Japanese
Okay. Many of you have been requesting that we put the definitions of the random Japanese words and phrases used on this page (and others) on here. So here they are, in alphbetical order. If we missed any, or you have one that you'd like defined, email us here. And, if we messed something up, let us know, just be nice about it.
- Ai = love
- Ai dake = my love
- Aishiteru = I love you
- Anata = nice way to say you
- Arigato = thank you
- Azuki = sweet red bean (a dessert thing)
- Baka = fool; stupid; etc.
- Biseinin = pretty youth
- Bishonen = pretty boy
- Chibi = little; a derogatve form of short; usually used inreference to a child or superdeformed characters
- Daijoubou desu ka? = How are you?
- Doukeshi = clown
- Gomen = sorry
- Gomenasai = I'm sorry
- Hai = yes; yes sir
- Hentai = perverted; porn
- Hidoi = cruel
- Hontoni = really?
- Kawaii = cute
- Kisama = derogatie form of you; bastard
- Kitsune = fox
- Kokoro = heart
- Konnichi wa = hello
- Kuso = shit Hehe. They actually say this in the first Ninja Turtles movie! It's when they've captured Splinter and Shredder's all pissed because he won't talk and his lacky got the crap kicked out of him. Shredder storms out and the little bald lacky gets all pissed and grinds out "Ku-so!!" before knocking over a bunch of boxes. It was so funny!!
- Matte = wait
- Minna = everyone
- Nani = what
- Ninmu Kanryou = mission complete
- Okami = wolf
- Omae o Korosu = I'm going to kill you
- Onegai = please
- Onesan = older sister
- Onna = woman
- Otaku = an obsessed fan; actually a derogative term in Japan
- Otoko = man
- Ototo = little brother
- Sake = Japanese rice wine
- Sayonara = good bye
- Seiyuu = voice actor
- Shimatta = damn
- Shinigami = God of Death (aka Duo)
- Shonen-Ai = love between two males
- Superdeformed = when they make normal anime characters look like this:
- Taka = hawk
- Tetsu = peace
- Uchuu no Kokoro = Space Heart; Soul of the Universe (aka Quatre)
- Yaoi = male/male sexual relationship
- Youkuso = welcome
- Yuri = female/female sexual relationship
Need more? Check out The 100 Most Essential Words in Anime by David Soler.