Japanese Word Thread

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Jul 16, 2008 10:56 am

takoyaki: fried balls of octopus meat

yakitori: grilled chicken on a skewer with a type of soy or teriyaki sauce

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Jul 17, 2008 12:09 pm

yakiniku: meat (usually beef) cooked on a grill built into the table

Post by **Josiah** » Fri Jul 18, 2008 11:17 am

sukiyaki: like yakiniku, but you dip the meat in egg before you eat it

Post by **Josiah** » Sat Jul 19, 2008 10:18 pm

soba: long slightly thin buckwheat noodles

Post by **Josiah** » Sun Jul 20, 2008 12:30 pm

udon: thick wheat noodles

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Jul 22, 2008 10:51 am

naruto: little white and pink fish cake things that are often put on top of ramen or other noodle dishes

sushi: rice prepared with rice vinegar and sugar for use in sushi (so sushi is actually anything with that rice, it doesn't need to have fish)

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Jul 23, 2008 11:09 am

kaiten zushi: a converyor belt sushi restaurant

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Jul 24, 2008 10:52 am

kyuuri: cucumber

Post by **Cheezdude** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 10:13 am

Igiari: objection

Post by **Josiah** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:25 pm

murasaki: purple

Post by **Shadowman** » Sat Jul 26, 2008 12:47 pm

Josiah wrote:naruto: little white and pink fish cake things that are often put on top of ramen or other noodle dishes

*Giggles* That explains so much...

On-topic
-Yukari : Violet
-Yakumo: Eight clouds

Post by **Josiah** » Sun Jul 27, 2008 11:20 am

tokei: watch, clock

Post by **Josiah** » Mon Jul 28, 2008 11:21 am

-ji: a suffix attached to the end of a number to mean - o'clock.

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Jul 29, 2008 10:20 am

fun / pun: a suffix attached to the end of a number to mean - minutes.

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Jul 30, 2008 11:20 am

mizu: cold water