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wholesome neighbor Favorite People
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u/pittsburghwriter
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Operation Friend ... engage!
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u/Silver-Spy 7d ago •
Copy that, Operation Friend is a GO. I repeat, Operation Friend is a GO
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u/eofd77 7d ago •
We have reached phaseline "Buddy" and are proceeding to codeword "Homie".
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u/bruh_momentos3 7d ago •
Stage 2 complete. Codeword "Homie" acquired. Begining Stage 3 acquisition of "Bro"
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u/eofd77 7d ago •
Tracking all, proceed to stage 3 and begin bromance operations and actions on objective.
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u/UnClean_Committee 7d ago •
Copy that. Stage 3 in operation. Standby for updates.
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u/TerpeneTiger 7d ago •
Didn't like being called "bro". Back to stage 2 or abort?
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u/TheJonnieP 7d ago •
Tactical retreat and use a flank maneuver "Pal".
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u/JackSlater555 7d ago •
I love this string of shinanagins.
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u/No-One-2177 7d ago •
Best shenanigan string I've seen in a while. Commence distribution and assignment of free awards.
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u/Individual_Skin5831 7d ago
Negative proceed with any Paul Rudd movie to re-engage bro via bromance movies. Seth Rogan films on standby
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u/J-Love-McLuvin 7d ago
Let’s go people! Let’s go!!! This is not a drill. I repeat, not a drill!!
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u/MasterJongiks 7d ago •
Never abort, tactical retreat to Stage 2 and navigate the alternative coordinates.
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u/3HoursSober 7d ago •
Friendship status approved. Amiability motives known and supported. Provisions of wittiness and kindship are due for transportation once coordinates get approved. Over and out.
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u/Straight_Entrance_44 7d ago •
Issue between on-ground soldiers clear. Beginning stage 3, codewords bro and homie readdressed to the tactical team. Waiting for the response. Comrades advance to the next stage, over and out.
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u/tankman666 7d ago
Retreat hell, 2-5 engage
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u/lonewolfmcquaid 7d ago •
"i'm stuffed and toilet paper",
sorry commando but i'll have to disengage as i can sense an explosion of the bowels incoming. Retreat!
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u/Wardenclyffe-2302 7d ago
2-5 this is Warden, stage 4 is bunk, move to alternative activities for hanging out. Repeat move to alternate activities over...
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u/Allornothing100 7d ago
Don’t call a Japanese buddy Hommie lol it means something different there! 😉
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u/sanguinesolitude 7d ago
Roger that control, I've got a batch of homemade cookies in a holding pattern. Paint the target, and eagle 1 is inbound.
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u/kenaraczz 7d ago
Primary objective of Friend Operation: Ensuring comrade gets enough toilet paper. It is the equivalent of ration in battle zone.
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u/LastProtagonist 7d ago •
It's actually a reference to Operation Tomodachi, when the US offered aid to Japan after the 2011 earthquake/tsunami.
Tomodachi means "friend," hence "operation friend"
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u/drod3333 7d ago
Bring navy
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u/southwesthampton 7d ago
My roommate’s driving me crazy
Ain’t got no toilet but I’m in the navy
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u/jdcuttingii 7d ago
I dunno....had me until "I'm stuffed and toilet paper". I'd be afraid of the inevitable explosion
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u/Futuressobright 7d ago
I think this means something like "I have plenty of toilet paper". I suspect this is all google translated.
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u/clubberin 7d ago
I have tried learning Japanese on and off. It’s a programming language. I commend this neighbor for his translation.
It’s still funny, though.
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u/Dr_who_fan94 7d ago •
As per Wikipedia; Operation Tomodachi (トモダチ作戦, Tomodachi Sakusen, literally "Operation Friend(s)") was a United States Armed Forces (especially U.S. Forces Japan) assistance operation to support Japan in disaster relief following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami. The operation took place from 12 March to 4 May 2011; involved 24,000 U.S. servicemembers, 189 aircraft, 24 naval ships; and cost $90 million.
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u/juliet_tango_victor 7d ago
I was going to say this person meant Operation Tomodachi!
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u/Boring-Working-5509 7d ago
For starters, Just smile and wave boys..just smile and wave.
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u/Fancy_Might_5221 7d ago
Kowalski, analysis!
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u/vecttor 7d ago
aww, this is so cute!! I wish my neighbors were like this...
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u/Warphim 7d ago
In Japan its considered pretty standard to give your neighours small tokens/gifts when you move in.
