What Does It Say????

[Joeyd]

This Japan binocular case was brought back from the war and has the writing as shown on the lid. Wondering if anyone can determine what it might say....thanks.

 

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[SD51]

"Made in Taiwan" lol

 

[50bmg]

we are trying to reach you about your cars extended warrantee

 

[smokeythecat]

It's probably someone's name. My dad wrote his name on his canteen from WWII, which I still have.

 

[unclemac]

names would be in Kanji I believe, and this looks like katakana and hiragana to me.

 

[Joeyd]

I tried doing a translation app and it came up with three words but not the last two characters which were....Just, Well and Boat. Not sure how accurate they are but at least it's something.

 

[DCMatt]

names would be in Kanji I believe, and this looks like katakana and hiragana to me.

It does look like hiragana (mostly). It is very poorly written - like I did it... I don't think it was written by a Japanese person. I'm guessing it was written by someone with a very basic understanding of the written language and they tried to spell something phonetically using the hiragana syllabary.

The tell-tale sign is the use of 'te' at the end instead of using the hiragana symbol for "TE".

Here is a chart if you want to sound it out:

 

[unclemac]

...that may suggest a Korean or Taiwanese conscript?

 

[cw0909]

a keyboard with Kanji, Hiragana & Katakana, i cant figure it out
https://www.lexilogos.com/keyboard/katakana.htm

 

[unclemac]

i sent it off to my son, he lives in Tokyo, i will let you know.

 

[Mackaydon]

Ask TN member Yang Hao
You can find him through several "Asian Coin" inquiries.
Don.....

 

[unclemac]

i don't think he actually speaks Japanese...

 

[Joeyd]

i sent it off to my son, he lives in Tokyo, i will let you know.

Thanks!

 

[unclemac]

here is what my son says...

The writing is messy and I am pretty sure it wasn't written by a Japanese person, but rather someone who was trying to write in Japanese.


It might be a name, but if so, it's a strange one. Possibly someone trying to transliterate a name into pronounceable characters.


るちばっと = Ruchibatto (no idea what name that could be trying to be)
ぽうーた = Pouta (possibly pronounced "Pohta" -- maybe a last name of "Porter"?)



For example, using the same type of script, the name "Joshua" would be じょしゅあ, which sounds like "Jyo shu a" ... so you can see that the pronunciation of some names come across better than others.
hope this helps...maybe the OP can look at those words/sounds and find meaning.

 

[DCMatt]

here is what my son says...

The writing is messy and I am pretty sure it wasn't written by a Japanese person, but rather someone who was trying to write in Japanese.


It might be a name, but if so, it's a strange one. Possibly someone trying to transliterate a name into pronounceable characters.


るちばっと = Ruchibatto (no idea what name that could be trying to be)
ぽうーた = Pouta (possibly pronounced "Pohta" -- maybe a last name of "Porter"?)



For example, using the same type of script, the name "Joshua" would be じょしゅあ, which sounds like "Jyo shu a" ... so you can see that the pronunciation of some names come across better than others.
hope this helps...maybe the OP can look at those words/sounds and find meaning.

My son is home from college now. He studies Japanese language. I showed this to him last night and he said almost exactly the same thing! Great minds...

 

[unclemac]

we you son be looking for work in Japan?.... It is an American man's paradise

 

[DCMatt]

will your son be looking for work in Japan?.... It is an American man's paradise

It's a possibility. He's just a Freshman but we've already talked about that. He has a friend who teaches English there and loves it.

Japan is one of the few places left in the world where they still like Americans.

 

[unclemac]

those jobs are a foot in the door and they lead to other opportunities.

 

[crashbandicoot]

Do not look directly at Marine sniper with these binoculars!Sorry guys,I just couldn,t help it.

 

[Bruce R]

This all reminds me of a really old Toyota I had, the owners manual was badly translated and it said that smoke hovering around the front of the car meant that the engine was angry, Lol.