Interesting Choice of Words
Looking up a compound for some homework, I discovered that there's a kanji compound that means "business" and is pronounced けいき keiki. This is effectively the same way that you say "cake" (ケーキ keeki). Anyway, I was a little curious, and apparently there's a whole list of words prounced "cake" in Japanese:
契機 【けいき】 (n) opportunity, chance, (P)
景気 【けいき】 (n) condition, state, business (condition), (P)
計器 【けいき】 (n) meter, gauge, (P)
刑期 【けいき】 (n) prison term
継起 【けいき】 (n,vs) occurring in succession
軽機 【けいき】 (n) light machine gun
Now I will never know whether or not I want to eat some cake in Japanese again. I'm not going to take the chance that the person's talking about an LMG. Hopefully, I won't find anything dangerous that's pronounced クリームパン kuriimu pan, you know?
Yum.
契機 【けいき】 (n) opportunity, chance, (P)
景気 【けいき】 (n) condition, state, business (condition), (P)
計器 【けいき】 (n) meter, gauge, (P)
刑期 【けいき】 (n) prison term
継起 【けいき】 (n,vs) occurring in succession
軽機 【けいき】 (n) light machine gun
Now I will never know whether or not I want to eat some cake in Japanese again. I'm not going to take the chance that the person's talking about an LMG. Hopefully, I won't find anything dangerous that's pronounced クリームパン kuriimu pan, you know?
Yum.
Labels: food, japanese language, not メロンパン
posted by William at
10/07/2008 07:54:00 AM
5 Comments:
WHAT?!! I don't recommend eating an LMG, but if you can get one for the price of a piece of cake....
Oh, wait...no wonder the cake is a lie. It's really a machine gun.
That's... disturbingly accurate.
... Unlike some LMGs.
Hell, does that mean I can have my cake, AND an LMG to hose anyone who tries to take it?
Until you eat the whole thing, yes.
Apparently it also means occurring in succession, so perhaps then there would just be more cake. Does that mean there is a continuous supply of ammo for the LMG, also?
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