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| General Japanese you should know if you watch anime and read manga ^^ |
| Pronouns Watashi –me, the formal and general way. Ore –manish way of referring oneself, please don’t use it if you’re a gal, ‘cause it’s just a way for boys to make themselves sound “kewler” Ora –boyish way of referring oneself, less rougher than ore Atashi –girlish way of referring oneself, still often among women though Kare –he Kanojou –she Anata –general way of saying ‘you’ OH YEAH~!!!!!!!!! I FORGOT, IT'S ALSO A WAY OF WIFE REFERRING TO THEIR HUSBANDS!! ARENT' I RIGHT ANATA~ Vegeta :Damare kono bakana onna!! Me: Nani o iu kono saru!! Vegeta: Kono~ Me: No not at here! we still have to get on with the teaching so hold your fire!! Sonata –an ancient way of saying ‘you’ Aitsu –that thing, it’s very impolite to refer someone wit this Kisama –another inferior way of referring someone Eg “Ma mada, Kakarotto! Kisama~!!!” (no, not yet, Kakarott!!! You @#!%*)~!!! This is a quote from Veggie in the end of the GT series, DAMN YOU KAKAROTT WHY DO YOU HAVE TO GO!!!!!!!!!? Kimi –this has various meanings, one is actually being used to refer a royalty in the ancient times but the other one is a rather colloquial way of referring people. Tachi –use it when you have a group of people eg Zetto senshi tachi (the Z warriors) Ra –same as above except more colloquial. |
| Dramatic Phrases and general things you should know Iya –general way of saying no, but the common one you’ll see around is YADA!! Yamerou –stop (in an ordering way, if you want to say it in a polite way you say yametekudasai (the kudasai is a polite particle) Chotto matte kudasai –just a minute (literally it means please wait for a little) Chigau –to be mistaken (general and conversational) but usually you hear characters saying “Chigau chigau!!” when they were in a desperate situation for example, like when people did not understand what disaster will the things they do will bring etc Kokoro –heart, not organic but abstract. Dake –only, eg aitsu wa kodomo dake yo! (you’re only a kid!) Bara –rose (er, not very general but ah well) Chan –an intimate word to add at the end of someone’s name, commonly used between lovers and girl friends, but if any of my friend dare to refer me like that I so will pound them onto the ground. Kun –something you usually refer to boys’ names at the end, less intimate than chan and boys refer like that to each other as well. |
| Verbs (or commands if you like) Basically most of them ends with ‘ru’ ‘cause it’s a conversational way of saying things (it’s also the root of all the verbs in Jap but that’s another story if you don’t study Jap), but if you want to make it more commanding you change the ‘u’ to ‘o’ or ‘e’ vowels pronunciation, but it depends so you follow my guidelines or else hmf! Suwaru (suware)–sit. Orosu (orose)–put something down. Eg atashi o orose!! (put me down!!) Kocchi –come here (a slang way of saying koko which means ‘here’ Oide –same as the above. These two aren’t verbs though. Hanaru (hanaro)–to release, like bullets or cannons. Hashiru (hashire) –to run. Korosu (korose)–to kill (yeah~ now that’s Saiyan ^^ nah, I hate the taste of blood, specially when I bit my tongue ><) Taberu (tabero) –to eat. Nomu (nomo)–to drink eg Chi wo nomu (drink blood, nah joking~ ^^) hate the tast of blood, specially when I bit my tongue^^ Utau (utae)–to sing, take out the ‘u’ and you’ll have uta as a noun, which is sing ^^ Motsu (motse)–to hold or carry eg Buruma wa itsumo doragonbooru reeda wo motsu (Bulma always carries a Dragon ball radar) Yameru (yamero)–to stop, you usually hear the characters in anime saying things like “YAMEROU!!!!!!!!!!!” especially Ashitaka, man I’d say he said about 15 times in the movie Mononoke Hime ^^ |
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