must know their basic japanese to atleast
be a little in touch with the original.
So here is a small section full of helpful information!
Pronuctiation:
A as in "Ah"
E as in "Eh"
I as in "E"
O stays the same
U as in fl"u"te
Word List:
Anime:short for japanamation.
Arigatou: Thank you
(to be polite say:Arigatou-gozaimasu)
Baka: stupid, fool, idiot
Bishoujo: a beautiful or pretty girl
Chibi: small,tinu
Demo: but
Doko(ni): where?
Domo: very much
Ecchi: a bit of a pervert
Eigo: English
Fuku: clothes, uniform
Gomen: sorry
Gomen Ne:Very sorry
Hai: yes
Henshin: transformation
Hentai: a really bad pervert
Hiragana: one of the Japanese
phonetic alphabets, used for native words.
Iie: no
Ja ne: bye
Kanji: Chinese characters
as used in Japanese, with different
meanings/pronunciations
Katakana: one of the Japanese
phonetic alphabets, mainly
used for borrowed words.
Kawaii: cute
Konnichiwa: good day, hello
Kowai: scared, afraid, scary
Kudasai: Please
Kakoii:cool
Manga: Japanese comics
Minna: everyone
Nani: what?
Nasai: sorry
Ne: "isn't it?" or "am I right?"
Ohayo: Good morning
(or Ohayo gozaimasu to be polite)
Onegai: Please
Otou-san: father
Owari: the end
Piku: to shake or tremble
Romaji: The English alphabet,
when used to transliterate the
original Japanese words.
Senpai: elder or upperclassman, can
be used to honor someone.
Senshi: warrior or soldier (sailor senshi)
Seiyuu: A voice actor or actress
Sayonara: good bye
Sugoi: cool!
Sumimasen: Excuse me, as in
inturupting someone, not as in bumping into them.
Tomodachi: friend
Mushi Mushi:Hello on the telephone
Konbanwa:Good evening
Oyasumi:Goodnight
Dewa mata:see you later
Mata ashita:see you tommorow
Hajimemashite:How do you do
Oai-deki-te ureshii-desu:Im glad to see you
Genki-desu:Im fine, or say watashi-mo
genki-desu: im fine too
Thanks a lot:
Doumo arigatou.
(Doumo arigatou gozai-masu.to be polite)
You're welcome:
Dou-itashimashite.
The pleasure is mine:
Kochira koso
Hontou-ni moushiwake-gozaimasen:
Im really sorry
Ii-desu-yo:thats ok
Goshinpai-naku:dont worry about it
Ki-ni shinaide:never mind
shinpai shinaide:its alright
Wakari-masita:I understand
Wakatte-imasu: i know
Sou omoi-masu: I think so
Mochiron-desu:sure
Ii-desu:ok
youma:monster
akuma:devil
daisuki:i love you
Wakari-masen: i dont understand
Shiri-masen:i don't know
Shiri-masen-deshita:i didn't know that
Sou omoi-masen: i dont think so
Eigo Wo Hanashi-masu-ka:Do you speak english?
Eigo-de itte-kudasai:please say it in english
Watashi no namae....desu: my name is ....
no: this is added to the
end of the name meaning of.
So Usagi Tsukino means Rabbit of the moon.
tsuki:moon
hikari:light
densentsu:legend
shinjite:believe
Numbers:
zero: rei (not sailor mars however!)
one: ichi
two: ni
three: san
four: shi/yon
five:go
six: roku
seven: shichi/nana
eight: hachi
nine: ku/kyuu
ten: juu
From eleven through nineteen do this:
First, you take juu, which is ten.
Then add the corresponding number.
So if you want to say 11, combine juu, which is ten, and ichi, which is one. So you got juuichi.
This means twelve is juuni, thirteen is juusan,
fourteen is juushi and so on.
from twenty through ninety-nine do this:
23 is our example.
First you take ni for the two and
add juu. Then you add san for the three.
So all together its nijuusan. So, that would mean 87
is hachi (eight), juu (ten),
and nana (three), all together hachijuunana.
Here's a list of all the terms
used for 100 and up. Simply
add them to the front of the terms.
So 123 is hyakunijuusan.
100--> hyaku
200--> niyaku
300--> sanbyaku
400--> yonhyaku
500--> gohyaku
600--> roppyaku
700--> happyaku
800--> kuyaku
900--> kyuuhyaku
1,000--> sen
2,000--> nisen
3,000--> sanzen
4,000--> yonsen
5,000--> gosen
6,000--> roksen
7,000--> nansen
8,000--> hassen
9,000--> kyuusen
The Japanese use 10,000 as a
counting unit, each unit of 10,00
is called man. So 10,000 is ichiman, 20,000 is
niman. 300,000 is sanjuuman.
This continues until 100,000,000, which is ichioku.
Well this has been our little
lesson in japanese. I hope this helped you out!
