The Deuce: I laughed*

I’m taking a trip to Tokyo in June, and even though I can probably get by, I decided to try to learn - doubledown February 15, 2026, 11:51:42

A long time girlfriend of mine passed the Japanese translator's exam and did arbitrage over there... - MtHoodIllini Yesterday, 20:44:02
The only word you need to know is takoyaki* - Sounder February 18, 2026, 11:44:03
- see a broad to get that takoyaki - Sammich Yesterday, 11:14:34
  - I laughed* - CWR10 Yesterday, 15:27:23
- There is an East Village in NYC that only sells Takoyaki. It is so good - JacobRDaugherty Yesterday, 10:29:55
- gross* - VIV Yesterday, 9:59:14
- I don't eat anything with tentacles. * - doubledown February 18, 2026, 11:56:56
  - Not necessarily a bad rule to live by. Okonomiyaki is the one word you should know anyway.* - DocWalk20 February 18, 2026, 15:07:05
    - Doesn’t that also frequently include tentacles? - Sounder February 18, 2026, 21:21:56
      - The ones I had did not. I’m sure you could choose options that do.* - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:28:36
        
        So, so good… - DocWalk20 Yesterday, 20:35:49
      - Only if you like it, which is what it literally translates to. * - assassin February 18, 2026, 22:17:37
There are 50,000 letters. Like, the government had to step in. - doubledown February 18, 2026, 11:41:37
6 times out of 10 if you say it as English in a katakana accent, it’ll be fine. - assassin February 15, 2026, 13:42:18
- Wife concurs. Katakana is the most useful. - tvillini February 18, 2026, 19:36:43
send a message to youtuber xiaoma for tips. dude knows like 100 languages* - lcubed February 15, 2026, 13:18:59
We won a war so you don’t have to learn that shit* - timmer February 15, 2026, 12:31:12
- Didn’t you live in Germany? Surely you learned at least a little of the language. - doubledown February 15, 2026, 13:05:22
  - Enough to make them think I was trying* - timmer February 18, 2026, 12:10:51
More power to you. But having visited Japan, including Tokyo, a couple of summers ago, you can get - DocWalk20 February 15, 2026, 11:59:00
- Yeah, they will 100% assume you don’t speak any Japanese and will start in English - VIV February 15, 2026, 12:50:14
  - Correct. I was there 14 years ago and getting by in English is easy. I spoke remedial - JacobRDaugherty February 18, 2026, 11:47:43
Hai* - CWR10 February 15, 2026, 11:55:06
- * waves back * - doubledown February 15, 2026, 11:58:01

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