| Anime: a common abbreviation of the Japanese term for animation. Arigatou: Thank you Baka: stupid, fool, idiot Bishoujo: a beautiful or pretty girl Chibi: a short person or kid Demo: but Doko(ni): where? Domo: very much Ecchi: mildly perverted Eigo: English Fuku: clothes, uniform EX--> Sailor Fuku Gomen: sorry Hai: yes Henshin: transformation Hentai: extremely perverted Hiragana: one of the Japanese phonetic alphabets, used for native words. Iie: no Ja ne: bye Kanji: Chinese characters as used in Japanese, with different meanings/pronunciations Katakana: one of the Japanese phonetic alphabets, mainly used for borrowed words. Kawaii: cute Konnichiwa: good day, hello Kowai: scared, afraid, scary Kudasai: Please Manga: Japanese comics Minna: everyone Nani: what? Nasai: sorry Ne: added to the end of a sentence to say "isn't it?" or "am I right?" Ohayo: Good morning (or Ohayo gozaimasu to be polite) Onegai: Please Otou-san: father Owari: the end Piku: to shake or tremble Romaji: The English alphabet, when used to transliterate the original Japanese words. Senpai: elder or upperclassman, can be used to honor someone. EX--> Higashi-senpai Senshi: warrior or soldier Seiyuu: A voice actor or actress Sayonara: good bye Sugoi: cool! Sumimasen: Excuse me, as in inturupting someone, not as in bumping into them. Tomodachi: friend ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |