Sumo on Ice
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sport, sports, japan, japanese, sumo, sumo wrestling, sumo wrestler, sumo wrestlers, wrestler, wrestlers, wrestling, ice, on ice, broken ice, winter, wintertime, winter sport, winter sports, frozen, ice skating, ice skater, ice skaters, pun, puns, word play, wordplay, bad idea, bad ideas"Would you mind bringing me a Western utensil?"
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restaurant, restaurants, japanese, japan, china, chinese, korea, korean, asia, asian, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, waiter, waiters, server, servers, waitress, waitresses, service, customer service, order, orders, ordering, utensil, utensils, spoon, spoons, fork, forks, knife, knives, chopstick, chopsticks, western, international, foreign, unfamiliarThe Great Screen Of Japan
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parody, parodied, parodies, great wall, great wall of china, japan, japanese, japanese culture, screen, screens, oriental screen, oriental screens, landscape, stereotype, stereotypes, cliche, cliches, art, artistic, artistically, stylized, stylised, decor, interior decor, interiors, interior design, furniture, furnishings, furnished, regional, regions, asia, east asia"My hands—as you can see—are tiny and made of porcelain, so let's be careful."
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doll, dolls, karate, martial, martial arts, arts, japanese, japanese culture, japan, east asia, east asian, hands, hand, fist, fists, chop, karate chop, fight, fighting, traditional, traditionally, mat, mats, tatami mat, tatami mats, porcelain, careful, oxymoron, nonsense, nonsensical, slapstick, spoof, spoofed, porcelain doll, porcelain dolls, trinket, trinkets"But we're not just talking about buying a car-we're talking about confronting this country's trade deficit with Japan."
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trade deficit, trade deficits, salesman, salesmen, japan, japanese car, japanese cars, showroom, showrooms, show room, show rooms, car buyer, car buyers, car buying, justification, justifications, justify, justifies, justifying, sales pitch, sales pitches, spin, spins, spinning, consumerism, consumerist, agenda, agendas, car dealer, car dealers, dealership, dealerships, car dealership, car dealerships, international trade, united states, usa, american"We're in Japanese waters, that's for sure."
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art, art history, history, historical, woodblock print, woodblock prints, katsushika hokusai, hokusai, japan, japanese, wave, waves, the great wave off kanagawa, japanese art, sea, ocean, oceans, sea, castaway, castaways, shipwrecked, stranded, raft, rafts, big, large, huge, sea of japan, japanese waters, maritime boundary, maritime boundaries"And this tattoo is an old English proverb."
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tattoo, tattoos, tattooing, tattooed, bad tattoos, bad tattoo, arm, arms, chinese, japanese, korea, china, japan, korea, asia, asian, character, characters, symbol, symbols, kanji, pagoda, design, english, language, languages, foreign language, foreign languages, meaning, meanings, proverb, proverbs, role reversal, reversed roles, cultural appropriation, stereotype, stereotypes"He may be only a junior partner, but remember - his mother destroyed half of Tokyo."
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movie, movies, film, films, japanese, dinosaur, dinosaurs, monster, monsters, tokyo, japan, ancestor, ancestors, law firm, law firms, family, family history, families, partner, partners, office, offices, businessman, businessmen, business, businesses, executive, executives, lawyer, lawyers, solicitor, solicitors, attorney, attorneys, barrister, barristers"Tuesday nights are Ed's Kabuki League bowl-offs."
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hobby, hobbies, leisure, sport, sports, bowling, bowler, bowlers, bowl-off, bowl-offs, kabuki, theatre, theatres, theater, theaters, drama, japanese, japan, japanese culture, dance, dances, costume, costumes, fancy dress, makeup, relationship, relationships, marriage, marriages, married life, couple, couples, husband, husbands, wife, wives, spouse, spouses"I hear he's huge in Japan."
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japan, japanese, kaiju, kaijus, monster, monsters, giant monster, giant monsters, battles, size, size joke, popular, popularity, pop culture, culture, pop culture reference, play on words, word play, word-play, regional, region, regions, movie, movies, hollywood, special effects, sfx, film, filmsOrigami Mail
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business, businessman, businessmen, executive, executives, manager, managers, office, office, office life, bored, boredom, boring, paper, papers, document, documents, mail, post, art, creative, creativity, origami, paper folding, paper-folding, hobby, hobbies, in box, in-box, inbox, out box, out-box, outbox, inboxes, outboxes, in boxes, out boxes, in-boxes, incompetent, incompetents, incompetence, inefficient, japan, japanese"There might be some scarring."
