That's about all the Japanese I know.

hadouken (波動拳)
surge-fist

The Kanji are wave-motion-fist; the first two together form "surge" as a compound. "ken" is an on-reading of the last character.

[ 05-29-2003: Message edited by: Iulius Kæsar ]

Bad spelling/grammar/definitions is just one of my pet peeves. And no, I'm not perfect. I make plenty (not really) mistakes.

雄 【おす】 (n) male (animal), (P)
推す 【おす】 (v5s) to infer, to conclude, to support, (P)
押す 【おす】 (v5s,vt) to push, to press, to stamp (i.e. a passport), (P)

[ 06-22-2003: Message edited by: Venefica ]

...sore wa anata no hahasan ga sakuban iimashita

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Mavos had this to say about Punky Brewster:
Does anyone know what know what "Osu" means? (the u is silent)

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A fun little read on the word "Osu"

Eh.

[ 06-24-2003: Message edited by: OtakuPenguin ]

As far as the real world goes, the punks on WinMX always get a laugh out of me answering "gomen, watashi wa baka gaijin desu" -- especially since I'm generating the unicode kanji for it.

This is the only thing I use day to day really, as I find it easier to say than, "I get it already now shut the fuck up or I kill you" ta my mom.

Tenbatsu = divine punishment; wrath of God; visitation

Ishigami = stone which is worshipped

lol, I know more but meh, pointless.

Also, how do you say 'Banana'?

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Zeke the Final Fencer attempted to be funny by writing:
Also, how do you say 'Banana'?

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Banana is just "banana" (see the Excel Saga opening for an example).

Oh, and here.

[ 09-21-2003: Message edited by: Iulius Czar ]

So maybe it was only a revelation to me that his name means something. Ah well. As an odd aside, my dictionary specifies "yasha" as a female demon. Pawing further (pun intended) into the kanji I found that the word literally means "night-crotch," at which point I decided I was in a bit over my head. Thoughts?

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We were all impressed when Iulius Czar wrote:
inu -- Dog
yasha -- Demon

So maybe it was only a revelation to me that his name means something. Ah well. As an odd aside, my dictionary specifies "yasha" as a female demon. Pawing further (pun intended) into the kanji I found that the word literally means "night-crotch," at which point I decided I was in a bit over my head. Thoughts?

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I've read that "yasha" means something similar to "witch," which is still pretty odd...

It's not areegato gozeemahshite or whatever you think, it's "arigatou gozaimasu."

haha