"K" Japanese Words
- -kun~
- usually used between males of the same rank, but can be applied to women, as well. Also can be used by an adult addressing a child, as in "-chan" or as a suffix for a male friend under 21.
- ...ka na~
- I wonder (whether)
- K'so/Kuso~
- Damn it!/Shit!
- kagayaku~
- glittering; sparkling.
- kage~
- shadow
- kagi~
- key
- kaigan~
- seashore
- kamei~
- family name
- kamome~
- seagull
- kanashii~
- sad
- kandai (na)~
- generous
- kanetsu-ki~
- healer
- kanji~
- 1. Chinese character (symbol) 2. Feeling
- karasu~
- crow
- kawaii~
- cute, sweet, darling
- kawaikunee~
- Uncute! (it's said that kawaikunee's a rougher version of the real thing, 'kawaii ku nai')
- kaze~
- breeze
- ki~
- 1. spirit; feeling; mind, heart 2. energy [in my personal thinking, since everyone's all usin' it as that. Youki, reiki, etc. ~IB] 3. tree, wood
- kicho(na)~
- valuable
- kikan~
- period of time
- kiken~
- peril
- kiji~
- pheasant
- kimi~
- sensation [or it could be: you (male informal way of saying that's usually used among friends and people of the same 'rank')]
- kin~
- gold
- kino~
- yesterday
[wow… Sailor Jupiter's last name… I didn't find all the Sailor seishi's names though… anybody?]
- kirei~
- beautiful
- kisama~
- you (a rough saying of the word; if said with enough feeling, can be translated to "Bastard!")
- kitai~
- vapor
- kitsune~
- fox
- kitto~
- perfectly; absolutely; for sure.
- kiwotsukete~
- "Take care" or "Take care of yourself."
- kizu~
- flaw
- kizu-ato~
- scar
- kodomo~
- child (can be shortened to merely "ko", when tagged onto a name)
- koe~
- voice
- kogan~
- lakeshore
- kogeki~
- an attack
- koi~
- 1. (another term) love 2. carp (fish) 3. Request 4. Goodwill, favor; act, deed; behavior
- koibito~
- girlfriend; boyfriend; lover; sweetheart
- koishi~
- pebble
- koji~
- orphan
- kojin~
- Westerner; deceased
[yep, we got it from Fushigi Yuugi. Thank you, Nakago!]
- kokai~
- regret
- kokoro~
- heart/mind/soul
- komichi~
- path; lane
- komori~
- bat (animal)
- koneko~
- kitten
- konnan~
- difficulty; trouble; hardship
- konnichi wa (also can be spelled 'konnichiwa')~
- hello!/good afternoon
- konzatsu~
- confusion, jumble, disorder
- koorime~
- ice maiden (YYH concept)
- Kokuryuuha~
- Black Dragon
- kori~
- ice
- korogi~
- cricket
- korose~
- kill (if you say it to someone, it basically means "I'll kill you" - the full sentence for that would be "omae o korosu")
- koroshimasu~
- kill
- kosan~
- surrender
- kosei~
- revival (regeneration)
- kosen~
- ray
- koshin~
- renewal
- kotsu~
- knack
- kudasai~
- please
- kujaku~
- peacock
- kuko~
- airport
- kuma~
- bear (animal)
- kurae~
- A term usually used before using an attack in manga, and occasionally on anime, too.
(could be translated as 'take this!')
- kurai~
- dark, gloomy, dim (light)
- kuraihana~
- dark flower
- kuro bara~
- black rose
- kuroi/ kuro (no)~
- black
- kurushimi~
- agony
- kusa~
- herb, grass, weed, plant
- kusame~
- light rain; drizzle
- kusari~
- chain
- kyoudai~
- brother
- kyukyusha~
- ambulance