November 15, 2005

japanese (hehe)

some things i learnt:

asubo: play
atashiwa/bokuwa/orewa: I/me
omaiwa/temewa: you
hayaku: hurry up
ikuzu: let's go
des: is (like hain in hindi) suffix
ka: question (like kya?) hindi
kssse: damn it
timmeh: bastard (or some other profanity)
baakayero/baakamono: idiot
taicho: captain
nee-chan/onee-chan: elder sibling (still some confusion about the gender, lots of theories and counter examples)
kaa-san: mother
tou-san/oya-jii: father
naan: what ()suffix
daichobu: everything allright
so: so as in english (so des ka? translates to is that so?)
sugoi: wow, amazing, excellent
obaa-san: old lady
ojii-san: old man
chotto: little
matta: wait
zutto: always/forever
genjutsu: reality/alternative reality
ittakimaasu: something we say when we are leaving
ohio: good morning
ikerunasai (or something like that): welcome back.
shaase buridana: long time no see
itadakimasu: something that is said before digging into a meal (prayer?)
sensei: teacher
senpai: senior
ototo: li'l bro
gome/gomena/gomenasai/suimasen: sorry (in varying degrees)
arigato: thank you
gozaimaas: much more/ very much (i think it increases the degree someway)
heiya: room
-kun/chan: honorific used to denote familiarity (kun suitable for males, chan for females, although not strictly enforced)
-san: honorific used to denote respect
-sama/dono: honorific used to denote great respect and honour
gan: eye (byakugan, sharingan)
byaku: white (byakugan, byakuya)
sen: 1000 (when used as a number)


hmmm.. not bad i guess, considering all of this out of only anime...

4 comments:

Naresh said...

Naruto, Bleach et al, eh?!
sen: 1000 (when used as a number)
I always knew SEN was this worth :P!
waise milden da clrs man! tht ll affect readability! :D

Rahul said...

u know what i know a little telugu
Nee yankamma - your yanka's mom

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Anonymous said...

Yes, probably so it is