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These words and phrases are in Rōmaji which is transliteration of Japanese characters into Roman letters for easier recognition and pronunciation...
Items in orange are just alternate Romaji spelling.
- Daijōbu (Daijoubu)(?) - (I'm) okay/(are you) okay?
- Daisuki - love you lots
- Doki doki - heart pounding, exciting
- Dōshite? (Doushite?) - why? what's the reason for?
- Fuwa fuwa - fluffy
- Genki (?; 元気) - (I'm) in good health; in good spirits/(are you) healthy? in good spirits?
- Goshujinsama - lord, master, husband; used to address male customers at a maid cafe
- Heiki (?; 平気) - (I'm) calm; psychologically good/(are you) calm and cool? psychologically good?
- Himitsu - a secret
- Itai - ouch! (usually "itai!")
- Imōto (Imouto)/Otōto (Otouto) - younger sister/brother (when talking about them to other people, usually)
- Jōdan - I'm joking, just kidding (usually "jōdan jōdan")
- Kaichō (Kaichou) - president, chairperson
- Kakkoii - cool!
- Kawaii - adorable, cute, pretty
- Kira kira - sparkly, sparkling, pretty
- Kōhai (Kouhai) - junior; younger colleague
- Kuso - shit, crap, fuck (usually "kuso!")
- Nīsan (Niisan)/Nēsan (Neesan) - brother/sister (close or same age)
- Nani? - what? what's that?
- Onīsan (Oniisan)/Onēsan (Oneesan) - older brother/sister; can also be used for older male/female strangers
- Onsen - hot springs
- Sakura - cherry blossoms
- Seifuku - school uniform; technically sailor type school uniform (aka sailor fuku)
- Seitokai - student council
- Senpai - senior; older colleague
- Shiranai - I don't know
- Sugoi/Sugei - amazing, awesome, great (most common/boys)
- Suki - love, like (usually "suki desu", but meaning depends on context)
- Tomodachi - friend
- Umi - sea, ocean (often "umi da!" for: Oh the sea!)
- Ureshī (Ureshii) - happy, makes me happy
- Wakaranai - I don't understand
- Yakusoku - a promise
- Yuki - snow
- Yume - dream
- Less common
- Bijin - beauty (technically gender neutral, but mostly used with women)
- Gakuran - western school uniform (seifuku is a subset)
- Kanchō (Kanchou) - butt poking (very strange)
- Shushō (Shuhou) - captain (like of a ship)
- Umibe - beach
- Yūki (Yuuki) - courage
See also
- Age and gender related genres:
- Japanese honorifics
- Terminology category