Aoikami Sarah's Chiisana Inuyasha JAPANESE GLOSSARY

• Aishiteru [aeeshee tayroo] = The verb to love. Saying this means you're very much in love with someone. "Koishiteru" is a less passionate form, but means the same thing.
• Anata [ah nah tah] = You
• Anisan [ah knee sahn] = Brother (Older)
• Ano.. [ah noh] = Uh... Um...
• Atarashii [ahtahrah shee ee]= New
• Baka bahkah] = Idiot
• Bishounen [bih SHOW nen]: Literally "handsome boy "
• Boku [bow koo] = I
• -Chan [chan]: A suffix used on the end of people's names to denote affection for them. Only used when referring to someone below you. Older boys and men refer to girls this way, girls call each other -chan and children use it for just about everyone including their parents
• Chibi [cheebee] = Runt or small person
• Chiisana [chee 'ee sa na] = YES, this does mean small. Chiisai means small on it's own, but if you are reffering to something BEING small, as in Inuyasha, then you must ad the partical 'na' to the end and hack of the i. (Much like the word "Nani" drops it's i when you say "Nan desu ka?")
• Chikyuu [chick’que] = Earth
• Chotto [choh 'toh]: Just a moment, as in "Chotto matte kudasi!" "Wait just a moment please!"
• Daijoubu [dye joe boo] = Everything OK, this can be said [I'm ok] and asked [are you ok?].
• Demo [deh moe] = But
• Desu [dayce] = Is
• Doumo [doh moe] = Thanks
• Douzo [doh zo] = Please (As In, Please Take This)
• Etchi [eh chi] = A perverted person
• Etou…[eh toe] = Uh… Um…
• Genki [geng kee] = Cheerful
• Hakama [ha kah mah] = Pants. More specifically long, wide pants like Kikyo or Samurai would wear.
• Hanyou [han-yo] = Half Demon. Han means half and the 1st symbol in the work youkai is enough to tell that 'you' means demon
• Haori [ha ohree] = mid-length coats that serve as light coats to be worn over kimonos. Haori were originally meant to be worn by men as a component of the hakama.
• Hiraikotsu [heeraee ko tsoo]: Sango's Boomerang
• Hoshi [ho shee] = Star
• Houshi [Hoeshee]: Buhddist monk
• Imoto [ee moh toe] = Sister (Younger)
• Jaki [zah key] = Evil aura
• Jigoku [G go koo] = Hell
• Kawaii [kah wah ee-ee] = Cute [not be confused with KOwaii]
• Kimi [keemee] = You
• Kitsune [kihtsoo nay] = Fox
• Kowaii [Koh wah ee-ee] = Scarey [not to be confused with KAwaii]
• -Kun [kuhn]: A suffix used on the end of people's names if they are below the speaker in status and usually male or by girls to their male peers. Kagome calls Kouga, "Kouga-kun"
• Kuso [k’s oh] = Shit
• Kuso Tare [k’s oh tar ee] = Equivilant To ‘Shithead’
• Masaka [mah sah kah] = Impossible/ It Can’t Be
• Matte [mah' tay] = Wait
• Miko [mee ko] = Shinto priestess
• Minna [meen’nah] = everyone
• Mirai [mee raee] = Future
• Musume [moosoo may] = Daughter
• Namae [nah mah ey] = Name
• Nani [nah knee] = What
• Netsuke [neh t’soo kay] = a small carved figurine
• Ningen [nihn gehn] = Human
• Ohayo (gozaimasu) [Ohio (go zaeemahs)] = Good morning (formal)
• Ojiisan [o geesan] = the high respect term for grandfather. Jiisan is less formal and Jii-chan would mean grampa and would only be used by girls and young boys or if you were meaning to be disrespectful of older men. Sort of like calling someone 'gramps'
• Okaasan [o kahsan] = the high respect term for mother. Kaasan is less formal. Inuyasha refers to his mother as "Haha" which you would only call your own mother. Kagome calls her Inu "Yasha no Kaasan"
• Oni [oh knee] = Demon/Spirit/Ghost
• Osuwari [oh soo wa ree] = The command to sit as used on dogs
• Otousan [o toe san] = the high respect term for father. Tousan is less formal and Tou-chan would mean daddy and would only be used by girls and young boys or if you were meaning to be disrespectful of older men. Sort of like calling someone 'pops'
• Oyasumi (nasai) [oyah soomi (nah saee)] = Good night. "Nasai" is a polite way to say it.
• Sailor Fuku [fookoo] = Japanese Schoolgirl outfit
• -Sama [sama] = Current day, this is a suffix for people one respects, as in judges or military leaders. Kaede calls Kikyou "Kikyou Oneesama" which means "respected elder sister Kikyou". Most of the gang referes to Miroku as "Houshi-sama" which means "respected monk" and Miroku, who respects Kagome as a Miko, refers to her as Kagome-sama.
• Sengoku Jidai [zen-go-koo ji-daee] = Era (Jidai) of war (Sengoku), c. 1500. A time in Japan when there was a lot of warlords and no central government.
• Shikon No Tama [she-kon no tama] = Shikon refers to something that has 4 parts, and Tama means soul. the 'no' binds these two words to mean not litterally, but close enough, "Jewel of the Four Souls"
• Shimatta [shihmah tah] = Damn It
• Shinobi [shih no bee] = a ninja, more specifically, a spy.
• Su(m)imasen = Excuse Me (Polite)
• Sugoi [s’uhgoy] = Amazing/Awesome
• Suki [sookee] = To like very much. Used to say you enjoy things, like your job or you like a person. Not as strong a phrase as "Aishiteru"
• Tengoku [teng go koo] = Heaven
• Tengu [teng goo] = a beaked sort of youkai usually dwelling in mountainous regions
• Tenshi [tayn shee] = Angel
• Wasurenai [wah soo ray naee] = Literally "Forget not". Wasureru is the verb to forget. Nai is a negator. Anyword with nai at the end means the opposite.
• Watashi [wah tah shee] = I
• Yarou [yah row] = Bastard, despicable person
• Yoroshiku [yoh roh shee koo] = Nice to meet you
• Youkai [yo-kaee] = Demon
• Yuuwakusha [yoo wah koosha] = seductress

 

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