hey i was just wondering about this question.. i guess most of us here at least know a bit of japanese after watching japanese dramas so i'd like to ask what were the first japanese words you heard of??

well.. for me it would be [aho!] as in scolding people.. i heard it in shota no sushi and was amused by it..

also i heard [sou kanaa], [nani ga atta no?], [watashi no sei da.. ], [nan datte?] etc. all on dramas i've watched and not from books.. you can say these are probably common ways on speaking and not really in writing form.. but i guess i like to learn these kind of phrases.. what bout you ppl..??

Baka!
Nan datte
Suki desu hehe!
Ai no powaa
Ne? ne? ne? Ho ho ho!!!
Faito - as they are joggin.
Konnichi wa!
Domo
Arigatou
Sumimasen
Irashaimase
Doko

for me it would have to be...

bakayaro
sayonara
arigatou
ano....ne

ohayo
konnichiwa
konbawa
oyasuminasai
sayonara
sumimasen
gomen ne
gomennasai
dozo
dozo yoroshiku
baka
souka
ogenki desuka
genki desu

bla...bla...bla... first heard japanese words when my cousin's friends from japan came over. they're speaking japanese, but mostly i don't understand.

hai

CHIKUSHOOO!

windrider wrote:

CHIKUSHOOO!

i like that tooz... dun you think it sounds so cool?? especially when someone says it in a comedic show..

but if someone says it fiercely also seems cool...

Yeah... and theres also another one KESORRR! or something. But what do they mean actually?

the first ones?
-baka( )
-aho( )
-arigatou
-gomen ne

baka & gomen

First J-words I heard of:

"Korewa ballpen desu"...my old neighbors were Japanese...and this is what I picked up from them.
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In dramas:

-Arigatou
-baka
-yosh
-hai

hmm for me:

Hai
Baka
Moshi moshi
Genki
Arigatou
Sumimasen

hait (hai)
arigato
moshi moshi
sayonara

baka
hai
gomennasai
banzai (i forgot where i heard this from)
arigato
mushi moshi
sayonara
ohayo
daijoubu
genki desu

theres more but thats all i could think of
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me....
1.arigatou
2.moshi moshi
3.aishiteiru
4.konichiwa
5.sayonara

i dont know if the spelling are correct or wrong hehe..

A I S H I T E R U that's da first japanese word i heard and it sound good if you know what i mean

The first japanese word i heard was ohayo it sound like the state Ohio. Oh yeah i forgot sayoonara was one of the first too i heard it in a song when i was very young. Don't know what it meant until i was about 12 or 13.

sayonara

i think that was the first for a lot of american people....people will say it but don't know what it means...

I cant really remember what my first japanese words were
When I was 7 years old I went to scholl with two japanese kids, but I was to young to learn another language then

When I was 9 i started Ju-Jitsu and learnes some there. Other then the names of throws, and how to count (even though some of the words wrere the wrong type ) the first word I learned was proberly Hajime (begin)

The first word I learned from Anime was Baka - I was watching Love Hina so it didnt take long :p

lovelessemotion wrote:

sayonara i think that was the first for a lot of american people....people will say it but don't know what it means...

My mum has started saying that to me. Usually when im only leaving the house for five minutes

I should properly tell her not to say that if im not going to be out long.......