In the car on the way to a castle (お城) with my host family’s kids, no less. They thought it was hilarious that I was excited to see the お尻 (butt).

Any other gaffes out there? 🙃

  • Pirately@feddit.de
    6·
    10 months ago

    This hasn’t happend yet, but I’m paranoid I will one day day say 触ってもいいですか when I mean to say 座ってもいいですか.

    • astraeus
      2·
      10 months ago

      I’m pretty sure context and inflection would probably make a huge difference here. You may say 触ってもいいですか, but if you are entering someone’s home or going out to eat and approaching a table, I think they’re going to understand your intention or at the very most that you made a silly pronunciation mistake.

    • Nihongo@lemmy.worldOP
      1·
      10 months ago

      Oo that could be really bad. Yea… now I’m worried I might do that by accident too!

  • Umechan@reddthat.com
    5·
    10 months ago

    I was once wondering around a neighborhood in Tokyo and passed by a group of friends who were saying goodbye to each other. I heard one of them say “お疲れヤマ”. I stopped, wondering if it was some strange kind of slang or regional variation, but she then started laughing and said “お疲れマウンテン”.