Help Please. :)

[Soli]

Awhile ago I bought a shirt from a discount store and wear it all the time. But it has some writing on it that I can't understand. :o I feel silly wearing a shirt with something written on it in a different language that I can't understand. It's embarrassing when people ask what it says and I have no clue.

So I thought I could ask the people here. I'm sure someone can help me! Please and thank you. :)

Here are the pictures, I tried taking them as clear as I could:

http://img218.imageshack.us/img218/5687/picture009ph8.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/5434/picture010hs8.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/8373/picture011pt4.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/7963/picture012ws7.jpg

http://img215.imageshack.us/img215/4120/picture013ek9.jpg

[EIJI]

Sorry, This is a Fake Japanese, I think.
It meant to say 古今万葉 or something, but it is meaningless.

Sidenote:
古今／古今和歌集
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kokin-wakashu
万葉／万葉集
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manyoshu

[Nannou]

they probably just used google translate

[NERD]

It's either upside down or a sloppish attempt of writing Chinese characters. Chances are, some guy just tried to come up with some 'Orient' words but couldn't do a good job of copying them.

[SlickWilly440]

You got ripped off.

[NERD]

You can't get ripped off from a discount store, unless you expect the item to be of a substantial value.

[japanat]

I think it's the name of a poetry collection from the Nara or Heian period, with the name of the compiler in Katakana.


Like if you wore:
Love Sonnets
William Shakespeare
eraepsekahS mailliW
stennoS evoL

[羽之助]

So basically, you now look like the Western counterpart of every Japanese person.

[Soli]

Thank you guys. :)

I never thought it would actually say something. =P Just wanted to give it a shot. And I bought it because it was under $2, and fit me. Not because of the pretty writing (even though it doesn't say anything). I don't even normaly wear it outside of the house.

Oh well, at least it's a cute shirt. And shhh, I can pretend there's something nice written on it!! :P

[Arvynia]

Thank you guys. :)

I never thought it would actually say something. =P Just wanted to give it a shot. And I bought it because it was under $2, and fit me. Not because of the pretty writing (even though it doesn't say anything). I don't even normaly wear it outside of the house.

Oh well, at least it's a cute shirt. And shhh, I can pretend there's something nice written on it!! :P


You can always lie to them. They wouldn't know and they sure as hell wouldn't be looking it up. :P

[Civilization Phrase III]

The gist of it is:

"I eat my shit with a glass of lemonade." - Ancient Japanese Proverb

[EIJI]

Your shirt is better than most of Japanese Engrish shirts.
Even though that Japanese lines have some meanings, many Japanese could not understand that kind of calligraphy. Not so bad for design, actually.