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Share Your New Vocabulary Learned from Anime!




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RDespair



Joined: 24 Apr 2006
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Location: California
PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 10:42 am Reply with quote
There are some other Japanese language threads, but I thought it'd be neat to have a thread dedicated to posting various words you've learned from anime. Share the learning experience with everyone!

Here's a link to an online Japanese-English dictionary for checking definitions and making sure you heard the word correctly - http://dict.regex.info/cgi-bin/j-e/dict

For me, today's viewing of the third episode of Karin (Happiness is Embarassing, I think was the name) taught me...

Kyuuketsuki (吸血鬼) - Vampire

and

Shiawase (幸se) - Happiness, Good luck
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outlawwolf



Joined: 25 Dec 2004
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:08 pm Reply with quote
Alright, I'll play along.

Yosh=Alright/ ok

Kaizoku=Pirate

Obviously from the second word, I learned these two from watching subs of One Piece.
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Keonyn
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 3:11 pm Reply with quote
Heh, does the Twelve Kingdoms count? Heh, it may not be relevant outside that series but you sure had to learn quite a lot of terms and meanings to really understand that series.
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Violence



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:05 pm Reply with quote
oro Shocked
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KuzuryuuTakumi



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 5:21 pm Reply with quote
Violence wrote:
oro Shocked

quote of the day Laughing

ok, uhh, here goes:
kisama - YOU _____! (fill in the blank)
temee - same as above
kuso - damn/crap (use when annoyed)

nandatou? - what?
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fighterholic



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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 6:15 pm Reply with quote
ama-means bitch
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Tony K.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 28, 2006 7:45 pm Reply with quote
While I appreciate the opportunity to learn new things, the premise of this thread, in particular, along with the current style of presentation isn't striking me as very constructive.

Simply listing words you "learned" from anime doesn't do much for trying to actually learn the entire Japanese language. One language thread is enough for now.
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