I met two Russian people who were running a booth at a festival. One greeted me and tried to converse with me in English, but it soon became apparent that that wouldn’t get us very far. So, we switched to Japanese, and made small talk for a few minutes before I made my purchase....
花金～
Or 華金? Well, either way: TGIF!
A mistake I once made: instead of お城（おしろ）I said お尻（おしり）
In the car on the way to a castle (お城) with my host family’s kids, no less. They thought it was hilarious that I was excited to see the お尻 (butt)....
999命士
救急救命士（きゅうきゅうきゅうめいし / paramedic） is one of my favorite Japanese words because it has きゅう three times in a row....
I just had a conversation with two Russian people in Japanese.
I met two Russian people who were running a booth at a festival. One greeted me and tried to converse with me in English, but it soon became apparent that that wouldn’t get us very far. So, we switched to Japanese, and made small talk for a few minutes before I made my purchase....
The "dragon-eared" people: 聾者
聾者（ろうしゃ） looks like 龍（たつ・りゅう / dragon）＋耳（みみ / ear）then 者（しゃ/person）...
凸凹 and 凹凸
I love the visual aspect. They areでこぼこ and おうとつ and mean bumpiness....
吉 is pronounced き↑ち↓ but 不吉 is ふ↑きつ
吉（き↑ち↓）= Lucky (especially from a fortune)...