oo sou nun des karr

Good idea!

Eirin! Eirin! Tasukete Eirin!

Today's word:
見たい　mi-tai

見 【み】 (n-suf,n) looking; viewing

たい (aux-adj) (1) (after the -masu stem of a verb) want to ... do something; would like to ...;

Mi-tai is literally I want to see. In this case Oe wants to see a woman.

Goldenboy: episode 3
Definitions from Jdict.

Eirin! Eirin! Mi-tai Eirin!

Today's word:
make

負け 【まけ】 (n) defeat; loss; losing (a game); (P)

Telling Yūko she'll lose to F class is a great way to get her riled up. Be careful not to pronounce it like the English word "make", it sounds like mah・keh.

Baka to test to Shokanju: episode 12
Definitions from Jdict.

>This is a good word to use if being eaten by a giant plant.

I'll keep that in mind.

Eirin! Eirin! Make Eirin!

>>199

Today's Word:
isshoni

一緒に 【いっしょに】 (adv) together (with); at the same time; in a lump; (P)

This is a very common word that is easy to pick up on once you know it. It translates very easily into together. Yui uses it to describe her preferred sleeping partner here.

As a side note, this is my favorite Japanese word.

K-On!: episode 11
Definitions from Jdict.

Eirin! Eirin! Isshoni Eirin!

Right?

>>202
Darn it you beat me to it.

What is the longest word in the Japanese dictionary?

>>204
┐('～`；)┌

Today's Word:
fuku

服 【ふく】 (n,n-suf) (1) clothes (esp. Western clothes);

This word definitely does not sound like fuck, instead it sounds like fh-kuu. Anyways, Yui likes to put 服 on her geetah after sleeping 一緒に with it. Don't read into this.

K-On!: episode 11
Definitions from Jdict.

Today's Word:
oshiri

お尻 【おしり】 (n) arse; ass; bottom; buttocks

Every time I see this word written it's in hiragana. I've only seen the kanji itself a handful of times. I'll have to ask someone with more experience why.

Ikkitousen: episode 9
Definitions from Jdict.

>>208
Im actually not legally allowed to view that image. It depicts a lolita's ass, which under the new Australian censorship laws is considered child pornography.

>>209
Hakufu? Loli?

Australia sure is weird.

Eirin! Eirin! Oshiri Eirin!

>>211

>>208
I see the kanji used quite a bit in eroge.

Today's word
sekai

世界 【せかい】 (n) the world; society; the universe; (P)

Honoka absolutely refuses to hand the world over to David Bowie.

Pretty Cure: episode 5
Definitions from Jdict.

Eirin! Eirin! Sekai Eirin!

//Copy note: God this was a bad joke

Today's word:
mochiron

勿論 【もちろん】 (adv) (uk) of course; certainly; naturally; (P)

もちろん is most often written using the kana. Of course by now I'm out of witty comments, or am I?

Ikkitousen: episode 8
Definitions from Jdict.

Today's word
hontou

本当 【ほんとう(P); ほんと(ik)】 (adj-na,n) truth; reality; (P)

REALLY!? I CAN REALLY HAVE ANY CHOCOLATE I WANT!?

ほうんとう！？　本当に本当！？！？

I was afraid to use this one since it's such a common stand alone word, but I loved the picture. As an aside to anyone actually reading this thread, are the words I'm using too easy or hard? Deciding if something will be useful or not is a lot harder than I thought.

Pretty Cure: Episode 12
Definitions from Jdict.

うわあ~ 本当にちんちん

>>218
I was saving penis for another day！

Today's Word
jugyou

授業 【じゅぎょう】 (n,vs) lesson; class work;

Since virtually every anime since the dawn of time takes place in a school setting, you should hear this one a lot if you keep your ears open for it.

HeartCatch Precure: episode 1
Definitions from Jdict.

Today's Word
chikaku

近く 【ちかく】 (n-adv,n) (1) (See 近い) near; neighbourhood; neighborhood; vicinity; (n-suf) (2) nearly (i.e. "it took nearly one year"); close to; (adv) (3) shortly; soon; (P)

Joey is very close to being a female.
He hangs around closely with Lina.
Will's face is very close to Joey's.
I hope a doujin is not close to being made about this.

Heroman: episode 1
Definitions from Jdict.

Today's Word
omoi

重い 【おもい】 (adj-i) (1) heavy; massive;

B Gata H Kei: Episode 1
Definitions from Jdict

Today's Word
binbou

貧乏(P); 貧棒(oK) 【びんぼう】 (adj-na,n) poverty; destitute; poor; (P)

Kaichou wa Maid-sama!: Episode 1
Definitions from Jdict.

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heya

部屋 【へや】 (n) (1) (See 御部屋) room; (2)

荒川アンダー ザ ブリッジ: Episode 1
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shigoto

仕事 【しごと】 (n,vs,adj-no) (1) work; job; business; occupation; employment; vocation; task; (2) {physics} work; (P)

Hrm, the word of the day means working from an anime called working...

