Japanese Word Thread

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Dec 11, 2007 5:45 am

kudamono: fruit
yasai: veggetable

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Dec 12, 2007 4:44 am

takai: expensive

Nihon de, denki wa totemo takai.
(In Japan, electricity is very expensive.)

Post by **Josiah** » Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:22 am

yasui: cheap
heta: to be bad or unskilled at something

Post by **Josiah** » Sat Dec 15, 2007 9:04 am

jouzu: to be good at or skilled at something

Post by **Josiah** » Sun Dec 16, 2007 4:14 am

nigate: to be bad or unskilled at something AND dislike it

Post by **Josiah** » Mon Dec 17, 2007 5:39 am

toi: far

Post by **Josiah** » Wed Dec 19, 2007 5:20 am

muzukashi: hard, difficult

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Dec 20, 2007 6:00 am

omoshiroi: easy, interesting

Post by **Josiah** » Fri Dec 21, 2007 10:46 am

tsukarete: tired

Post by **Josiah** » Sun Dec 23, 2007 5:27 am

iro: colors

matchi: town

Post by **Josiah** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 9:52 am

kawaii: cute

Post by **Silver** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 11:03 am

...Are you sure about that one? It seems to be commonly accepted that 'kawaii' is cute' and 'kowai' is... scary.

"sora no shima kowai... sora no shima kowai..." -Usopp

Post by **Josiah** » Mon Dec 24, 2007 7:37 pm

Oops, typo`d that. Thanks for spotting it.

Post by **Josiah** » Tue Dec 25, 2007 7:01 am

kissetten: coffee shop

Post by **Josiah** » Thu Dec 27, 2007 8:12 am

fuku: clothes

kiru: to wear (on the torso (shirts, etc))