Japanese

[silverviper2134]

I know a little bit of Japanese if anyone wants to learn! ;D

First word is Hello

Konnichiwa (Ko-nee-chi-wa) means Hello.

[AG]

hehe I have always wanted to know...I know a little bit...but only a few words and a few kanji...that about it

[silverviper2134]

Now for Father-

Otosan (Oh-Toe-San) means Father

Mother-

Okosan (Oh-Ko-San) means Mother

[AG]

isn't there a little trick about pronouncing words? With syllables and where you place emphasis?

[silverviper2134]

My computer is a F-face! It would let me do that! Besides....the voices in my head tell me not to. Isn't that right voices?

{{HAIL SATAN!}}

[carduus]

silverviper2134 said:

Besides....the voices in my head tell me not to. Isn't that right voices?

{{HAIL SATAN!}}

Oh there's an easy solving with voices. You get a big jar with a screw-off top or a cork plug and place a little piece of paper, on which you have written the word HOPSCOTCH, at the bottom of it and as a bonus add a sweet in a colourful wrapper into the jar as well.

You put your right ear above the jar opening, plug a finger into your other ear and whispher repeatedly "Bumblebee wings, bumblebee wings..." untill you close the jar.

Then the voices will descend into the jar through your ear and after you know they are all in there, you close the jar and place it into one of the corners in your room. You retrieve it at 3 o'clock in the morning, shake it and draw an equillateral triangle on the glass with lispstick of preferred colour. You tap the centre of the triangle three times and say:

"Thrice to mine,
Thrice to thine
And Thrice again
To make up Nine.
Speak,
The charm's up."

Then you leave the jar in the attics (if you don't have an attic, put it into the basment. If you don't have a basement, leave it in the fridge)

Enjoy

More Japaneese, please

[silverviper2134]

Okay here's how you say "Yes"

Hai (Prounounced like the English Hi) means Yes

[kizuatonamida]

admin said:

isn't there a little trick about pronouncing words? With syllables and where you place emphasis?

That's what my dictionary says. It doesn't describe word kanji placement though, it just assumes you'll be able to figure it out for yourself.

kizuato - scar
namida - tear/cry

inu - dog
neko - cat
saru - monkey
hebi - snake
kitsune - fox
ookami - wolf

oni - ogre
yasha - demon
yuuree - ghost

[lustsxxxpride]

hanyou- half-demon
youkai- demon
baka- stupid/idiot/moron/etc
ningen- human

-continued-

[lustsxxxpride]

Meco means Let's go

[brigadierrosenburg]

ookami is dragon

also i speak semi fluent, i also speak a little german spanish and freach

[kizuatonamida]

brigadierrosenburg said:

ookami is dragon

also i speak semi fluent, i also speak a little german spanish and freach

Well now, I can't imagine why my Oxford dictionary says that ryuu (by itself) means dragon, while ookami means wolf.

-ryuu, which is added at the end of a word, means 1) style; type; way or 2) class; rate; grade

... I also went onto www.freedict.com/onldict/onldict.php it says that urufu as well as ookami means wolf. It came up with doragon for dragon.

Next up:
www.worldlingo.com/en/products_services/worldlingo_translator.html
babelfish.altavista.com/
www.animelab.com/anime.manga/dictionary/

I'm not claiming to know more than you... I just rather have facts to back it up. If you could show me some links or other that agree with you...

[insanity]

Tatsu also means Dragon, by the way. I know some Japanese, and some German as well.
Watashi no namae wa blahdeblah desu.<---my name is....
Watashi wa nihonjin desu<--I am Japanese
I can write some kanji and scan it to my dA account, if you wish....

[fanboi]

Another way of saying dragon is 'Ryu' (REE-eww)
Watashi wa (last name, then first name) Is how you indroduce yourself.
Like thus= Watashi wa Hanayuki Kouji.
I am Kouji Hanayuki.
Um,..... I can also teach all of you how to write in Kanji if you wish as long as in return you guys help better my English skills.

[insanity]

Earlier, someone said "okosan" was mom, but that's NOT true. "Okaasan" is Mom. (oh-kah-san)
Watashi wa tabetai desu=I wanna eat.
Boku wa kanashii desu= I'm sad. (boku is used with little kids or males only)
Boku wa ureshii desu=I'm happy
Another way to intro yourself is to go like this:
Watashi wa no namae wa Sanada Akihiko desu. (My name is Akihiko Sanada) or
Boku wa Murakoshi Suguro (I'm Suguro Murakoshi)

[wrath]

WARNING SOME OF THESE ARE EXTREMELY OFFENSIVE

lol now with that in mind!!!

