Category Archives: Engrish

Engrish of the Week: TIME SPARK & The JLPT

Posted on December 5, 2011 by superhappyawesome

Recently pictures of totally awesome 100¥ watches started showing up on Facebook. Why would anyone want such a super cool watch, when most people tend to just use their cellphones to keep time these days? For the JLPT! Those of … Continue reading →

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Engrish of the Week! Cooking hair?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by superhappyawesome

Do you know the scent of burning hair? I can only imagine it wafting out of this place that Sean found in Tokyo recently. Ewww… Also, bonus points for the creepy dotted children’s faces on the window. It’s sort of … Continue reading →

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Engrish of the Week: Jewnail?

Posted on October 28, 2011 by superhappyawesome

Spotted this one while picking up my Halloween costume! It’s in my favorite color, too–Lame Silver! There’s tons of stuff going on in Tokyo for Halloween. We might try to catch some of it, as we’re in town for TIMM/ … Continue reading →

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All aboard the Gun Bus!

Posted on October 14, 2011 by superhappyawesome

Well, it wouldn’t be a trip in Gunma if you didn’t ride the Gun Bus! Fabulous gun/kancho demonstration courtesy of our lovely guest stars, Chelsey, who can be found over at Fish in Man Bum and Liz, who may or … Continue reading →

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Happy Engrish Friday, you little…

Posted on October 7, 2011 by superhappyawesome

Apparently these little llamas are jerks. The sheep too. Especially that pink one.

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Happy Engrish Friday!

Posted on September 23, 2011 by superhappyawesome

My students often write that their favorite food is, and I quote, “an omelete containing fried rice.” I’m not the biggest fan of this supposedly Western dish, myself–the rice is fried in ketchup, and the eggs of the omelet are … Continue reading →

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Happy Engrish Friday!

Posted on September 16, 2011 by superhappyawesome

You guys, seriously. What is a tuck diary? What does that even mean? Is that a thing? Cause when we saw this in the store, that ‘t’ pretty much looked like an ‘f’. Um, yeah….

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Royal Moisty…what now?

Posted on September 9, 2011 by superhappyawesome

Happy Friday! Our Engrish of the Week this week is an excellent submission from the ever lovely Caroline Josephine. Remember, if you come across any awesome Engrish and would like to submit it to our EotW just email your pictures … Continue reading →

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Happy Friday! Nude balls?

Posted on September 2, 2011 by superhappyawesome

Happy Friday! For today’s Engrish of the week, it’s time to get Crunk’ed with some nude balls. Uh, what? These are actually pretty tasty, despite the ridiculous ridiculousness. It seems like a sign that we’ve been in Japan for a … Continue reading →

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Happy Engrish Friday! Awkkkward…

Posted on August 19, 2011 by superhappyawesome

This sign is right near our apartment, and it wasn’t until recently that I realized that Power Ranger looking figures were, in fact, the KKK Rangers. Obviously it doesn’t mean the same thing here, and might not even mean much … Continue reading →

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