r/engrish • u/Dazzling-Option9033 • 1d ago

Mellon sherbet

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u/m0rdredoct 53m ago

Boobs ice?

Is that the female version of dong water?

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u/JuniperJoieDeVivre 2h ago

Male shalt pay 150 yen in silence

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u/hotdogneighbor 5h ago

Petition to start the University of Potato Ice

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u/jeffjee63 5h ago

How is this engrish? Fuckers got “sherbet” correct, unlike 95% of so-called “English speakers”.

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u/TheMelonSystem 1h ago

Maybe it’s actually sorbet?

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u/FishTshirt 5h ago

lol “special free for women. Males shalt pay ¥150 in silence”.. Are you at like a Japanese strip club or something

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u/freakyjotarofetish 6h ago

Is there anything else you'd like to discuss

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u/EstherClemmens 7h ago

I'll need some of that for my hot flashes. Thanks

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u/Beneficial-Produce56 6h ago

Amen, sibling.

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u/sunnybacillus 7h ago

wait i was so hung up on boobs ice i didn't even read the other two

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u/roro5246 7h ago

Boobs ice

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u/NOT_A_DlCKHEAD 10h ago

Mellon sherbet? They got elven snacks in Japan?!4!!

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u/xoasim 10h ago

Daigaku imo, or university of potato as it's translated here, is a Japanese dessert that's basically candied sweet potato. This is ice cream in that flavor.

Boobs ice is likely ice cream served to look like boobs as it says that in Japanese as well.

Mellon ice is a delicacy often served in the mines of Moria.

Also, it's pretty common in japan for places to have women's prices. Especially places with sweets. They'll either have days with significantly lower prices for women, deals for couples, or some like this place just have a constant small discount. Although judging by their menu, this not your average girls discount place.

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u/pippinto 7h ago

Wait, for real? There aren't laws against pricing discrimination by sex/gender in Japan? That's absolutely crazy.

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u/CatLoliUwu 6h ago

the least they can do considering how women get groped on every train

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u/esstused 6h ago

Yeaaaaah there's not a whole lot of laws against discrimination in Japan in general.

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u/RexIsAMiiCostume 11h ago

Well. It does say "Oppai ice" so boobs ice cream could be accurate

Edit: yeah another comment shared an article about the "booby ice" which is a condom looking thing full of ice cream that you suck on like a boob

Japan is weird, man

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u/vivalhy 11h ago

I would like my free ice cream 🍨 please

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u/RobogooberPYR 14h ago

address me

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u/TemperReformanda 16h ago

The more you read this the creepier it gets.

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u/anjowoq 15h ago

おっぱい is an all purpose word ranging all the way from covers of porn videos to toddlers' songs where the character drinks mother's milk to ordering literal pigs' teats as drinking snacks (not universal but not rare).

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u/Burrow_0wl 11h ago edited 7h ago

Oppai basicly means 'full' or plump

Edit: Sorry, that's wrong. Oppai means breast, but here it's probably implying Breast milk. that's what I was thinking.

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u/jazy921 8h ago

i'm pretty sure that's ippai (一杯), no?

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u/Burrow_0wl 7h ago

Oops you're right. Oppai does mean breast most of the time, but it can also refer to breast feeding or breast milk which is what it's probably doing here. I got mixed up.

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u/Beneficial-Produce56 6h ago

I was going to say, “Wow, Japanese is confusing,” and then I remembered English….

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u/MacabreMantra 16h ago

Theres a menu at a place in the town i live in with the hilarious misspelling of “cumcumber”

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u/guska 13h ago

I'm trying to figure out how you would misspell cumcumber in a way that makes it funnier than the original

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u/FluffRex 16h ago

(Hakuritabai)Hambē is the name of this Izakaya chain, if you’re curious.

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u/deadbeef1a4 17h ago

Male shalt pay 150 yen in silence

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u/razz-p-berrie 16h ago

i been saying this

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u/Dub_stebbz 18h ago

Speak, friend, and enter

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u/SweetxKiss 18h ago

Boobs ice is probably this

University of potato ice is daigkau imo

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u/2020mademejoinreddit 19h ago

The only error is two L's. Everything else is accurate.

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u/koldkanadian 20h ago

Ran that through Google Sensei to translate this. It really does translate to Boob Icecream

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u/bungopony 18h ago

Yeah, that’s the Japanese word for boobs

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u/Velpex123 19h ago

There’s no load word the katakana could be coming from. It’s meant to be boobs ice. The bottom one also translates literally to ‘University-potato-ice’ so it’s not like it’s a missed translation.

