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Aa - yes
Aho - idiot, ignorant
Ai - love
Aihito- lover, loved one, beloved
Ai shiteru - I love you
Akai - red (adjective form)
Aki - autumn
Anata - you
Ani - older brother
Aniki - older brother (address)
Aniue - my royal older brother (address)
Ane - older sister
Aneki - older sister (address)
Aneue - my royal older sister (address)
Anou - excuse me
Aoi - blue
Arigatou - thank you
Arigatou gozaimasu - thank you very much
Atashi - I (feminine)
Baka - idiot, stupid
Betsuni - nothing
Boku - I (masculine polite)
- chan - suffix used for friends or younger children, diminutive
Che - damn
Chibi - small
Chikusho - damn
Chichi - one's own father
Chichiue - my royal father (address)
Chiisana - small
Daijobu - all right, okay; can be used as an interrogative or a statement
Daijoubu - see Daijobu
Dare - who
Demo - but
Desu - is, to be (also da)
Doko - where
Dou itashimashite - you're welcome
Doushite - why
Ecchi - pervert
Etou - well, um
Fuku - a uniform (often a school uniform)
Fushigi - mysterious
Fuyu - winter
Genki - healthy, cheerful
Gomen - sorry
Gomen nasai - I'm very sorry
Haha - one's own mother
Hahaue - my royal mother (address)
Hai - yes
Halisen - paper fan
Hana - flower
Haru - spring
Heika - emperor; also see Koutei Heika
Hen - strange
Hentai - perversion, pervert; transformation (of an insect)
Hi - fire
Hikari - light
Hikaru - sparkling, shining
Hime - princess
Himitsu - secret
Hitomi - eye
Hontou - really, true; can be used as an interrogative or a statement
Hono'o - flame
Hotaru - firefly
Ii - good, sweet
Iie - no (polite version)
Imouto - little sister
Inu - dog
Itai - an exclamation of pain
Itsuka - someday
Iyaa - no (stronger version)
Jodan - joke
Ka - question particle used at the end of a sentence
Kaa~ - mother (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); a form of address
Kami - hair; paper; god (when used with - sama )
Kanji - character (writing); feeling
Kawaii - cute
Kawaisou - poor thing; to be pitied
Ki - spirit, life-energy
Kirei - pretty
Ko - child
Kodomo - child
Koe - voice
Koi - love; carp (the fish)
Koibito - lover, loved one, beloved
Kokoro - heart, mind
Konban wa - good evening
Konnichi wa - good day, hello; used as a greeting
Koutei Heika - the emperor; used only in reference
Kowai - scary, I'm scared
-kun - typically used only for males, has no real English equivalent
Kurai - darkness
Kuroi - black
Kusai - smelly
Kuso - damn
When Japanese words are romanized, usually what is used for the l/r sound (they are the same in Japanese) is the letter "r", which also what I have done here.
Maku - act (of a play)
Masaka - impossible, it can't be
Mattaku - an exclamation of annoyance or disbelief; "oh, goodness"
Matte - wait (command form)
Megami - goddess (When used with -sama)
Midori - green
Minna - everyone
Mizu - water
Mo - linking particle used to indicate "also" or "too"
Mochiron - of course
Murasaki - purple
Namida - tears
Nan de - why
Nan de mo nai - nothing
Nani - what
Naosu - to heal
Natsu - summer
Naze - why
Ne - hey; isn't that so; when at the beginning of a sentence, means "tell me", or "hey"; when used at the end, means "isn't that right", or "isn't that so" (feminine)
Neko - cat
Nii~ - older brother (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); a form of address
Ningen - human, humans, humankind
Neechan - older sister (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); chick, babe; a form of address
No - equivalent to "'s" or belonging to someone; to say "my little sister" would read "Watashi no imouto", or to simply say "yours" would be "anata no"
No Tame Ni - for
Nozomi - wish
Obaa-san - ma'am
Ohayo - good morning
Okaa~ - mother (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); a form of address
Okama - lit. iron pot; gay (slang)
Onee~ - older sister (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); a form of address
Oni - demon
Onii~ - older brother (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); a form of address
Ore - I (masculine casual)
Otou~ - father (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); a form of address
Otouto - little brother
Oyasumi - good night
Puu - the only thing Mokona can say
There is no letter q in Japanese.
Rei - spirit, soul; zero
Ryuu - dragon
Saigo (no) - last, final
- sama - very polite suffix, equivalent to "lady" or "lord", used for those that are much higher than you. (Ex, royalty, bosses, etc)
- san - polite suffix, equivalent to "miss", "mister", or "missus"
Sayounara - goodbye
-seikun - suffix used for a god
senshi - soldiers
Shimatta - damn; closed (as in a door)
Shinyuu - best friend
Shiroi - white
Shoujo - girl
Shounen - boy
Sugoi - great, large, super
Suimasen - see Sumimasen
Suma - sorry (informal)
-tachi - a suffix that pluralizes a word (ex. watashi-tachi, "us")
Tadaima - I'm home
Tamashii - soul
Tessen - iron fan
Tomodachi - friend
Tou~ - father (suffixes than can be used are - chan , - san , and - sama ); a form of address
Tsubasa - wing
Tsuki - moon
Tsurai - bitter
Ureshii - happy
Uso - lie (noun)
Usotsuki - liar
Like the letters r and l, the letters b and v are the same in Japanese. When romanized, " b " is usually used.
Wa - linking particle used to indicate equality
Wai - Hurray; exclamation of excitement or joy
Wakarimasu - to understand (familiar form is wakatta)
Watakushi - I (very polite, non-gender specific)
Watashi - I (non-gender specific)
There is no sound for this letter in Japanese.
Yakusoku - promise
Yama - mountain
Yanagi - willow
Yaoi - male/male romantic relationships (not necessarily sexual)
Yo - an exclamatory particle used at the end of a sentence; an interjection or greeting
Yume - dream
Yuri - female/female romantic relationships (not necessarily sexual)
Yuugi - play, as in a play like a Broadway play.
-zan - suffix used for a mountain
Zutto - always
If anything here is wrong or not perfect, please email
Kui Kurai
with what you view as the correct definition.
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