Aishiteru - I love you
Anata - you
Ashita - tomorrow
Arigato - thank you
Baka - Idiot
Benkyou - study
Bishoujo - oretty
Boku - I (mostly for boys in informal situations
Chibi - little
Demo - but; however
Douitashmashite - you're welcome
Eigo - English
gatsu - add after a number to make a month
Genki - good spirits; cheer; happy
Ginga - galaxy
Go - 1.five 2. a popular chess-like board game
Gomen (nasi) - Sorry
Hai - yes
Haichi - eight
Haiyaku - quickly
Hen - weird
Hoshi - star
Ichi - one
Ima - now
Inu - dog
Ja ne - see you
ji - o'clock
Junken - rock, scissors, paper
Juu - ten
Juuban - 10th district; Usagi's town
Kanojo - she
Kara - from
Kare - he
Kinou - yesterday
Kobanwa - good evening
Kokoro - heart
Koneku - kitten
Konnichiwa - good afternoon
Kono - my
Ku - nine
Makenai - don't give up
Manga - comic books
Matte - wait
Minna - everyone
Moshi-moshi - hello
Nagareboshi - shooting star
Ne - huh; wha; am I right or am I right?; kinda like 'eh' in English
Neku - cat
Neru - to sleep
Nana - seven (also see 'shichi')
Nani - what
Ni - to
Nihongo - Japanese
Omae wa korosu - I kill you!
Omiotemete - pursueing
Ooki - big
Otearai - bathroom
Rei - zero
Roku - six
Sagashi - search
San - three
Sayonara - goodbye
Shi - four
Shichi - seven (also see 'nana')
Shine - die
Shinsetsu - kind
Sugoi - cool; wow; awesome
Suteki - cool, good-looking
Tenshi - angel
Tokubetsu - special
Tsuki - moon
Tsutsu - although
Uchi - house
Watakushi - I
Watashi - I (normal for girls, polite for boys)
-chan: suffix for one younger than you or a good friend, also a pet name for a boyfriend
-kun: friendly suffix I think it's for boys, not sure
-hime: respectful suffix for highclass women; princess
-sama: highest possible term of respect, this you use for God or emperors or something.
-san: One older than you, or someone you don't know. You use this for most strangers, it's something like Miss, Mrs, Ms., Mr etc.
-tachi: And Company. You use this to refer to a group of people. For example, Haruka-tachi would refer to all the outers, or Haruka and company. You would say 'we' as 'boku-tachi'.
In medieval Japan, paleness of the skin was considered pretty, symbolizing that the women was rich and didn't work all day in the sun. That's why the women powdered their faces, and sometimes blackened their teeth to highen the effect.
Tokyo is the largest urban area in the world. Really big city. New York and L.A. are nothing compared to Tokyo.
Sony, a Japanese company, used to have this big long name which I forgot, but they changed it to Sony when they went international, so foreigners could pronounce it.
I don't know if they still do this, but in the middle ages most Japanese poetry was written in Chinese.
There are three types of written Japanese languages. Hiragana (kinda like letters), Katana (I have no idea what this is..) and Kenji (pictographs)
The Japanese flag is a red circle on white, like the hurricane warning flag.
Not only do the Japanese have a Mother's day and a Father's day, they also have a children's day! Some countries have all the luck . . .
There is so little land suitable to build on in Japan, and so many people, that land is really really expensive over there, so most people live in apartments.
Since land is too scarce to allow for wide, grazing land, there are very few cows in Japan. Beef is importated in, and pretty expensive. Seafood tends to be the preferred meat.
Manga is the main reading material in Japan, and is even more influencial than T.V.
Although Amy isn't one of the most loved senshi in North America, she was Japan's favorite!
In Japan, shoe size in measured in centimeters.
In Japan, you should bow when introducing yourself, or people might you are rude. (And you don't want that!)
When dining, there are no chairs, so you gotta sit on the floor!
The Philippines is a popular vaction spot for Japanese people! (I saw a big group of them at the resort there!)
P.C.'s are less common in Japan, so they Instant message on these things called PHS, which is kinda like a cell phone.
