Re:Shoshikantetsu
by labster on Thursday March 16, 2023 @01:17AM
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Japanese is a wonderful language for puns. Not only do they have homophone puns (so many homophones) and rhyming puns, but also visual puns like Katamari Damacy 塊魂.
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Kind of in the theme of 塊魂, there's a yojijukugo with 4 鬼: 魑魅魍魎 (ちみもうりょう, chimimouryou, evil spirits of rivers and mountains)
I like words where one kanji is changed to make the meaning opposite (without changing the pronounciation)
名演 (great acting performance) -> 迷演 (baffling performance)
国道 (highway) -> 酷道 (road in terrible condition)
There are also some horrible ones like 毒女(独女) and 害人(外人)
Also 休館日 (museum holiday day) -> 休肝日 ("give your liver a rest day" - i.e. sober day)
It's not actually a pun (at least, AFAIK), but interestingly, 肛門 (anus) is an homophone of 後門 (back gate).
Re:Shoshikantetsu
by DaBarrington on Saturday March 18, 2023 @12:06AM
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I have been wanting to learn Japanese but have been putting it off, you just convinced me that I have to get started learning it already. I love a good pun!