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u/Billy-Ruben 7d ago
"This one is from Chuck-E-Cheese"
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u/Tulip_Todesky 7d ago
Should be standard everywhere. Will make life generally more pleasant.
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u/cookmanager 7d ago
Western culture is that newcomers to a neighborhood are given gifts—have you tried it with new arrivals to your neighborhood? Japan is the reverse (newcomers go door to door baring gifts for each neighbor)
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u/Philodendronphan 7d ago •
We had an Iranian neighbor who brought us traditional treats when his daughter was born. So sweet!
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u/WATOCATOWA 7d ago
We moved a lot the past 20 years and it’s always been the opposite for us. We’ve gifted the new neighbors moving in food or fresh eggs. Same for us. We just moved and 3 neighbors brought us goodies.
I can understand in another country, but normally in the middle of a move it’s not common to be the one baking for the neighbors already there…
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u/XoffeeXup 7d ago
well, it makes sense from a logistics point of view. I'm not strictly going to know I have a new neighbour straight away, so by placing the onus of intial introduction on the arriving party it means everyone will definitely be informed of their arrival and not end up being rude by accident.
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u/sargsauce 7d ago
Damn, both of these are compelling. Maybe everyone should just give everyone presents. Like when heads of state gift each other things from their culture.
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u/Cornsipper 7d ago •
Oddly enough and contrary to popular belief on the internet, people are actually decent and friendly for the most part. Problem is horrible people seem to get all the attention. I wish we could flip the switch and just assume people are nice and be nice to them in return.
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u/God-of-Tomorrow 7d ago
Yep the majority of us are decent folk but too boring to get a spot on a sub like r/publicfreakouts
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u/Ihave4extraseats 7d ago
You might not change the internet, but your kindness will absolutely change someone's day in real life 🙂
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u/ThyShirtIsBlue 7d ago
Stuffed with toilet paper?
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u/Tinycatfaces 7d ago
I believe he was trying to say he’s got plenty of toilet paper, if the new neighbor needed any.
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u/Quick_DMG 7d ago
This^
Japanese just says information in the opposite order to English. So to appropriately reorder to have the sentence make sense...
"You can use it if you like I am stuffed and toilet paper"
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I am stuffed with toilet paper, You can use it if you like.
(With the grammar change) (Edit: for own grammar D: )
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u/Polyglot-Onigiri 6d ago edited 6d ago •
Being a fluent Japanese speaker, I can see what the intended meaning for each sentence actually was:
I can’t speak English.
Thank you for the present.
My name is hiroshi yamashita.
I’m 52 years old.
I’m divorced and live alone.
I have a lot (いっぱい) of toilet paper, you may have some if you want.
Do you have a GPS (ナビ)? Yes or no?
May I ask what your child’s name is?It’s a pleasure to make your acquaintance.
(Funnily enough I can hear the Japanese in my head as I translated all that)
But their scrambled English is much cuter.
- in Japan a GPS, is referred to as Navi. Which might have become navy in the translation app. Most likely they wanted to know if the person needed help getting around.
** we use the same word for “a lot of” and “I’m full/ stuffed”.
*** the project tomodachi and navy connection make no sense. If the person just moved to Japan, the context is wrong. I was actually in Fukushima in 2011. A thank you for project tomodachi in 2022 seems weird to someone who you don’t know. Let alone the grammar “do you have” doesn’t work. He would have said “are you”. Those two don’t get mixed up in a translation app. So unless this is a repost from something in 2011 and the person lives in Fukushima, I don’t see it being possible.→ More replies27
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u/Tasitch 7d ago
I don't know about Japan, but next door in Korea toilet paper is a common housewarming gift (I don't remember why). Might be related to that if OP just moved in, neighbour may be offering housewarming gift toilet paper.
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u/Philodendronphan 7d ago
That actually sounds like a really nice gift. Sometimes I like to give people stuff like a couple of rolls of paper towels, trash bags, and hand soap because they’re the little things that are easy to forget but super helpful.
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u/gissycat 7d ago
I thought he was full and needed TP BAD
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u/hazbutler 7d ago
My thoughts entirely. Dude was so desperate for TP he learned English… kinda.
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u/BuyMeLotsOfDiamonds 7d ago
Maybe it was at the beginning of the pandemic, when stores were low on toilet paper, and he just wanted to let him know he had enough to share if he needed any? Just a guess!
