Comments on: When honesty isn’t the best policy http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/04/when-honesty-isnt-the-best-policy/ From kimono to keitai; research Japanese facts and figures through translated opinion polls and surveys. Thu, 10 Apr 2014 22:29:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.8.2 By: Ken Y-N http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/04/when-honesty-isnt-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-162592 Mon, 04 May 2009 15:07:11 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1941#comment-162592 Michael, the literal (ie correct) translation was a bit boring, so I thought the “does my bum look big in this?” summed up the usual situation where us guys especially hear such a comment.

]]> By: moritheil http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/04/when-honesty-isnt-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-162560 Mon, 04 May 2009 10:26:22 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1941#comment-162560 Sure it’s relevant! Don’t you remember the 2007 baby hatch fiasco?

. . . On second thought, it would have been better if it weren’t actually relevant.

]]> By: Michael http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/04/when-honesty-isnt-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-162492 Mon, 04 May 2009 02:51:04 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1941#comment-162492 Tecnically speaking, it translates more like ”I am not honest with people when the say they think they’ve gained weight.”

]]> By: Joe http://whatjapanthinks.com/2009/05/04/when-honesty-isnt-the-best-policy/comment-page-1/#comment-162441 Sun, 03 May 2009 15:39:12 +0000 http://whatjapanthinks.com/?p=1941#comment-162441 wait so, japanese men ask their gf’s if their bum looks big more than the girls ask them?

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