Japanese Word Thread

[Josiah]

haafu: slang for someone (generally a child) who is half Japanese half something else (American, European, etc)

[Josiah]

wasabi: a plant, a spicy powder or paste made of said plant that is often eaten with sushi. Note: wasabi is similar to horseraddish, but is actually a different plant. Despite that, a lot of the wasabi you buy in American stores is actually made with horseraddish and not real wasabi.

[Josiah]

deeto: a date (as in the go out with your boyfriend/girlfriend kind)

[Josiah]

shashin: photograph (the noun, not the verb)

[Metalheadz]

ronin: a masterless samurai, a high school graduate who failed to get into the college of his/her choice and is waiting a year to retake the entrance test

Isn't that one of the ninja ranks from naruto? Even thought it's ninjas not samurais.

[Josiah]

I believe you're thinking of jonin.

dozo: plaese (as in, "please go head" or "please come in")

[Josiah]

noo: a traditional Japanese performing art involving actors in masks

[Josiah]

eigo: English (the language)

[Josiah]

amerikajin: people/person from the United States

[St0rMeR]

I very like the Japanese Culture and Language

its just very sad that i ever really try to learn it yet.....

[Josiah]

((It's certainly not the easiest langauge to learn. I'm nowhere near fluent myself.))

gaijin (shortened version of gaikokujin): a foreign person (as in, non-Japanese) in Japan

[Josiah]

yoosha: a exclamation meaning "good" (as in "good job", "good move", or something like that) (Note that the a at the end is often nearly silent.)

[Josiah]

yatta: an exclamation similar to "Yay!"

[Josiah]

tokui: special skills (something that you're both good at and enjoy doing)

[Silver]

niwatori: chicken
ushi: cow
buta: pig
uma: horse

Now ya'll are ready fer life down on the farm!