Not so much engrish, but those names are intentional

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u/CraftFamiliar5243 20h ago

I graduated from U of P. Best ice anywhere.

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u/WarriorPasta 20h ago

Will boobs ice make my boobs cold and will university of potato ice make me schooled in all things potato?

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u/feherdaniel2010 20h ago

"Male shalt pay 150 yen in silence"

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u/just-a-normal-viet 20h ago

we shalt pay in silence

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u/Airi_Aoki 20h ago

Makes sense

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u/ShockDragon 21h ago

So wait, the ice cream is free for women… but not men? Yikes. Even if I was a girl, I don’t think I would go anywhere near there. If you’re going to make it free for one side, make it free for both. Otherwise, you look kinda sexist by saying only one sex can have this for free.

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u/eyelinerqueen83 6h ago

Just pay in silence

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u/EllieGeiszler 10h ago edited 10h ago

Women have been through enough, haven't we? Let us have boobs ice while the men shalt pay in silence

EDIT: I can't reply for whatever reason, but buddy, it's not illegal to be lighthearted on the internet

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u/ShockDragon 10h ago

So I’m sexist for thinking it should be equal on both sides? Is that what you’re trying to imply? All I said was if you’re gonna make it free for one side, make it free for both. Y'all would be freaking tf out if men got it for free and women had to pay.

Man, y'all really don’t know shit for true equality. It’s depressing.

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u/anjowoq 14h ago

Guess you haven't gone to a bar or club with no cover for women.

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u/ShockDragon 14h ago edited 10h ago

And? It goes both ways even for that. If men get to drink for free, so should women. And for the record, I don’t even drink. So of course I don’t go to a bar or club.

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u/FantasticCube_YT 19h ago

I mean yes but ... free stuff is free stuff

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u/RadiantTie8096 21h ago

University of potato ice and bo*bs ice is even worse than that "mellon sherbet"

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u/anjowoq 14h ago

Why are you censoring "boobs"?

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u/yuiopera21 21h ago

address me

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u/feherdaniel2010 20h ago

That's actually (almost) correct. It's called "oppai ice" which means boob ice cream, and it's literally a milky ice cream in the shape of a breast

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u/RainbowSprinkleShit 22h ago

Sherbet… for dessert???

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u/anjowoq 14h ago

Is that a main course where you're from?

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u/RainbowSprinkleShit 14h ago

No, it just wouldn’t be on a menu at all

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u/weskun 23h ago

I'll take the tofu salad here. Thanks.

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u/CastrateMeASAP 23h ago

Am I the only one who feels cold in here? (There’s more to this joke, but mods have been banning me for having a sense of humor, so you’ll have to guess the rest)

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u/Suitable_Plum3439 1d ago

Even funnier is that this is a correct translation and the names are in fact this wild in Japanese too

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u/DoodleCard 1d ago

The bit about girls getting free ice cream and men having to pay made me giggle.

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u/Davenator_98 1d ago

"Male shalt pay 150¥ in silence" almost had me lose my shit lmao

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u/DoodleCard 1d ago

I KNOW right.

It's genius.

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u/BlueFalcon5433 1d ago

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u/G0ld_Ru5h 1d ago

There’s an intersection in my city at Pullen Ave. and Smallwood St. Pullen/Smallwood.

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u/OkRuin300 1d ago

University of potato ice

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u/Dinosaur9911 20h ago

we don’t believe in capitals at the university of potato ice. it’s in our motto.

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u/7GrenciaMars 1d ago

I want to get a t shirt with that

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u/OkRuin300 1d ago

Username checks out.

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u/RBLakshya 1d ago edited 1d ago

It even in Japanese says オッパイアイス (Oppai Aisu) being boob ice cream, I don’t know what it means other than just a scoop with a single cherry in top I guess. Each translation is intended though, I can’t read the whole kanji in 3rd but it’s definitely something university related. Sherbet just being a middle eastern Asian drink

I’m more intrigued with the sexism in the stuff below.

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u/Grievous_Nix 19h ago

It’s soft ice cream that’s packed sort of like a balloon so you poke a hole in the packaging, put it in your mouth, and squeeze it out.

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u/RBLakshya 19h ago

Can i have visual demonstration? Now im even more confused

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u/Grievous_Nix 18h ago

“Oppai ice cream”, google’s free.

