Japanese Word Thread

[Josiah]

tokidoki: sometimes

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nandemo: anything

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ii: good

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warui: bad tasting

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aku: evil

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mahou: magic

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oni: a Japanese monster, usually big, brightly colored, with a horn(s), wears animal skins, and carries a club. Fairly similiar to the typical description of a troll.

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turampu: playing cards

[Shadowman]

Touhou: can mean Eastern or Orient.

[Josiah]

onigoko: the game of tag

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kakurenbo: the game of hide and seek

[Josiah]

para para: a type of Japanese dance done with some J-Pop music. Characterized by lots of hand movements and not a whole lot of foot movement other than going side to side (the Haruhi dance is pretty much para para).

[Shadowman]

Tsurube-otoshi: literally "a well-bucket dropping", it's a bucket demon. No I'm not kidding.

[Josiah]

boshi: hat

[Josiah]

sake: general term for alcholic beverages, Japanese rice wine