So, anyone have any favorite Japanese words? Mine are hikari (light) and mirai (future). I only know about twenty, but so far, these are my favorite. I learned them from watching a lot of anime in Japanese. That, and reading lyrics to anime music. Yes, I do have a lot of time on my hands.

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Mine are words to use on my annoying little brother like saru (monkey) and baka. My friend loves to say nani (what).

[Edited on 8-9-2004 by MegaGirl & G-Zero]

Well, so far I already know all but two of the words mentioned. That is, hsin and saru. Yes, I already knew ai, nani, and baka.

well I love Ja ne (see ya) I don\'t know why I just like the way it sounds I also llike Uma(horse) because well the story is just too long but it\'s really funny to me

i like the words Hikara(light) and Hsin(Faith).Dunno why.Just for somereason it feels right

My favorite word is aijou which means love or affection.


[Edited on 12-9-2005 by Kagome_Sakura]

My favorite words are tsubasa and genki. Wings and full of energy.

[Edited on 9/10/2004 by Keitaro]

*hand shakes your hand* That was the other word I was thinking of.I forgot how to spell it.

Hikari, Yami, Baka, Mirai, Nani, Shimatta.

Wow, almost everyone knows baka....

Shirimasen
Kage
Shi
Baka:D
Nani
Others....but too tired:zzz::zzz:

I also like the word kawaii(cute).

Uh, could we get some translations for the following words? I\'d like to know what they mean:

Shirimasen
Kage
Shi
Shimatta

>.< Don\'t know those.

Anywhowizzay, (sorry \'bout that :P) I like the words Baka (of course :D), Shirubaa (Silver), Kado (Gateway), and of course-the ol\'

Domi-origato Mr.Roboto!

I think shirimasen is I don\'t know. I\'m not sure but I think that\'s right...

I like phrases more than words, most of the time.

I say ��� �Ȃ��� far far far too many times over, when I want to say \"�ǂ��������܂���\" or \"�ǂ� ���肪�ƁB\" I don\'t know WHY, neccessarily.

My former favorite phrase was �ނ� �� �����BI really don\'t have a favorite now but oh well.

Saitou\'s \"Aku. Soku. Zan\" (dunno how to write the kanji yet) is pretty memorable though.

Hmm? Oh ok....

MegaGirl & G-Zero
Yes, you\'re right! Shirimasen is Japanese for \"I don\'t know\'

Shirimasen=I don\'t know!(Note this is the actual meaning of the word, I say this to my teachers and they\'re all like what?!)

Kage=Shadow

Shi=Death(In Japanese, since the number 4 is Shi, and since it also means death, they refer to the number 4 as \"Yon\")

Shimatta=

Other Words....

Shiro=White
Kuro=Black
Green=Midori
Orange=Orenji
Red=Aka
Blue=Aoi
Purple=Murasaki
Kohi=Coffee
Tabemasu=Eat
Mochi=Rice Cake
Sakana=Fish
Unagi=Eel
Uni=Sea Urchin
Iruka=Dolphin
Dare Desu Ka=Who is it?

Also Japanese people don\'t refer to themselves as Japanese, they call themselves, \"Nihon\" And Japan is called \"Nihongo\"
Counting from 1-10
Ichi, Ni, San, Shi, Go, Roku, Shichi, Hachi, Kyu, Ju
Now you can count from 1-10 in Japanese!
I\'ll post more words next time because.....I\'m too tired:zzz::zzz:
Ok, ok, so I\'m being lazy, I had a friggin bad day and just want to go to sleep
Oyasuminasai! <---10 points too anyone who guess\' this.

EDIT
Fixed a typo on the color blue, forgot the \"I\", thanks Nakayori!
[Edited on 11-9-2004 by metool]


[Edited on 16-9-2004 by metool]

Konichiwa.

Teo torriatte konoma ma iko
Aisuruhito yo
Shitzu kana yoi ni
Hika rio tomoshi
Itoshiki oshieo idaki

oyasuminasi is good night, yay! 10 points for me

now on to my list of words

Migi = right
hidari = right
ha= tooth
bero(shita) = tongue
ie = house
heya = room
daidokoro = kitchen
(o)furo = bath
Kita = north
minami = south
nishi = west
higashi = east
Hyaku = hundred
sen = thousand
man = then thousand

now let\'s learn your months with J
month = tuki
January = ichi gatu, February = ni gatu, March= san gatu, April = shi gatu, May = go gatu, June = roku gatu, July = shichi gatu, August = Hachi gatu, September = ku gatu, October = jyuu gatu, Novebmer Jyuu ichi gatu, December = jyuu ni gatu
see how easy it is *ahem* sorry that got a little out of hand:rolleyes: if anyone wants I can always post more stuff

[Edited on 11-9-2004 by J_Hibiki]

Uh, say what? Most of us don\'t know Japanese here. Could you please translate?

How ironic. A Japanese word topic and no one can read what Airman said.

Well, I could but I\'m too lazy. Besides, Necro is way better at this.

I said:

\"Hello.

Let us cling together
As the years go by
Oh my love, my love.
In the quiet of the night
Let our candle always burn
Let us never lose the lessons we have learned\"

I believe that\'s what the verse translates to.

[Edited on 12-9-2004 by AirMan]

I don\'t know about the rest, but I know konichiwa means good afternoon, not hello.

On a side note, every time I say konichiwa in front of my dog, she gets all hyper and thinks she\'s going on a walk. I guess that\'s because the \'wa\' on the end sounds like the beginning of walk. Go figure.

Fucaren (Proabably misspelled) F*** YOU

wass up

Very good J-Hibiki, I\'m impressed:)

Other words
Waza=Trick
Sakana=Fish
Tabemasu=Eat
Watashi wa=I(For girls, or for people in general)
Boku Wa=I(For boys)

Sentence Structure
In America, if you eat fish, you\'d say,
\"I eat Fish.\"
In Japan it is said,
\"I fish eat.\"
Strange isn\'t it?
To say I eat fish in Japanese, you would say,
Watashi wa sakana tabemasu(Girls)

Boku wa sakana tabemasu(Boys)

I don\'t say stop spamming to people anymore because it\'s like they listen to you or anything...

My favorite words would have to be Yami, Kage, Moeru, Tora, Ryuu, Bakamono

Yami: darkness, Get dark
Kage: Shade, Shadows,
Moeru: To burn
Tora: Tiger (well duh :D)
Ryuu: Dragon
Bakamono: Beyond stupid

[Edited on 13-9-2004 by Master_Tiger]

You left out the particle w(o) both times. There are also various other ways to refer to yourself than just boku and watashi, which, I must add, are only both formal.

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wrong, it means \"good night, everybody\"