's a cultural thing. only started about 20-ish years ago. there's actually restaurant chains in Japan that are famous for their 'woman friendly' menus and advertising about it. i personally think girls around the world need to 'man up' a lil tiny bit and just eat normal food. but that's just me, i'm not an insanely picky eater. except for liver. and pimentos. yuck. :P
@@lesliekilgore648 That's awesome tbh 😂I'm not a picky eater either, I can't live without spices! But I'm vegetarian though,so when I go to Japan I need to plan out a lot 😂
There's something about you Chris that I really really like. You know you upload at a pace thats not too overwhelming and not too underwhelming but to the point where when I see one of your videos I get instant gratification. The content you put out is absolutely amazing It never bores me, In fact I like to grab a bowl of food and eat while I'm watching this, It's that good. I just wanted to say thanks for the content you put out man and keep it up. Always looking foward to something new.
I do like my bananas to be bananaful.
Next time I'm asked to try anything with bananas in it, I now know my response.
+市松勝美 bananaful has that extra oomph you know?
The second before watching this video and reading your comment I was listening to banana brain but ant XD not my kind of music but it was on my playlist... Anyway, this comment combined with that and the rest of my day... It's been so banana full
I think they thought to fuse "star" and "innovations" and that made "starvations". OOF
👨💼: Yep 🤦♂️🏪🎏
I saw a clothes shop named "Laundry" for the young people in Kyoto. Yeah, it will be the laundry eventually.
There's a bar in Beppu which is called 'Neon'. It's slogan was: "Never Entertainment Only Navigation", which is quite frankly just what I am looking for in a bar. Who goes there for entertainment?! pfff
We laugh at these, but honestly I find them a great way to improve my Japanese learning, because these give an insight on the kinds of expressions and sentence structures that is natural for Japanese to use in their language.
I once saw a Japanese sign saying "Disformed Man Toilet" guess only people, who just had a horrifying accident and need to go and pee, or poop, can go
Arthur Jakubiec That name is hilarious lol 😂😂😂😂
Handicapped men's room?
I love this video so much that I rewatch it probably every 3-6 months to experience the wonders of Engrish with Chris Broad all over again. It's definitely like a magic.
I love how the Priest Octopus Sausage is chasing a little boy.
#Seriously I wonder IF the Priest Octopus Sausages are a blood sausage { like black pudding in the UK } 🤔🙏🐙🌭
This is the impression given by missionaries in asia
"Clean up like a man!" Your next coffee mug.
It means clean up while swinging from a rope and firing a machine gun.
so, not at all then?
Renzsu
Oh no you did'n girl'fren! *Sassy finger snap*
Or how about "secret sexy mug"
more like your next kleenex commercial.
One of the most popular clubs in Tokyo is called womb and it cracks me up every time
Doesn't sound inaccurate xP
"Black Man
Super Bikini"
Should have been "Mankini"
That brand should pay you for that!
BBKini
The Bon Jovi bit definitely deserved a like.. my wife and I were cracking up.. nicely done. Actually, the whole thing had us cracking up! Hilarious.. Thumbs up, naturally.
I'm getting married in Japan and during a meeting with the wedding planner we looked at place cards with a set message on it. It said something like "We enjoy and are together a new life! Please for we and a happy pair forever!" I refused to order it.
Having a bit of a stressful day and fell into the rabbit hole that is RUclips. I have laughed to point of tears. Thank you!
The Bon Jovi chicken is served on a bed of roses.
The Bon Jovi part had me falling out of my chair! 😂😂
Jon Bon Chicken
@@TSPH1992 The Van Halen chicken is even better. And if you're really brave, try the Metallica fish
I saw a hair salon in Osaka, called "IT'S HAIR". But it wasn't a big surprise actually. I live in a small town in Germany now, there's a second hand clothing store called "TWO HANDS FASHION".
They sell gloves I assume?
@@justoneviolinist4953 probably.
There is a beauty salon here in my German city that reads: make me beauty. Since I’m not a native English speaker I wonder: does that make any sense? Sounds wrong to me.
There used to be a cleaning business in my town which was called Speed Limp.
I know how you feel. In the UK, there is a fashion brand named "SuperDry極度乾燥（しなさい）". The name of this brand itself and the Japanese words printed on the cloths of this brand are so random to us Japanese.
I found this. I am not Japanese but I can read kanji. It makes no sense.
"The company explained to a Japanese television crew in 2011 that they deliberately use *simple machine translation* to generate Japanese text, and that they are aware that the texts often have no meaning."
I typed (しなさい) into Google translate and it translated to "Do It"... I think this is just one of those times when Google translate doesn't know the answer and just generates nonsense...
Dylan Lucas 極度 きょくど maximum; the most.
乾燥 かんそう dryness; aridity.
しなさい - imperative ‘do’
So it’s basically saying “do superdry,” but in a way that sounds very awkward . However, I will still continue to wear their clothes, in spite of the nonsensical Japanese.
It's on purpose though, they were just responding to seeing nonsense english on t shirts in Asia and thought we can do the same in UK
my weirdest experience with 'bad english' was in mexico .. there was a store for children's clothing (especially for girls) called "pink fetish"
Gyiouma 😂😂😂😂😂😂
Brilliant exposé as usual - love your channel and your most amusing delivery. I've only been to Japan once for 10 days and loved it, but yea, the Engrish provided another dimension to my enjoyment
Maybe "erogance" is erotic elegance...
Nice video!
Thats what I tot too and it is actually a very good play at words.
Atleast out of a hundred they got one that worked out right LOL.
It _might_ have passed for something slightly clever... if not for the fact that it was actually spelled "erogamce."
That's what I thought too!
I thought it meant erotic and arrogance
If you've ever been to Kobe Tower, there is a staircase on the upper floor with a sign that reads as follows: "Please drown the stairs" I think they mean something like please go down here? Hilarious nontheless
I am having a bad day today but I have to admit, this video cheered me up. Thank you Chris.
I was at a con in the state of Georgia called Japan Fest and one of the shops had a sign that said all items with yellow tags HARF off! XD
See now that one kinda makes sense given that there's no distinction between R and L in kana.
I had to reread I thought you were a prisoner in to tired