Embarrassing things done in Japan?

Question

What'cha done?

For me, the most embarassing thing I did was in a speach. I was speaking in front of a school and instead of saying "I want to become a translator" I said I wanted to become a fiance. Simular words. Very embarrassing at the moment.

Answer 1

A long time ago when I lived in Fukushima city I spent all night drinking, then attempted to catch the first bus home to my apartment on the edge of town. I passed out on said bus and was awakened by the the driver at the end of the line which was out in the middle of nowhere.

Answer 2

Similar to the user plastic, I was trying to get to the airport in Osaka and I had two suitcases. I was trying to get on the subway and I couldn't get the heavy bags over the dang lip of the subway door, not to mention that there was a huge gap between the platform and the subway car. Everyone inside the car was staring at me while I tried to drag the things on. Funny, but two able bodied men got on after I did and didn't even help me! After a little while a lady got up and looked like she was going to help me, but by that time I managed to get the last suitcase on the subway.

Yeah, pretty embarrassing. I just hid in a corner and stared at the wall for the entire ride, which was less than 3 minutes anyway. Oh well, I was leaving, so I didn't care much after that! Hahaha.

Answer 3

Two things (or maybe 3 or more).


First there's a kid I saw crying alone in the park. I can't leave him crying there, bleeding a wound on his knee. I asked a Japanese officemate (to whom, i had a little crush), and when she spoke "naze", my tounge got twisted and only managed to say "I just called to say hi". What a whacko! After she dropped the phone, I just talked with the kid using sign language, since my Japanese is really bad, all I can understand is "itai" and I know he is in deep pain. I just went to a nearby grocery to buy band aids and ice cream since kids love them. He stopped crying and i cured his wound. though my ruined image didn't get any better as time pass by.

The other embarassing thing happened to me is on the subway station. I saw an old lady and a baby in a cart. She is having difficulty going down the stairs of subway, so I tried to help her. To my shock, she hit me with her walking stick shouting "sawaranaide, sawaranaide" (to which I looked in the net, means don't touch...). Again I have to use my little nihongo (since I learned a little by that time), like koko kara soko made (pointing at the lower level of stair), aka-chan wo then acting like carrying. good thing she understand and after that apologize to me like dozen. foolish isn't it... whenever I remember it, it just motivates me to learn NIhongo,also same case to the officemate.. though my image is already ruined... *sob*

Answer 4

1) You know how the subway stations in Japan has no elevators, and I was traveling alone then with a suitcase and lots of shopping bags and running late for my plane home, so I dragged my suitcase down the stairs creating a racket and I swear the japanese who crossed my path gave me a straight face.

Answer 5

Well, I didnt do this, but a friend of mine did, he had graduated from a college in Japan, and had to give a speech, and said, Japanese people are cheap, by accident. Instead of saying, yasashi, he said yasui, I don't know how he got those mixed up, but it was funny. hahaha.

Answer 6

One day, I helped my academic colleague who is foreigner and he said to me,
YARASHIINE (dirty), instead of YASASHIINE (kind).

This was sooooo embarassing case for him

Answer 7

me,i went to the men's cr accidentally....