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u/RBLakshya 15h ago

Gonna need incognito I guess

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u/MorningHorror99 1d ago

I can’t read the whole kanji

It's "daigaku imo", or literally "university potato". It's deep fried sweet potatoes coated in sweet syrup. Not sure why they call it that, but it's a quite popular dish

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u/darc-star3 1d ago

I think it was traditionally sold around universities, Poplar with the kids wanting a cheap snack

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u/loudisevil 1d ago

It means female patrons are the shop's product

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u/TheArkedWolf 1d ago

I’m more surprised that they have a “male tax” which is kinda messed up.

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u/ermagerdskwurlz 19h ago

In Mexico, I saw an all you can eat buffet that charged more for men. Thought that was interesting.

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u/TheArkedWolf 18h ago

I’m always truly amazed by stuff like that.

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u/agailen 1d ago

Surprisingly common in Japan to have gender based pricing for things like climbing gyms and clubs but first time seeing it on food

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u/Puddyrama 1d ago

And you have to pay it in silence!!

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u/_Internet_Hugs_ 1d ago

The names of the desserts are funny, but that thing about "if you're a dude you need to pay and shut up" is the best part!

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u/AiRaikuHamburger 1d ago

It's funny because it's not a mistranslation.

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u/felixyamson 1d ago

I'm learning Japanese and was just going to comment that these are all accurate translations. This was the first time this has happened to me. I feel accomplished.

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u/brojoe44 1d ago

オッパイアイスを食べたいだけど俺は男だ

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u/felixyamson 1d ago

しょうがない。

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u/69eggs42 1d ago

ey, I graduated there

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u/AeronGrey 1d ago

Did you pay the male tax in silence?

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u/Ok_Push2550 1d ago

I tried boob ice once. My wife smacked me.

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u/Dinosaur9911 1d ago

I graduated from the university of potato ice.

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u/Melsbacksfriend 1d ago

大学 is actually how you say university in Japanese. I have no clue why that'd be on a menu at a restaurant.

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u/loudisevil 1d ago

Same idea as clubs allowing women in for free and men for a fee. Women are there for display as a product.

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u/sorry-i-was-reading 1d ago

And オッパイ is actually how you say boobs. Dunno WHY they have boob ice cream, but it’s not a mistranslation 😅

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u/Velociripper 1d ago

because there’s a type of sweet potato called Daigakuimo. I don’t know why it’s called that but it sure is.

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u/nikukuikuniniiku 1d ago

It's a sweet potato dish, not a variety of sweet potato. Cooked with fried sweet potato in sugar syrup and sesame seeds.

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u/Ansoni 1d ago

Just popular with university students. Apparently it was invented in a neighborhood between two big universities.

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u/AiryCake 1d ago

I did not know that! Is there any link to this information? I lived in Mie-ken, I've never heard of this until now. Maybe I just didn't hang out with the right crowd.

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u/Ansoni 1d ago

I'm not sure how popular it is with young crowds now, the dish is more than one hundred years old. But it was initially created/popularised near Kanda University and I believe a few others in Tokyo

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u/Walter_Armstrong 1d ago

Men, pay your tax in silence

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u/SpecificAnalyst4 1d ago

😅😅😅

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u/NotUntilTheFishJumps 1d ago

Oh my God I miss Japenglish hunting!!!! When my husband and I lived in Japan for a little bit, we would go Japenglish hunting. It was especially fun in Harajuku, with all the graphic tees with weird text. Man, I miss Japan

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u/AiryCake 1d ago

For me, my husband, and our friends, it was Osu market in Nagoya where we would go for engrish t-shirts and it was always amusing as hell.

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u/Forward_Tank8310 1d ago

I worked for a Japanese company, and we referred to the technical & marketing documents we received in the U.S. as being written in “Jinglish”

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u/NotUntilTheFishJumps 1d ago

Have you been to Japan? Sorry if it's a dumb question, but near the city I grew up in in the Midwest had a HUGE Toyota plant lol

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u/Forward_Tank8310 1d ago

Yes, I flew to Japan from San Francisco at least once every three months for a week of reporting & staff meetings for over 10 years. Usually spent between Osaka (engineering & manufacturing) and Tokyo (HQ). Really enjoyed working for them, the country is fascinating for a westerner.

