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| ( ̄  ̄ " ) | ( ᵔ ᗜ ᵔ ) |
|---|---|
| my pronunciation is prob off. | I like to learn!!!!!!!!!! I love their language.. |
| friends are usually the ones teaching me so all listed is random! translations aren't 100% accurate | youtubers that help me: darumaisgod & fuwa minato |
| not super into learning languages so I'm learning jp hella slowly | currently focused on getting motivation to re-learn basics :-) |
| i mix up kanji with chinese characters etc: 端 (duan in cn, hashi in kanji) |
kanji - chinese character adaptations katakana - borrowed words from other langs hiragana - word scripts romaji - sound (for beginners) |
NUMBERS
| kanji | hiragana | romaji | or | english |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 一 | いち | ichi | one | |
| 二 | に | ni | two | |
| 三 | さん | san | three | |
| 四 | よん | yon | し shi | four |
| 五 | ご | go | five | |
| 六 | ろく | roku | six | |
| 七 | なな | nana | しち shichi | seven |
| 八 | はち | hachi | eight | |
| 九 | きゅう | kyū | く ku | nine |
| 十 | じゅう | jū | ten |
MISC
| what | kanji | hiragana | romaji | english |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| no.かい = no. times | 五回 | ごかい | gokai | 5 times |
GRAMMAR PARTICLES
| what | hiragana | romaji | example |
|---|---|---|---|
| topic am/is/are | は | wa | 私は学生です |
| possessive | の | no | 私の本 |
| action location/means/context | で | de | 学校で勉強する |
| subject (describe/emphasise) | が | ga | 猫がかわいい |
| and / with | と | to | 友だちと行く |
| direction, time, target (to/at/from) | に | ni | 日本に行く |
NOUN
| what | kanji | hiragana | romaji | example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| (childish) poop | 糞 (ふん) (formal; rarely read) | うんち | unchi | うんちが出た |
| (casual/rude) poop | 糞 (ふん) (joke kanji: 雲古) | うんこ | unko | うんこくさい |
| insult/piece of shit | 糞 | fun | 糞野郎 |
Note: 糞 (ふん) is the real kanji, but...
- sounds very formal / medical
- usually not used when saying うんち / うんこ in daily speech
- most of the time, people write these in hiragana
ADJECTIVES
| what | kanji | hiragana | romaji | example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| tall person | 背が高い | せがたかい | se ga takai | 彼は背が高い |
| tall object (sometimes ppl) | 高い | たかい | takai | 高いビル |
WORDS
| what | kanji | hiragana | romaji |
|---|---|---|---|
| "I" fem/neu | あたし | atashi | |
| "I" any/neu | 私 | わたし | watashi |
| "I" masc/rough | 俺 | おれ | ore |
| "I" masc/neu | 僕 | ぼく | boku |
| I am (topic) | 私は | わたしは | watashi wa |
| my | 私の | わたしの | watashi no |
| my name is | 私の名前は | わたしのなまえは | watashi no namae wa |
MEMORY WORK
| what | kanji | hiragana | romaji | note/ext |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| "you" rude af | 手前 | てめえ | temme | not needed |
| "you" cold/neu | 貴方 (rare) | あなた | anata | not needed |
| "you" close/rude 2 strangers | お前 | おまえ | omae | お前、元気?/ お前、何だそれ |
| polite sentence end | です | desu | is/am/are | |
| polite/formal | ございます | gozaimasu | ||
| person/nationality | 人 | じん | jin | 日本人 |
| rough speech | varies | あい → ええ | ai → ee | うるさい → うるせえ |
SENTENCES wip
| what | kanji | hiragana | romaji |
|---|---|---|---|
| watashi no namae wa kouryuu desu - my name is kouryuu (polite) | |||
| watashi wa kouryuu - i am kouryuu | |||
| watashi wa singaporu jin desu - i am from singapore (polite) / i am singaporean | |||
| nani shiteru n desu ka - what are you doing? (polite) |
VULGAR LANGUAGE (so rude...)
| what | kanji | hiragana | romaji | example |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| chinchin/chinko - dick | ||||
| washi - grandpa | ||||
| sessha - samurai / ninja | ||||
| babaa - old woman | ||||
| ORE KETSU DE FAKKU FUSHIGURO TOJI GO-KAI SHI TAI desu | ||||
| - I want to fuck fushiguro toji in the ass 5 times ; polite | ||||
| note: there isn't actually any direct translation to fuck |
kuso - shit/fuck (as a swear)
shi ne - die
uzai - yuck / annoying / gross
urusai - shut up / annoying
aho - stupid
debu - fatty
chibi - shorty
hage - bald person
abazure - s/ut
ama - b/tch
baita - wh/re
fuzakenna - you’re fucking kidding me
chikuhou - damn it
temme, nani shite n da? - what the hell are you doing?
"mou fakku desu yo" - said when smthg bad happens