Words used by Japanese people that sound/look like English words, but have different (sometimes completely different) meanings. Eg. kanin-suru (first part sounds like "cunning") refers to cheating on a test, but "cunning" in English refers to a general skill for getting what one wants or for deceiving.
Westerner: In Japan, do you live in a house?
Japanese: No, I live in a *mansion*.
Westerner: Wow! a very big house for rich people???
Japanese: No, *mansion* is a home in a building.
Westerner: Oh! You mean an apartment/flat/condo!
Japanese: Ok, sure. In Japan, people call them *mansions*.
Westerner: Oh, I see - *mansion* is Janglish!
Japanese: No, I live in a *mansion*.
Westerner: Wow! a very big house for rich people???
Japanese: No, *mansion* is a home in a building.
Westerner: Oh! You mean an apartment/flat/condo!
Japanese: Ok, sure. In Japan, people call them *mansions*.
Westerner: Oh, I see - *mansion* is Janglish!
by Te Ahiru August 16, 2011
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From the Japanese Sandal...
A thong in Australia
A flipflop in US
Made of rubber.
COMFY!
From the Japanese Sandal...
A thong in Australia
A flipflop in US
Made of rubber.
COMFY!
Dont wear socks with jandles!
"Hi, where did you get those jandles?"
The sand was too hot so she put on her jandles
"Hi, where did you get those jandles?"
The sand was too hot so she put on her jandles
by Layla..... July 26, 2005
Get the Jandle mug.yo i was totally gonna slay that girl last night but she had the most jangley box so i told her to peace.
i used my jangley box as a weapon when i dangled it on a mans face
i used my jangley box as a weapon when i dangled it on a mans face
by bosscrevase July 5, 2009
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I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
(Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man)
I'm not sleepy and there is no place I'm going to.
Hey! Mr. Tambourine Man, play a song for me,
In the jingle jangle morning I'll come followin' you.
(Bob Dylan: Mr. Tambourine Man)
by kaiser38fuenf January 19, 2010
Get the jingle jangle mug.An incurable disease picked up when eating from food stalls in south east Asia. Symptoms consist of a constant ooze of anal syrup out of your Janus, resulting in severe embarrassment when any light coloured pants are worn.
"Hey Nick, want to come play golf today?"
"Nah mate I better pass, my Janal Fever's playing up this week, not a good idea to don the whites at the moment."
"Nah mate I better pass, my Janal Fever's playing up this week, not a good idea to don the whites at the moment."
by Janal Maniac December 24, 2014
Get the Janal Fever mug.Janglesteined - (n) (adj) - The illuminati's deceptive use of race, religion, fractional reserve banking, usury, pharmaceutical drugs, 5G, and the combination of which to extrapolate power by keeping us all divided and in fear of one another and in debt to private banking institutions, all while blaming it on one another instead of the illuminati and the banks.
by billyjones2024 December 1, 2022
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