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A form of English characterized by bad translation from Japanese by someone who is decent at translating vocabulary but has a poor grasp of English grammar. Tends to be a word-by-word literal translation with humorous results for native English speakers. Engrish is most common in old video games and anime subtitles.

The term "Engrish" comes from the fact that the Japanese language does not have distinct L and R sounds. They do have a consonant that is roughly somewhere in between these two sounds, but whether this translates to L or R in English depends on the situation (and therefore can be interpreted wrong.)
All your base are belong to us. (Your bases are all under our control.)

A winner is you. (You win.)

Somebody set up us the bomb. (Someone has placed a bomb on our ship!)*

Make your time. (I have no idea what this means.)

*PS: The original form of this is "set up us," not "set us up" as most people say it. If you're going to make fun of the bad translation, try to get all the mistakes.
Engrish by Artscrafter September 14, 2004
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Enerissa engrish Enesis eneri Eneritz Enrish enterism eyeris emeriss encrispen
A beautiful Albanian girl. That is popular fun to be with likes to party. Has lots of cousins. (stylish) beautiful brunette hair. the best girlfriend ever. She love hip hop.
Endrisa is best person in the world
endrisa by sddgfhh November 7, 2013
1.) The theory that self-realization is the highest good.

2.) A doctrine that certain phenomena of mental states are explicable in terms of energy.
The Energism journey takes you to the deepest depths and highest planes of your spirit which are necessary and for your highest good.
Energism by Carl Jung August 1, 2012
Engrish is the slang term for Japanese to English translations gone horribly wrong, and the results are often extremely funny
Engrish: "Gives you strong mouth and refreshing wind"

What they meant to say: "Gives you a healthy mouth and fresh breath"
engrish by www.engrish.com March 20, 2005

encrispen 

The act of making something crisp and focused, to the point.
Most traditional software demos taking freaking forever to get to the point; please encrispen your demos and get to the point right away!
encrispen by Great Demo! February 13, 2017
n. Engrish can be simply defined as the humorous English mistakes that appear in Japanese advertising and product design. Often,not only in Japan, but all around the world.
A sign in a Japanese hotel room may read "No Smorking" instead of "No Smoking".

There are many Japanese snacks with American names, such as "Dew-Dew Mix", "Pecker", and "Eat Me!".
engrish by RogueRising August 13, 2003
Word of the Day on July 3, 2006