Disclaimer: This is just a rough translation/transcription, but I'm fairly confident that most of this is correct or at least close enough. Row 1: Row 2: Row 3: Row 4: Row 5: Row 6: Row 7:
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Disclaimer: This is just a rough translation/transcription, but I'm fairly confident that most of this is correct or at least close enough.
Row 1:
A1: "びえ〜〜んかんげき！" = "Waaah, I'm so moved!"
B1: "やはりムテキ" = "As expected, unbeatable/invincible"
C1: "おぬし... やりおるな" = "(?) ... Not bad!" (Don't recall what onushi means, maybe it's a pun? Probably "Well done". A lot of those here)
D1: "ニクいほどすてき" = "You really nailed it! Wonderful!" (wordplay: "niku" means meat, "nikui" =~ "You nailed it")
E1: "さすがレジェンド" = "As expected from a legend"
Row 2:
A2: "さすが! イカしてる!" = "As expected! So cool!" (ika = squid/cool)
B2: "さいこうにイカしてる" = "Super duper cool" ("The peak of cool", maybe as well, but that gives a different vibe in English from this)
C2: "にほんいちイカしてる" = "Coolest in Japan"
D2: "イカす! イカしてる!" = "Awesome! So cool!"
E2: "ひゃ〜! イカしてる〜!" = "Whoa~! So cool~!"
Row 3:
A3: "まさにレジェンド" = "Truly legendary"
B3: "とってもウマくなったね" = "You've gotten really good!" (uma (horse) = skilled in this context)
C3: "さすがムテキ" = "Truly invincible/unrivalled" (kana version of 無敵)
D3: "きみは... てんさい？" = "Are you... a genius?"
E3: "ニクいね! ノッってるね!" = "You nailed it! You're on fire!" ("Nikui ne" =~ "You nailed it/Very clever", another meat pun)
Row 4:
A4: "森のタヌキにほめられた" = "Praised by the forest raccoon"
B4: "ヒツジ [やるじゃないか]" = "Sheep: 'You're not bad'"
C4: "森のネコにほめられた" = "Praised by the forest cat"
D4: "タヌキ [よっ！にほんいち]" = "Raccoon: 'Yo! #1 in Japan!'"
E4: "森のヒツジにほめられた" = "Praised by the forest sheep"
Row 5:
A5: "ほれてまうやろっ！！" = "You'd fall for this!!" ("cutesy" Kansai dialect)
B5: "まさにムテキ" = "Absolutely invincible/unrivalled"
C5: "いよっニクいね！" = "Yo, you nailed it!" (meat/"niku" pun here again)
D5: "がんばった! かんげき!" = "You can do it! Seriously!" ("Kangeki"'s context might be different here, probably a better translation)
E5: "おぬし... できるな" = "(?)... you can do it" ("Onushi" here again, starting to think it means "well done")
Row 6:
A6: "ニク [いよっニクいね]" = "Meat: 'Yo, you nailed it'" (I think there may be a meat pun here but it's extremely difficult to tell, it is a mystery)
B6: "ゆうしゃどものさすが やで" = "Even heroes would be impressed"
C6: "ブラボー!! ブラボー!!" = "Bravo!! Bravo!!"
D6: "すごい! ウマくなったらね" = "Amazing! You got really skilled!" (horse emoji dot mp3)
E6: "ゆうしゃさま つよい..." = "Hero-sama, you're so strong..."
Row 7:
A7: "やはり... てんさい？" = "As I thought... a genius?"
B7: "がんばりに かんどう!" = "Moved by your hard work!"
C7: "さいこうに クール" = "Very cool" ("The peak of cool" more literally, again, different vibe)
D7: "ほうしゅうを てにいれた!" = "Got the reward!"
E7: "もはやムテキ" = "At this point, truly unbeatable/invincible"
Amazing, thank you and I'm sure I'll forget a lot of these, but as I use them and review them on my calendar I'll look them up again on your post and hopefully reinforce the learning There's a lot...
Amazing, thank you and I'm sure I'll forget a lot of these, but as I use them and review them on my calendar I'll look them up again on your post and hopefully reinforce the learning
There's a lot of new vocab here for me and it's so fun to learn puns in a different language! ほうしゅうを てにいれた I wouldn't even understand how to look up in a dictionary or something
@Leru gave you the original in the translation, so they should be pretty easy to match up. You could always paste them into a word processor, print it, then attach it to the original sheet. It's...
@Leru gave you the original in the translation, so they should be pretty easy to match up.
