Club Otaku's guide to learning basic japanese

• dragg

  3 Sep 06, 23:29

  kanojyo she
  kare he
  kimi you
  
  the above are colliquial and should be used only with people whom you are close to.
  
  
• dragg

  3 Sep 06, 23:43

  ohaiyogozaimasu good morning.
  
  ohayo is used only among close friends or superior to junior.
  
  konnichiwa good afternoon
  
  konbanwa good evening
  
  oyasuminasai good night
  
  
• Gordonator

  3 Sep 06, 23:47

  Konnichiwa and Konbanwa are already mentioned in the 1st page.
• alexkusu

  4 Sep 06, 07:59

  sekkusu=procreation
• MooKu

  30 Nov 06, 21:07

  - forum maintenance in progress -
  
  please ignore this post.
• MooKu

  30 Nov 06, 22:30

  Please feel free to post any new terms or to correct any mistakes spotted!
• dragg

  1 Dec 06, 19:32

  eiga o mi ni ikimasen ka? - wouldnt you like to go for a show?
  
  japanese have the habit of asking in the negative.
  
  
• MooKu

  1 Dec 06, 19:35

  Originally posted by dragg:

  eiga o mi ni ikimasen ka? - wouldnt you like to go for a show?
  
  japanese have the habit of asking in the negative.
  
  

  dragg did you learn japanese?
• dragg

  1 Dec 06, 19:38

  Originally posted by MooKu:

  dragg did you learn japanese?

  yeah, level 2.
  
  learnt more than a decade ago. have not used the language for a long time.
  
  
• Ito_^

  1 Dec 06, 19:40

  YAROU DOMO!!!
  
  err.. how shld i say this har?
• MooKu

  1 Dec 06, 20:00

  wah.
  
  dragg and ito watch anime need subtitles?
• ted_nhg

  5 Jan 07, 13:09

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  my favourite phrase Baka/Bakayaro, meaning idiot.

  Therez another similar word, if i'm not wrong...... "ahou"
  
  Little known fact:
  
  1)Do you know that baka when writing in Romaji is actually horse-deer in chinese?
  
  2)Qn: How to say crab steamboat in jap?
  Ans: Kani Nabe
• cAr|n

  5 Jan 07, 13:29

  wow this is a really good list!!
  
• mistyblue

  5 Jan 07, 13:38

  Onegaishimasu
• smudgey

  8 Feb 07, 14:09

  is there any course out there that one can learn to speak and understand jap???
  
  no need written......
  
  dragg... where you learnt your jap??
• Qing^.^

  8 Feb 07, 14:47

  Hehe i just finished my lvl 1 =D
  
  Why does Naruto always say dattebayo?
• smudgey

  9 Feb 07, 14:19

  Originally posted by Qing^.^:

  Hehe i just finished my lvl 1 =D
  
  Why does Naruto always say dattebayo?

  u mean lvl 1 in jap?
  
  where u go to learn??
• Gordonator

  10 Feb 07, 22:51

  Originally posted by Qing^.^:

  Why does Naruto always say dattebayo?

  it has no real meaning, it is his little "catch phrase".
• MooKu

  10 Feb 07, 22:53

  Originally posted by mistyblue:

  Onegaishimasu

  its in the list leow
  thanks
• Gordonator

  10 Feb 07, 23:11

  a big thank you to mooku for updating the list.
  
  i didn't notice the list was long until today.
• MooKu

  10 Feb 07, 23:26

  Originally posted by Gordonator:

  a big thank you to mooku for updating the list.
  
  i didn't notice the list was long until today.

  nawh no sweat
  
  actually i transplanted the list from another japanese forum and then added in those that forumites mentioned here but weren't in the list i copied
• M©+square

  11 Feb 07, 04:22

  Mooku in the house!!!!!
• snop_coolz

  12 Mar 07, 22:50

  humm..i also realise that boku is often used...
  
  boku--use as I for male.. watashi male version
• fairlady_xoxo

  16 Apr 07, 22:45

  Omofuroi - Shower =)
• kopiosatu

  16 Apr 07, 22:48

  oooh, looks like thai inc can start a language topic soon