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21 sats \ 14 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 17 Dec \ parent \ on: Let’s Learn Japanese with Sensei: おすすめ ideasfromtheedge

manko chinko unko I was about to comment something similar.

Did you know that when the Italians toast cheers and exclaim Chin Chin, they are inadvertently referring to the penis in Japanese!

21 sats \ 8 replies \ @creativityisoverrated 17 Dec

is it like “penis penis”? lol

44 sats \ 7 replies \ @john_doe 17 Dec

Chin chin itself means penis actually. In the past at work there was a Chinese person whose name was Chin chin hahaha (陳 something in Japanese, can't remember the name).

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 17 Dec

I think that this is the diminutive term for penis in Japanese. Usually used for children and spouses. There is another term for adults, I think.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @john_doe 22h

There is "chinko", "chin chin", "chinpo", "chinpoko" and "penisu". The last one would be used more for serious situations (in a hospital for example), whereas the first three are used interchangeably. "chinpoko" sounds more juvenile. "chinko" and "chin chin" are, I strongly believe, interchangeable. Even though if you look at the dictionary it would be written juvenile word for "chin chin". So feel free to use any, for jokes I recommend you "chinpoko".

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 22h

I guess that this is the fifty shades of the pole.

31 sats \ 3 replies \ @cryotosensei OP 17 Dec

Omg that’s unfortunate

My surname is Heng (which means lucky in my dialect). Unfortunately, it is へん in Japanese. My wife refused to take my surname when we married haha 😂

0 sats \ 1 reply \ @creativityisoverrated 16h

Does that translate as “weird”?

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @john_doe 16h

It does. Weird, bizarre. Chinese people or people from Chinese descent often have one Chinese character for their family name so pronounced in Japanese it can turn into something weird (pun intended).

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 17 Dec

Yeah, I can see why, how strange is that?

20 sats \ 3 replies \ @john_doe 17 Dec

Hahaha! In the past I did the mistake to confuse kintama 金玉 with kozeni 小銭 for the money haha. In Japanese it is totally different but the meaning of the characters were almost the same meaning for me so inadvertently used it... 金玉ありますかー

21 sats \ 2 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 17 Dec

I hope you didn’t say that to anyone there. Neither men or women would appreciate it much. If you don’t look Japanese, there would just be the “Are you speaking English,” look. That would be the only way to get away with it.

20 sats \ 1 reply \ @john_doe 22h

It was in a dancing class with the teacher. She stared at me so I easily understood I did a mistake, furthermore everyone knew very well so I didn't have any problem.

21 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 21h

You’re lucky. In the circles I traveled in, it would have meant a good bashing over the head.

0 sats \ 0 replies \ @Rothbardian_fanatic 17 Dec

Yeah, but they do that in Italy, only, right?