This made me chuckle because it makes so much sense and yet is so far away from the English. The image of a machine housesitting your phone for you is kind of funny too.
After all this time 手首 is still my favorite. It sounds exactly like what you’d say if suddenly you completely forgot how to say wrist. Ah! I twisted my… uh, hand… neck?
Recently learned 毛糸 which made me laugh since I was able to guess it on the lesson page before I even read what it was. I’m also fascinated by 下町 since from what I’ve been able to find it developed independently of the English version of the word and yet ended up being so similar by pure chance.
I believe it is a fine, scientific word, but some more conservative people might feel differently, cause heaven forbid someone uses a word that in anyway describes reproductive organs lol.
I like 劇的, simply because it’s fun saying, “gekiteki”. I also picture an incredibly dramatic robotic gecko, it’s all fun and it’s one word that’s stuck with me immediately after learning it
Mine right now is 海王星 or Neptune. Its Sea King Star, which first made me think of a purple seaking pokemon whose name is Poseidon. So I giggle because that is a ridiculous first impression & cause its just kinda cute.
It says that maybe its because horse meat has a pink color like cherry blossoms, or that horse meat is most delicious during the season when cherry blossoms bloom.