Japanese How do you say...?

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  1. Kirei na kimyou

    Kirei na kimyou New Member

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    Shimatta! is one...uhhh, the last one slipped my mind :dizzy2:
    Chikus(h)o...or something i think it was.

    These are translated as "dammit."
     
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  2. GenericHero5

    GenericHero5 All Ska Super Star

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    If you wanna be insulting when you say young, use "Chibi" (CHEE-bee). It means runt/dwarf/younggun.
     
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  3. Shen

    Shen Indefinately away

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  4. Kirei na kimyou

    Kirei na kimyou New Member

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    Come to think of it, another word that can be translated as "damn" is "kuso".
    Chibi is used when insulting people...not saying "damn."
     
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  5. seraphinx

    seraphinx Oy, Artista!

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    "Kuso!" is the closest thing to saying "$H!T!" I see it in subtitles a lot, plus I looked it up in several Japanese slang dictionaries, as well as speaking to Japanese people.
     
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  6. nuriko24

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    bastard is 'yaro' pronounced ya-l-ro ki sa ya is you bastard it's pronounced ki-sa-ya.and damn is 'so' pronounced as it sounds.ummm.....bakeneko is monster cat, and bakemono is monster, and senbei is rice cake, and oni is demon,alos tori is chicken or any form of bird.
     
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  7. Kaori

    Kaori New Member

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    wakai
     
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  8. UmiRyuuzaki45

    UmiRyuuzaki45 New Member

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    I'm still a little foggy on this so if I have somethign wring please correct it. That's why i'm posting what I know.

    Quick lesson in honorifics.

    In japan, while meeting a new person or unfamiliar you use their last name. When you become friends, good friends then you can use their first.

    chan - put after a girls name.
    kun - put after a boy's name
    san - put after an older person's name
    sama - usually used when greeting someone of high standard. Can equal to lord or lady. Or master.
    okaa-san - not really an honorific, this is what you call your mother.
    Otou-san - what you call your father.
    nee-san, usually for your sister.
    chichi-ue - another way to call your father. I'm not sure if it is still used though.
    tai-ue - I think that's it but i'm probably wrong. I'll look it up again but his would be equivalant to older sister.

    thst's all I know for now. I know a lot more words and phrases in my japanese vocabulary, but i'll have a lot more when I go to high school and actually start japanese classes.

    anata shirimasen, ne?
     
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  9. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    A few more and some extra notes on the above:

    -kun is also often used in offices when a boss refers to his staff, for members of any gender.
    -chan is also used for children and pets.
    -san is the general honorific you'd use for just about everyone, assuming you haven't met a King, Queen, other such royalty, or God.
    which is where -sama comes in, It should be noted that '-sama' isn't always a good thing to hear someone refer to you as. Kisama (a quite rude way to say 'you') uses that same '-sama', and while it was originally a term of great respect, it's more of an insult now, not even a sarcasm.
    haha-ue is like saying "Mother" much like chichi-ue is like saying "Father" in english. Much less formal than Okaa-san or Otou-san (Mom or Dad)
    I don't know about Tai-ue, but I do know that Ane-ue is a way to refer to/address your older sister.
    Ani-ue is for your older brother.

    Random notes section, Owari da!
    -UK
     
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  10. UmiRyuuzaki45

    UmiRyuuzaki45 New Member

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    arigatoo UrashimaKeitaro. I must have gotten confused with Taijiya, and Ane-ue. since he was reffering to the Taijiya as
    Ane-ue.
    hee hee. How embarrasing. I feel like an amateur. Which I am anyway.
    heh, Gomen minna-san.

    Talking to herself: "omee tada no mono da!"
     
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  11. UrashimaKeitaro

    UrashimaKeitaro Sesquipedalian Mod

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    Dou Itashimashite, Umi-san! Komaru koto wa nai desu, sore wa.

    -UK
     
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  12. Kirei na kimyou

    Kirei na kimyou New Member

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    Ok, some more explanation which needs be filled in ^^;

    chan - means "small" or is usually added to a close girlfriend. Girls usually put it after pets or friends (not boys i think), girlfriends.
    kun - this is put usually after students or young people.
    san - polite prefix. Use this when talking to someone you don't know.
    sama - added to someone you often hold in great repect. It's usually also added to some high status people (like leaders, kings, pricesses, etc...)
    okaa-san - polite way of saying mother.
    Otou-san - polite way of saying father.
    nee-san - slang for "one", which means older sister. Note that -san is a ending, and may wary with what people say. Most would say one-chan. Some usually say one-sama, but that's rare.
    chichi-ue & tai-ue - i don't know about these ones...

    Wakarimashita ka?
     
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  13. UFOtaku

    UFOtaku Wachu loorkin at?!

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    Actually, for brothers and sisters, you add the prefixes "ane" "ani" "otama" or "otami" depending on whether they're older or younger than you, and if they're male and female.

    Chan refers to friends and kids.
    Kun is for boys, peers.
    Btw, Okaa-san and Otou-san refer to someone else's parents, but not your own. I can't remember the formal names for your own parents, but haha and chichi mean mother and father.
     
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  14. Kirei na kimyou

    Kirei na kimyou New Member

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    There's no need to use formal word for mother and father when referring to your own family. When referring to someone else's, though, you should use formal words.
     
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  15. Kaori

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    you can use "haha" and "chichi" for your own parents.
     
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  16. Phalanx

    Phalanx Long Live M2A!

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    What does Gengetsu mean? Sorry for only dropping in with a question every now and then, but I wouldn't know were to looks this stuff up and there are no live people I can effectivly communicate with to ask these things anyways.
    Thanks.
     
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  17. Kaori

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    Genjitsu = actually, in reality
     
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  18. jealous?

    how do you say jealous in japanese?
     
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  19. kyrie

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    Kaori-chan! "Baka ja nai" means "I'm not an idiot" right?
    LOL! Hey, here's one you could've used on Yuki before she went home!
    "Onara buubuu shinaide yo! Kuse kara na!"
    LOL! Hey, how would you say my name in Chinese?? Jo-chan's name sounds so funny.
     
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  20. Kirei na kimyou

    Kirei na kimyou New Member

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    Quite so. Usually, "de nai" is added after some adjectives to make them negative form.
    Oh and "ja" is an abbrevation of "de wa."
     
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