• tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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    26 days ago

    The word for ice cream in Japanese is aisu (ice) because if they had to say aisu kuriimu all the time it would be too long and they use a native Japanese word for ice (kōri). Also they love shortening loanwords especially (like how Starbucks (sutaabakusu) becomes sutaba or First Kitchen becomes fakkin lol).

    The “University of potato ice” is a real thing, or at least it’s natural when separated from ice cream. A university potato is fried sweet potatoes covered with a syrup. Wikipedia says the origin of the name is unclear, and maybe it was invented at one university or maybe just students of a certain university really liked it.

    However, the “boobs ice (cream)” is translated correctly and I don’t think it means anything else. Seems especially odd given the message at the bottom about the ¥150 discount for women.

  • fireweed@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    25 days ago

    While you’re all mulling over boobs ice, I’m wondering where the hell in Japan they list their prices without the tax included.

    • tigeruppercut@lemmy.zipEnglish
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      25 days ago

      That is the tax included price. If there’s only one number it has to be the tax included one by law. Most restaurants don’t list both prices on the menu. You usually see both prices in places like supermarkets, department stores, and convenience stores.

  • ZombieCyborgFromOuterSpace@piefed.caEnglish
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    26 days ago

    That’s the literal translation, yes.

    oppai aisu = boobs ice (oppai is boobs)

    meron shaabetto = Mellon sherbet

    daigaku imo aisu = university potato ice (daigaku is university, imo is potato. The kanjis literally translate to that, but it really means baked sweet potato.)

    And approx $1.50 for ice cream is a hell of a good deal.