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u/yossarian8722 7d ago
I dont think the Japanese were hoarding TP as was the case in the US. Different cultural responses.
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u/BuyMeLotsOfDiamonds 7d ago
That's a very good point I hadn't thought of. I heard that the Japanese culture was a lot more respectful and community-oriented than it is here, in North America. You might be right.
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u/littlebritches77
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The time it took for him to write that letter in a foreign language makes it even more wholesome!
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u/Physical_Proof7055 7d ago
Oh shit that’s true, sometimes I be forgetting every language doesn’t use the Latin alphabet.
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u/Nerrickk 7d ago
Most Japanese know romaji, which is a transliteration of hiragana/katakana into Roman characters. So it's not an entirely foreign concept.
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u/x2040 7d ago
Mostly unrelated but one of my favorite random facts is that the only reason China didn't switch to a roman alphabet when they were considering it to improve literacy is that Stalin personally contacted Mao and persuaded him not to because it gave legitimacy to America and Europe.
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u/Smithy97eu 7d ago
Except they do somewhat use a Roman alphabet, pinyin is taught to kids before they learn Chinese characters. And most people type in pinyin and select the correct characters (like me) on mobile phones. Perhaps the fact was somewhat true before, but not anymore and it did improve literacy
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u/Dont_Give_Up86 7d ago
Not only that, the English writing style and characters are very different than Japanese. Way different than say someone who writes in Spanish trying English
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u/Dependent_Pen_1603 7d ago edited 7d ago
It’s very sweet! And I’m sure he is well aware that he is making mistakes, but he put himself out there anyway 😭
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u/Lovedivine11 7d ago
And with better handwriting than I've EVER been able to pull off after 35 years of writing English letters.
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u/BCdelivery
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I can relate. The divorce and I have been living alone for 20 years now. We get along really well.
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u/Moose_Cake 7d ago
But do you have navy?
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u/whyareyougae_7 7d ago •
Yes or no?
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u/Haha6570 7d ago
Which one is the child's name?
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u/Mandalasan_612 7d ago
TELL ME YOUR CHILD'S NAME will get you arrested in the States.
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u/Z0OMIES 7d ago edited 7d ago
Protect Hiroshi at all costs, he is amazing
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u/Ralf_E_Chubbs 7d ago
His penmanship is perfect!
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u/Z0OMIES 7d ago
I LOVE that there’s an extra bump in the m, third line where he says “I’m fifty years old”. Makes me think he’s sat there and copied the shapes from google translate or something and it’s so fucking endearing because if I tried to write a letter in Japanese I’d be trying to copy shapes from google translate too, it’s so relatable, Hiroshi is a a national treasure effective immediately.
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u/orincoro 7d ago •
We are all Hiroshi on this blessed day.
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u/Z0OMIES 7d ago
An ode to Hiroshi:
Hiroshi is me
Hiroshi is you
Hiroshi’s kindness will see us all through
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u/notnatasharostova 7d ago
Yes! I think the cutest thing is how you can see influence from Hiragana and Katakana, specifically with the shape of the “t” “y” and “h”, and how he’s transposed letters like “g” and “y” up so there’s no descenders. My man put in the effort here.
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u/1100320873 7d ago
definitely did, i like how you can see how their very obviously hiragana “strokes” repurposed for english. all angular lines
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u/dancegoddess1971 7d ago
The note offers him the right to use a diminutive, if I'm reading it correctly. Op can call him Hiro. Or Shi. Unless he wants to change his name to Op's kid's name? Which might be confusing.
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u/Z0OMIES 7d ago
I was very confused by your comment at first, but are you referring to the “you can use it if you like”? Lol
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u/smallislandgirl 7d ago
Soooo…do you have navy?
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u/schoolknurse 7d ago •
Yes or No
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u/Jacobgame2 7d ago •
It's the sort of question you need an answer to quickly. Them having a multi million pound warship changes your stance when opening friendship negotiations
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u/BareBearFighter 7d ago •
Friendship operations*
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u/dontlookatanyofit 7d ago
Special Friendship Operation
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u/IcyMacaroon4603 7d ago
Its a go. Its been a go. You been debriefed? Do you need a sit-rep?
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u/phjes11 7d ago
Why didn’t the Russians call it that? Sounds much better than special military operation
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u/stonedcanuk 7d ago •
Americans often get stationed in Japan at naval bases. Google translate version of "are you in the navy" I bet.
