Anime Japanese words

Hakiri · Post by **Hakiri** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 6:40 am

Hm...

Doo itashimashite - you're welcome
Oyasuminasai - good night
genkidesuka? - how are you?
hajimemashite - nice to meet you
Gomen nasaii - I'm sorry
kagaku - science
sugaku - maths
taiiku - PE

yoshito · Post by **yoshito** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 9:09 am

kittens wrote:Since I am a Japanese and I know how to speak in Japanese so I will skip this (and you guys make me entertain here )

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I don't know where I get my Japanese, since I learned a few words from when I was younger. I do remember discovering "nani" from the old samurai shows though.

I have no idea how to "type" the word, so asking kittens for help.

yakamashiyo - "You're too noisy" or "Be quiet" I think... Used to say that to my grandparents' parrot (my grandmother used to say it and the bird learned what the word(s) meant, so we all used it).

My "favorite word" is:

betsuni - not particularly, nothing

Sakura-chan · Post by **Sakura-chan** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:06 am

Well, with anime over the years, I managed to have a not so bad basic vocabulary... so I'll just skip to the ones I use... and sometimes use on the phone with my sis... which makes the phone call really awkward

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Oro ? Are ? - Pretty much all the time when I'm suprised, oh and on IM too XD.

Tadaimasu (I'm back) - All the time when I come back home... even if there's nobody to reply LOL.

Okaeri Nasai (Welcome home) - So I don't feel lonely after having said Tadaimasu

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Baka (idiot, stupid etc) - To me all the time

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Itsuka kitto (Someday surely) - While looking at expensive cels

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Watashi Wa Hitori Janai (I'm not alone)

And I could go on, but I'll leave the fun to others hehe

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Cloud · Post by **Cloud** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:06 am

The first one, I think.

RX78GP02AGUNDAM · Post by **RX78GP02AGUNDAM** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:21 am

"TenjyouTengeYuigaDokusonOtoku"

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:44 am

RX78GP02AGUNDAM wrote: 37564 = Mi na go ro shi = Massacre....from Samurai Champloo

Oh yeah! I remember this

(plan 37564

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Not Sir Phobos · Post by **Not Sir Phobos** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 11:46 am

I need to read Shogun again. I've forgotten most of my Jap words.

klet · Post by **klet** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:08 pm

Baakay wrote: Yosha! (or maybe it's really a u at the end? often isn't pronounced). Means "allllrighty then!"

I think you might mean "Yoshi!" Only it's pronounced "Yosh!" It means "great!" or "alright!"

To elaborate on something Sakura-chan used, the word hitori means alone, but it can also mean one person--basically, it's used as a counter for people.

hutari=two people; You'll probably hear this one in Japanese songs a lot, because along with the concept of two people comes the concept of lovers.

weather words!!!!

suzushii=cool

atatakai=warm

samui=cold

atsui=hot (this one has a really cool kanji

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hi=sun

kaze=wind

hare=sunny

kurumi=cloudy

yuki=snow

ame=rain

That's all I can think of right now.

kittens · Post by **kittens** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:25 pm

I like a word

makoto (誠) which means sincere. Shinsen gumi used this word as their symbol.....

Sakura-chan · Post by **Sakura-chan** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:38 pm

klet wrote:To elaborate on something Sakura-chan used, the word hitori means alone, but it can also mean one person--basically, it's used as a counter for people.

hutari=two people; You'll probably hear this one in Japanese songs a lot, because along with the concept of two people comes the concept of lovers.

*nods in agreement*

Btw, is there an f or not in japanese ? Cuz I've seen hutari spelled futari before in romaji. Just confused on that little part, and since I don't know the hiragana completely... I'm even more confused

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kymaera · Post by **kymaera** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 3:46 pm

"fu" is used more often than "hu" in romanji. The actual sound is somewhat
inbetween. Usually you would see "futari" for two people, not "hutari".

Jason Park · Post by **Jason Park** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 7:53 pm

I learned this from Cyber Formula...

Yokai - Roger!

I hope that right. @.@

RX78GP02AGUNDAM · Post by **RX78GP02AGUNDAM** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:39 pm

Yokai is Demon,

Ryokai is Roger

awajikiwi · Post by **awajikiwi** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 8:54 pm

kymaera wrote:"fu" is used more often than "hu" in romanji. The actual sound is somewhat
inbetween. Usually you would see "futari" for two people, not "hutari".

"Fu" is from the Hepburn romanji system and "Hu" is from the Kunrei-shiki and Nihon-shiki. In addition the Hepburn system has three sub-systems traditional Hepburn, revised Hepburn and modified Hepburn.

Most people learn the Hepburn system when learning Japanese, Newspapers , TV and JR rail use it too.

Confused, You should be

jcaliff · Post by **jcaliff** » Fri Aug 19, 2005 10:12 pm

One of my favorite Japanese words is natsukashii (nostalgic). It seems to have a bit more depth of meaning than it does in English. And when it comes to describing a group of preschool kids, there is no word in English that can come close to doing the job that "genki" does.

Talking about anime, though, various genres have vocabularies all their own. One of my favorites is the "mystery" genre. Where else would you get a great phrase such as "Shinjitsu wa itsumo hitotsu!" (There is always only one truth! - Detective Conan). Of course, Conan being a Holmes fan, he obviously got that from Holmes' own line, "When you have eliminated all which is impossible, then whatever remains, however improbable, must be the truth." The nice thing about mystery series is that once you get some of the jargon down, they're usually pretty straightforward to watch. Here are a few important terms that are good to know when watching mystery anime:

tantei - private detective
jimusho - administrative office
keiji - police detective, criminal case
keibu - police inspector
kouban - police box
keisatsu - police
keisatsukan - police station
honchou - man branch government office
bengoshi - laywer
kyuukyuusha - ambulance
patokaa - patrol car
dorobo - theif
kaitou - mysterious/phantom thief
nusumu - to steal
nusumareta - stolen
shimon - fingerprint
kenka - argument
fuufugenka - married couple quarrel
chiwagenka - lovers' quarrel
ochiru - to fall down
osu - to push
higaisha - victim
shitai, itai - corpse/dead body
hannin - culprit
satsugaisha - murderer, killer
korosu - kill
shinu - die
satsujin - murder (noun)
jiken - case (satsujinjiken=murder case)
jiko - accident
jisatsu - suicide
mayaku, doragu - illegal drug
doku - poison
kusuri - medicine
moeru - to burn
houka, fushinbi - arson
kaji - fire (as in a housefire or other large fire)
hi wo kakeru - set a fire
shoushi - death by fire
shouboushi - fireman
shoubousha - firetruck
shoubousho - fire station
sasu - stab
kizu - wound
sashikizu - stab wound
chi - blood
bakudan - bomb
bakuhatsu - explosion
juu - gun
juugan - bullet
juusei - gunshot (sound)
juusou, juushou - gunshot wound
juusatsu, shasatsu - death by shooting
ikorosu, uchikorosu - shoot to death
kubi - neck (also sometimes means a decapitated head)
haneru, kirihanasu, kubi wo kiru - decapitate
koushukei, shibarikubi - death by hanging
kousatsu - death by hanging or strangulation
yakusatsu - strangulation
mokuteki - goal
kampekina aribai - a perfect alibi
shinhannin - the real criminal

In the case of Detective Conan, you also hear phrases like, "Yappari sou desu. Machigainai! Hannin wa kono naka ni iru!" "It's as I thought. There's no mistake! The culprit is among us!"