You could always paste them into a word processor, print it, then attach it to the original sheet. It's like a really long advent calendar!
It was me being tired and trying to find some other funny way of saying "this is the same horse uma/skill pun yet again" (similar to the comment on the meat pun in the same row), sorry if that...
Is the horse emoji mp3 a reference to a meme?
It was me being tired and trying to find some other funny way of saying "this is the same horse uma/skill pun yet again" (similar to the comment on the meat pun in the same row), sorry if that caused confusion.
Edit: SOLVED Thank you all Got these stickers from a store but I don't understand what they're saying or what the joke (?) might be, any help appreciated, obviously don't have to translate all of...
Edit:
SOLVED
Thank you all
Got these stickers from a store but I don't understand what they're saying or what the joke (?) might be, any help appreciated, obviously don't have to translate all of them :) thank you
I know a few words ( さすが ムテキ てんさい すごい やはり ブラボー) but why meat or squid or horse? What does まさに mean?
Some of the funny ones: 1,C: おぬし…やりおるな "You're pretty good [at that]" but written in old timey kind of conceited language, which is associated with cats because of Natsume Soseki's I am a cat 1,D:...
Some of the funny ones:
1,C: おぬし…やりおるな
"You're pretty good [at that]"
but written in old timey kind of conceited language, which is associated with cats because of Natsume Soseki's I am a cat
1,D: ニクいほどすてき amazingly wonderful
にくいほど amazingly is written ニクいほど、ニク meaning meat. Silly pun
Row two is all the same pun, いかしている means cool/stylish, イカ is squid, you're イカしている
Row four is all" You got praised by the (cat) of the forest" written like jrpg text.
Haha meat pun, excellent The RPG event style text is such a cute idea :D I love the mental imagery of going about my day and achieving a completely mundane task and then a spirit of the forest...
Haha meat pun, excellent
The RPG event style text is such a cute idea :D I love the mental imagery of going about my day and achieving a completely mundane task and then a spirit of the forest pops up RPG style, thanks for the translation
Not to be the guy who chimes in with an obviously AI response, but LLMs are particularly well-suited for translation. I dropped your photo into ChatGPT and asked it to translate each sticker...
Not to be the guy who chimes in with an obviously AI response, but LLMs are particularly well-suited for translation. I dropped your photo into ChatGPT and asked it to translate each sticker twice: once literally and once more loosely to capture more of the feel of each joke. I don’t know any Japanese to verify but here’s what it came up with:
ChatGPT’s translations
A few recurring bits of context:
イカす / イカしてる means “cool,” “slick,” or “stylish,” but it is old-fashioned Showa-era slang. It is still understandable, but often sounds retro, theatrical, or intentionally silly now. The squid pictures turn it into an ika = squid pun. Source: Kotobank: いかす
ぴえん is cute modern crying slang. It can express small sadness, mock sadness, or being moved to tears, which fits the teary-face stickers. Source: Mynavi: ぴえん
勇者 means “hero,” but in this kind of sticker it strongly evokes Japanese RPG language, especially Dragon Quest-style fantasy/game dialogue. Source: Dragon Quest III official character page
ほれてまうやろっ!! means “You’ll make me fall for you!!” and is a well-known comedy catchphrase associated with Chan Kawai of the duo Wエンジン. Source: Oricon article
ブラボー!! can simply mean “Bravo!”, but in recent Japanese pop culture it can also evoke footballer Yuto Nagatomo’s repeated “Bravo!” during the 2022 World Cup buzz. Source: Mainichi article
Sticker
Japanese
Accurate translation
Looser/localized version
Context / joke
1A
ぴえ〜〜ん かんげき！
“Piennn… I’m moved!”
“I’m crying—so touched!”
The teary face plus ぴえん makes this happy-crying praise rather than real sorrow.
1B
やはりムテキ
“As expected, invincible.”
“Yep—unbeatable.”
ムテキ = 無敵, “invincible,” written in katakana for a poppy/game-like feel.
1C
おぬし…やりおるな
“You… are quite capable.”
“Well played, young warrior.”
おぬし is archaic “you,” like samurai/RPG speech. The joke is praising a kid’s work as if by an old master.
1D
ニクいほどすてき
“So wonderful it’s almost annoying.”
“Annoyingly awesome.”
ニクい means “charmingly impressive / maddeningly good,” but the meat picture turns niku = meat into a visual pun.
1E
さすがレジェンド
“As expected of a legend.”
