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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
by labster 4y ago
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.
- glandium 4y agoKind 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)
- rjh29 4y agoI 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)
- glandium 4y agoIt's not actually a pun (at least, AFAIK), but interestingly, 肛門 (anus) is an homophone of 後門 (back gate).
- DaBarrington 4y agoI 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!