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u/Affectionate_Hat6293 7d ago
Thank you! I kept racking my brain trying to figure out what they were asking…. This makes sense. Thank you!
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u/CertainBoysenberry65 7d ago
Neighbor clearly wants to know what kind of naval defenses they will be up against if they invade the apartment.
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u/Old_Week 7d ago
I have a frigate in my bathtub
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u/UneducatedBiscuit 7d ago
Is it captained by Admiral Ducky? Who could forget his rousing speech: Squeak
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u/Anynamethatworks 7d ago
I think that "I'm stuffed and toilet paper. Do you have navy?" is meaning "I have plenty of toilet paper. Do you have any?" Maybe tp shortage was/is still going on there and he wanted to make sure his new neighbor had some?
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u/uekiamir 7d ago
Looking at the rest of the sentences, this was clearly directly/literally translated. So, there's no way he wrote "Do you have any". Only proficient or native speakers would write it that way.
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u/Stewdogm9 7d ago
Yea it's pretty obvious. Especially when you look at the 2 lines above it share only one period, meaning they should be read together as one sentence. He is saying
"I am stuffed with toilet paper and you can use it if you like"
The next question is if he is in the navy.
Navy and any are not closely related words at all, so the only way that would be possible for him to mix them up is if he saw the world any written down in English and somehow transcribed the letters as navy...
When you consider the amount of time he took to write each letter individually not sure how he would make the mistake of writing any as navy...
Most Americans living in Japan would probably be navy or English teachers, especially if it's a younger guy.
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u/sixnew2 7d ago
Do you fuck with the war?
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u/Mochi_Prinses 7d ago
I’m guessing he’s just making sure they got enough toiletries and he’s got some to spare since he lives alone aww, or just enough of something that will be needed
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u/BringBackRoundhouse 7d ago
I don’t know if it’s the same in Japan but in Korea, toilet paper is a standard housewarming gift. And laundry detergent.
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u/PM_MAJESTIC_PICS 7d ago •
Yes, same in Japan. They sell rolls that are wrapped nicely in tissue paper specifically for this purpose. 😁
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u/floddie9 7d ago
Yeah really any common paper products, as they sell nice tissues as well!
For people curious paper holds a very traditional significance in Japan, at least in part because the words for paper and god/spirit/glodliness are the same - kami, カみ. This can be seem all over the place, for example in the paper fans used by priests as a blessing/santifying practice and the shide paper charms put on sacred places.
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u/howsurmomnthem 7d ago
That seems to explain the Japanese and their amazing stationery. I’ve never been to a legit Japanese stationery store, however, it is one day a dream of mine to do so; I’m making space in my house and bank account as we speak.
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u/orincoro 7d ago
My thought as well. Probably “I have things like toilet paper.”
In Japanese culture often stating a fact is meant as a suggestion or invitation. Eg: “I have things,” means “you can borrow things.”
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u/OklaJosha 7d ago
I like that concept. Get people to stop bragging too much. “Oh you have a boat, why yes, I would love to use it!”
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u/Virtual-Quantity916
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The divorce and I live alone You can use it you like
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u/CESjzjffzgkdkdkyddk 7d ago •
“The divorce and I live alone” is low key poetic as hell
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u/LightsSoundAction 7d ago
as a divorced dude who lives alone, that line really hit me in the feels.
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u/tinnylemur189 7d ago
Pretty sure the "it" in the sentence was referring to the toilet paper.
Probably meant to say something like "I have more than enough toilet paper if you'd like to use any."
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u/IsLlamaBad 7d ago
Fantastic handwriting, particularly since the Latin alphabet probably isn't one he uses often
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u/littleyellowbike 7d ago
I took Japanese in high school in the 90s and our class had pen pals in Japan so we could practice our Japanese and our pals could practice English. Every single one of them had the most beautiful, compact, perfect handwriting. I think part of it was, as you say, being careful with a foreign alphabet, but I think also because Japanese characters are often very complex, there's no room for sloppy handwriting, so they're just used to writing with a certain level of precision.
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u/Shamploop 7d ago
The “yes/no” is so sweet. Already trying to open a dialogue! Even if its about navy!
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u/becki_bee 7d ago
It reminds me of passing notes in middle school. “Do you like me? Yes/no”
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u/EvernightStrangely 7d ago
This is cool. I'm still trying to figure out what "I'm stuffed and toilet paper" means.