Working: episode 1
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Eirin! Eirin! shigoto Eirin!

word of the day
utau

歌う(P); 唄う(P); 謡う; 詠う 【うたう】 (v5u,vt) (1) to sing; (2) to sing (one's praises in a poem, etc.); (P)

Ｈａｉｂａｎｅ　Ｒｅｎｍｅｉ：　Ｅｐｉｓｏｄｅ　４
Ｄｅｆｉｎｉｔｉｏｎｓ　ｆｒｏｍ　Ｊｄｉｃｔ。

Today's Word
mijinko

微塵子 【みじんこ】 (n) water flea (Daphnia spp.)

Calling someone a water flea is a pretty poplar insult in Japan.

Working: episode 1
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>>228
Eww, I friggin hate water fleas

>>581396
>poplar

Today's word
waki

脇(P); 腋; 掖; 傍; 側 【わき】 (n) (1) (usu. 脇) side; aside; (2) (usu. 腋 or 脇) armpit; (3) back-burner; (P)

'dem armpits.

*As a side note, this is the only WotD not actually said so far in the scene the screen shot is taken.

Working!! episode: 1
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Today's ＤＯＵＢＬＥ　Word
yasashii

優しい: Nice, Kind.
易しい: Easy.

Both are pronounced exactly the same, and have similar meanings. In episode2 of B Gata H Kei Mayu Miyano calls Yamada yasashii. She obviously meant it as kind, but easy would be pretty applicable as well. You see, a yasashii-hito[易しい人]... is well... an easy person.

B. Gata H. Kei: episode 02

Today's Word
meshi

飯 【めし】 (n) (1) meals; food; (2) cooked rice; (3) one's livelihood; (P)

Hakuouki: episode 01
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Today's Word
soba

側(P); 傍; 端 【そば(側; 傍)(P); そく(側); はた】 (n) (1) near; close; beside; vicinity; proximity; besides; while; (n) (2) (はた only) third person; (P)

If you want to tell someone you'll always be by their side use this word.

Dance in the Vampire Bund: episode 12
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Today's Word
mune

胸 【むね】 (n) breast; chest; (P)

KissXsis: episode 02
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kame

亀　（かめ） It means turtle.

梓と亀は一緒に来年！

K-On!!: Episode 02

Today's Word
shinpai

心配 【しんぱい】 (adj-na,n,vs) (1) worry; concern; anxiety; (n,vs) (2) care; help; aid; assistance;

Hakouki: episode 02
Definitions from Jdict.

Today's Word
buta

豚（ぶた）　It means pig. A great way to remember this word is: pigs taste like butter, or something.

As a side note this scene involves an imaginary Rinrin failing pretty bad at a Japanese word game. That's ok though, because Rinrin is awesome.

Koihime3: episode 02

Today's Word
okiru

起きる 【おきる】 (v1,vi) (1) to get up; to rise; (2) to wake up; (3) to occur (usu. of unfavourable incidents); to happen; to take place;

Wake up Yui. There's cake.

K-On!!: Episode 02
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今日の言葉
ラック

luck:
1 [U]運命, 天命, 巡り合わせ, 運(chance)
2 [U]幸運；まぐれ当たり；成功
3 幸運をもたらす物, 縁起物, お守り(charm).

英和：goo辞書
エンジェルビーツ02

Today's Word
wasureru

忘れる 【わすれる】 (v1,vt) to forget; to leave carelessly; to be forgetful of; to forget about; to forget (an article); (P)

Reira can't remember her purse and handkerchief.
Fujiko can't forget her dead brother.

Himechen & Ichiban Ushiro no Daimaou: episode 3
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Today's Word
abunai

危ない 【あぶない】 (adj-i) (1) dangerous; risky; hazardous; perilous; precarious; (2) in danger; in jeopardy; critical; grave; at risk; (3) uncertain; unreliable; insecure; unsteady; doubtful; (4) close (i.e. a close call); narrow; (int) (5) look out!; watch out!;

Saw blades are dangerous. Seriously.

Rainboy: Episode 2
Definitions from JDict

>>242
>Rainboy

freud.jpg

Today's Word
tonde

飛んで 【とんで】 (exp) (1) (See 飛ぶ) flying; leaping; (2) (when reading a number aloud) naught; zero; oh

Kamichu!: episode 1
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Sugoi~

Today's Word
hazukashii

恥かしい　【はずかしい】 It means to be embarrassed. It's also extremely moe.

Kamichu: Episode 1

Today's Word
gohoubi

ご褒美 【ごほうび】 (n) (See 褒美) reward; prize

Kohime3: episode 3
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Today's Word
ote

お手 【おて】 (int) (See お代わり) 'shake' (command to have a dog place its paw in your hand)

Well.. this isn't a really useful word. If you get rid of the o though, you have the word for hand! "te"

Mayoi Neko Overrun: episode 03
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Today's Word
semai

狭い 【せまい】 (adj-i) narrow; confined; small;

Daimou: Episode 4
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Today's Word
chiyuu

知友 【ちゆう】 (n) (close) friend

It's that small half step between friends and gay.

Heartcatch Precure: Episode 10
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Today's Word
nichiyoubi

日曜日 【にちようび】 Sunday;

Well, it's Sunday, so I figured this was appropriate. I love the Japanese day of the weeks and their kanji. Look at Sunday, It's a a sun! Monday is a moon, Tuesday is fire, Wednesday is water, Thursday is wood, Friday is gold and Saturday is earth. It's like I'm really in a RPG.

