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English Teacher Went To Japanese Clothing Stores And Got Slightly Confused
Reddit user k-popstar moved to Japan to teach English but when he went to the local discount clothing stores he saw that there was more work to do here than he had thought at the beginning.
Just like their competitors in the West, Japanese clothing companies put English words on their shirts and sweaters. But the result is a bit different. Some translations look cute, others are simply unexplainable.
Which one do you like the most? Maybe you have also experienced getting lost in translation at your local store? Add your photos to this list and vote for your favorites!
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#1
Loser Of This
Final score:
30points
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#2
Potato
Final score:
27points
redpandayum 11 years ago
okay i'm pretty sure an american designer would do this too, like for a young teen store... just saying xD
#3
Flower Aroma Tour
Final score:
26points
OttilieMoran 11 years ago
i put this into google translatee from eng to j*p then j*p to eng heres what i got in the end Floral fragrance tour of I finally found you As in the case where it is listening, World the melody to add gradually warmth sounds that innocent
#4
I Think I Like
Final score:
25points
#5
I Want Beard Your Sexy
Final score:
25points
ChelseaVargas 10 years ago
Maybe supposed to say "I want your sexy beard" but not sure why its making a mustache with its hand
Julia Daly 11 years ago
they were hittin' up that google translate when making these shirts :p
#6
Precise Dwarf Bravery
Final score:
24points
TeddyMahar 11 years ago
I don't think it would have the same effect without the Rs being all glittery.....wait a minute, I still don't get it... :\
EllenFeldergebTreml 10 years ago
Maybe games? Precise Gaming Network | Dwarf Fortress | Ultimate Bravery (League of Legends)
#7
Don't Choice A Wicked Want Funny!
Final score:
23points
OttilieMoran 11 years ago
i put into google translate eng-j*p then j*p-eng heres what i got Is do not want funny choices evil
#8
Benign
Final score:
22points
AnnaMcHugh 11 years ago
Is there a partner one a says 'Malignant'? Not exactly something you'd wear to an oncology ward...
#9
Pleasing To The Ears
Final score:
21points
TeddyMahar 11 years ago
This would be a top you wear with your blind friends, but then again they wouldn't know what it says unless you read it to them..Still wrong
#10
Round Eyed Lad
Final score:
19points
AnnaMcHugh 11 years ago
What is this dwarf bravery thing? That's on two of them - this is very strange...
BarbaraJones 11 years ago
I think the dwarf thing is a mistranslation of the american hip-hop slang term "Shorty".
TeddyMahar 11 years ago
A play on the American round eye...but still the dwarf thing.....uh, huh.. :\
#11
World Difference Execute
Final score:
19points
#12
Water On The Thirsty Soil
Final score:
19points
#13
Clock Over Here
Final score:
18points
BruceMardle 10 years ago
No stranger than some of the T-shirts I wear while designing digital electronics :-)
OttilieMoran 11 years ago
yes maybe, but maybe they added in a extra l....
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Milky
Final score:
17points
TeddyMahar 11 years ago
For a large breasted woman....uh huh, I can see the point being made... :P
#15
Much Like Hold
Final score:
16points
#16
Best Smile Again
Final score:
16points
Infinitus 11 years ago
yeah like ... best smile again if you want to keep your job.
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#17
Bad Girl City
Final score:
14points
#18
Blitheful
Final score:
14points
#19
Forcible
Final score:
14points
#20
Receptive
Final score:
14points
#21
Guilty Parties Outrageous
Final score:
13points
#22
Happy Anniversary
Final score:
13points
#23
Be Ahead.
Final score:
11points
#24
Hamper
Final score:
8points
#25
Motion
Final score:
7points
Stephanie Leung 9 years ago
A lot of these look like phrases/sayings from their own languages they tried to translate to English, it's usually difficult to translate it because it makes no sense in English.
#27
Post Coitus
Final score:
0points
#28
Fourskin
Final score:
0points
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Atrambtf 11 years ago
wel. i imagine they laugh just the same when they see your japonese letter tattoo :P
YoshiHayashi 11 years ago
Haha true. I've seen so many cringy tatoos. Just the other day, I saw someone with a tattoo in Japanese that said 'Dried goods'.
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RachelleDrapeau-Anderson 11 years ago
The secretary at the school I worked at was wearing one that said "I love my whore", 6 or 7 years ago in Seoul, South Korea.
earringnut 11 years ago
the potato shirt was accurate and the thirsty soil one was just plain poetic.
GlynisLailann 11 years ago
Reminds me of the translations you get with products from China. Cringeworthy!
Atrambtf 11 years ago
wel. i imagine they laugh just the same when they see your japonese letter tattoo :P
YoshiHayashi 11 years ago
Haha true. I've seen so many cringy tatoos. Just the other day, I saw someone with a tattoo in Japanese that said 'Dried goods'.
Load More Replies... RachelleDrapeau-Anderson 11 years ago
The secretary at the school I worked at was wearing one that said "I love my whore", 6 or 7 years ago in Seoul, South Korea.
earringnut 11 years ago
the potato shirt was accurate and the thirsty soil one was just plain poetic.
GlynisLailann 11 years ago
Reminds me of the translations you get with products from China. Cringeworthy!
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