Favorite japanese Words!!!

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Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby AlexL » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:05 am

I like tokidoki personally. I pepper my speech with that as often as possible. Yes AS OFTEN AS POSSIBLE, not sometimes.... :)
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby Deleydutton » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:37 am

Tokidoki is fun. I've also found that nani is infectious. I have friends and family members who use it even though they don't know any other Japanese.
My favorite phrase is shinpaishinakutemoii. Don't worry!
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby Helloiain » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:41 am

Tokidoki makes me think of the designer
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby rebeckyc » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:23 am

Daijoubu だいじょうぶ is by far my favorite. When I was in Osaka for study abroad, my Japanese friends and I made up a saying for it; "DJB." Haha! :D So they would be like, "Oh its DBJ." So awesome.

Shiawase 幸せ is also great.
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby Jennaiii » Tue Mar 29, 2011 5:42 am

I'm not sure if I love "ano", but it leaks into my everyday world. Annoying!
One I find hilarious (merely for the translation) is "Teishukanpaku" - it means tyrannical husband.

One of the very first things I learnt was itterashai. Oh, and itadakimasu. I like them because they really illustrate differences between the UK and Japan.
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby Osubuckeye22314 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:22 am

I don't know if "favorite" is the word for it, but kawaii is just so ridiculous. I'm definitely a fan of tigaimasu though. I love it.
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby MJN » Tue Mar 29, 2011 6:40 am

喜ぶ [yorokobu] is fun to say, and for some reason so is 就職試験 [shuushokushikenn]. Such a tongue twister, that one.
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby trout501 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:33 am

ストロベリー because it's so strangely different from the English it's borrowed from, but so delicious that I couldn't care about how it sounds if I tried.
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby prudepixie » Tue Mar 29, 2011 7:45 am

kanchoooooooo!
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby kurisuu » Tue Mar 29, 2011 8:11 am

Daijouboobs.
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby AmberBear » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:23 pm

ぬいぐるみ

駐車所 (did i get that right?) It took me forever to learn how to pronounce. It came out in many different combos "shushasho? jushajo? chujacho?"
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby maulen » Tue Mar 29, 2011 3:30 pm

酒色
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby disco2000 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:00 pm

うんこ
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby tint01 » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:01 pm

ちよだい This is a fabulous word my first graders use(hope I spelled that right??) I love it when They are super informal with Their teachers and yell this.
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Re: Favorite japanese Words!!!

Postby rebeckyc » Tue Mar 29, 2011 4:39 pm

kurisuu wrote:Daijouboobs.


WAHAAHAAHHAAHAHAHA!!! :D
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