POV: You Ordered the Hormone Plate
To say grilled offal in Japanese, say ホルモン (horumon).
POV: you ordered the hormone plate. It's not a wellness trend. Look at what just landed.
ホルモン
horumon
grilled offal
In this video
- ホルモン horumon On a grill menu, 「ホルモン」 means offal. Intestines, stomach, that family. It doesn't mean hormones.
- これはホルモンです。 Kore wa horumon desu. This is offal.
- これはホルモンです。 Kore wa horumon desu. This is offal.
Why this phrase
POV at a yakiniku table, solo. The menu word ホルモン means grilled offal (intestine, stomach, and the rest), not medical hormones. You haven't eaten it yet. Seeing the word is the rescue: order it only if you want that. Do not teach the disputed etymology. Survival.
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