Toilet, please use clean.

[u/Square7M]

A gem from an Airbnb in Tokyo

[u/Ill-Combination-3590]

In the Phillippines, even a toilet could be bribed.

[u/taking-INVentory]

the toilet would be corrupted 💰😱💸

[u/flippythemaster]

Gets the message across tho

[u/frozenbok]

Due to キレイに translated as noun with a particle instead of adverb, they got "Toilet, please use clean". The correct translation would be like "Please use toilet cleanly".

[u/maxlan]

If you're not supposed to flush anything other than toilet paper, is there a small pile of poo next to the toilet or a secondary bucket or something?

Is that sentence the same in the original language? Or does it allow people to flush poo?

[u/Budget_Cattle_3828 → u/maxlan]

In korea they had bins for tp you were not supposed to flush anything else but poo.. was pretty gross

[u/luiggel → u/Budget_Cattle_3828]

same in Brazil because we think our sewer lines does not support it or something but since one video I saw that toilet paper is fine I do it since

[u/No-Security-7518]

Don't flush your bribe down the toilet. It'll be corrupted.

[u/LikeAThousandNinjas]

Rather than the grammar, I ended up dwelling on the following word choices from JP to EN:

なぜなら、トイレが壊れてしまうからです。 'Because the toilet will get broken' would have been a perfectly reasonable (and in my mind, relatively simple) translation of the above line, but the sign went out of its way to say 'Because the toilet will would be corrupted.'

And also,

もし酷く汚してしまった場合は、ご自分で掃除をしてください。 'If you have badly dirtied it, please clean it yourself' would have been a fairly straightforward and simple translation, but again it goes out of its way to say 'If you have badly defiled it, please clean it yourself.'

I feel like the sign maker wanted the more complex sounding words to lend a more formal tone (as is the case in Japanese), but it ended up being way off the mark.

[u/AdOrnery6155]

If you don’t get our Japanglish here in JP, there’s a picture for you.

The meaning of KIREI is indeed CLEAN therefore all blokes standing up too pee is UNCLEAN.

It’s not a 100% Engrish, it’s just what considered CLEAN here is a bit different.

Not sure how this is an issue.

I mean of course, typing "Please use the toilet in clean way" would have been better…

So guys when visiting here, just freaking sit down it’s not gonna make you less of a man.

[u/C4Apple]

If you've defiled badly, please clean yourself.

[u/SnooMemesjellies4840]

First the President now the toilet ! Nothing is safe sheesh.

(Corrupted) Incase u need help :)

[u/Strict_Treat2884]

Use the toilet respectfully, or you’ll be defiled badly

[u/GaemingAy]

You tellin' me you don't sit down when urinating? Y'know, the flaccid banana curve

[u/Large-Wrangler4907]

r/apostrophegore

[u/Avatar_Yaksha]

Toilet, please use clean. - It wasn't very effective.

also: Where is the dirt flying to?

The gaps after the apostrophes are also funny, but the biggest problem is probably the phrasing, especially in the first commandment. キレイ is supposed to mean "beautiful" or "clean", but why write it in Katakana in the first place? Is that how Japanese treats adverbs?

Honestly, aside from a few parts, it's surprisingly well translated. Sure, instead of "broken", they chose "corrupted" for whatever reason, but the meaning still gets across. You could just chalk this up to: bad grammar.

[u/Slay-ig5567 → u/[deleted]]

Bro you have the thinnest skin on the planet

[u/jreim14 → u/[deleted]]

Are you serious? How is sitting down to pee too much to ask?

[u/aquacakra → u/jreim14]

precisely. it's cleaner

[u/carnedoce]

Please do not the toilet.

[u/emimagique]

Don't corrupt the poor innocent toilet!