common japanese words used in anime
By fuuyuki756
@fuuyuki756 (388)
Philippines
August 24, 2008 4:33am CST
okay, lets list the common words that we frequently hear in the anime...
let me start off, here's my list:
ohayou!(good morning)
konnichiwa (hello/ good afternoon)
baka! (stupid - i hear this a lot)
chotto matte (wait)
wakatteiru (i [already] know)
ano.. (uhmm..)
suki.. ( sometimes said as a shortcut for "i like you/ i love you")
demo.. - (but..)
Yoshi! (when starting a task)
gambaru ne!/ ganbatte ne (do your best!)
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9 responses
@Anchopy (1453)
• Paraguay
25 Aug 08
Here there is some that I use to hear..
bijin - a beautiful woman.
daijoubu - O.K.
kami - God, god
Urusai! - Shut up!
Yare yare - Well well.
Itetetetete! - Ow ow ow ow!
So ka/So desu ka - Really? Is that so?
Daijobu? - Are you alright?
Kokoro - Heart.
Mina - Everyone.
Zutto - Always/For a long time/a lot
Dakara - Therefore/because/so
@fuuyuki756 (388)
• Philippines
27 Aug 08
thanks for the information. By th way, i really like to say "urusai" and "sou desu ka".. its fun when you try to imitate the anime characters right?..
@Anchopy (1453)
• Paraguay
27 Aug 08
That's a great idea! I never thought that way! I really wanna test my spoken japanese and were I live there is no one that even know the language.. but what are you saying is a great way to practice.. to use common anime words to ask questions and to reply.. you regularly do this?
@fuuyuki756 (388)
• Philippines
28 Aug 08
yes, i use them always.. "dame" is really my favorite word. I use it as "no way!".. hehehe.. and "sou na no?" as "is that so?".. and also "kowai yo" as "im scared!".. lol.. its fun to use them on normal conversations.
@poohgal (6845)
• Singapore
25 Aug 08
Hello fellow anime fan 
... let me add to your list 
I also hear a lot of
Onegaishimasu - Please
Dou Ahou (Idiot)
Arigatou Gozimasu (Thank you - more formal)
Doumo (Thank you - less formal)
Irasshai - Welcome
Hajimemashite - Please to meet you
Hee.. that's all I can think of now.
... let me add to your list
I also hear a lot of
Onegaishimasu - Please
Dou Ahou (Idiot)
Arigatou Gozimasu (Thank you - more formal)
Doumo (Thank you - less formal)
Irasshai - Welcome
Hajimemashite - Please to meet you
Hee.. that's all I can think of now. 1 person likes this
@fuuyuki756 (388)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
hello, thanks for the response!.. eeto.. can "ahou" also like "dou ahou".. i hear "ahou" alot in lovely complex..
@rosedust82 (2066)
• Philippines
24 Aug 08
Thanks for sharing this fuuyuki. You must really be into watching anime huh? At leat you get to learn some new words. Now, next trick here is to pronounce them properly... Lol.
@fuuyuki756 (388)
• Philippines
25 Aug 08
thanks for the response!.. if you watch more anime, maybe you can guess the correct pronunciation of the words..
@falassion (419)
• Brazil
27 Aug 08
Oh damn, I joined this discussion, with intentions of adding something, but looks like you all wrote all the words I have in mind. xD
Well, at least now I have a Glossary of Anime words.. Maybe I can start a conversation in japanese with'em! :D
@fuuyuki756 (388)
• Philippines
28 Aug 08
watching anime is really helpful right?.. its has two purpose, you will enjoy and you get to know new words..
@chibiXpudding (340)
• United States
24 Sep 08
hahaha me too xDD
i dont just watch anime, i watch dorama series too~~ anyone?
@setsujin11 (80)
• Philippines
16 Sep 08
waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa... i want to learn things like that.. its so unfair.. its your inborn culture to speak that language..
@19ewf84 (461)
• Austria
31 Mar 09
I've to laugh - many of those words are also used on jdramas...
and yeah, little words which kinda "burn into your mind" - and yeah,
you already can start a conversation with those. hahaha...
Once I said to a friend "baka" (stupid person, idiot,..) and didn't realize that I just used a japanese word. She asked me: Hu? What? And I said... what what? lol...
Oh well... and I don't watch that much anime.. I'm more a jdrama watcher - but there are a lot of great anime movies which wait for me to get watched (lol, this sound stupid)
@bellaofchaos (11538)
• United States
31 Mar 09
I know the word sit very well in japaneese from watching the raw subtitled inuyasha'a LOL!! but I couldn't spell it to save my life. But your right I saw some of these and was like I know that.. After watching tons of animee you kinda end up learning alot of the words. LOL!!!