"bakani mitai" means "you look stupid"

"watashi wa chou isogashii" means "I am very busy"

"Honma ni?" means "really?"

"Sugoi" means "cool"

"Kimoi" means gross. A lot of schools in Japan have banned people from saying this word when it is used to describe someone.

"Kono Kusoutare" means "asshole"

"Kuso" means "shit"

"chikusho" means "damn it"

"Maji de" means "Really? or "No way?"

"Masaka" means "You don't say", "Well, I declare".

"Nan De Ya Nen" means "What the hell?"

"Nani O Miten Da Yo" means "What the hell are you looking at?"

"Omokuso" means "extremely"

"Ranjerii" means "Lingerie"

"Urusai" means "shutup"

"Uzai" means "pain in the ass"

"Yada" means "Yuck" or "No way"

"Yappa" means Of course", "I know", "Yeah, that's right"

"Yariman" means slut, very, very offensive!

"Yaru" means "to do it" (sex)

[fabiolamustang]

Cardinal Numbers: zero to one hundred million
Japanese have two sets of numbers. The Chinese and the Japanese origin.

the Japanese origin, stops at 10, Chinese origin, continues indefinitely.

number----------- Japanese--------------Chinese
0----------------- rei----------------------
1-----------------ichi---------------------- hitotsu
2------------------ni-----------------------futatsu
3------------------san---------------------mittsu
4--------------- shi/yon------------------ yottsu
5------------------go----------------------itsutsu
6------------------roku--------------------muttsu
7-----------------shichi/nana------------nanatsu
8-----------------hachi--------------------yattsu
9-----------------ku/kyu------------------kokonotsu
10----------------ju------------------------to

from numbers from 11 to 19, start with ju, 10, and then add the number you need from the japanese origin numbers.

11- juichi
12-juni
13-jusan
14-jushi/yon
15-jugo
16-juroku
17-jushichi/nana
18-juhachi
19-juku

20-niju
30-sanju
40-yonju
50-goju
60-rokuju
70-nanaju
80-hachiju
90-kyuju

21-nijuichi
95-kyujugo

100-hyaku
200- nihyaku
300-sanbyaku
400-yonhyaku
500-gohyaku
600- roppyaku
700-nanahyaku
800-happyaku
900- kyuhyaku

1000-sen
2000-nisen
3000-sanzen
4000-yonsen
5000-gosen
6000-rokusen
7000-nanasen
8000-hassen
9000-kyusen

Japanese uses 10,000 as a counting unit. Each unit of 10,000 is called man.
So 10,000 is ichiman,
20,000 is niman,
100,000 is juman,
200,000 is nijuman,
1,000,000 is hyakuman (100 units of 10,000) this continues until 100,000,000 ichioku.

[Dorochet [Bido]]

Don't forget politeness. ;D :
dozo - please
domo / arigato / domo arigato - thank you X2 / thank you very much (such a polite people)
gomennasai - sorry

Other randomness:
zorri - the little hay sandal things
sensei - teacher
senpai - not really teacher but more like assitent teacher
suware - sit down
kiritsu/ kirits - stand up
seiza - sit right, as in don't hand but your back straightened
mokuso - close your eyes
mokuso-yame - open your eyes
mawatte - turn, as in turn around

Body parts:
mimi - ears
hana - nose
kin - crotch
te - hand
atama - head
me - eyes (not prounced like english me but rather a dragging ee)
kuchi - mouth
kubi - troath
kata - shoulder
ude - arm
empi - elbow
kote - wrist
yubi - finger
mune - chest
koshi - hip
ashi -leg
hiza - knees
kagato - heel

directions:
mai - forwards
uchiro - backwards, as in behind you
hiki - also backwards but rather as in going backwards
yoko - side
migi -right side
hidari - left
mawashi - around, as in turn around
jodan - high, talking about head area
chudan - middle, chest and stomach
gedan - low, below the belt

attacks:
geri - kick
dori - grip as in grabbing someones shirt, arm etc
tsuki - punch, direct punch as in hitting straight forwards
uchi - also punch but not direct punch

That's all I can think of right away. XP

[remington]

Hey what about like... "elder brother" during feudal or ancient times? Sounds like "ani-we" or something....