日曜日　月曜日　火曜日　水曜日　木曜日　金曜日　土曜日

Working: Episode 4

Today's Word
nomi

飲み; 呑み 【のみ】 (n) (1) (abbr) drink; drinking; (2) spigot; tap (in a cask, etc.); (3) stock market bucketing; (4) bookmaking

It would probably just taste bad anyways.

Daimaou episode 4
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Today's Word
meganekko

I'm sure you all already know what this means (glasses girl), but did you know there are 8 different ways to spell it?

メガネっ娘 ←　most common tag spelling on pixiv
眼鏡っ娘
メガネっ子
眼鏡っ子
めがねっ娘
眼鏡娘
メガネっこ
めがねっこ

Pretty impressive Japan.

Side Note; they don't actually use the word meganekko in the heartcatch scene the screenshot is from, but she is cute and it fits.

>>253
Interesting, so that's how you spell moe in Japanese.

Today's word
kami

髪 【かみ】 (n) hair (on the head)

There sure are a lot of homonyms for kami...

K-On!!: Episode 04
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Today's Word
kuchi

口 【くち】 (n) (1) mouth; (2) opening; hole; gap; orifice; (3) mouth (of a bottle); spout; nozzle; mouthpiece; (4) gate; door; entrance; exit; (5) (See 口を利く) speaking; speech; talk (i.e. gossip); (6) (See 口に合う) taste; palate; (7) mouth (to feed); (8) opening (i.e. vacancy); available position; (9) (See 口がかかる) invitation; summons; (10) kind; sort; type; (11) opening (i.e. beginning); (suf,ctr) (12) counter for mouthfuls, shares (of money), and swords; (P)

Uhm... It obviously means a lot, but for today it just means mouth.

Ichigo Mashimaro Encore: Episode 1
Definition from Jdict.

Today's Word
amai

甘い 【あまい】 (exp,adj-i) (1) (uk) sweet; delicious; (2) fragrant (smelling); sweet (music); (3) lightly salted; (4) (See 甘く見る) naive; overly optimistic; soft on; generous; indulgent; easy-going; (5) half-hearted; not finished properly; (6) tempting (e.g. words); promising;

Kiss X Sis: Episode 3
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Today's Word
shita

下　「した」　lower, down

Ichigo Mashimaro Encore: Episode 02

Your motivation to keep learning Japanese is admirable.

Today's word
tatakai

戦い(P); 闘い 【たたかい】 (n) battle; fight; struggle; conflict; (P)

In this case, a pillow tatakai.

K-on!!: episode 04
Definitions from J-dict.

whats youre goal for learning Japanese ? also if you memorize the word its not like its going to stick with you .. you extensively need to use it .. i wonder that the best way learning a language is just be around people who speak that language

>>261
>whats youre goal for learning Japanese ?
Fluency
>also if you memorize the word its not like its going to stick with you .. you extensively need to use it
I'm not sure what the point of this comment is. Forgetting something is a part of learning it. You keep doing so until you don't forget.
> i wonder that the best way learning a language is just be around people who speak that language
That may be true, but there are plenty of alternative methods if you don't have access to patient native speakers all day every day, which most people don't. Determination and consistency are the key words.

Today's Word
atatakai

暖かい　【あたたかい】　warm

I chose this just to confuse you with yesterday's.

Kamichu!: Episode 13

>>263

>>261
People can learn languages from watching television. I know people who picked up a lot of English that way. If you memorize a word, and then hear it in actual use, you're more likely to remember it.

>I'm so hot

>>262
how will you know what you ve forgotten ?

do you plan to go living abroad (japan) ?

>>265
i didnt learned English in school - rather cartoon network, books, internets in the following order .. i didnt consider myself learning english while i did all these things consequentially i didnt had any hard time doing it .. its weird that you put so much effort in it

>>268
i also did some french in highschool .. when i went to work to france (manual labor) i talked french whether i knew it or not .. it was fun actually ..i witnessed as i grow in skill unconsciously

>how will you know what you ve forgotten ?
I do most of my learning from SRS sessions. It uses an algorithm. I use anime an Japanese TV more as practice and reinforcement.
>do you plan to go living abroad (japan) ?
Not at this time. I look forward to being able to talk to more people on the internet though.

Today's Word
seki

席 【せき】 seat

K-on!!: Episode 5

Today's word
baito

バイト　Part time Job.

Yes, it sounds like bite. Yes it is a loan word. It's not from English though. I had to check the Japanese wikipedia article to find out it comes from the German word Arbeit(who knows if that was spelled correctly) and since this isn't German word of the day I really can't say more than that. 46

Edited at 06/5/2010(Thu)02:10:31

Today's word
takai

高い　【たかい】　Tall, high.

Pretty cure: episode 23

Today's Word
urayamashii

羨ましい　【うらやましい】 Jealous

B Gata H Kei: Episode 06

Today's Word
kaasan

母さん　【かあさん】 Mother.

Happy mothers day! Great episode of Heartcatch for it too. Oh Haruhi this scene ;_;

In case anyone is wondering Mother's day is 母の日 (haha no hi).