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u/Box-Of-Bags 7d ago
It probably means "I have spare stuff and toilet paper" or something like that
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u/crowamonghens 7d ago
It means he is stuffed with toilet paper and is squeezably soft
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u/Seeteufelchen 7d ago
In japanese, the phrasing would be "toilet paper is a lot" and the "a lot" part can also mean "stuffed" in like, "more than enough". I guess google translate failed and he meant to say something along the lines of "I got more than enough toiletries, if you need anything let me know "
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u/kiddo19951997 7d ago
I remember first coming to the US to attend college on a scholarship, basic high school English taught by teachers that could not pronounce the th sound properly and lisped pronouncedly instead. The fear I had when trying order tacos at Jack in the box, not something that “there is a big blue bus, look the big blue bus is coming” prepared you for. So I hung around the store for a few minutes in Austin Tx and observed others ordering, trying to capture what they were saying. Anyway, kudos to your neighbor. At that age, working to communicate in a foreign language and it was work for him - my parents learned English around that age to be able to visit me in the US and my mother used to call me up being frustrated that she kept forgetting words). I hope you guys can start taking in person and make sure to tell him, even in Google translate Japanese, that his note was in excellent English. Because that helped me a lot when I first came to the US, even though it was mostly politeness speaking, but still it helped to know that people were at least friendly.
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u/fkafkaginstrom 7d ago •
Your story reminds me of my Japanese housemate when I was in college. He was super shy and not confident about his English, so he would ask me to order pizzas for him over the phone (before online ordering was a thing).
Eventually I got him to practice with me ordering pizza, me pretending to be the pizza guy. He got it, and from that day he ordered pizza just about every damned day. He also got super into weed, may or may not have been related.
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u/gothiclg 7d ago
I had a coworker learn English in her 60’s. Worked with her for 2 years completely unable to speak to her because I also didn’t speak Spanish. I bragged for her as often as possible.
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u/january570 7d ago
that taco experience speaks to me:) I used to get that feeling even at McDonald or any coffee shops. And your English is perfect now. 😁
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u/Tumbleweedenroute 7d ago
When I was studying English as a kid I realized that that the vocabulary they taught us completely skipped a bunch of totally mundane banal things like the English word for shoelaces. I looked some of that stuff up or picked it up over the years but I still don't know a bunch of it. Lol I still confuse end table and night stand, and closet and pantry sometimes.
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u/GrannyGrammar 7d ago
How long ago was this? Your use of the English language, spelling, and grammar are excellent.
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u/kiddo19951997 7d ago
Thanks! Many, many years ago - I have been now a US citizen for almost 20 years. But this story brought back so many memories; therefore the long post. And like someone else said, ordering pizza over the phone - a real struggle and I so loved American pepperoni pizza😀
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u/rkeeeeem 7d ago
That’s awesome that they asked your kids name. I was born in Japan and the neighbors were good friends with my parents and they were obsessed with me because I had blonde hair. They would come over and take care of me without my mom even asking. She couldn’t find me and all the mamasans would be outside passing me around.
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u/ontether 7d ago
Yes, all the blonde babies were given money by Japanese people when I lived there. Lol. I have blonde hair and some kids would say, “movie star!” And “we love you!”
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u/k0nahuanui 6d ago
I stayed with a Japanese host family for a few days when I was 15. I had very light hair, but every, and I mean every single person I met, told me I looked like Tom Cruise.
I was hanging out at their son's soccer practice, felt like I was being watched, looked up and what must have been half the school was crammed onto the balcony overlooking the field, staring at me.
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u/DukeAlastor 7d ago
I would learn Japanese just to be able to communicate with this one man
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u/networknev 7d ago
I'm stuffed and toilet paper. This is my new personal meme. Got Navy?
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u/Future_World_Ruler 7d ago
I want so badly to know what he meant by this lol
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u/_catappleinktea 7d ago
If I were to guess, I would think he’s saying he’s got loads of toilet roll etc and does he need to borrow any? I was thinking ‘do you have navy’ might be ‘do you have any?’ Meaning does he need any? Idk I’m just using the context clues but honestly he might just be curious if he has Navy and maybe he IS stuffed and toilet paper
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Honestly the “do you have any” assumption would make sense following the toilet paper. But it’s also likely he is asking him if he’s in the navy.
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u/Genesis-LZH 7d ago
A person higher in the comments said that a lot of people get stationed there in the navy so he might of been asking if he was in the navy.
