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Japanese Dictionary

I've noticed that many a fanfiction, or even website, can be littered with Japanese words, allowing the newbie to be forever lost. This is a Japanese-English dictionary, meaning that the Japanese word will come first. Enjoy.

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A

Ai - Love
Aishiteru - I love you
Aka - Red
Ao - Blue
Arigatou - Thank you
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B

Babaa - Rude term for old woman, old hag
Baka - Stupid/Idiot
Bakuhatsu - Explosion
Bakuto - Gamblers
Basu - Bus
Boke - Fool
Bônenkai - End of the year party (literally: Forget the year party)
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C

Chorochoro-to - Darting quickly; a trickling sound
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D

Don - Boom
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E

E [pronounced 'eh'] - Drawing
Ei - Stingray
Eien - Eternity/forever
Enogu - Paint
Enpitsu - Pencil
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F

Furisode - Swinging sleeves (The most formal type of kimono worn by unmarried girls; sleeves nearly touch the ground)
Fûtô - Envelope
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G

Gantan - First day of New Year
Gasu - Gas
Giri - Valentines given out as an obligation
Gakuran - Black uniforms with gold buttons
Gôkon - Karaoke night that consists of a large group of people (usually 10-12) that is a party for meeting people, like a big group date with no commitment
Goku - Gulp
Gomu - Rubber
Gurentai - Latest addition to the yakuza world who are like Western street gangs
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H

Hachi - Eight
Hakama - Skirt-like pants
Hako - Box
Hanyou - Half Demon
Haori - Formal overcoat
Haya - Rapid
Hayakuchi Kotaba - Tongue twisters
Hentai - Pervert (to a person), usually anime pornography
Hi-nezumi - Fire-rat
Hiraku - Open, to open
Honmei - Valentines given out of love
Hôsôshi - Wrapping paper
Houshi - Monk
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I

Inku - Ink
Inu - Dog
Ita - Found you!
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J

Jii-chan - Grandpa
Jôgi - Measuring Ruler
Jourou - Noble-woman, mistress
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K

Kâdo - Card
Kaeru - Frog
Kami - Paper
Katabira - Underclothes
Katsuobushi - Dried fish shavings
Kawaii - Cute
Kazuna - Wind Tunnel
Kekkai - A barrier against evil spirits and ghosts
Keshi - Erase
Keshigomu - Eraser
Ki(iro) - Yellow
Kitsune - Fox
Kitte - Stamp
Kôhaku - Red/crimson and white
Kome - Rice [this word is pronounced 'gome' when added to another word]
Konnichiwa - Good afternoon
Kotaba - Words
Kunai - Throwing dagger
Kuchi - Mouth
Kuroobi - Black belt
Kyojin - Giant
Kyoka - Permit
Kyoku - Office
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M

Makigami - Scroll
Manzai - Two-person comedy acts with one person acting as the boke and the other as the tsukkomi
Mayonêzu - Mayonnaise
Mekuramashi - Eye blind
Merry Kurisumasu - Merry Christmas
Miko - Priestess
Mi(ttsu) - Three times
Mo - Also
Mochi - A gooey rice treat
Momo - Peach
Moshi moshi - Hello (when answering phone)
Mugi - Wheat
Mu(ttsu) - Six times
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N

Nama - Raw
Nani - What?
Nee-chan - Big sister
Neko - Cat
Nengajô - Postcard
Nezumi - Rat
Nihongo - Japanese
Niya - Smirk
No - Of
Nori - Dried seaweed
Nori-tsukkomi - A type of comedy delivery when you pretend to go along with the set-up, and then turn around and call the other person on it
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O

Ohayo - Good morning
Ofuda - Paper charms used to ward off evil
Omikuji - Fortunes
Ômisoka - New Year's Eve
Onee-sama - Respectful term for older sister
Ôsôji - Big, year-end cleaning
Osuwari - Sit (command used for dogs)
Otaku - Fan (usually huge fan, or pertaining to the overly obsessed anime fan; always a person)
Otoshi-dama - New Year money (get from relatives)
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P

Pen - Pen
Pichipichi - Juicy; bursting
Purezento - Present
Pyoko-pyoko - Hopping sound effect
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R

Rakugo - A form of traditional storytelling
Ribon - Bow/ribbon
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S

Same - Shark
Sayonara - Goodbye
Shashin - Photograph
Shinjite - Believe
Shinnenkai - New Year party
Shishi-odoshi - Bamboo fountain
Shita - Under
Shuriken - Throwing star
Sode - Sleeve
Sora - Sky
Sôsu - Sauce
Sotto - Quietly
Sumomo - Plum
Sutokkingu - Stocking
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T

Taijiya - Demon exterminator
Takai - Expensive
Tako - Octopus
Takoyaki - Breaded balls of chopped octopus
Tamago - Egg
Tekiya - Peddlers
Teppôuo - Archer fish
Tokimeki - Throbbing; pulsating; thrilling
Tokkyo - Patent
Tokyo - Tokyo
Tomo - Friend
Toshikoshi - to go over to the next year
Toshikoshi soba - Noodles served on New Year's Eve
Tsubasa - Wings
Tsukkomi - Person in a manzai who constantly castigates the boke for his foolishness
Tsutsumigami - Wrapping paper
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U

Uchi - Within
Umi - Sea
Umibôzu - Sea goblin
Utagassen - Song battle
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Y

Yakuza - Japanese organized crime, sort of like a mob
Yanki - Juvenile delinquent, young gangster
Youkai - Demon
Yotsuba - Four leaf clover
Yu - Bath
Yukata - Summer kimono, usually made of brightly colored cotton
Yuki - Snow
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Z

Zutto - Always
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