Today's Word
dekiru

出来る(P); 出來る(oK) 【できる】 (v1,vi) (1) (uk) to be able (in a position) to do; to be up to the task; (2) to be ready; to be completed; (3) to be made; to be built; (4) to be good at; to be permitted (to do); (5) to become intimate; to take up (with somebody); (6) to grow; to be raised;

K-ON!!: Episode 05
Definition from Jdict.

Today's Word
hanashite

放して 【はなして】　Let go, release.

This is a pretty common word. It's also a homonym for　the other really common word 話す　"speak", so don't get them confused.

Heroman: Episode 06

Today's Word
ueni

上に　【うえに】 Above.

This is one of the most easily remembered Kanji. It's an arrow pointing upwards after all. Note that 上に is referring to a position over something.

Anyamal Tantei Kiruminzoo: Episode 01

Today's Word
mushuusei

無修正 【むしゅうせい】 (n,adj-no) unaltered; uncensored; unexpurgated; (P)

Something you won't find in Japanese porn.

Kiss x Sis: Episode 06
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Today's Word
kanpai

乾杯(P); 乾盃(oK) 【かんぱい】 (n,vs) (1) toast; drink (in celebration or in honor of something); (2) drinking one's glass dry; (int) (3) cheers; (P)

Alright, so most of you probably already kind of knew KANPAI!!!!, but did you know that kanpai has a homonym which means total defeat as well? That's almost as weird as 乳 and 父.

Arakawa Under the Bridge: Episode 05
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Today's Word
yuusha

勇者 【ゆうしゃ; ゆうじゃ】 (n) (See 勇士) hero; the brave; man of valour (valor)

It's fun to point out the name he took was "Brave".

Daimaou: Episode 07
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Today's Word
joudan

冗談(P); 笑談 【じょうだん】 (n,adj-no) (笑談 is an ateji created by 夏目漱石) jest; joke; (P)


I think Green is a joudan-dere.

Daimaou: Episode 07
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Today's Word
yabun

夜分 【やぶん】 (n-adv,n-t) evening; night; nighttime

Kara no Kyoukai: Movie 2
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>>283
Do you know if there's a notable difference between 夜分(やぶん) and 夜(よる)? They're both listed as adverbial/temporal nouns.

Also, Kara no Kyoukai Blu-ray release where? That screenshot is painful to look at considering how awesome the movie looks.

//Copy note: I'm not sure how correct this is.

>>284
I'm not entirely sure, but I believe 夜分 is used during the night to refer to what it is (example: sorry I'm bothering you so late at night), and 夜 is used to talk about the night time(example: lets go dancing tonight). If that makes sense.

Like I said in the OP though, I'm still studying myself. I could be wrong. If you find out otherwise please be sure to let me know.

Today's word
wakai

若い 【わかい】 (adj-i) young; (P)

Moe-tan: Episode 05
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>>285
That seems to be correct. I found this sentence via WWWJDIC's Eijorō search:

夜分こんな時間に、ご自宅にお電話して申し訳ありません
I'm sorry to call you at home so late.

http://eow.alc.co.jp/%CC%EB%CA%AC/EUC-JP/

Today's word
kokoro

心 【こころ】 (n) (1) mind; heart; spirit; (2) the meaning of a phrase (riddle, etc.); (P)

I love this Kanji because it looks looks a heart.

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Today's word
kibou

希望(P); 冀望 【きぼう】 (n,vs) hope; wish; aspiration; (P)

At the end of that journey, Even if everything you searched for has been destroyed, hope will still be there, Or something like that.

Precure: Episode 28
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Today's word
warai

笑い(P); 咲い; 嗤い 【わらい】 (n) (1) (See 笑う) laugh; laughter; (2) smile; (3) (esp. 嗤い) sneer; (P)　

Smile!

Definitions from Jdict

Today's word
tamago

卵　【たまご】 - Egg

Daimaou: episode 08

  >>291

Today's word
takusan

沢山 【たくさん】 (adj-na,adv,n) (uk) many; a lot; much; (P)

Yurumates
Moetan: Episode 05
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I'm learning Japanese and I got a few questions I can't find the answer to. So I figured I'll ask here.

Do words ending in "sai" have anything in common? There is urusai, gomenasai, yamenasai, etc.

And how should I interpret nante and nanka and is there any difference between them?

//Copy note: Wow, I was so wrong here!
//This is why I had disclaimers!
//Here's a nice thread to clear it up
//http://forum.koohii.com/viewtopic.php?id=2645

As I've stated several times, I'm still learning myself as well, but I'll do my best to answer.

First, nante and nanka are very different. From what I understand Nante is barely a question at all (despite the 何　kanji), and is almost rhetorical and adds a sense of exclamation. A good example is "Isn't it a great idea!?"

何か(nanka/nanika) means "something". Example: Is there something you would like to eat?　

As far as your other question, nasai(なさい) means "do", and I believe (I could be wrong) that it is the ending for gomennasai. Urusai on the other hand doesn't have much to do with this.

//Copy note: lol poor guy ;_;

>>295
Thanks for clearing that up a bit.

