Recently encountered this in vocabulary:
留守番電話 (“answering machine”)
which is composed of
留守番 (“housesitting”)
and
電話 (“telephone”)
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.
One of the simple pleasures of learning Japanese.
Any vocabulary that tickle you?