14 comments so far...

• travelbug Said on January 28th, 2012 at 6:49 am:
  

  “Yes, I know how to use chopsticks”
  “What did you have for breakfast? (don’t let it be rice and miso soup!)”
  “Yes, I’ve tried natto before, thank you very much”
  “To recontract or not”
  “Are you going to Thailand over the holidays?”
  “How long have you been here?”
  “Where are you from?”
  “How’d you do on the JLPT?”
  “I can’t wait for the mid-year conference”
  “Have you ever had a kancho?”
  “I hate my kyoto-sensei”
  “My kocho-sensei is a perv”
  “How much is your rent?”
  “How many days do you get off for vacation”
  “No I won’t use nenkyu when I’m sick, give me byokyu”

• Clinton Rhodes Said on January 28th, 2012 at 11:43 am:
  

  So I was at an enkai…

• Shannon Said on January 28th, 2012 at 1:25 pm:
  

  Let’s karaokeing!

• Audrey Said on January 28th, 2012 at 1:27 pm:
  

  I found this in the ‘gomi’ …. (holding bike/bed/lamp,etc)’

• Brianna Said on January 28th, 2012 at 3:17 pm:
  

  “High touch!”

• Brendon David Said on January 28th, 2012 at 5:09 pm:
  

  When JETs use the random Japanese word in a sentence when it’s clearly not needed and a word exists for it in English:

  “Otsukare, Bobby.”

  rather than

  “Thanks for doing that, Bobby.”

• Alison Brown Said on January 28th, 2012 at 6:28 pm:
  

  “See you”
  “Yes, it is hot”
  “Yes, it is cold”
  “No, I’m not American”
  “Yes, I can eat sushi”

• Greg J Said on January 28th, 2012 at 7:57 pm:
  

  “I’ve got a week of byokyu, four days of nenkyu, and a day of daikyu left.”
  “Yeah, my car was free — but it’s a yellow-plate, and I had to pay shaken.”
  “It was like 4 degrees when I started my fan heater this morning.”
  “I ran out of toyu last night.”
  “Makuronad… Makudororu… Makudonald… you know, McDonald’s.”
  “So when you get to the Family Mart, turn left, and go straight until the Lawson, and it’s just past a bunch of jidohanbaiki on the right.”
  “That’s the second umbrella I’ve had stolen this year!”
  “I forgot my indoor shoes, but I don’t think anybody noticed.”
  “Leaving a day early should be OK — my supervisor will just tell the kyoto that I’m sick.”
  “I almost walked straight into a gaijin gutter!”
  “Don’t they know corn potage isn’t the only kind of soup?!”
  “I’m going home for Christmas, but I’m totally going to miss onsen.”

• Leah Said on January 29th, 2012 at 11:05 am:
  

  “I can’t get out from the kotatsu!”
  “This is the most technologically advanced country in the world and I can’t get Internet set up for a month?!”
  “You think YOU’RE in the inaka?”
  “Crap, I ordered a ハンバーグ instead of a ハンバーガー!”
  “Stop asking me if I like rice or bread better!”
  “I thought Japanese food was supposed to be healthy…”
  “I don’t mind being called gaijin. I’m an outsider after all.”
  “That jerk called me a gaijin!”
  “I’m foreign, not stupid.”
  “How am I supposed to order off the English menu if I don’t know how to say it in Japanese?”
  “Human tape recorder.”
  “Green cap, green cap, do you have a green cap?”
  “I just want to pass the JLPT before I go home.”
  “I think he’s Phase-2ing.”
  “Let’s puri-kura!”
  “Let’s enjoying!”
  “I forgot my umbrella.”
  “I have all this daikyuu and can’t use any of it!”
  “CIRs make up 10% of the JETs…”
  “Thank god for iPhone maps.”
  “What the hell is the yomikata for this intersection?”
  “My boss told me I should wear a mask.”
  “Why is there no soap in the bathrooms?”
  “Squat toilets aren’t so bad when you get used to them…”
  “I only paid like $10 to see a doctor!”
  “Sumimasen…sumimasen…sumimasen…. I can’t yell it. I feel awkward.”
  “I’m mixing up all my homonyms in English.”

• Leah Said on January 29th, 2012 at 11:12 am:
  

  A few more:
  “I need to take the driving test–did you pass it?”
  “I failed my driving exam again.”
  “I passed the driving exam” (with dancing)

• G Said on January 29th, 2012 at 1:48 pm:
  

  “Oh, my change!”

  SuKOshi

• Jason Said on January 30th, 2012 at 10:55 pm:
  

  Hello – Funny, I was just thinking about doing a video like this for my YT channel, and/or along the lines of Shit Japanese people say to Foreigners.

  So would be happy to take all the ideas here and make a video.
  Let me know if you’re interested.

  Cheers,
  Jason
  Myargonauts on YouTube

• Jessyca Said on February 1st, 2012 at 1:17 am:
  

  E.S.I.D.
  Is this considered nama-gomi?
  I think I finally separated my gomi correctly.
  My gomi got returned to me.
  After a night out…Febreze.
  My mini-volley team rocks!

• John M Said on February 3rd, 2012 at 1:48 am:
  

  “Dude, we need daiko back home.”
  “Why is it cheaper to fly across Japan than drive your car?”
  “Yosh!”
  “I totally played the gaijin card there.”
  “I’m gonna miss Colonel Sanders when I go home.”
  “I miss real beer.”
  “My JTE…”
  “The textbook is wrong.”
  “If I had made that lesson…”
  “It’s the same temperature inside and outside my apartment.”
  “That place has drink-bar!”
  “Why do the ATMs here close?”
  “I’ll meet you at eki-mae.”
  “I miss cheese.”
  “Do I need to get omiyage for *all* my schools?”
  “Watch out for the gaijin traps.”
  “I live in a 1DK.”