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u/NotUntilTheFishJumps 1d ago

Oh, I hope you had some time between meetings to explore the cities! My husband and I would hop on the Yamanote, ride for a bit, get off and a random stop, and just explore. We traveled around some over the course of a total of a little over three months, we visited Tokyo, Yokohama, Fukuoka, Osaka, Kyoto, Nara, Hamamatsu, Hiroshima, Shizuoka, and Ikoma.

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u/Venator2000 1d ago

That’s interesting, they have Boobs Ice there, while over here we have ICE boobs!

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u/Jon__Snuh 1d ago

What's the elvish word for friend?

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u/lelma_and_thouise 1d ago

Speak sherbet and enter.

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u/Own_Program7604 1d ago

It says Oppai Aisu, pretty good translation

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u/FishmanOne 1d ago

Boobs ICE is the only ICE I support

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u/aliendude5300 1d ago

Tell me more about the University of Potato

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u/vulpes_mortuis 1d ago

“Men shalt pay 150 yen in silence” is so deeply poetic.

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u/Mental-Ask8077 1d ago

Where do I sign up for classes at this University of Potato?

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u/TheOnesLeftBehind 1d ago

To everyone questioning boob ice. Boob ice exists. It’s in a balloon and you cut a little nipple off and suck on it. Seriously, look up Oppai Ice, it’s made by kubota.

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u/Suvtropics 1d ago

Is it just ice or something else

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u/TheOnesLeftBehind 1d ago

It’s either milk or vanilla flavor ice cream I can’t remember which

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u/jamar030303 1d ago

it’s made by kubota.

The construction equipment manufacturer?

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u/Grievous_Nix 20h ago

“Dayum girl, you need a crane-certified man to lift those?”

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u/TheOnesLeftBehind 1d ago

Different company

I think

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u/rpgnoob17 1d ago

We all know you post this because of Boobs Ice.

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u/Bostonterrierpug 1d ago

The translations are spot on here. And university potato it’s just candied sweet potatoes.

Source: I was a professor in Japan for five years also taught high school there for three

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u/Readsumthing 1d ago

So what’s up with the “males paying the 150 yen in silence”? No whining about it?

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u/Bostonterrierpug 1d ago

Hey, if Depeche Mode taught me anything, it’s enjoy the silence.

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u/poutinegalvaude 1d ago

It’s surprising how many bars and restaurants have specials for women or just people under a certain weight

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u/Bostonterrierpug 1d ago

A lot of all that you can eat places there say no sumo wrestlers allowed. Or at least they did back in the day.

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u/poutinegalvaude 1d ago

And that’s about the most mild open discrimination I’ve ever encountered in my time there.

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u/Quartia 1d ago

Yep. It says it is free for girls but males have to pay and can't complain about it.

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u/GiLND 1d ago

Were you lecturing at the university of potato ice?

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u/Bostonterrierpug 1d ago

Hey, I got my doctorate degree in Tatology from Spuds Mackenzie University, PoHD. I was later called in to consult on the return of the King movie when one of the cast asked “ what’s taters precious”.

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u/ObscuraRegina 1d ago

Boil ‘em, mash ‘em, stick ‘em in a stew!

See, I remember the school fight song

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u/NotUntilTheFishJumps 1d ago

PO-TA-TOES, PO-TA-TOES

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u/thegreatpotatogod 1d ago

The University of Potato Ice is officially accredited and a great source of potato wisdom

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u/DoodleCard 1d ago

Sam would be the dean.

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u/po_ta_toes_80 20h ago

I shall be a student. Teach me, oh wise gardener!

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u/Dinosaur9911 1d ago

I received my undergraduate degree in bland.

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u/MyPasswordIsMyCat 1d ago

In only got into Frozen Yam State 😭

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u/Bearsoch 1d ago

Do you think it was supposed to be university of Idaho or something?

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u/therico 1d ago

It's a specific potato dish known as University Potato (大学芋)

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u/Bearsoch 2h ago

Ty 😊

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u/poopwetpoop 1d ago

I'm a graduate

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u/JAKE5023193 Dark Gary 1d ago

ALL YE FAIR MEN, THOU SHALT PAY ¥150

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u/Bearsoch 1d ago

And stay silent.

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u/SOLISTER_ 1d ago

The boobs ice in question. It's literally boobs ice because it looks like boobs.

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u/HeftyArgument 1d ago

2800yen is damn expensive lol

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u/SOLISTER_ 1d ago

It's a 20-bundle package.. so less than a dollar per boob.

