In my past experience, every anime fan I have known (as far as I know...) has always wanted to learn the Japanese language. I took the liberty of enrolling in a class and now I'm planning on sharing some of the info with you all! Right now I'm only going to post the vocabulary, and even then only words that are a little more interesting. Later, I'll have stuff about sentance structures and other things. I hope you enjoy and maybe even learn something!
~Laura

Pronunciation Guide: The vowels go in the order of a (aah), i (as in eel), u (like "food") e (eh?) and o (like it sounds, oh!). If two seperate vowels are back to back then you still pronounce them sepperately, in most cases. However,cases like "ai", it's pronounced like "ice". If you use common sense, you should be able to figure things out. If the two vowels are the same, such as "ii", then it is pronounced long.
A word such as "desu" is actually pronounced without the "u" on the end. Some words (like th anime character "Tasuki") with an "u" in the middle also emit the vowel sound.
On to the vocab!

homemasu--to admire
otana--adult
kaki--air
mezamashi-dokei--alarm clock
doobutsu--animal
Shi-gatsu--April
hanron shimasu--to argue
ude--arm
bijitsu--art
Hachi-gatsu--August
oba/obasan--aunt
aki--autumn
hidoi--awful
akachan--baby
warui--bad
boru--ball
ginkoo--bank
basuketto--basketball
furo--bath
misugi--baithing suit
hamabe--beach
utsukushi--beautiful (this is one of those words that the internal "u" is not pronounced)
dakara--because
shinshitsu--bedroom
saikoo--best
jitenshai--bicycle
ookii--big
tori--bird
tanjoobi--birthday
kuro--black
chii--blood
ao--blue
hon--book
taikutsu na--bored
tsumaranai--boring
hako--box
otoko no ko--boy
booi furendo--boyfriend
yuukana--brave
asagohan--breakfast
akurui--bright
subarashi--brilliant
kouareta--broken
kyoodai--brother
chairo--brown
uchimi--a bruise
mushi--bug
isogashi--busy
choo--butterfly
roosoku--candle
kuruma--car
manga--cartoon,comic
genkin--cash
shiro--castle
neko--cat
dookutsu--caves
iwaimasu--to celebrate
isu--chair
kakai/chansu--chance
chaamingu--charming
zuru--a cheat
zurui!--cheat!
tsumui!--checkmate!
chiizu--cheese
sakura--cherry blossom
niuatari--chicken
kodomo--child
eiga kan--cinema
shi/toshi--city
kurasu--clas
tokei--clock
kumo--cloud
peiro--clown
mizu--cold water
kushi--comb
omedato!--congratulations
kado--corner
oshoku--corruption
keshoohin--cosmetics
wata--cotton
ushi--cow
kani--crab
kichigai--crab
kichigai--crazy
dakimasu--to cuddle

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