6. The Japanese aren’t ‘chatterboxes,’ they were ‘born from a mouth’ (kuchi kara umareta).
7. The Japanese don’t ‘waste time,’ they ‘sell oil’ (abura o uru).
8. The Japanese don’t ‘bar hop,’ they ‘do the ladder’ (hashigo o suru).
9. The Japanese don’t ‘kiss up to someone,’ they ‘grind sesame’ (goma o suru).
10. When the Japanese say ‘you are sweet’ (amai), don’t be flattered. It really means ‘you are naive or shortsighted.’
11. The Japanese don’t tell you ‘you are cold and insincere,’ they will tell you that ‘you smell like water’ (mizukusai).
12. The Japanese don’t just ‘desperately want something,’ their ‘hand comes out of their throat’ (nodo kara te ga deru).
13. The Japanese don’t get angry or pissed off, their ‘stomach stands’ (hara ga tatsu). Alternatively, ‘it is coming toward their head’ (atama ni kuru).
14. The Japanese don’t get fired, they ‘get necked’ (kubi ni naru). 