Japanese Word Thread

[Winters Rage]

So... theroically, it would be...
detarame shuu
for Random Week?

[Josiah]

Well, the actual name "The Week of Randomness" which may be a little different anyway... I'm thinking you might need a "no" in the middle of that (detarame no shuu), but I'm not 100% sure.

shuumatsu: weekend

[Josiah]

(I know I've posted these before but, since it's been a while and there's lots of new people...)

ohaiyo gozaimasu: good morning (polite)
ohaiyo: good morning (casual)
konnichiwa: good afternoon
konbonwa: good evening
oyasumi: good night

[Josiah]

shi-tsureishimasu: goodbye (polite) (literally "I'm comitting a rudeness")

[Josiah]

Time to revive this.

nichiyoubi: Sunday
getsuyoubi: Monday
kayoubi: Tuesday
suiyoubi: Wednesday
mokuyoubi: Thursday
kinnyoubi: Friday
doyoubi: Saturday

[Josiah]

higurashi: cicada

[Silver]

umineko: seagull

Also, here's a random question... if you wanted to say "Break a leg", as in good luck before a performance, how would you phrase that? I'm really not sure...

[Josiah]

Hmm... I think there's a special word or phrase for broken bones but I can't remember what it is. I'll look it up once I unpack my Japanese textbook.

wata: cotton

[Josiah]

shoyu: a common type of soy sauce

teriyaki: a type of sauce most often used with grilled meat

[Josiah]

otokonohito: man

[Josiah]

otoko: man (informal)

[Josiah]

otokonoko: boy

[Josiah]

onnanohito: woman

[Josiah]

onna: woman (informal)

[Josiah]

onnanoko: girl