[trilochana.nejman]

Finish it off with "Boku wa sukebe desu... anata ga naisu bodi imasu... robu hoteru ikimashoka?".

LOL!

Advice from my dad for those who have problem with Japanese.

"Kora, motto benkyoshiro!"

[Mifsnavassy]

there is no proper english spelling to it, as the proper spelling would be in kanji, ????etc.

Very true, but I used the most commonly accepted form of romanji spelling. Some people will say I'm correct, others will say I'm wrong...

[pavelChe]

If you want to intimidate your opponent, shout "unkoshitai!" before you begin.


If you want to show respect to your teacher, very softly say "kintama kaiui" at the end of each training session.

You can't go wrong...

[fluistulkn]

yea i thought it was funny too.. wat does boke and yodare really mean though?

boke is idiot, just like baka

yodare is drool

[Uojeyak]

Thanks alot to everyone who provided words or links, those will be useful for me and I'll have to write them down and memorize them. Thanks!

[BorBitExatini]

That's right, but for beginners I didn't want to get too indepth. :P

So long as I don't ever have to hear "mawkuso y-aim", I'll weather a few fine points of criticism.

Doemoe arigatoegoezaymasheeta.

Again, I wasn't criticizing, just being really nit-picky. My one problem with teaching beginners is providing too much detail all at once. My iaido sensei helped point that out to me a couple of times.

Anyway, back to the thread...

[chuecaloversvvp]

For one coming from a Roman alphabet learning to read and write Japanese, one should first learn romaaji, then hiragana/katakana, then kanji.

HI Raiza-san!

Personally, I disagree. I hate romaji very much. Just put before me regular Japanese in front of me any day, and I am very happy!

It is far better to just get used to reading the characters from the start, because you will never read romaji in Japan. Just practice writing over and over the characters, and it will soon sink in. Check out my language links over in Mystic's Japanese Language thread. Those should help some.

Ohhh how I do not like romaji... Not sure why, either. I just do. haha!

Kaoru

[TheDoctor]

the word for being the highest rank or eldest person is sempai...
PS i am now 5th kyu!!! just took my exam..

[VUzgOhgv]

HI Raiza-san!

Personally, I disagree. I hate romaji very much. Just put before me regular Japanese in front of me any day, and I am very happy!

It is far better to just get used to reading the characters from the start, because you will never read romaji in Japan. Just practice writing over and over the characters, and it will soon sink in. Check out my language links over in Mystic's Japanese Language thread. Those should help some.

Ohhh how I do not like romaji... Not sure why, either. I just do. haha!

Kaoru

Hi Kaoru,

I totally agree with you in that you should start off learning to read and write kana. That is the most ideal thing to do. However, I have nothing against romaji, especially when it comes to typing out Japanese words and phrases when your keyboard isn't configured for Japanese characters.

[ChyFDjfed]

my club uses this one
http://www.jccckendo.com/kendo/aboutkendo/abterms.html

[Symnunidanimb]

does anyone know how you say hello in japanese?

There is no English equivalent of hello. Use the salutations below depending on the time of day.

Ohayo (good morning)
Konnichiwa (good afternoon)
Konbanwa (good evening)
Hehro (hello in FOB English)

[MauroDarudo]

yea i thought it was funny too.. wat does boke and yodare really mean though?

[MarythePuppy6]

Doemoe arigatoegoezaymasheeta

this should be written domo arigato gojaimashita
much more simpler...

[Obenuearema]

the word for being the highest rank or eldest person is sempai...
PS i am now 5th kyu!!! just took my exam..

That's true. Furthermore, anyone of a higher rank (not the highest rank) than you is also your sempai. So, you can address anyone higher than you as sempai if they are not a sensei.

[Piemonedmow]

there is no proper english spelling to it, as the proper spelling would be in kanji, 一二三四etc.

[euylvaygdq]

the top is a bunch of BS, or rather its BS you shouldnt say...

for counting, 1~10 in the respective order is..
ich ni san shi go rok shich hach gyoo jyoo

Hi,

Just a few corrections on spelling and pronounciation:

1 = Ichi - 'eech'
2 = Ni - 'nee'
3 = San - 'san'
4 = Shi - 'she'
5 = Go - 'go' (short 'o')
6 = Roku - 'rok' (again, short 'o')
7 = Shichi - 'sheech'
8 = Hachi - 'hach'
9 = Kyu or Ku - 'queue' or 'koo'
10 = Ju - 'jew'