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I"m bored as hell
lets list Japanese words that sound like other words in other languages.

>> No.177539

Answer: None

>> No.177567

well Horo is a given.

>> No.177593

in b4 5000+ korean words

>> No.177596

NO

you see what i did there?

>> No.177601

>>177596
oh i get it

>> No.177597

Hai!

>> No.177611

I assume I can't use words like karaoke or samurai, right?

>> No.177651

miru in japanese almost sounds like mira (verb conjugation of mirar) in spanish, which coincidentally both mean to see/to look

That's all I can think of at the moment.

>> No.177653

sakana (japanese) - fish
sacana (brazilian portuguese) - fucker

>> No.177663

>>177535
desu

>> No.177668

koko (japanese) - here
cocô (brazilian portuguese) - poop

>> No.177672
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177672

Sam-are-I

>> No.177685

kore (japanese) = this
go-re (korean) = whale

ka-re (japanese) = curry
ga-re (korean) = phlegm

sonzai (japanese) = existence
sonja (korean) = descendent

etc

>> No.177688

>>177672
Oh god nostalgia bomb

>> No.177690

>>177668
>>177653
hmm seeing as Brazil has a large Japanese population,
is this the butt of many jokes?

>> No.177696

This has infinite possibilities. Just start up IME and start typing words how they sound in another language, then press space and see if it's a word in Japanese. Works best with romance languages

Let's see, cama (bed) = かま 釜 (kettle)
casa (house) = かさ 傘 (umbrella)
subete (get on) = すべて 全て (all)

so on, so forth

>> No.177706

boku
bok (shit)

ii
iyi (good)

kuru
kuru (dry)

>> No.177711

taco = 蛸 (tako, octopus)

>> No.177713

>>177711
Whats a taco?

>> No.177740

>>177713
Really?

>> No.177743

>>177740
Yes.

>> No.177761

Contrary to english italian has similar sounds to japanese, so there is a lot.
I just don't feel wasting time to write some, sorry.
Zzzzz

>> No.177762

>>177743
ta·co (tä'kō)
n. pl. ta·cos
A corn tortilla folded around a filling such as ground meat or cheese.


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>> No.177773

>>177713
its a sexual innuendo for the female gentilia

>> No.177775

>>177773
Shit I love tacos then.

>> No.177778

uh
yamete (stop) means "call yourself" in Spanish

>> No.177787

>>177775
but mostly its just a Mexican dish consisting of meat and vegetables folded into a corn tortilla.

>> No.177794

Mushi (Japanese) = Beetle
Muschi (German) = Pussy

>> No.177793

>>177787
Either way both sound good.

>> No.177854

imo (potato) == emo

>> No.177879

>>177778

every time I hear "chotto" I lol a little

>> No.178778

>>177879
doesn't the ch get in the way?

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178787

>>177854

>> No.178795

Mokou (japanese).
Spanish: Snot.

>> No.180124

emo potato

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