What words have you learned from anime?

[Batmex]

I learned

Ototo:Younger brother

Neesa:Older brother

Nanne!?:What!?

Kory:Ice

Dai Suky:I love you

Kunoichi:Female ninja

Sama:Lord, Master

Kami:God

What have you?

[Vinnie]

uh i dont think i can post it here... :yawn:

[zero zero nine]

Well, I actually learned Japanese at home (from mom).

Older brother is ani-san or Oni-san.

[Vinnie]

Originally posted by zero zero nine
Well, I actually learned Japanese at home (from mom).

Older brother is ani-san or Oni-san.
yes.... jim referrers to gene as that a few times in OS in the japaneese version... but the dubbed just says 'Gene'

[Batmex]

Originally posted by zero zero nine
Well, I actually learned Japanese at home (from mom).

Older brother is ani-san or Oni-san.

I post them the way I heard them I don't know how they are spelled. :cool:

Otome:Maiden
Kairo:Circuit

(guess the anime?)

[kiddiesunshine]

nani?!=what?!
oyaji (sp?)=old man
baka=idiot
hentai=pervert

[Vinnie]

Originally posted by kiddiesunshine
nani?!=what?!
oyaji (sp?)=old man
baka=idiot
hentai=pervert
actually thats not what hentai means... but I dont think that this board will allow me to post that... ;)

[Elven Moon]

There's tons. I'll just post a few:

Nani - What?

Daijoubu - Are you OK?

Kuso - He/she did me in!

Baka - Idiot

Hai - Yes

Genki da ne - Be well

Ikdekimasu (sp?) - I'm off!

Tadaima - I'm home!

Otosan, Okasan - Dad, mom

Oyaji - Dad

-kun, -chan, -sama, -san

Ojisan - Grandpa, old man

Ni-chan - Bro

Ne-chan - Sis

[zero zero nine]

uh... that's not what kuso means... I can't post it here. :D

[Nightflower]

Sore Wa Himitsu Desu



"That is a secret"

[Vinnie]

Originally posted by zero zero nine
uh... that's not what kuso means... I can't post it here. :D
thats funny how people get the wrong meaing of the things... just be glad they arent talking in japaneese to somebody whos fomr japan or they would probably be MAJORLY instulted... :D

[RockItShipper]

Hentai means pervert and bug metamorphosis

3 ways of saying "That's right"... "Nyante nya", "So da!", and "Sonansu"

Matte yo= wait up

kawaii= cute

ja ne= see ya

pan= bread

dan= gang

jari boy= bratty boy

neko ni koban= gold coins to cats

kitto= I'm sure

Hari Pota wa Igirisu-jin desu.

[Vinnie]

Originally posted by RockItShipper
Hentai means pervert and bug metamorphosis


Not Really... Its a Thing... a Type Of Thing...

[RockItShipper]

I have a Japanese/American and vice-versa dictionary with that particular info I just said. I will say, however, that I have lots of Hentai doujinshi (fan-comics) that are beyond disgusting.

The bug-metamorphis definition might make the whole "Ranma no hentai" bit a pun, with the way the title character of Ranma 1/2 transforms from male to female

[kiddiesunshine]

domo arigato, shipper, for proving me right. i learned hentai from ranma 1/2 when ranma sees akane naked. how dare someone tell me i'm wrong...

[Vinnie]

Originally posted by kiddiesunshine
domo arigato, shipper, for proving me right. i learned hentai from ranma 1/2 when ranma sees akane naked. how dare someone tell me i'm wrong...
well somebody finally know the partial meaning... :rolleyes:

[Elven Moon]

Originally posted by zero zero nine
uh... that's not what kuso means... I can't post it here. :D

It's not? Huh. That's what I was told it meant. First I thought it meant... Uh, I won't post it here, but then someone told me that's what it really meant. Oh well.

[Batmex]

Ohaio:Good morning

[kiddiesunshine]

kieuseru!=die
i actually learned that from power stone 2.
ohayoo gozaimasu=good morning (formal)
koo koo=high school (not sure)
"honki de ichi masu!"=this one's for real! (bushido blade)
sumi masen=sorry about that.
daijyobu?=are you ok?

[RockItShipper]

Kuso is actually short for Chikuso. "Ash" says the shortened form quite a bit in Japan.

Omae o koruso- I'm going to kill you

RE: Hentai... I think the meaning's run away a bit, particularly with slang. And learning Japanese from anime does give one more sense of the everyday, youth-centered language. Hentai, it would seem to me, means various things connected with perversion, as well as bug metamorphosis... It's just a matter of defining upon context and taking into account different definitions of what is perverse to begin with.

Sailor Mercury was called a hentai when she mentioned 2 gay guys at her school in the first Sailor Moon movie.

Ranma gets into various situations where he is called a hentai, and I think it plays into the bug metamorphosis meaning as well.