I forgot to mention I also don't get what "you ni" means? Could be youni, yoni, or something like that, not sure. I hear it quite often.

Jisho's sentence look-up is amazing for clearing up words and some grammar by showing it used in various sample sentences with English translations. All you have to do is search for what you're looking for. Here's なんて, for example:
http://jisho.org/sentences?jap=nante&eng=

なさい is just a command that you want someone to do, which you attach onto the verb stem. It's different from ください, because it's a firm request, whereas ください is like "can you please do this?". For ru-verbs like 食べる ,it becomes 食べなさい. For u-verbs you switch the stem's "う" character to an "い" character. I.E. 泳ぐ -> 泳ぎなさい or 読む -> 飲みなさい.

I'm not really capable of explaining ように, because I'm not entirely certain about its usage either. It's something like doing towards (an action/state), becoming (an action/state), or the appearance of an action/state. If you don't already use it, Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese grammar is pretty good and has a detailed section for ように.

http://www.guidetojapanese.org/learn/grammar/surunaru

Can we just use this as a general all-purpose ask questions about studying Japanese thread? I'm wondering if anyone has any suggested reading about Japanese sentence structure.

I get pretty confused at times reading relatively easy stuff in Japanese. I've been reading Yotsuba in Japanese for the past couple weeks, and while I "know" everything in Tae Kim's Guide to Japanese grammar, seeing it used in real sentences is another story. I mainly have problems with complex/compound sentences, but even then, sometimes I can pick out what's being said with ease. I'm trying to supplement what I've learned in Tae Kim's Guide with the All About Particles book, which is good, and the Genki II book. Genki II basically just covers what I already know, but seeing a different perspective on grammar has helped me internalize it better, I guess. I wanted to buy Jay Rubin's Making Sense of Japanese, but I'm not sure if it's what I'm even looking for. I'm guessing that the real answer would be to just continue to read things in Japanese so I familiarize myself with it, and checking any resources I have if I'm confused.

>>297
Yeah, just keep reading a lot and reviewing. The syntax for Japanese will feel strange and take a long time for a native English speaker to figure what the hell long sentences to mean but like everything, you'll get used to it over time.

How would someone say "While having sex with you I want to slit your throat."

Don't ask.

>>297
Could you point to where you got the yotsuba raws? I've been reading raws myself but they're shounen fightans and I'm not really interested in them myself.

>>299
ううん

>>300
http://nyaatorrents.org/?page=download&tid=742

Is there anything else with furigana besides Yotsuba that makes for good reading practice? I'd try some shounen, but I think that'd be too difficult.

>>302
Most Shounen and Shoujos have full furigana. Queen's blade for example even has it.

You could try to find some 4koma, those shouldn't be too hard. (Lucky Star's for example has a lot of furigana IIRC)

Today's word
utsukushii

美しい 【うつくしい】 (adj-i) beautiful; lovely; (P)

Who is more utsukushii? Precure or Cobraja?

Definitions from Jdict

Today's word
asobi

遊び　【あそび】　Play

Today's word
kaze

風邪　【かぜ】　cold (illness).

Definitions from Jdict

>>306
i was sure kaze meant wind

>>307
It does. Homonyms are aplenty in Japanese.

Today's word
saikyou

最強 【さいきょう】 (n,adj-no) strongest; (P)

This word is a lot more diverse than you would expect. You can have everything from... well just read the screenshots.

Definitions from Jdict

Today's word
kyoudai


きょうだい：

兄姉　brother and sister
兄弟　Older brother and younger brother
兄妹　Older brother and younger sister
姉妹　Older sister and younger sister
姉弟 Older sister and younger brother

This is a great example of when one word with similar meanings can become even more concise with Kanji. In essence Kyoudai means siblings.

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seifuku

制服 【せいふく】 (n) uniform; (P)

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ichiban

一番 【いちばん】 (n-adv) (1) best; first; number one; (2) game; round; bout; fall; event (in a meet); (P)

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nakanaka

中中(P); 中々 【なかなか】 (adv) (1) (uk) very; considerably; easily; readily; fairly; quite; highly; rather; (2) by no means (with negative verb); (P)

Another mini lesson today. If you look at the kanji you see 中々　and 中中. These are exactly the same. In Japanese when the same kanji is written twice, the second time it can be replaced with 々. This is very useful for saving strokes.

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>>313
How do you make "々" on a keyboard with IME?

>How do you make "々" on a keyboard with IME?

You use a kanji with the same symbol twice. If there's another way, which there probably is, I haven't bothered to find out yet.

Today's word
ima

今 【いま】 (n-adv,n) now; the present time; just now; soon; immediately; (one) more; (P)

The important part of today's word is the Kanji. This kanji is used in so many contractions it's amazing. Almost ALWAYS it carries the same meaning.

For example 今　+　日(day) = today, 今 + 月(month) = this month, etc etc etc.

