14 Why are vegetables so insulting in Japanese?

<p>On this episode of <em>Ichimon Japan</em> we ask: Why are vegetables so unsulting in Japanese? On this episode we are honored to once again be joined by Kyle Broyles of the <em>Tokyo Splosion</em> podcast and <em>Hard Officers</em> YouTube channel.</p> <h2 style="text-align: center;"><strong>Topics Discussed<br /></strong></h2> <ul> <li>Some funny Japanese vegetable-based insults and their (supposed) etymologies</li> <li>What the term <em>daikon ashi</em> means</li> <li>Why <em>daikon ashi</em> is so insulting and reserved only for use on women</li> <li>The usage of the term "dumpling legs"</li> <li>What the term <em>daikon yakusha</em> means</li> <li>Why <em>daikon yakusha</em> is considered an insult</li> <li>Why it's insulting to call someone a bean sprout (<em>moyashi</em>) in Japanese</li> <li>What it means to "stink of potatoes" (to be <em>imokusai</em>)</li> <li>What a "country milkboy" is</li> <li>What an "embankment pumpkin" is (<em>dote kabocha</em>)</li> <li>The most commonly cited story explaining the insulting meaning of the term <em>dote kabocha</em></li> <li>A tip for training yourself to like vegetables</li> <li>Interesting Japanese slang involving the the Japanese word for eggplant (<em>nasu</em>)</li> <li>What the term <em>bokenasu</em> means</li> <li>Why it is insulting to be called a <em>bokenasu</em></li> <li>What the heck an <em>otankonasu</em> is</li> <li>Two theories for where the "otanko" part of <em>otankonasu</em> derived from</li> <li>The most common etymologies of the term <em>otankonasu</em></li> <li>The potential connection between <em>otankonasu</em> and Edo period pleasure districts</li> <li>Bubble era Japanese slang</li> <li>How <em>pīman</em> (green pepper) was used as an insult in Japan in the 1970s</li> <li>The difficulties localizers face when translating idioms from Japanese into English</li> <li>Whether the Japanese word for "vegetable" (<em>yasai</em>) totally overlaps in meaning with its English counterpart</li> <li>Why there seem to be more vegetable-related insults i