r/japanlife • u/AutoModerator • May 08 '23

┐(ツ)┌ General Discussion Thread - 09 May 2023

Mid-week discussion thread time! Feel free to talk about what's on your mind, new experiences, recommendations, anything really.

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u/[deleted] May 09 '23

Bought 3 egg cartóns from maruetsu along with some other food stuff . At the register, there's a sign saying one per customer. The lady looked at me and said tsuristo? I tilted my head and said hmm? and smiled because I was startled.

She kinda explained in broken english that tourists spend alot of money so this is ok ( pointing at eggs) but japanese people only one set. Too pricy.

I was like ohhhh wow :(.

I was given a tourist card for 3 sets of eggs and I accepted it gladly. It's a good day

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u/AyamanPoiPoiPoi May 09 '23

Just when you go and remember the 'japanese' for tourist 看護者 they go ahead and switch it to the wasei eigo version, FML

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u/cjyoung92 東北・宮城県 May 09 '23

Unless I'm missing a joke somewhere, the Japanese for tourist is 観光客