"Y" Japanese Words
- ya~
- hi!
- yabu~
- thicket
- yaiba~
- sword blade
- yamette/yamero~
- stop (as in when someone's about to do something, and you want them to quit)
- yami~
- darkness
- yanagi~
- willow
- yarou~
- bastard, idiot (basically on the lines of insult)
- yasai~
- vegetable(s)
- yasashisa~
- kindness/gentleness
- yo~
- This particle itself, added to the end of a phrase (Chotto yo!), adds emphasis, like an exclamation point. It can also be used as a greeting ("Yo - hisashiburi!")
- yoika (?)~
- listen
- yogan~
- lava
- youkai~
- general term for a supernatural being; usually used for demons
- youki (or you-ki)~
- demon's spiritual energy
- yoma~
- demon, monster [I'm pretty sure it's that meaning…]
- Yomatsu Hara-Sakai~
- Lands of the Night.
- yorishiku (onegai shimasu)~
- 'be good to me' (said when introduced to someone, almost literally translated as this, but, in context, means 'Nice to meet you.')
- yoru~
- night
- yosh(i)~
- alright, okay
- yoso~
- element
- yugami
- distortion, warp
- yugata~
- evening
- yuiitsu~
- unique
- yuki~
- snow
- yuko(na)~
- valid
- yuri~
- lily
- yurusenai~
- I won't forgive this/you!
- yuryoku(na)~
- influential
- yuuki~
- courage (Miaka's last name! She's a charcter from Fushigi Yuugi, an anime…)
- yuzurimasu/yuzuru/yuzutte~
- yield (gives in/up)