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Welcome to Takashi’s Japanese Dictionary (Takashionary)! This website, run by a Japanese native speaker Takashi, introduces intriguing, quirky and useful Japanese expressions (e.g. idioms, slang) that are not covered by textbooks but often used by native Japanese speakers.
Japanese (kana) Japanese (romaji) English translation; Swearing and general insults; くたばれ! kutabare! Go to hell! Literally means "Drop dead!", from kutabaru (くたばる), die, kick the bucket, etc. しんじまえ: shinjimae: Drop dead, go to hell. From shinu plus shimau. See What are the chau, cha verb endings? くそくらえ! kuso ...
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Most Japanese slang is used for descriptions, greetings, and outbursts of emotion. Unlike English, there aren’t too many slang terms to call other people (at least not ones that are nice to say). You won’t really find a translation for “dude,” for instance. To be slangy with nicknames, you would typically shorten someone’s name and add a cute honor...
Tokyo-Ben Slang
Tokyo-ben is what you hear most in the Japanese media, such as on TV, because it’s considered “standard” dialect. Even so, Tokyo is like New York — people from around the country move there, and their slang gets blended together. The Tokyo region does have some slang used most often in that area, though. Here are a few: 1. ちょ (cho): Very, totally. Used like とても (totemo). 2. すげー (suge-): Amazing. It’s the shortened, more masculine form of すごい (sugoi). 3. はずい (hazui): Embarrassing. Short for 恥ず...
Kansai-Ben Slang
When most people think of Kansai-ben, they think of Osaka, although it includes all the Kansai region. It sounds more harsh than standard Japanese, because it uses more blunt endings like ya nen, na, and hen. At the same time, it’s more casual and flowing because words become shortened. Here are a few you should know from the region: 1. めっちゃ (meccha): The same as ちょ and とても, it means “very.” 2. あほ (aho): Idiot. 3. おおきに (ookini): Thank you. 4. ほんま (honma): Really? 5. あかん (akan): Bad, not good...
Ah, Japanese text and internet slang. This is where things get really interesting and slightly confusing, fast. When it comes to Japanese text lingo, there’s a lot of combining English letters and Japanese characters into shorthand that makes no sense upon first glance. But knowing these will help you immerse yourself in the language online, and un...
Use these words with care! Although some of these can be used jokingly among friends (guys especially), don’t use these words all the time unless you want to be perceived as quite the Western loudmouth jerk. (A real stereotype.) 1. ばか (baka): Idiot. 2. ダサい (dasai): Lame, out of style, dorky, or sucky. 3. お前 (omae): A rude, blunt way to say “you.” I...
In case you feel the need to let out a curse under your breath, you can do so in Japanese. Again, use caution with these. While くそ is quite common in Japanese, none of these words are safe to throw around lightly.
Last up, here are some general slang phrases that you’ll hear and see online. 1. こんちは (konchiwa): A short form of こんにちは, “hello.” 2. 調子どう? (choushi dou?): “How are you?” or “How’s it going?” 3. 一だす一は？ (Ichi dasu ichi wa?): “One plus one equals?” It’s used in place of “Say cheese!” when taking a picture, and the response is “に！” (*Ni!”) in Japanese....
Did I miss any Japanese slang or other cool Japanese phrasesyou’ve heard or used? Share it with me in the comments! If you want to learn more casual speech and slang, make sure to check out JapanesePod101. It’s one of the best ways to listen and learn phrases like these in context!
I’m not Japanese and my Japanese sucks but from research I’ve always thought じわる meant like “something that grows funny over time/funny memory”? I could be totally wrong though ahhh. I encountered the word over a year ago and I’m still kinda confused by its meaning ahaha.
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