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u/_catappleinktea 7d ago
Aww now that makes sense! My friend got married to someone who was in the US Navy and they are stationed in Japan, so I should’ve connected those dots!
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u/Schrutes_Yeet_Farm 7d ago
They likely had TP shortages too, my assumption is he was trying to say he has lots and they can have some if they need it
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u/dumbusername 7d ago edited 6d ago
The town I lived in had a lot of immigrants from Japan and I had just broken my arm. Guy comes up to me with his wife as I am one arming groceries up the stairs. Just before I open my door he says “Roboto” in reference to my arm. Has a whole google translate conversation about how to get an apartment like mine. Was one of those great experiences I won’t forget.
Edit: I had a radial head fracture which means no cast. Had to have a brace (hence the roboto) for the arm that locked into a range of motion that I slowly extended with a dial to add more range over months. I have about 95% of my range back.
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u/Shinesona
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My name is Yoshikage Kira. I'm 33 years old. My house is in the northeast section of Morioh, where all the villas are, and I am not married. I work as an employee for the Kame Yu department stores, and I get home every day by 8 PM at the latest. I don't smoke, but I occasionally drink. I'm in bed by 11 PM, and make sure I get eight hours of sleep, no matter what. After having a glass of warm milk and doing about twenty minutes of stretches before going to bed, I usually have no problems sleeping until morning. Just like a baby, I wake up without any fatigue or stress in the morning. I was told there were no issues at my last check-up. I'm trying to explain that I'm a person who wishes to live a very quiet life. I take care not to trouble myself with any enemies, like winning and losing, that would cause me to lose sleep at night. That is how I deal with society, and I know that is what brings me happiness. Although, if I were to fight I wouldn't lose to anyone.
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u/xiii--iiix 7d ago
Oh man…. Ima need an update for this at some point.
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u/MaximusGod0fWar 7d ago •
Theresa52's original post from 2013: https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/1a8dr9/moved_to_japan_met_my_neighbor/
Their update from three years ago:
This was my originally my post from six years ago, Hiroshi was a great neighbor! We did have daily morning chats:) I had four elderly male neighbors who were all so sweet. We all exchanged gifts and food regularly for the four years I lived there. We would go to neighborhood festivals and have dinners together as well. I miss them all and think about them often. Hiroshi wrote this note himself with some help from a translate app. His mom dated an American Sailor when Hiroshi was a child so he knew a small amount of English. We had a wonderful friend operation.
https://www.reddit.com/r/blessedimages/comments/buawm5/blessed_friend_operation/epcavdr/
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u/1EdWYN1 7d ago
In Japan, heart surgeon. Number one. Steady hand. One day, yakuza boss need new heart. I do operation. But, mistake! Yakuza boss die. Yakuza very mad. I hide in fishing boat, come to America. No English, no food, no money. Darryl give me job. Now I have house, American car, and new woman. Darryl save life. My big secret: I kill yakuza boss on purpose. I good surgeon. The best!
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u/talonhb2020 7d ago
Lived in Japan for almost five years and this made me miss it so much! Such a wholesome place.
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u/Mhero77 7d ago
How was living there?
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u/talonhb2020 7d ago
It was great! Everything from the food, to the entertainment/nightlife to the culture. I enjoyed every aspect of it for the most part.
I'm a big outdoors person as well and some of the best hiking I've ever done was there and the slopes are absolutely amazing!
I miss it almost everyday, and all of my friends who I was there with echo the same sentiment for the most part.
Japan feels like a dream, especially the further you get from the big cities!
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u/Shadax 7d ago
my name is hiroshi yamashita
you have killed my father? yes.
prepare to die.
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u/eipevoli 7d ago
I love this! I wish my neighbors were so sweet
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u/bluedecemberart 7d ago edited 6d ago •
I have an older Japanese penpal (70's) that I met on a postage stamp trading site. I'm in my late 30's. We get new stamp issues for each other in our respective countries and trade them back and forth with letters, and our conversations are 100% like this. His letters are basically my favorite thing. I'm sure my terribly broken Japanese reads the same to him. It's amazing the things you can talk about even with such basic communication. Right now we've been discussing our favorite musical pieces.
Edit: sorry guys, but I'm not sharing the letters. He didn't write them for an audience, and I'm going to respect that. I'd be mortified if someone shared MY terrible Japanese on the internet.
Edit2: For those of you wanting to reach out to elders and form penpal relationships, Letters Against Isolation always needs penpals! They're a wonderful organization.