“Legend status confirmed.”
Over-the-top English loanword praise: calling a sticker recipient a “legend” for something small is the gag.
2A
さすが！イカしてる！
“As expected! You’re cool!”
“Squid-tacular as always!”
Squid image + イカしてる. It literally does not mean “squidding,” but the sticker wants the pun.
2B
さいこうにイカしてる
“Supremely cool.”
“Maximum squid-level cool.”
さいこうに = “to the max / absolutely.”
2C
にほんいちイカしてる
“The coolest in Japan.”
“Freshest squid in the land!”
にほんいち is a classic exaggerated cheer: “Japan’s No. 1.”
2D
イカす！イカしてる！
“Cool! You’re cool!”
“Ink-redibly fresh!”
This doubles down on the retro slang and squid pun. “Fresh” is a good localization because it captures coolness + sea/squid vibes.
2E
ひゃ〜！イカしてる〜！
“Whoa! You’re cooool!”
“Whoa—squid goals!”
ひゃ〜 is a squeal of surprise/admiration. The long vowel makes it extra cartoony.
3A
まさにレジェンド
“Truly a legend.”
“Absolute legend.”
Same comic overpraise as 1E, with a cute tomato-like character.
3B
とってもウマくなったね
“You’ve gotten really good.”
“You’ve gotten neigh-mazingly good.”
うまく = “skillfully / well,” but ウマ in katakana also reads “horse,” matching the horse picture.
3C
さすがムテキ
“As expected, invincible.”
“Unbeatable, just as expected.”
Star image + game/anime-style praise.
3D
きみは…てんさい？
“Are you… a genius?”
“Wait—are you secretly a genius?”
The question mark makes it mock-dramatic: “I’m beginning to suspect you’re a genius.”
3E
ニクいね！ノッてるね！
“You’re impressive! You’re on a roll!”
“You’re a cut above—and on a roll!”
Meat image = niku pun. ノッてる means in the groove / on a roll.
4A
森のタヌキにほめられた
“Praised by the forest tanuki.”
“Even the forest tanuki approves.”
Absurd cute achievement humor. A tanuki is a Japanese raccoon dog, also a folklore trickster figure.
4B
ヒツジ「やるじゃないか」
“Sheep: ‘Not bad.’”
“The sheep says: ‘Okay, you’ve got game.’”
やるじゃないか is a cool, slightly smug “you did pretty well.”
4C
森のネコにほめられた
“Praised by the forest cat.”
“Forest-cat certified.”
Another intentionally random “nature creature approves of your work” sticker.
4D
タヌキ「よっ！にほんいち」
“Tanuki: ‘Yo! Japan’s No. 1!’”
“The tanuki says: ‘You’re the GOAT!’”
よっ！ is a stage-cheer style shout, like calling out to a performer.
4E
森のヒツジにほめられた
“Praised by the forest sheep.”
“Five-star review from a forest sheep.”
Same surreal praise format as 4A and 4C.
5A
ほれてまうやろっ！！
“You’ll make me fall for you!!”
“Careful—I’m gonna catch feelings!!”
Kansai-flavored comedy line. It is basically “that’s so charming I might fall in love,” made famous as a gag phrase.
5B
まさにムテキ
“Truly invincible.”
“Straight-up unbeatable.”
まさに = “precisely / truly / exactly.”
5C
いよっ ニクいね！
“Hey! You’re impressive!”
“Yo! You’re a cut above!”
いよっ is a theatrical cheer. Meat picture makes ニクい into a “meat/cut” pun.
5D
がんばった！かんげき！
“You worked hard! I’m moved!”
“Amazing effort—I’m tearing up!”
The teary face makes 感激 feel like praise through happy tears.
5E
おぬし…できるな
“You… are capable.”
“You’ve got skills, warrior.”
Archaic master/mentor tone, like an elder recognizing hidden talent.
6A
ニクいよっ ニクいね！
“You’re impressive—really impressive!”
“You’re one fine cut!”
Repeats the ニクい / meat visual pun.
6B
ゆうしゃどの さすがやぞ
“Sir Hero, as expected of you.”
“Brave Sir, you absolute legend.”
どの is an old honorific like “Lord/Sir,” and やぞ is a masculine/Kansai-ish emphatic ending. Very RPG-NPC.
6C
ブラボーー！！ブラボーー！！
“Bravo!! Bravo!!”
“Bra-vooo! Standing ovation!”
Tomato/round red character cheering. Could read as generic Italian-style praise, or a light echo of the Nagatomo “Bravo!” buzz.