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bangohan

晩御飯; 晩ご飯 【ばんごはん】 (n) dinner; evening meal

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ame

雨 【あめ】 (n) rain; (P)

I love this kanji. It looks like rain.
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yuki

雪 【ゆき】 (n) snow; (P)

How lucky of me, rain one day snow the next. Two things to note: First look at the kanji and compare it to rain. 雨　vs 雪 Same thing but it has a ヨ (well almost) at the bottom. Imagine that as the snow. The next thing to note is the phonical part, recognize it from any well known kuuderes? Yeah? Well, you should never forget this kanji now.
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denki

電気　【でんき】　－ electricity, electrical lighting

Notice how this kanji looks? I bet you do! It's 雨 + something new. In Remembering the Kanji, Heisig names the bottom primitive an eel. Just think of it as an electrical eel.

There's more to keep in mind. The phonic Denki has several other kanji again with very similar meanings:
電器　【でんき】　Appliances
電機 【でんき】　Machinery

It's kind of funny, but, both additional meanings could make great puns on heroman's special attack. If you ever see a 4koma and in the first panel is Joey doing his standard Heroman electrical attack command, and in the next panel Heroman is mixing brownies, you'll now get the joke.

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mizugi

水着　【みずぎ】　Swimsuit

Interesting fact, If you get wet in Japan without a swimsuit on you have a 50/50 chance of getting sick and dying. It's a little known fact that Japanese swimsuits are coated with powerful anti-microbes and and sealants to maintain body temperature. The US military actually has used Japanese swimsuits as a basis for underwear for soldiers. OK not really.

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okyakusama

お客さま; お客様; 御客様 【おきゃくさま】 (n) (hon) guest; visitor; customer

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bancho

番長 【ばんちょう】 (n) leader of a group of juvenile delinquents

If you notice on the screenshot they leave off the う, I am pretty confident that's a slang or they're presenting it phonically (hence the ~)

Also you should know this word pretty well if you've seen Cromartie high.

>>324
Osaka Bancho

>>325

>>326
Thanks for reminding me.

I forgot to comment that banchou doesn't just mean group leader, it's also translatable roughly into "bad ass."

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tantei

探偵 【たんてい】 (n,vs,adj-no) detective; sleuth; investigator; (P)

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shin

信 【しん】 (adv,n) (1) honesty; fidelity; (2) trust; reliance; (3) (religious) faith; (ctr) (4) counter for received messages; (P)

>>329
Doesn't "shin" mean new?

>>330
Stop being mean. Doesn't mean mean the mathematical mean of two numbers? I'm just kidding, but you probably have the means to look it up.

>>330

Yes, it does. However, 信, read as 'shin', does not. 新, read as 'shin', does.

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hana

鼻 【はな】 (n) nose;

I've always found it funny that 鼻(nose) and 花(flower) are pronounced the same way.

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aoi

青 【あおい】　- Blue

>>334
I thought I heard them say "blue egg" (aoi tamago) and the subbers translated it to "Pale Cocoon", and you all said I was crazy!

>>335
Both are said at different times.

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ayashii

怪しい　【あやし】　－　Suspicious

Gonna talk more about the anime that the word today― So I originally skipped on Kurenai because the OP put me off so bad. It's probably one of the tackiest OPs I've ever seen. Big mistake. The directing is some of the best I've ever seen in an anime. If you haven't seen it yet I highly recommend it.

Also just a side note, I realize the screenshot looks like QUALITY, but keep in mind everything is always in motion in this anime. It looks much better moving.

Today's word
mazui

不味い　【まずい】 Poor tasting, undesirable. It can refer to things besides food and taste but that is its primary use I believe.

不 is the important Kanji here. You will see it A LOT. It's a negative prefix and means bad most of the time.

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toshi

都市 【とし】 City, Town

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hebi

蛇　【へび】　Snake

//Copy note: Jokes on this guy.
//I've never been witty.

>>339
>>340
I miss your witty comments and fun facts about the words. ;_;

Don't give up, alt-three-san! がんばって下さい！

>>339
I'm going to be an ass and again ask if you know what the difference is between 町 (まち) and 都市 (とし), which both supposedly mean town.

>>343
As far as my knowledge goes, the difference between Toshi and Machi, is like the difference between city and town.

Today's word
michi

道　【みち】　Road, Path, Lane.

Something that continually manages to amaze me is how two completely parallel(well they used to be!) languages develop similar abstract word usage. 道 is one of these words. Just like the English word path, the Japanese word 道 carries many of the same nuances; by that I mean it can refer to abstract notions such as a moral path, or one's life's path.

Anyways, here's another tear jerking scene from Clanned. Just think about all the different meanings associated with what was going on in the scene if you remember.

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>>344
Thanks!

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nugi

脱ぎ 【ぬぎ】 Undress, Strip

Conveniently BGHK actually makes this kanji really easy to remember. Take a look at the censor mark, it's 兄 with horns. Now look at 脱, Just think of it as the BGHK demon from now on. Also keep in mind that even though 月 means month/moon, as a radical a lot of the time it it easy to remember it as flesh/body. So we've got body(月) next to a horned big brother(兄).

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ikisosou

意気阻喪 【いきそそう】 Depressing

Clannad sure is depressing. 90

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onaka ga suku


お腹が空く　【おなか　が　すく】 Empty stomach/Hungry

Today's word of the day is more of a phrase of the day. お腹(stomach)が(particle state of being)　空く(empty). Literally it's like asking if someone's stomach is empty. Remember the empty kanji(空), because it is used A LOT as a partner kanji and it usually carries the same meaning.

