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keigo: refers to the different ways Japanese is spoken in order to convery respect and or humility to others
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Wow, can't believe I forgot to update this for so long... Well, here's a set of words to make up for it.

nichiyoubi: Sunday (sun day)
getsuyoubi: Monday (moon day)
kayoubi: Tuesday (fire day)
suiyoubi: Wednesday (water day)
mokuyoubi: Thursday (tree/wood day)
kinyoubi: Friday (gold day)
doyoubi: Saturday (earth/ground day)
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shuumatsu: weekend
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meido: maid

kamen: mask
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dorayaki: a Japanese snack (a couple of small pancake like things with azuki (red bean) paste in the middle)
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taiyaki: a fish shaped pancake like thing stuffed with azuki paste (though you can occasionally find other fillings as well)
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kasa: umbrella
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sora: sky
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Josiah wrote:sora: sky
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((Sora is a name that can be used for both boys and girls. Not quite sure how popular it is in real life, but there's a decent amount of anime characters named Sora. There's actually a decent amount of nature based names used in Japan.))

sakura: Japanese cherry blossoms, Japanese cherry trees (which have the afore mentioned blossoms), a popular name for girls
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Josiah wrote:((Sora is a name that can be used for both boys and girls. Not quite sure how popular it is in real life, but there's a decent amount of anime characters named Sora. There's actually a decent amount of nature based names used in Japan.))

sakura: Japanese cherry blossoms, Japanese cherry trees (which have the afore mentioned blossoms), a popular name for girls
So if Sakura is named after a tree. I wonder what Hinata is named after, lol.
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hinata: sunshine (though I can't say for sure that's what the Naruto character's name is unless I see it written in kanji)
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eiga: movie
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eigakan: movie theater
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Interesting how the names of anime characters are japanese words, but the days of the week thing, wow, I guessed like half of them, Thursday, somehow I new that was wood day or w/e but Friday surprised me >.> and the whole:
Josiah wrote:kasa: umbrella
Thats kinda freaky, because casa is house in spanish XD I wonder if its from the same root.......
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