Use the Word Sweat.

“ladies use the word sweat when they feel it best for their best.”

I feel a little bad posting this, because there are whole corners of the web devoted to making fun of Japanese attempts at English, and they can give an unfair impression… Once upon a time, it might have been common to find signs in such garbled English as to be incomprehensible, but nowadays it seems as though nearly every English notice has been composed with great care.

Nearly every.

I have no idea what’s going on here. It’s a sign for a European-style coffee shop — why are we talking about sweat? Or ladies?  The only thing I can guess is that this may be a common Japanese proverb or something which… just doesn’t translate.

Like it wasn’t bad enough that they named their cafe “DORF”.

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