crysede
coulda been a lady
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In an effort to promote cultural understanding, I am offering a few essential phrases that any traveler to Japan will need to know in order to participate in Japanese daily life. The first three might be particularly essential for some of us here at lit. 
Omawarisan! Chikan o tska-mate!
Police! Arrest this pervert!
Osoroshii kangae nimo osoware mas.
I have many evil thoughts.
Anata no hiza ni suwattemo yoroshii deshoka?
Do you mind if I sit in your lap?
Anata no gosenzo sama ni kao o awase rare masuka!
Get ready to meet your ashamed ancestors!
Suiteki de atama ni anao akararete iru yona kokoromochi deshta.
It was like drops of water boring into my skull.
Kazoku sorrote no seppuku ga yokatta.
I loved the part where the whole family disemboweled themselves.
Watashi no nozomi dori no shinikata deshta ne.
Their deaths perfectly expressed my deepest desires.
Okikute ugokasenai Fujisan mitai da.
He looks as grand and immobile as Mount Fuji.
(To be used at Sumo contests.)
Ahoka! Sodai gomi!
Shame! Public Humiliation!
(To be shouted at baseball players when they err.)
Ebi no idaina saigo desu!
How honorably shrimp struggle as they choke to death!
Shijin ga suki desuka?
Which poet is your favourite?
Sekai ichi no ginko ni otsutome desune.
I see you work for the largest bank on the planet.
Nihonshoku o tabesukete inai yabanjin desu.
I am too barbaric to eat a Japanese breakfast.

Omawarisan! Chikan o tska-mate!
Police! Arrest this pervert!
Osoroshii kangae nimo osoware mas.
I have many evil thoughts.
Anata no hiza ni suwattemo yoroshii deshoka?
Do you mind if I sit in your lap?
Anata no gosenzo sama ni kao o awase rare masuka!
Get ready to meet your ashamed ancestors!
Suiteki de atama ni anao akararete iru yona kokoromochi deshta.
It was like drops of water boring into my skull.
Kazoku sorrote no seppuku ga yokatta.
I loved the part where the whole family disemboweled themselves.
Watashi no nozomi dori no shinikata deshta ne.
Their deaths perfectly expressed my deepest desires.
Okikute ugokasenai Fujisan mitai da.
He looks as grand and immobile as Mount Fuji.
(To be used at Sumo contests.)
Ahoka! Sodai gomi!
Shame! Public Humiliation!
(To be shouted at baseball players when they err.)
Ebi no idaina saigo desu!
How honorably shrimp struggle as they choke to death!
Shijin ga suki desuka?
Which poet is your favourite?
Sekai ichi no ginko ni otsutome desune.
I see you work for the largest bank on the planet.
Nihonshoku o tabesukete inai yabanjin desu.
I am too barbaric to eat a Japanese breakfast.