The Truth About Japanese Food
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7. agentreeko commented 14 years ago
i think bakka is a delicasy! 
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8. max2000 commented 14 years ago
asian people: it's a gem, he does say 'unbelievable' and they do speak singlish' (singaporean english). btw, singaporean national day, advertized on wikipedia as of today. loved it!
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13. JavierJahve commented 14 years ago
Hahhaa really funny
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17. JimDunlop commented 14 years ago
Sure. (Not Japanese) but I do live in Japan.
The meanings of the words can be broken down to their individual kanji (Chinese characters). I won't post them here because many peoples' browsers may not be able to view them properly. Anyway...
teppanyaki: te + pan + yaki
te: solid or iron
pan: board; plank, tin plate
yaki: roast; broiled; baked; burned
sushi: su + shi (often not written in kanji, but in hiragana)
Actually, this one is tough to describe because there are at least 3 ways to write this word. Regional and other variations will play a part in how it's written. But anyway, if you write it using the "1-kanji" method, the left radical (part of the character) means "fish". If you write it using the "2-kanji" method, "su" means long life / happiness, and "shi" means to take a hold of or "grasp." Either way, when your average Japanese person reads or writes the word "sushi" regardless of the method, I can guarantee you he doesn't stop and think about what the individual characters mean.
tempura: ten + pu + ra (usually only the "ten" is in kanji, the two other syllables are written in hiragana)
ten: sky or heaven
fu: bran (the "f" changes to a "p" sound when it's part of a word)
ra: net for catching birds OR gauze
yakitori: yaki + tori
This one's easy. Same "yaki" as before, plus "tori" which means "bird" or in this case, most specifically, "chicken." In Japan, when you say "yakitori" everyone knows it to mean BBQed chicken on bamboo skewers.
Therefore, no. There is no way these words are in fact Japanese swear words. TBH, Japanese doesn't really HAVE swear words -- at least not in the same way English does. You can definitely swear in Japanese... Hell, you can cuss like a sailor, but it's not the words themselves that make you "swear" -- it's how you use them, with whom, along with the tone and intent.
The meanings of the words can be broken down to their individual kanji (Chinese characters). I won't post them here because many peoples' browsers may not be able to view them properly. Anyway...
teppanyaki: te + pan + yaki
te: solid or iron
pan: board; plank, tin plate
yaki: roast; broiled; baked; burned
sushi: su + shi (often not written in kanji, but in hiragana)
Actually, this one is tough to describe because there are at least 3 ways to write this word. Regional and other variations will play a part in how it's written. But anyway, if you write it using the "1-kanji" method, the left radical (part of the character) means "fish". If you write it using the "2-kanji" method, "su" means long life / happiness, and "shi" means to take a hold of or "grasp." Either way, when your average Japanese person reads or writes the word "sushi" regardless of the method, I can guarantee you he doesn't stop and think about what the individual characters mean.
tempura: ten + pu + ra (usually only the "ten" is in kanji, the two other syllables are written in hiragana)
ten: sky or heaven
fu: bran (the "f" changes to a "p" sound when it's part of a word)
ra: net for catching birds OR gauze
yakitori: yaki + tori
This one's easy. Same "yaki" as before, plus "tori" which means "bird" or in this case, most specifically, "chicken." In Japan, when you say "yakitori" everyone knows it to mean BBQed chicken on bamboo skewers.
Therefore, no. There is no way these words are in fact Japanese swear words. TBH, Japanese doesn't really HAVE swear words -- at least not in the same way English does. You can definitely swear in Japanese... Hell, you can cuss like a sailor, but it's not the words themselves that make you "swear" -- it's how you use them, with whom, along with the tone and intent.
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18. MsZoomy commented 14 years ago
#17 WOW, seriously, thank you for that lesson in Japanese!! You really know you're stuff there. Yakitori seems to be the only word that makes sense for food, don't know about you but a roasted iron plank (tepenyaki) doesn't sound to appetizing. 
I award you the coveted double monkey head!!
I award you the coveted double monkey head!!
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20. InfiniteBoredom commented 14 years ago
it was funny up to the swear word part
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21. brrrrrrrrrrian commented 12 years ago
I am a native Japanese speaker, and I can tell you that what it says on the subtitles is pretty much mistranslation.
Those Japanese couple are making fun of Australian falks having stereotipical view on Japanese people.
Japanese people do not eat raw fish as much as Western people think.
The correct translation goes as below.
Man:
I just got back from Australia.
Japan is really nice, because we can eat decent food at restaurant.
Every Australian thinks that we eat fish raw.
How can we eat this fish (on his plate) uncooked?
Woman:
How insane!
Man:
Not only that. They go to Japanese restaurants and take off their shoes,
because they think that is the Japanese tradition. Their feet smell so bad!
Woman:
Oh god...
Those Japanese couple are making fun of Australian falks having stereotipical view on Japanese people.
Japanese people do not eat raw fish as much as Western people think.
The correct translation goes as below.
Man:
I just got back from Australia.
Japan is really nice, because we can eat decent food at restaurant.
Every Australian thinks that we eat fish raw.
How can we eat this fish (on his plate) uncooked?
Woman:
How insane!
Man:
Not only that. They go to Japanese restaurants and take off their shoes,
because they think that is the Japanese tradition. Their feet smell so bad!
Woman:
Oh god...
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+43 1. irishgek commented 14 years ago
Love the bit "pissweak juggling act coverin them in hot fat" so true so true and you just sit there say nothing and go wow amazing