That’s so Japanese
Filed under Japanese by Alei on 20-08-2009
Tags : funny, Japanese, japanese study, japanese word of the day
In English there is the expression, “the walls have ears”.
In Japan there is not only a Japanese translation of it, but there’s even a further Japanese extended version of it. I learnt it today from a work colleague. I found it most amusing.
壁に耳あり （かべにみみあり）
障子に目あり （しょうじにめあり）
The translation being, not only do “the walls have ears but the shouji have eyes” －you never know who’s watching or listening.
(Shouji is the thin Japanese paper doors that usually slide)
