r/NonPoliticalTwitter 6h ago

Funny Learning Japanese

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u/dboti9k 6h ago

It's the same with German. I had a German friend and every time I wanted to learn and use a cool new German word with him, it was the same word in English.

u/Bakedalaska1 5h ago

My favorite is "antibabypillen"

u/Commercial-Royal-988 4h ago

mine is "Handschuh" because you know which article of clothing they named first.

u/hieronymous-cowherd 50m ago

OMG "fingerhandschuh" also exists.

u/Isburough 16m ago

yeah but that's uncommon. only when you really need to specify it's not mittens.