Japanese Most people who watch anime and read manga are also interested in the language the anime or manga was written in or spoken in (in the original). This language is, obviously, Japanese. Below is a list of vocabulary and also some phrases you might hear while watching the anime, or read while reading the manga. This is by no means a complete list of what I know, but it's a start. If you want a good webpage to help you start speaking japanese, try maktos.com. It's a pretty good site ^^ and it helps a lot. However, the best way to learn the language if you are interested is by taking a class. There aren't a lot of colleges or universities that allow it, and thankfully I attend a college that allows me to take the language as a course. Words: baka - idiot oyasumi nasai - good night kuso - damn (also translated as "shit!" and "crap!", etc.) konnichi wa - hello moshi moshi - hello (on the telephone) nani - what naze - why mamono - devil kurai - dark hidoi - terrible sugoi - wow yatta - I did it! aishiteru - I love you aniki - brother (older) jigoku - hell minna - everyone namida - tear konya - tonight daisuki - I like you / I love you koibito - lover koi - love, like (or carp :p) shinu - to die yami - darkness tenshi - angel saigo - last okaeri - welcome (back) tadaima - I'm back! (home) uso - lie (as in, not the truth) uta - song doko - where dame (na) - bad, wrong; useless, impossible; necessary (ikanakutewa dame = necessary to go) Numbers: 1 ichi, hitotsu 2 ni, futatsu 3 san, mittsu 4 shi, yottsu 5 go, ikutsu 6 roku - muttsu 7 shichi (also, nanatsu or nana) 8 hachi - yattsu 9 kyu - kokonotsu 10 ju - tou |