The word for ice cream in Japanese is aisu (ice) because if they had to say aisu kuriimu all the time it would be too long and they use a native Japanese word for ice (kōri). Also they love shortening loanwords especially (like how Starbucks (sutaabakusu) becomes sutaba or First Kitchen becomes fakkin lol).
The "University of potato ice" is a real thing, or at least it's natural when separated from ice cream. A university potato is fried sweet potatoes covered with a syrup. Wikipedia says the origin of the name is unclear, and maybe it was invented at one university or maybe just students of a certain university really liked it.
However, the "boobs ice (cream)" is translated correctly and I don't think it means anything else. Seems especially odd given the message at the bottom about the ¥150 discount for women.
still a sexist thing to do. I rather make it an promotional challenge or something to get them to come back with more customers. e.g.
“Wearing sherbet hats get 150¥ discount!” “Parties of 6+ get discounts!” “Catering orders are 15% off!”
The couples things is a big turn off too.
I haven't been to too many love hotels so I'm not sure how common that is. I know in Korea they let me get a room with a friend I was traveling with before we both realized it was a love ho.
I know it's sexist for sure but I was just trying to point out that it's not much different than the sexism of eg the US, rather than closer to like places in the middle east. Feels like a lot of times people get their impressions of Japan from internet sensations like wacky vending machines rather than from more nuanced sources
Yeah almost. OmnipotentEntity posted a link below, it's just a company that packages their ice cream in a dome shape container that looks like a boob. I don't eat ice cream very much so I've never run across it but I'll check next time I go to the grocery store
daigaku imo aisu = university potato ice (daigaku is university, imo is potato. The kanjis literally translate to that, but it really means baked sweet potato.)
And approx $1.50 for ice cream is a hell of a good deal.
For the 3rd, usually you flip the order (same as skipping the の). So 大学芋アイス could read as "University's Potato Ice(cream)" while 芋大学アイス reads (Potato University's Ice(cream)"
That is the tax included price. If there's only one number it has to be the tax included one by law. Most restaurants don't list both prices on the menu. You usually see both prices in places like supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores.
Oh yeah haha, I hadn't even rechecked the photo and missed that. I really don't know, I've never seen it before. Maybe there's some exception if you're a really small business or something? But even food stalls at festivals only have the one tax-included price. You'd think if it were possible to just write "without tax" they'd do it pretty much everywhere. Japan likes capitalism as much as anywhere else after all.
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tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 59 pts · 39d
The word for ice cream in Japanese is aisu (ice) because if they had to say aisu kuriimu all the time it would be too long and they use a native Japanese word for ice (kōri). Also they love shortening loanwords especially (like how Starbucks (sutaabakusu) becomes sutaba or First Kitchen becomes fakkin lol).
The "University of potato ice" is a real thing, or at least it's natural when separated from ice cream. A university potato is fried sweet potatoes covered with a syrup. Wikipedia says the origin of the name is unclear, and maybe it was invented at one university or maybe just students of a certain university really liked it.
However, the "boobs ice (cream)" is translated correctly and I don't think it means anything else. Seems especially odd given the message at the bottom about the ¥150 discount for women.
alapakala@quokk.au · 22 pts · 39d
when I do this, I get xenoglossophobic downranked.
When tourists do this, “it’s cute, adorable, hahaha they can't say ‘sherbet’🍧”
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 17 pts · 39d
Yeah to a certain extent, but at least this seems on the level of "ladies' night" or "first drink free for ladies" type thing
alapakala@quokk.au · 11 pts · 39d
still a sexist thing to do. I rather make it an promotional challenge or something to get them to come back with more customers. e.g.
“Wearing sherbet hats get 150¥ discount!” “Parties of 6+ get discounts!” “Catering orders are 15% off!”
The couples things is a big turn off too.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 39d
I haven't been to too many love hotels so I'm not sure how common that is. I know in Korea they let me get a room with a friend I was traveling with before we both realized it was a love ho.
