A collection of funny Japanese phrases from Lucky, her husband from Pakistan

The other day we sent you a story about Katori Reimi's work and life . International marriage, child rearing, cooking meals every day according to Islamic rules, and her work at Monosas...

Although Katori's days are hectic, her conversations with her Pakistani husband, Lucky, are unique. It seems their household is always full of laughter.

To give you a glimpse into this bright family life, we bring you some of Lucky's funny Japanese quotes that will make you want to chime in, along with commentary by Katori.

"Maruichimaru"

He calls Marui "Maruichimaru." Apparently, all his friends from his hometown call him that too.

"Templa"

My husband has never eaten raw fish before, but since my parents love sushi, we decided to take a chance and take them to a conveyor belt sushi restaurant.

I was worried that there would be nothing to eat and I would be upset, but the restaurant was quite busy, there were a few foreign customers, and I was pleased to see that the touch screen menu was available in English.

As I was looking for a menu that my husband would like to eat, I discovered his favorite shrimp tempura nigiri! As mentioned above, tempura is called "tempurara" for some reason.
I really enjoyed the shrimp tempura nigiri, the salmon topped with lots of sliced onions, and the tuna mayo gunkan, and ended up eating more than five of the same thing.
He also seemed to enjoy the rotating conveyor belt sushi system, which he saw for the first time, and whenever he got the chance he would say "I want to go to Onigiri Restaurant", and although for some reason the sushi is replaced with onigiri, it has become one of his favourite restaurants.

"Shashing"

For some reason, he seems to be very confident in himself. He loves himself, he's a narcissist! (This may be common among people of other nationalities than Japanese.)
I love being photographed, so even if I go out to various places, my smartphone's camera roll tends to fill up with selfies.

When I showed him an article about my life and work the other day, he said,
"Why did you get this photo? No."
Why didn't you use the photo you took then?

That photo was taken when we went out as a family during Golden Week, and my son happened to fall asleep, leaving me with nothing to do, so he urged me to take a photo, so I took it.

I was made to take over 30 model-like photos using the SLR camera I had brought with me.
Ignoring the child, he moved around and posed. I also got into the mood and directed him, and he seemed satisfied with taking some of his favorite photos.
I repeatedly emphasized, "Please put all of my phone on."
After sending them to me night after night, I frantically selected photos to use as thumbnails for social media and LINE.
Now that we've come this far...

"Odunfuddau."

Recently, he started eating cold udon and somen noodles with noodle soup. He had never been very interested in udon before, but after eating it with a coworker, he started to like it. He even recommended Inageya's "Ebi Ten Udon" set to my parents, saying it was delicious.

One day, when I had only prepared some chilled udon noodles and soup, he got a little angry and said, "What should I eat? There's no shrimp tempura either!"

For some reason, such udon noodles are called "Odanfudou" (crosswalk).
I wonder if ``Udo(n)'' sounded like ``Fudo''...
"Odumhudou (crosswalk)" is a word she learned when she was first married. She seems to like the sound of it.

"I've got a hat"

Originally a chef, she is often in the kitchen at our house, skillfully preparing Indian curry.
On such occasions, I become an assistant and my role is to prepare the vegetables and distribute the spices, but the head chef gives me the instruction, "Boshi totte."
I stopped moving, wondering "Hat?", but it turned out that the lid of the pot was actually a hat. I couldn't stop laughing, and my assistant stopped moving even more.

"Petri dish"

Since getting married, my husband has started buying clothes from stores like GU and Uniqlo.
The husband says, "Before I married you, I was dressed every day."
I thought to myself, "That must be a lie," and ignored her, when we happened to walk into a slightly pricey clothing store and she said, "I want to become a model, too. I've been a model every day since a long time ago."
Petri dish?
yeah?
You want to be fashionable...

"Yasashii"

While watching TV, I heard a girl say "It has a mild taste" in a food review,
"Is the food delicious?" he asked.
It's true that there are ways to express something as "kind," and I was reminded once again how strange the Japanese language is.

"See you later."

Since I work for a Japanese company, I sometimes have to use the Japanese I've just learned.
Apparently people often say "See you later, Abuchan*" when parting, and he really liked the phrase "Matasonouchine," so he asked me what it meant.
It was just a casual remark, but it seemed like a brand new Japanese word to him.
When asked, "Does the 'uchi' in 'matasonouchine' mean 'house?'" I had a hard time explaining it.
*Lucky's nickname. From his family name "Abdul"

We have introduced eight of Lucky's slightly quiet Japanese phrases.
His use of Japanese and his questions will make you chuckle but also take your breath away.
Even the Japanese language that we use every day can give us new insights when we look at it from a slightly different perspective.

Now from Lucky, "See you soon."