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These are some words you might find here and there in an animé title. These are also words that some people insist on using in chat rooms and message boards (grr...). I know there may some who disagree with me on a couple of these, but hey, this is just a simple little list! Geez...
If you are a Japanese speaker and see soming wrong, please tell me ASAP!!! I want to make sure that this information is 100% correct. I don't want to be spreading bad info around. Any help would be greatly appreciated.


Words
abunai:
dangerous
ai:
love
akuma:
devil/demon
amai:
sweet
anata:
most common form of "you"
arigatou:
thank you
baka:
stupid
bara:
rose
...-ban:
...-st, ...-nd, ...-th. ie: ichiban= 1st, hachiban= 8th
bishoujo:
pretty girl
bishounen:
pretty boy
...-chan:
suffix that is attached to names of younger people/ close friends
daburu:
double
doozo:
please
gakkou:
school
ginga:
galaxy
hai:
yes
haha:
mother
henshin:
transform
hi:
fire
hoshi:
star
jiko:
accident
junsui:
pure
juuban:
10th district
kamen:
mask
kangei suru:
welcome
kawaii:
cute
ki:
tree
kiki:
emergency
koi:
love
kokoro:
heart/spirit
konnichiwa:
hello
kowai:
scary
...-kun:
male equivilent of -san, not very common since san is OK to use on men
lie:
no
kazu:
number
kuro:
black
minna:
everyone
mizu:
water
nani:
what
neko:
cat
Nihon:
Japan
Nihonjin:
Japanese
no:
of (it works in the reverse of how it's used in English)
onna:
female
onegai:
please/a request
otoko:
male
...-sama:
attached to names of those you REALLY respect, your idol, a king, etc.
...-san:
attached to older people's or stranger's names to indicate respect
sayonara:
good bye
seeraafuku (sailorfuku):
sailor suit
seigi:
jutice
senshi:
warrior/soldier
shi:
death
shinguru:
single
shiro:
white
sumimasen:
excuse me
...-tachi:
suffix that makes nouns plural
tenshi:
angel
to:
and
tomodachi:
friend
tsuki:
moon
usagi:
rabbit
watashi/atashi:
most common form of "I", atashi is feminine
yume:
dream
zenbu:
all/whole

Numbers

zero:

0

ichi:

1

ni:

2

san:

3

yon/shi:

4

go:

5

roku:

6

shichi/nana:

7

hachi:

8

kyuu ku:

9

juu:

10

juuichi:

11

juuni:

12

juusan:

13

juuyon:

14

juugo:

15

juuroku:

16

juushichi:

17

juuhachi:

18

juuku:

19

nijuu:

20

nijuuichi:

21

nijuuni:

22 (you see how it works?)

sanjuu:

30

yonjuu:

40

gojuu:

50

rokujuu:

60

nanajuu:

70

hachijuu:

80

kyuujuub:

90

hyaku:

100

nihyaku:

200

sanbyaku:

300

yonhyaku:

400

gohyaku:

500

roppyaku:

600

nanahyaku:

700

happyaku:

800

kyuuhyaku:

900

sen:

1000

hyakuman:

million

juuoko:

billion

choo:

trillion

mugen:

infinity

(Much thanks to Josh)

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