I know it's sexist for sure but I was just trying to point out that it's not much different than the sexism of eg the US, rather than closer to like places in the middle east. Feels like a lot of times people get their impressions of Japan from internet sensations like wacky vending machines rather than from more nuanced sources
Skullgrid@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 38d
it's an incentive to make an underrepresented demographic integrate into the locale.
1egg4u@lemmy.world · 13 pts · 39d
I bet your buns boobs ice cream is just two scoops that look like boobs
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 6 pts · 39d
Yeah almost. OmnipotentEntity posted a link below, it's just a company that packages their ice cream in a dome shape container that looks like a boob. I don't eat ice cream very much so I've never run across it but I'll check next time I go to the grocery store
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 34 pts · 39d
That's the literal translation, yes.
oppai aisu = boobs ice (oppai is boobs)
meron shaabetto = Mellon sherbet
daigaku imo aisu = university potato ice (daigaku is university, imo is potato. The kanjis literally translate to that, but it really means baked sweet potato.)
And approx $1.50 for ice cream is a hell of a good deal.
galoisghost@aussie.zone · 5 pts · 39d
meron shaabetto sounds like a made up racist pronounciation
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 4 pts · 38d
You'd be surprised to learn how many English word are in their vocabulary and how they pronounce in the "Japanese" way because of their alphabet.
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 38d
Goodu shottu. I don't know the kanji, I learned by ear, when I asked a translator how to say "good shot," like in pool.
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 3 pts · 38d
Nah man. That's some internet meme bastardization. Not everything ends with "u" like "impossibru".
It would actually be グードショット or "guudo shotto".
AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 38d
Aah, I spelled it wrong. Like I said, I learned it by sound, not a class
ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.ca · 2 pts · 38d
That's ok!
I recommend taking classes. It's tons of fun. Once you unlock kanjis, everything makes a lot more sense.
hdzki@lemmy.ml · 2 pts · 39d
For the 3rd, usually you flip the order (same as skipping the の). So 大学芋アイス could read as "University's Potato Ice(cream)" while 芋大学アイス reads (Potato University's Ice(cream)"
ThunderComplex@lemmy.today · 32 pts · 39d
You went to MIT
I went to the University of Potato
We are not the same
Avicenna@programming.dev · 23 pts · 39d
"Male shalt pay in silence"
gigastasio@sh.itjust.works · 14 pts · 38d
I love seeing my alma mater represented. ❤️
kayzeekayzee@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 14 pts · 39d
is that even a mistranslation? The little Japanese I know is telling me it's accurate
jaybone@lemmy.zip · 13 pts · 39d
Real G’s pay in silence like lasagna.
Visstix@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 39d
Ice ice booby
reader@lemmy.zip · 5 pts · 39d
classic flavors
fireweed@lemmy.world · 4 pts · 38d
While you're all mulling over boobs ice, I'm wondering where the hell in Japan they list their prices without the tax included.
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 38d
That is the tax included price. If there's only one number it has to be the tax included one by law. Most restaurants don't list both prices on the menu. You usually see both prices in places like supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores.
fireweed@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 38d
Then what is the purpose of the "(without tax)" text under every price?
tigeruppercut@lemmy.zip · 2 pts · 38d
Oh yeah haha, I hadn't even rechecked the photo and missed that. I really don't know, I've never seen it before. Maybe there's some exception if you're a really small business or something? But even food stalls at festivals only have the one tax-included price. You'd think if it were possible to just write "without tax" they'd do it pretty much everywhere. Japan likes capitalism as much as anywhere else after all.
Mycatiskai@lemmy.ca · 1 pts · 38d
If you don't have the taxes included in the price then it must say "taxes excluded"
So everything on the menu that has taxes included would just have the price anything excluded must have the notation.
Viking_Hippie@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 3 pts · 39d
"Mellon Sherbet" is a drunk guy saying "melancholy? sure, I bet"