The most usefull japanese phrases

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-05-31 09:38am

Post by **Colonel Olrik** » 2003-05-31 09:55am

Your sig is too big [despite the last part being interesting]. Please modify it.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-05-31 10:05am

Tits: Chichi

Raises intresting commentary in DBZ, I'm sure.

As good as your sig-pic is, it has to be 100x500 pixels, IIRC.

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-05-31 10:15am

sorry about the pic, how do you shrink it to an appropriate size?

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-05-31 10:26am

Use a proggie called irfanview if you're a windows user. Or just get a different sig pic.

Tosho · Post by **Tosho** » 2003-05-31 10:35am

I'lsee if I can find a different pic

SyntaxVorlon · Post by **SyntaxVorlon** » 2003-05-31 11:19am

Tits: Chichi

Raises intresting commentary in DBZ, I'm sure.

I remember hearing about how everyone in DB and DBZ was named after a food, except for one woman being named after breasts.

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-31 11:23am

SyntaxVorlon wrote:
Tits: Chichi

Raises intresting commentary in DBZ, I'm sure.
I remember hearing about how everyone in DB and DBZ was named after a food, except for one woman being named after breasts.

Piccolo and his gang were named after musical instruments. Bulma and her kids are named after undergarments (Bulma = Bloomers, then there's Trunks and Bra).

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2003-05-31 02:06pm

Some more interesting phrases from Todd and Erika Greer's book on Colloquial Japanese phrases, "Making Out in Japanese":

Piru nonderu?
Are you on the pill?

Konya-wa Nomo!
Yopparao!
Morigaro!
Let's get drunk!
(note: the last "o" on each phrase is long in this case)

Yoku iu-yo!
Bullshit! (Lit: How dare you say that!)

Honto-ni aishiteru-nara "Sashimi taberu?"-tte kikanai-de.
If you really love me, you'll stop asking me to eat sashimi.

Saurencaerthai · Post by **Saurencaerthai** » 2003-05-31 02:10pm

Taken from http://www.muppetlabs.com/~netropic/japanese.html:

Ohesotte nani?
What is the meaning of my bellybutton?

Anata no gosenzo sama ni kao o awase rare masuka!
Get ready to meet your ashamed ancestors!

Sozo ijo no mono deshta.
That was different.

Suiteki de atama ni anao akararete iru yona kokoromochi deshta.
It was like drops of water boring into my skull.

Kazoku sorrote no seppuku ga yokatta.
I loved the part where the whole family disemboweled themselves.

Watashi no nozomi dori no shinikata deshta ne.
Their deaths perfectly expressed my deepest desires.

Omawarisan! Chikan o tska-mate!
Police! Arrest this pervert!

Nanashi no nihon no michi no kado ni imasu!
I am at the corner of two nameless streets!

Okikute ugokasenai Fujisan mitai da.
He looks as grand and immobile as Mount Fuji.
(To be used at Sumo contests.)

Ahoka! Sodai gomi!
Shame! Public Humiliation!
(To be shouted at baseball players when they err.)

Nihonshoku o tabesukete inai yabanjin desu.
I am too barbaric to eat a Japanese breakfast.

Osoroshii kangae nimo osoware mas.
I have many evil thoughts.

Ebi no idaina saigo desu!
How honorably shrimp struggle as they choke to death!

Anata wa haru ichiban no sakura no yoni utsukushii.
You are as beautiful as spring's first cherry blossom.

Shijin ga suki desuka?
Which poet is your favourite?

Anata no hiza ni suwattemo yoroshii deshoka?
Do you mind if I sit in your lap?

Sekai ichi no ginko ni otsutome desune.
I see you work for the largest bank on the planet.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-05-31 02:13pm

Singular Quartet wrote:Tits: Chichi

Raises intresting commentary in DBZ, I'm sure.

Well, she is supposed to be the "token hot chick" of the series... isn't she??

