"O" Japanese Words
- okaeri nasai!~
- Welcome back!
- okamai naku~
- Don't go to any trouble
- oikutsu (desu ka)~
- How old (are you)?
- omachido-sama deshita~
- Sorry to be so late
- (o)baasan/(o)baachan~
- grandmother/granny (one of most 'o's where the 'O' can be dropped; I think you're supposed to substitute an apostrophere in its place though.)
- obaba~
- old lady (a very rough, crude way of saying it usually used by young males; has been translated to "old ghoul" in Ranma Nibuunoichi)
- (o)basan~
- aunt
- ohayo (gozimasu)~
- Good Morning (the "gozimasu" makes it more formal)
- oi!~
- hey! [other ways of hey!: moshi-moshi!; ano ne!]
- oikoshi kinshi~
- No Passing
- (o)imoto~
- younger sister (a -chan, or -san can be added)
- (o)jisan~
- uncle
- (o)jousan/(o)jouchan~
- miss (as in "Miss something-or-other", not "hit and miss"); Girl
- (o)kaachan/(o)kaasan/(o)kaasama~
- Mommy, Mom, and Mother
- okama~
- a gay person (Examples: Miaka calls Nuriko "okama" several times during the series; Yuusuke is the one who reveals that Miyuki is actually a man - "soitsu wa okama da!")
- okami~
- wolf
- okane~
- money (Tamahome's fav…)
- omae~
- you (condescending, usually male; this defination was found in the dictionary CI-chan borrowed) [Another defination: 'you', which, depending on the circumstance, varies differently. This is basically translated to "hey, you" and is usually used for those you're really close to, or a rival.]
- (o)neesama/(o)neesan/(o)neechan~
- older sister
- onegai shimasu~
- I beg of you (the more formal way of saying it as in please)
- oni~
- devil
- (o)niisama/(o)niisan/(o)niichan~
- older brother (the first is more formal than the other)
- onna~
- woman
- onna no ko~
- girl
- ono~
- ax
- onore~
- bastard! (one way to say it…)
- ore~
- I (a rough, masculine way of saying it, usually used by highschool boys- even Kurama uses "ore", and he's considered very polite by his peers)
- (o)tochan/(o)tosan, (o)tosama~
- daddy/dad, or father
- otoko~
- man
- otoko no ko~
- boy
- (o)toto~
- younger brother (as in 'your younger brother': ototo-san)
- (o)yaji~
- pops/pop (an informal way to refer to your father figure, used by males)
- oyasumi (nasai)~
- good night! (the 'nasai' part makes it more formal)