Japanese Terms:


ano       excuse me

aishiteru       I love you

arigato       thank you

baka       idiot, stupid

boku o yuruse       forgive me

che       damn

Daijobu?       are you okay?

dakara       therefor

demo       but

doushita no?       what's wrong?

doushite       why

ganbare       do your best

gomen       sorry

gomen ne/gomen nasai       I'm very sorry

hai       yes

iie       no

itai       an exclamation of pain

Kami-sama       God

konnichiwa or konnichiha       hello

kuso       damn

minna       everyone

mo       geeze

moshi, moshi       hello (uses to answer phone)

nani       what

ne       okay; hey!

O genki desu ka?       How are you?

ohayo       good morning

senshi       soldiers

Shikata ga nai       it cannot be helped/it must be done

shimatta       damn it

shine       die

shinji nai       I don't believe it

Name Suffixes:

-kun       Mr. (Junior)

-san       Mr. or Mrs.

-chan       familiar female, or term of endearment

-sama       Mr. or Mrs. (shows a lot of respect)

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