"mata", which is often used as "again". So you might hear someone say "mata taberu?" (Eating again?) if you suggest dessert after a really heavy meal. Or a common way of saying goodbye "ja mata" as in, "[See you] again". Or even "mata desu ka" for "More?".
But I think the most fitting one for the following picture is "mata ka yo~?" meaning "Not again?!", "ka" because it's a question and "yo" being a sound added for emphasis like you'd find in Cantonese.
Yes...... do it at home, indeed......
Just in time for the holiday season. Although the Japanese don't celebrate Christmas or even the New Year with any type of extravagant party, a really popular function is the "bonenkai", which is a year-end party, be it for work or a club or anything. Both dojo's I'm training at are having separate bonenkai's as is the school (probably). As expected, imbibing is rampant....
This image was actually posted on an English site for Japanese news and sparked comments about the choice of English as the alternate language, the sign assuming that English-speaking foreigners contribute heavily to the drunken behaviour. I find that a little over-reactionary since leaving out any foreign language doesn't account for the percentage of non-Japanese "not doing it at home" but printing it in every single language leaves no space for a picture of THE SAME OLD MAN awash in the displeasure of being around a social deviant.....
A better comment than that, however, was someone commenting on the fact that it says "Please". as if this was some option statement to be heeded, not some kind of directive to be followed (indeed, it's written in a much more forceful manner in Japanese).
The best, however, was a comment saying how the poster seems to expect everyone to celebrate all their year-end festivities at home...... by themselves......
At any rate, I just thought you might get as good a laugh as I did....... But I think the most fitting one for the following picture is "mata ka yo~?" meaning "Not again?!", "ka" because it's a question and "yo" being a sound added for emphasis like you'd find in Cantonese.
Yes...... do it at home, indeed......
Just in time for the holiday season. Although the Japanese don't celebrate Christmas or even the New Year with any type of extravagant party, a really popular function is the "bonenkai", which is a year-end party, be it for work or a club or anything. Both dojo's I'm training at are having separate bonenkai's as is the school (probably). As expected, imbibing is rampant....
This image was actually posted on an English site for Japanese news and sparked comments about the choice of English as the alternate language, the sign assuming that English-speaking foreigners contribute heavily to the drunken behaviour. I find that a little over-reactionary since leaving out any foreign language doesn't account for the percentage of non-Japanese "not doing it at home" but printing it in every single language leaves no space for a picture of THE SAME OLD MAN awash in the displeasure of being around a social deviant.....
A better comment than that, however, was someone commenting on the fact that it says "Please". as if this was some option statement to be heeded, not some kind of directive to be followed (indeed, it's written in a much more forceful manner in Japanese).
The best, however, was a comment saying how the poster seems to expect everyone to celebrate all their year-end festivities at home...... by themselves......
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