Is it my imagination, or is the Japanese word for toilet, "toilet"? Pants seems to be "pants" and bye-bye "bye bye".

A lot of japanese words have english roots like that, Thwarted. I remember reading somewhere that the japanese word for "underground" (as in underground metro trains" is something like "Andaguraundo".

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The Japanese word for toilet is "toire" pants (trousers) are "zubon" underpants are "pantsu".

Japanese has a special alphabet just for foreign words called katakana. They have no problem adopting foreign words and incorporating them into Japanese using katakana.

It's funny though, they use katakana for all Western languages, so while knowing that the word is foreign, they often assume it's English wrongly, and use it when speaking English.

I remember that happened when a Japanese person asked me to fill out an "anket", which I think is German for "survey"? Also, the Japanese word for part-time job is "arubaito" which might also be German. Bread is "Pan" (Spanish, Portugese).

Anket is not a german word and I can't think of a word which might be like "anket"...
On the other hand, arubaito is like the german word "arbeit" which can be used simply as "work", "job" or even "part-time job"
I didn't know that but it's very fascinating.

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Thanks Gapo. I wonder what language "anket" comes from. In Japanese it's more like "ankayto"

wow, didn't see that live action ending coming. 'I win at pooping! (peace fingers)'

The floating poo looked a lot like Mr. Hanky.
I couldn't help notice how the boy is straining to do a poo, and how this is not a good habit to promote. I mean if it's that hard, the person needs some fibre or something, right? Maybe this is typical for many Japanese, because I remember when I lived in Japan all my female friends were always comlaining of being constipated. I thought at the time it was a diet thing, because virtually nobody eats wholewheat bread, or brown rice there, and veges are usually well-cooked or pickled, not much raw stuff. I bet one day when Japanese health authorities cotton onto this problem, there'll be a new video for toilet habits which shows non-fibre eaters straining away, and big fibre eaters pooing happily. Japanese never miss the opportunity to explore a poo topic in the cutest, if not graphic way possible.

my parents never sang with my while i was on the potty. i missed a lot.. :-(

Dag, the foreign word "anket" comes from is probably the french word for survey: enquête (pronounced "anket").

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Ahhh sweet - thanks for the HorsSujet. I knew would get the right language person eventually. Another of those little things you wonder about answered.

I love langauge stuff.

LOL... yaeh it´s completely japanese like..:D My mum was near here when I watched it and she said they used to sang me with my father when i was young too but they´re text has been a bit different

To english words in Japanese: recently I realised that word MASHIMARO is english marshmallow or good old example MIRUKU is milk....:D

Actually the word "ankayto" probably comes from the Russian "anketa" which is usually any formal civic form.

oh Gahhhhhhhhdd! You needin' another little one there, ma??

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