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surgeon, surgeons, surgery, samurai, samurais, surgical scar, surgical scars, surgical scarring, samurai sword, samurai swords, katana, katanas, surgical procedure, surgical procedures, operating theatre, operating theatres, operating theater, operating theaters, japan, ancient japan, japanese medicine"If I ever go to Japan, I'm sure the pilot will be able to find it, so why do I have to know where it is?"
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education, school, schools, schooling, teaching, learning, teacher, teachers, student, students, teacher life, elementary school, primary school, junior high school, middle school, kid, kids, child, children, questioning, travel, traveling, travelling, air travel, pilot, pilots, geography, globe, globes, world map, world maps, japan, out of the mouths of babes, logic, critical thinking'Sayonara'
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movie, movies, film, films, movie theater, movie theaters, movie theatre, movie theatres, cinema, cinemas, old west, wild west, western, westerns, cowboy, cowboys, rancher, ranchers, ranger, rangers, sunset, riding off, language, languages, japan, japanese, sayonara, goodbye, the end, ending, endingsNetsukes of New York.
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netsuke, netsukes, new york, new york city, ny, nyc, fashion, art, style, accessory, accessories, toggle, toggles, japan, japanese, ornament, ornaments, pigeon, pigeons, crouton, croutons, superintendent, superintendents, rat, rats, monkey, monkeys, plastic surgeon, plastic surgeons, waiter, waiter, loquat, loquats, policeman, policemen, police, cop, cops, police office, police officers, turtle, turtles"We've stayed together for the sake."
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bar, bars, pub, pubs, restaurant, restaurants, japanese, japan, japanese restaurant, japanese restaurants, sake, drink, drinks, drinking, alcohol, relationship, relationships, relationship issues, relationship problems, couple, couples, dating, marriage, marriages, married life, staying together, unhealthy relationship, unhealthy relationships, unhappy relationship, unhappy relationshipsProposed Merger
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business, company, companies, corporation, corporations, merger, mergers, business merger, business mergers, merging, takeover, takeovers, combining, combination, combinations, consolidation, consolidations, consolidating, foreign, united states, us, u.s., united states of america, usa, u.s.a., america, american, japan, japanese, flag, flags, stars and stripes, cross-border, hinomaru, international, economy, economies, money, purchase, purchases, purchasing"From right to left, you have your tekkamaki, your futomaki, and then your yamaimo roll. The little pile of pink stuff is ginger, the green one's wasabi. And, of course, you already recognize your vodka martini."
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restaurant, restaurants, japan, japanese, japanese food, japanese restaurant, japanese restaurants, sushi, dining out, eating out, meal, meals, food, eating, dining, service, customer service, order, orders, menu, menus, new, unfamiliar, unknown, unidentifiable, strange, audioguide, audioguides, audio guide, audio guides, drink, drinks, drinking, alcohol, alcoholic, vodka, martini, martinis, explanation, explanations, explaining, wasabi, ginger, tekkamaki, futomakki, yamamimo, roll, rolls, maki, technology, international, foreign, modern life"Uh oh."
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american car, american cars, outdated, outdated design, outdated designs, outmoded, japan, japanese car, japanese cars, japanese market, japanese markets, car manufacturer, car manufacturers, flashback, throwback, nostalgia, 1970s, '70s, auto manufacturer, auto manufacturers, auto manufacturing, overtake, overtakes, overtaking, overtaken"I didn't know that any of your Living National Treasures played golf."
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japan, japanese, golf, golfs, golfer, golfers, golf course, golf courses, living national treasure, living national treasures, unexpected, preservation, preserve, preserves, culture, cultural impact, cultural impacts, golfing, cultural preservation, preserve, preserves, preserving, self-identity, japanese identity, identity, identitiesA Sudden Transfer To The Tokyo Office
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tokyo, japan, region, regions, regional, traditional, tradition, traditional furniture, furniture, new, new office, new desk, new job, new career, congratulations, desk, floor, seat, seated, seating, sit, sitting, uncomfortable, unusual, change, changing, transfer, transfers, transferred, transferring, relocate, relocation, relocating, work, working world, modern world, office life, office drone, office drones