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Konichi wa, minna-san! (hello, everybody!)
Welcome to Spam's Japanese Cheat Sheet, hosted by me, Willy the Wannabe Sock Puppet. When Pam needed someone to host this little offshoot of the fanfic page, I agreed right away. Mostly because I knew Ernie would put in all the bad words. For those who came here to find
out the meanings of the few Japanese words Pam throws into her fanfics, then
you're exactly where you need to be. I've broken this site down into
four basic categories: Family,
Suffixes,
Phrases, and Various Words.
Let's begin, shall we?
'Tousan or Otousan - Father
'Kaasan, or Okaasan - Mother
Niichan, Niisan, or Oniisan - Older brother
Otouto - Younger brother
Neechan, Neesan, or Oneesan - Older sister
Imouto - Younger sister
Ojiisan - Grandfather
Obaasan - Grandmother
-san - Closest equivilant in English is Mr., Mrs., Ms., etc.
-sama - More polite or revered than -san. Usually reserved for
kings, emperors, and dieties.
-kun - Used for males your age or younger with whom you are familiar.
Also indicates lower social class in some cases.
-chan - Very familiar name suffix, used for or by children or very close friends.
-jin - Indicates a person comes from the country/area/race described
by word before it.
-go - The language of country/area/race described by the word before
it.
Itadakimasu - Said before a meal. Closest English equivilant is
"Let's eat."
Tadaima - Said when arriving home.
Okaerinasai - Said to a person arriving home
Ja ne - Basically "See you later."
Gomen nasai - "I'm sorry."
Arigatou - "Thank you."
Sayoonara - "Good bye."
Konichi wa - "Good afternoon" or just "Hello."
Ohayo (gozaimasu) - "Good morning" or also just "Hello" (adding gozaimasu makes it more polite)
Konban wa - "Good Evening"
Moshi moshi - "Hello" (only said over the phone)
Wakanna - Slight slang for "I don't get it."
baka - Stupid, idiot, moron, etc.
sensei - teacher
sugoi - Cool, awesome
suge - A more slang way of saying sugoi
nani - what
hai - yes
ne - Used at the end of a sentence. Basically means, "right?"
nee - Almost the same as ne, but less questioning. It's more
like "Isn't it."
minna - Everyone. Adding -san makes it more polite and honorific.