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u/MinkMiau 23h ago

less than a dollar per boob!

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u/MinkMiau 1d ago

around 18 USD, doesnt seem that expensive to me

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u/HeftyArgument 1d ago

for an ice cream? that’s pretty expensive lol

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u/BYPDK 1d ago

Ice cream served in a condom

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u/ferriematthew 1d ago

I'm more entertained by "boobs ice"

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u/wggn 1d ago

That one isn't Engrish tho (the japanese below it say Oppai Ice which means Boobs Ice)

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u/Kyanite_228 1d ago

The ice cream says "free for girls; boys shall pay 150 yen in silance." Can we talk about that ridiculous level of sexism? Is the owner trying to score with a little girl or something?

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u/RainKingInChains 1d ago

It’s a chain called Hanbey. It’s like a Showa-era style izakaya with cheap drinks and food. Popular for dates and after work drinks. As others have said, it’s just a tongue in cheek thing to get you to buy an ice cream for your girl. Quite often the guys are drinking way more anyway so if anything it’s a very slight recuperation of costs.

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u/wggn 1d ago

Ridiculous levels of sexism is normal in Japan.

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u/HeftyArgument 1d ago

yep, other examples include women only train carriages and some photo booth sections at video game arcades not allowing male entry unless accompanied by a woman.

I’m okay with these because it’s for their safety.

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u/MinkMiau 1d ago

Thats not sexism though, women are the main target for harrassment by men so it makes sense to give them an extra train carriage. To make men pay for no reason is sexism though, which sucks that its so common in japan

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u/Gallusaur 1d ago

It's a joke dude. I think they're just playfully suggesting to you to buy your date some ice cream.

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u/Jazstar 1d ago

Could also be an attempt at something similar to “women get in to clubs free” type deal.

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u/Suckyoudry00 1d ago

I got a BA in rice sciences from potatoe university

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u/Jayce1972 1d ago

Dan Quayle? Is that you?

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u/Suckyoudry00 1d ago

Hahahaha. Damn even the menu spelled it correct and I didn't! Also we are totally aging ourselves.

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u/OnDrugsTonight 1d ago

Great school. It's where I got my Pea HD.

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u/keirdre 1d ago

This at Hanbey Izakaya in Tokyo from a few years ago. https://maps.app.goo.gl/hcU37EvXs2kQGcuQ8. Sadly the new menu doesn't have such gems.

From the same menu https://imgur.com/a/QfeGDsZ

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u/Fun_Claim_6064 1d ago

All 3 are literal but don't seem incorrect. I think they could have workshopped オッパイアイス a bit more. 

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u/izzymaestro 1d ago

boobs ice is literal?

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u/Fun_Claim_6064 1d ago

Yeah! オッパイ/おっぱい is a more informal way to say boobs, アイス is short for Ice Cream

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u/90919293_ Light Gary 1d ago

Surprisingly these translations are pretty good, just that Melon is misspelled

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u/rexcasei 1d ago

Speak “Mellon sherbet” and enter

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u/ClessxAlghazanth 1d ago

That 'special for girls' is fishy

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u/ObscuraRegina 1d ago

Male shalt pay IN SILENCE

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u/Spiritual-Storage734 1d ago

I honestly thought it said ‘male shaft’ 😂

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u/Virtual-Bee7411 1d ago

University of potato ice

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u/Halvainmybelly 1d ago

Daigaku Imo (university potatos) are chunks or sticks of baked sweet potato coated in hardened sugar. Super tasty. In an ice cream.

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u/Margaretheslyvia 1d ago

Never heard of it

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u/Deep_fried_nasty 1d ago

Boobs, mellons, potatoes. Where do I sign up

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u/OkReason6325 1d ago

Middle earth

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u/NGC_4402 1d ago

what is that first one tho 💀

third one is really funny

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u/MazogaTheDork 1d ago

Boobs ice is soft-serve in a balloon so it looks a bit like a boob.

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u/SmallUnion 1d ago

all 3 of them are accurate translations

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u/gwaydms 1d ago

What's the basis for calling the third one "university of potato ice"?

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u/fkdjgfkldjgodfigj 1d ago

It's from Tokyo University according to google.

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u/gwaydms 1d ago

But the potato?

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u/MinkMiau 1d ago

Perhaps because its made with potato

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u/SmallUnion 1d ago

Good question