Japanese Word Thread

Post by **Josiah** » Sun Mar 15, 2009 11:19 pm

Yes. It can be used as a name for both boys and girls.

karate: karate (literally: empty hand)

Post by **Josiah** » Mon Mar 16, 2009 1:21 pm

do: path or way; as in karate do (way of karate, karate study) or sado (way of tea, tea ceremony)

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Mar 17, 2009 2:02 pm

ginko: bank

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Mar 18, 2009 2:37 pm

tetsudau: help

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Mar 19, 2009 1:51 pm

benri: convenient

Post by **Josiah** » Fri Mar 20, 2009 11:57 pm

fuben: inconvenient

Post by **Josiah** » Sat Mar 21, 2009 7:13 pm

tenten: a little mark that looks a lot like quotation marks (") used to change the sounds of letters in hiragana and katakana (the Japanese alphabets).

Post by **Josiah** » Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:33 pm

-ji: suffix for o'clock

Post by **Josiah** » Mon Mar 23, 2009 2:23 pm

toki: time

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Mar 24, 2009 3:13 pm

tokei: clock, watch

Post by **Josiah** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 4:00 am

hajimemashi-te: nice to meet you

jikoshoukai: introductory speech

shigoto: work, job

Post by **Cheezdude** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 5:16 pm

*censor'd*

Post by **Josiah** » Sat Mar 28, 2009 7:50 pm

omedetou: congratulations

Post by **Josiah** » Sun Mar 29, 2009 7:27 pm

domo: thank you (can be used alone for informal speech or used in the phrase "domo arigatou gozaimasu" for a very polite thank you)

Post by **Josiah** » Mon Mar 30, 2009 2:02 pm

kaji: chores

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