As related to doujinshi/fan-comics... I'm pulling some of mine out right now. #1... The kid with the "Bellsprout" and "Brock" are vying for "Ash's" attention, more or less. That is the realm of shouen ai, boy love. #2 has "Henry" having a fever dream about Little Red Riding Takato and Takato telling "Henry" he wants to be his girlfriend. Shouen ai. #3 starts with "Ash" at home with his mom and I'd like to stop there. Hentai all right. #4 starts with Takato and "Henry" eating cherries and it progresses into Hentai terrain from there, but the end seems to indicate that Takato is dreaming.

[Watagashi]

Nani- What?
Sensei- Teacher
Omae o koruso- I'm going to kill you
Sama- Master
Gohan- Fried Rice
Hai- Coming/ Right
Dai Suki- I love you
Zutto- Ever

That's about it. :wakko:

[JohnCrichton]

I don't know how to spell them right, so I'll do my best....


Hai - "Yes"

Whoa-kanni-mas - "I understand"

So ka - "Less formal, 'I understand'... more of a, 'oh, i get it.'"

Hya-ku - "Hurry!"

Shee-nehh - "Die!"

Suuu-kaaay - "Cool!"

Kawaii - "Cute!"

Gomen - "Sorry"

Arigato - "Thank you"

Ja or Ja ne - "See you later!"


Name endings:

san - Mr.

koi - Lover

kun - friend

chan - cutie

sama - king

simpai - teacher


Nani, Nadeh-steh, Nandeh-toh - What, What, and What did you say?

[Vinnie]

Originally posted by Elven Moon


It's not? Huh. That's what I was told it meant. First I thought it meant... Uh, I won't post it here, but then someone told me that's what it really meant. Oh well. I am pretty sure it has two meanings... one describes someone and the other involves someone... but i dont think its toonzone a material...

[zero zero nine]

"I understand" - wakarimasu

"Hurry up!" - Hayaku!

"Cool!" - sugoi!

Japanese is one of the funnest languages to speak!

Daredemo wa nihonggo ga dekimasu ka? - "Who understands Japanese?"

[kiddiesunshine]

Here's one I learned from IN LIVING COLOR:
"Nihon-go wakari masu ka?"=Do you speak Japanese?"
Hai=Yes
Iie=No

[Vinnie]

just to hint what hentai means here are a few words that have similarities to it... yuuri, yaoi....

[Evil Dr. Reef]

What words have I learned from anime?

Yaoi.

*shudder*

BTW, I speak Japanese, and am assuming that Vinnie does as well.
Vinnie-san wa sugoi dane!
Hope you understand plain form.

[Vinnie]

Originally posted by Evil Dr. Reef
What words have I learned from anime?

Yaoi.

*shudder*

BTW, I speak Japanese, and am assuming that Vinnie does as well.
Vinnie-san wa sugoi dane!
Hope you understand plain form.
yaoi... -=hides eyes=- hmm yuuri.... ;) :D lol
I speak a little... ;)

[Batmex]

I love this one :D :

Yamero!:Stop it!

Ai:Love

[DR. BELCH]

*gera gera--used to denote laughter; loosely translated, "ha-ha!"
*hikikomori. Similar to the otsaku (sp?), can be translated as "shut-in" or "empty person"; one given utterly over to technology to the point of recusiveness.

Though Spanish is my true passion. I can't say I ever heard of anyone seducing a loved one with Japanese...then again, at least it isn't German, where you spit all over the other person when you say "I love you".... lol :rolleyes:

[Stardust]

Is anyone Japanese here? Because my aunt, who's Japanese, told me that Omae o koruso is a really bad thing to say, especially with girls, so i guess mostly boys use it a lot. I only wanted to know how to pronounce it, and she looked at me like I grew another head and asked me where I got this horrendous word from. well i didnt' want to tell her I got it from anime so I made something up. oops. my bad. :o so can someone verify that? cuz i don't think it really means "I will kill you".....

[Batmex]

Originally posted by Stardust
Is anyone Japanese here? Because my aunt, who's Japanese, told me that Omae o koruso is a really bad thing to say, especially with girls, so i guess mostly boys use it a lot. I only wanted to know how to pronounce it, and she looked at me like I grew another head and asked me where I got this horrendous word from. well i didnt' want to tell her I got it from anime so I made something up. oops. my bad. :o so can someone verify that? cuz i don't think it really means "I will kill you".....

Yeah, I wanna know too, so I won't insult any oriental person.

anybody?

BTW:In the SF Alpha anime the mark that appears in Akuma's back has a double meaning in Japanese means Heaven(?!) but in Chinese means number ten, symbolizes something that is not from this world.

[oranthal]

you already have. the term is Asian, not oriental.


Originally posted by Batmex


Yeah, I wanna know too, so I won't insult any oriental person.