Half Price Strawberries. Two Kanji. Something Is Wrong With Them On Purpose.
To say imperfect (there's a reason this is cheap) in Japanese, say 訳あり (wake ari).
Half-price strawberries in a Japanese supermarket. That sticker is not a sale. It is a confession.
In this video
- 訳あり。 Wake ari. There's a reason (it's imperfect).
- 訳ありなので、お安くなっています。 Wake ari na node, o-yasuku natte imasu. It's marked imperfect, so it's cheaper.
Why this phrase
Japan Decoded. Evening 半額 stickers are a clock. 「訳あり」 is a different system: the strawberries are cheap because they are split, squashed, or ugly, not because they are about to expire. Reveal the sticker, then teach the two-kanji word. Survival: mostly English, the Japanese appears twice, slowly.
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