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Could you explain this play on words for someone who doesn't know Japanese?
by Agentlien 10y ago
Could you explain this play on words for someone who doesn't know Japanese?
- nihonde 10y agoI'm guessing but 誤解 => 'go kai', which means 'misunderstanding'. That sounds like 五回 => 'go kai', which means five times. In Japanese, you often encounter words/phrases that sound more or less the same but are written differently.
- ume 10y agoBoth the original Japanese (meaning 5 times) and possibly pun Japanese (meaning misunderstanding) are read as 'gokai'.