Today's word
sora

空　【そら】　Sky, Heavens

You should remember this Kanji from yesterday.

>>350

So they use the same kanji for sky as they do for empty. Makes some sense, actually. But it's pronounced 'su' in suku and 'sora' there? I wonder who thought that would be a good idea when they were developing the written form of the language, huh?

>>351
It just gets crazy man.

空＝sora(sky), kara(void), uro(hole), and kuu(Ask Haibane Renmei)


All of them have different meanings, Kuu being the most complex. I'm not even going to get into how many different ways you can pronounce this Kanji in names.

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byouki

病気　【びょうき】　Illness, KEYaids

If you are moe and start coughing for no apparent reason, you WILL die.

Today's word
zutto

【ずっと】 Forever

ずっと is probably the most dangerous word to say in anime. You're pretty much ensuring the opposite. ずっと一緒に is even more dangerous, it has a 99% kill rate.

//Copy note: For anyone confused
//ずっと一緒に is zutto isshoni.
>>354

ずっと一緒に

zutto-itoguchi ni?

Forever until the end?

Google Translate says "Always together.", but I thought zutto isshoni would be more appropriate for saying "Always together."

Silly japanese, how am I ever going to wrap my head around it?

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chiisai

小さい　【ちいさい】　Small

Remember the extra い in the middle, for some reason a lot of people (read: me) forget that when learning this word.

>>deleted post

Silly me.

Just goes to show how hard it will be to truly learn.

I'm OCD, but just making sure, you guys realize it's isshoni not isshouni? Isshouni is a period of time. Isshoni is together.

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hitori

一人　【ひとり】 One Person, Alone

I'm sure most of you probably know that 一(one) can be pronounced "ichi", but it can also be pronounced "hito". The fun thing is 人(person)can also be pronounced "hito". In this case however it's pronounced "ri". Why? Because "ri" is the counter for people. Japanese use counters quite a lot, it's best to get used to them.

Edited at 25/6/2010(Fri)02:26:51

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futari

二人　【ふたり】 two people, you two

You should be familiar with the counter for this from yesterday.

//Copy note: I'm not sure what
//I'm responding to here anymore.
//Someone deleted their post.

>>Deleted post
飛んで(example: I'm flying)　is the informal て-form verb conjugation of 飛ぶ(example: I fly)
Basically think of the て-form as describing something which is currently happening.

Here's a conjugation chart for the word:
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/cgi-bin/wwwjdic.cgi?1W%C4%B7%A4%D6_v5b

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zou

象 【ぞう】　Elephant

象 sounds kind of like "zoo", which makes it easier to remember.

>>Deleted Post
>Isn't the て- form the verb connecting form?
Yes. You're correct, the whole phrase is "飛んでいる”. I'm sorry if omitting that confused you, a mistake on my part. As I've said I'm not really an authority on Japanese (Or anywhere near one), but I'll help when I can.

>Also, why is it in the song 「翼をください」　that it says 「飛んで行きたいよ」　which I suppose means "I want to fly and go", couldn't it just say 「飛んびたいよ」?
I don't know if that's possible. Did you mean 飛びたいよ not 飛んびたいよ? If you meant 飛びたいよ that still leaves out the "going" part of the song. Also, I think you're changing it from informal to polite.

>And why is 「行きたい」 yukitai, why not ikitai?　「行きました」 is ikimashita, why not yukimashita?
Good question. I'm not a good teacher though. All I can guess is it has to do with a similar exception to what happened with いい(良い). You can read about that here under "An annoying exception." http://www.guidetojapanese.org/adjectives.html

Anyways, as I've said before I'm still learning myself so please don't take my words as the final say on anything. Also, I'm not really concerned much with grammar myself at this point. I'm more trying to build my vocab at this point, so I'm not really that great with it to begin with.

>>Deleted Post
The で(de) is used instead of て(te) because the verb is 飛ぶ(tobu). Verbs that end in ぶ、む、ぬ (bu, mu, nu) conjugate to a んで　in their って forms.

As for your second question (it should technically be 飛びたい as >>716170 pointed out), that's just how Japanese is. It's much more natural for them to use verb phrases that combine 2 verbs like 飛んで行く than using just 飛ぶ, which might sound a little awkward. I don't think we do this in English, so a lot of beginners have a lot of trouble with this in speaking. The same applies for 盗んでいきました.

Lastly, there is no difference in meaning between いく and ゆく. Like the いい/よい、ゆく is the older version, and less commonly used. From what I've seen, it tends to have the connotation of being more antiquated/poetic.

>>365
Your text came out garbled on my screen.

>>366
Here.

>>367
thanks

Today's word
shinbun

新聞 【しんぶん】 Newspaper

Check out the kanji, it's new and listen. So, it's basically a Japanese analog to to the word news. I find this fascinating.

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hyaku

百　【ひゃく】 100

Some how, I've managed to do this for 100 day straight without a miss. Thanks for all the encouragement guys! I feel like I've learned quite a lot not only from doing this, but from all the discussion posts we've had in here as well.

Starting tomorrow I'm going to make a new thread as this one is beginning to take a bit too long to load.

well i'm gonna save this for better days.
geat thread-project man; keep it up for the longer you want.

