Lost in Literal

🇯🇵 Japanese, taken literally

大根役者

dai kon ya ku sha · だいこんやくしゃ

Literally

radish actor

What it really means

a ham actor; a wooden actor

한국은 발, 일본은 무.

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Japanese, taken literally

猫の手も借りたいI want to borrow even a cat's paw 猫に小判Gold coins to a cat 猫をかぶるTo put on a cat 猫舌Cat's tongue 猫背Cat's back 猫の額Cat's forehead