Sucked. I got to Japan with plans to learn some Japanese to slip into conversation to impress this Japanese guy I was meeting.
I was in my hotel room, right by the honeymoon suite. I heard the couple next door. She's screaming, "Machigatta ana". I figure it means Great! Wonderful!
or something like that. The next day we're golfing and he hits a hole in one, so I yell "Machigatta ana" and he looks me straight in the eye, and says...