///END COPY////
I'll copy thread two some other time.

Anyways here's a recap wordlist:
1 tasukete 助けて 【たすけて】
2 見たい　mitai
3 make 負け 【まけ】
4 isshoni 一緒に 【いっしょに
5 fuku 服 【ふく】
6 oshiri お尻 【おしり】
7 sekai 世界 【せかい】
8 mochiron 勿論 【もちろん】
9 hontou 本当 【ほんとう(P); ほんと(ik)】
10 jugyou 授業 【じゅぎょう】
11 chikaku 近く 【ちかく】
12 omoi 重い 【おもい】
13 binbou 貧乏(P); 貧棒(oK) 【びんぼう】
14 heya 部屋 【へや】
15 shigoto 仕事 【しごと】
16 utau 歌う(P); 唄う(P); 謡う; 詠う 【うたう】
17 mijinko 微塵子 【みじんこ】
18 waki 脇(P); 腋; 掖; 傍; 側 【わき】
19 yasashii 優しい 【やさしいい】
20 yasashii 易しい　【やさしいい】
21 meshi 飯 【めし】
22 soba 側(P); 傍; 端 【そば(側; 傍)(P); そく(側); はた】
23 mune 胸 【むね】
24 kame 亀　（かめ）
25 shinpai 心配 【しんぱい】
26 buta 豚（ぶた）
27 okiru 起きる 【おきる】
27.1 ラック luck
28 wasureru 忘れる 【わすれる】
29 abunai 危ない 【あぶない】
30 tonde 飛んで 【とんで】
31 hazukashii 恥かしい
32 gohoubi ご褒美 【ごほうび】
33 ote お手 【おて】
34 semai 狭い
35 chiyuu 知友 【ちゆう】
36 nichiyoubi 日曜日 【にちようび】
37 nomi 飲み; 呑み 【のみ】
38 meganekko メガネっ娘
39 kami 髪 【かみ】
40 kuchi 口 【くち】
41 amai 甘い 【あまい】
42 shita 下　「した」
43 tatakai 戦い(P); 闘い 【たたかい】
44 atatakai 暖かい　【あたたかい】
45 seki 席 【せき】
46 baito バイト
47 takai 高い　【たかい】
48 urayamashii 羨ましい　【うらやましい】
49 kaasan 母さん　【かあさん】
50 dekiru 出来る(P); 出來る(oK) 【できる】
51 hanashite 放して 【はなして】
52 ueni 上に　【うえに】
53 mushuusei 無修正 【むしゅうせい】
54 kanpai 乾杯(P); 乾盃(oK) 【かんぱい】
55 yuusha 勇者 【ゆうしゃ; ゆうじゃ】
56 joudan 冗談(P); 笑談 【じょうだん】
57 yabun 夜分 【やぶん】
58 wakai 若い 【わかい】
59 kokoro 心 【こころ】
60 kibou 希望(P); 冀望 【きぼう】
61 warai 笑い(P); 咲い; 嗤い 【わらい】
62 tamago 卵　【たまご】
63 takusan 沢山 【たくさん】
64 utsukushii 美しい 【うつくしい】
65 asobi 遊び　【あそび】
66 saikyou 最強 【さいきょう】
67 kyoudai きょうだい
68 seifuku 制服 【せいふく】
69 ichiban 一番 【いちばん】
70 nakanaka 中中(P); 中々
71 ima 今 【いま】
72 bangohan 晩御飯; 晩ご飯 【ばんごはん】
73 ame 雨 【あめ】
74 yuki 雪 【ゆき】
75 denki 電気　【でんき】
76 mizugi 水着　【みずぎ】
77 okyakusama お客さま; お客様; 御客様 【おきゃくさま】
78 bancho 番長 【ばんちょう】
79 tantei 探偵 【たんてい】
80 shin 信 【しん】
81 hana 鼻 【はな】
82 aoi 青 【あおい】
84 ayashii 怪しい　【あやし】
85 mazui 不味い　【まずい】
86 toshi 都市 【とし】
87 hebi 蛇　【へび】
88 michi 道　【みち】
89 nugi 脱ぎ 【ぬぎ】
90 ikisosou 意気阻喪 【いきそそう】
91 onaka ga suku お腹が空く　【おなか　が　すく】
92 sora 空　【そら】
93 byouki 病気　【びょうき】
94 zutto 【ずっと】
95 chiisai 小さい
96 hitori 一人　【ひとり】
97 futari 二人 【ふたり】
98 zou 象 【ぞう】　
99 shinbun 新聞 【しんぶん】
100 hyaku 百　【ひゃく】

>>374
Thanks man!

But the title of the OP is "Word fo the day (copy)".

It really bothers me. Delete this thread and do it again. Thanks in advance. （´∀｀）

>>375
No, that's correct. Its 'Word fo the day', as in fo' sho, knowamsayin?

>>380

Sorry, I'm learning Ebonics in addition to Japanese. I must have slipped into it, my kurojin.

>>384
Ebonics is my native tongue, but I'm getting rusty in SPEAKING it. I can understand it pretty well, due to constant usage of the dislect.