6D
すごい！ウマくなったね
“Amazing! You’ve gotten good.”
“Amazing—you’ve gotten neigh-mazingly good!”
Horse image again makes ウマく a horse pun.
6E
ゆうしゃさま つよい…
“Hero, you’re strong…”
“Oh mighty hero…”
さま is very respectful; the teary うるうる eyes make it worshipful, like a weak NPC admiring the protagonist.
7A
やはり…てんさい？
“As I thought… a genius?”
“Called it: secret genius?”
The ellipsis and question mark make it playful suspicion rather than a flat compliment.
7B
がんばりにかんどう！
“I’m moved by your effort!”
“Your hard work hit me right in the feels!”
がんばり emphasizes effort/process, not just the result.
7C
さいこうにクール
“Extremely cool.”
“Peak cool.”
Sunglasses make the English loanword クール literal and visual.
7D
ほうしゅうをてにいれた！
“Obtained a reward!”
“Achievement unlocked: reward acquired!”
Written like an RPG item message. The meat/bone icon looks like loot.
7E
もはやムテキ
“At this point, invincible.”
“Basically unbeatable now.”
もはや = “by now / at this point,” so it implies the recipient has leveled up beyond normal praise.
I think you're right, I should have fed it thought an LLM first to get a well formatted machine translation then come to ask for missing references or mistakes verification -- my initial fear was...
I think you're right, I should have fed it thought an LLM first to get a well formatted machine translation then come to ask for missing references or mistakes verification -- my initial fear was being fed LLM nonsense and wouldn't know it was BS, but I could have done that first before checking with y'all to save on human effort. I'll remember this for next time, thanks. :)
Disclaimer: This is just a rough translation/transcription, but I'm fairly confident that most of this is correct or at least close enough.
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おぬし is a dated "you"; samurai speak. You can hear this all the time in Ghost of Tsushima for example.
Huh~~~~~ I'll be on the lookout for it when I watch period anime now, thanks
Amazing, thank you and I'm sure I'll forget a lot of these, but as I use them and review them on my calendar I'll look them up again on your post and hopefully reinforce the learning
There's a lot of new vocab here for me and it's so fun to learn puns in a different language! ほうしゅうを てにいれた I wouldn't even understand how to look up in a dictionary or something
Is the horse emoji mp3 a reference to a meme?
Many thanks!
@Leru gave you the original in the translation, so they should be pretty easy to match up.
You could always paste them into a word processor, print it, then attach it to the original sheet. It's like a really long advent calendar!
It was me being tired and trying to find some other funny way of saying "this is the same horse uma/skill pun yet again" (similar to the comment on the meat pun in the same row), sorry if that caused confusion.
Insert airplane emoji because that went over my head :D
Edit:
SOLVED
Thank you all
Got these stickers from a store but I don't understand what they're saying or what the joke (?) might be, any help appreciated, obviously don't have to translate all of them :) thank you
I know a few words ( さすが ムテキ てんさい すごい やはり ブラボー) but why meat or squid or horse? What does まさに mean?
Thank you in advance
Some of the funny ones:
1,C: おぬし…やりおるな
"You're pretty good [at that]"
but written in old timey kind of conceited language, which is associated with cats because of Natsume Soseki's I am a cat
1,D: ニクいほどすてき amazingly wonderful
にくいほど amazingly is written ニクいほど、ニク meaning meat. Silly pun
Row two is all the same pun, いかしている means cool/stylish, イカ is squid, you're イカしている
Row four is all" You got praised by the (cat) of the forest" written like jrpg text.
Haha meat pun, excellent
The RPG event style text is such a cute idea :D I love the mental imagery of going about my day and achieving a completely mundane task and then a spirit of the forest pops up RPG style, thanks for the translation
Not to be the guy who chimes in with an obviously AI response, but LLMs are particularly well-suited for translation. I dropped your photo into ChatGPT and asked it to translate each sticker twice: once literally and once more loosely to capture more of the feel of each joke. I don’t know any Japanese to verify but here’s what it came up with:
ChatGPT’s translations
A few recurring bits of context:
I think you're right, I should have fed it thought an LLM first to get a well formatted machine translation then come to ask for missing references or mistakes verification -- my initial fear was being fed LLM nonsense and wouldn't know it was BS, but I could have done that first before checking with y'all to save on human effort. I'll remember this for next time, thanks. :)
I think asking for human help is always valid and not a waste of time!