(I admit that I never have seen DBZ, but 99% of anime has at least one "token hot chick")

Post by **Dalton** » 2003-05-31 02:41pm

Simon H.Johansen wrote:Well, she is supposed to be the "token hot chick" of the series... isn't she??

(I admit that I never have seen DBZ, but 99% of anime has at least one "token hot chick")

That would be Bulma.

Chichi is the token daughter of a god that the alien hero gets to bang.

kojikun · Post by **kojikun** » 2003-05-31 03:02pm

chichi also means father o_o

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-31 03:48pm

Dalton wrote:Piccolo and his gang were named after musical instruments. Bulma and her kids are named after undergarments (Bulma = Bloomers, then there's Trunks and Bra).

In Magic Knights Rayearth, many of the characters were named after cars.

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-31 03:49pm

kojikun wrote:chichi also means father o_o

There are quite a few words with dual meanings. Koi means love or carp, for example.

Datana · Post by **Datana** » 2003-05-31 05:11pm

phongn wrote:In Magic Knights Rayearth, many of the characters were named after cars.

Heh. I only figured some of those out on my last trip to Thailand -- I laughed aloud the first time I saw a Nissan Cefiro.

Shinova · Post by **Shinova** » 2003-05-31 05:18pm

Violinist of Hameln has people named after musical instruments also.

Lemme see....There's Ranma 1/2, where Cologne, Shampoo, Mousse, Herb, Lime, and Mint all have names that sound like hair-care products, food, etc.

DPDarkPrimus · Post by **DPDarkPrimus** » 2003-05-31 06:35pm

Those aren't phrases, they're all individual words! [/nitpick]

I should find that list of Japanese insults I made one day...

XaLEv · Post by **XaLEv** » 2003-05-31 07:14pm

Omae ga Kamisama desu ka? Rei wa pai ga daisuki dayo. Kono miruku furui da. Oretachi kawaiku nai da.

Antatachi ga daikirai! Ketsueki! ^_^

Alot of the names in NGE are naval. Ikari means anchor, Sohryu was an Imperial Japanese warship, etc.

Andrew J. · Post by **Andrew J.** » 2003-05-31 09:03pm

XaLEv wrote:
Alot of the names in NGE are naval. Ikari means anchor, Sohryu was an Imperial Japanese warship, etc.

Soryu, Ayanami, Akagi, Katsuragi, Aoba, Ibuki, and Hyuuga were all names of Japanese ships in WWII. In addition, "Langley" (Asuka's middle name) was an American ship, and "Rokubungi" (Gendo's maiden(?) name) is a sextant or possibly some other sort of navigational device.

Exonerate · Post by **Exonerate** » 2003-05-31 11:32pm

But Rei was named after a sponsor of the show. But she withdrew support, so the NGE crew started to screw with her more...

I can't wait until some people who don't know Japanese try pronouncing that

phongn · Post by **phongn** » 2003-05-31 11:52pm

Exonerate wrote:But Rei was named after a sponsor of the show. But she withdrew support, so the NGE crew started to screw with her more...

There are rumours that they wanted the VA for Hino Rei (of SM) to join up with the NGE cast, but she declined. Incidentially, they VA for Misato is also the one for Usagi Tsukino.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-06-01 03:58am

phongn wrote:
Dalton wrote:Piccolo and his gang were named after musical instruments. Bulma and her kids are named after undergarments (Bulma = Bloomers, then there's Trunks and Bra).
In Magic Knights Rayearth, many of the characters were named after cars.

Oh my.

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-06-01 12:54pm

Sorcerer Hunters most of the cast is named after food.

Bastard is one big heavy metal refrence after another....

Gil Hamilton · Post by **Gil Hamilton** » 2003-06-01 01:17pm

According to the first Evangelion manga, Shinji was so named because it means "mind", Misato was the name of one of Anno's friends, and Ritsuko came from an anime that Anno liked.

I also like Osamu Tezuka's names. Rock, Duke Red, Skunk, Lamp, Mr. Mustachio (Kensuke Ban), Atlas, Rococo.