Showing posts with label cartoons. Show all posts
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Monday, March 11, 2013

飲酒後


I've seen this poster a few times walking in the subway. The meaning is pretty obvious and we've seen a lot of these Kanji before but I like this sign and there is a lot of new Kanji we may not know.


Unfortunately due to the angle and lighting you can't see very well but he's thinking about alcohol.  
飲酒後(いんしゅあと)- After drinking alcohol
の - A particle to declare possession
転落(てんらく)- Fall/Tumble
事故(じこ)- Accident
多発(たはつ)- Frequency
危険(きけん)- Danger; Hazard
転落に - The fall/drop
ご注意(ちゅい)- Be careful/Pay attention
ください - Please

The man in the hat says "ふらっ" which is a verbal 'gasp' of surprise. Thanks a reader on Google+ I've learned I was mistaken about ”ふらっ” it's actually coming from the mans feet and is ふらふら in Japanese meaning "to totter, slip, or fall".

Translation
危険!!飲酒後の転落事故多発!! 転落にご注意ください 
"Danger!! Falling accidents frequently occur after drinking alcohol!! Please pay attention to the drop."

Here "the drop" refers to the standing platform at the station. Even if there wasn't a train coming falling off that edge sober or drunk might be pretty painful. So everyone please be careful.

ありがとう!!Please leave your comments below or send me an email at deathbykanji@gmail.com with your questions or suggestions.

以上です。

ジョシュア

Saturday, February 18, 2012

おかしいもの

This post comes from a facebook friend who posted this picture and I said "WTF!"

いい - good

オッパイ - a women's breasts, usually referring to 'big breasts'

してる - a slang version of していますmostly used in casual conversation, when used with oppai means 'carrying'

ね - a sentence ending particle that emphasizes a point that usually is asking for confirmation, for example 寒いね!'Its cold, isn't it!

など - a particle used as 'etc.' or 'things like this'

と - particle used for 'and' or 'with'

下品な(げひん) - vulgar

言葉(ごとば) - word(s)

で - a particle with many uses this one being 'with'

ほめられる - to praise, compliment

と

眠っていた(ねむ) - sleeping in the past tense 'was sleeping'

メス - best translation of this word I can find is 'scalpel', although one translation used 'female' which would make more sense

の - possessive particle

本能(ほんのう) - instinct

が

目覚める(めざめる) - wake up

Roughly the translation may go like this;
"Nice rack!" etc. are vulgar compliments and the sleeping "female's" instinct is to wake up.

I can see how this can make sense now. I don't know where my friend found this but it wouldn't be a surprise if it was on a train or at the station where the Japanese love to warn people of the dangers of sexual harassment. Although from the picture the woman looks like she likes the attention and honestly thought this was an advertisement for a bra or something. Well, now we know.

じゃあ 以上です。

ジョシュア