Pervert warning

Poster on a Tokyo subway, courtesy of Sanping Chen: 痴漢 (J. chikan / M. chīhàn")  is usually translated as "molester; pervert; groper".  But don't blame the Japanese for this expression; it means negative things in Chinese too.  There's another way to write it, 癡漢, which also means "pervert", etc.  In premodern times, back as far […]