What was the first Japanese word you heard and learned? Mine was 'neko' from Secret of Mana a long time ago.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

Answers

Sayonara

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

hmm... i think mine was minna or baka..

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

kinrinin, i think thats how its spelled


-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

sayonara...it was always in those 80's movies

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

GOMI SHIMA!!! its not my first japanese word up its my favorite. My first was Konichiwa or Ohio Gazaimasu or something like that. Oh, and for all you who are wondering, Gomi Shima=Garbage Island

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

baka...gota love akane....

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

Watashi wa shirimasen...

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

And it's "Kon'nichi wa (Good day)", "Ohayoo gozaimasu (Good morning" and "Sayoonara (C ya)".. If you gonna leanr word, learn to spell it too :)

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

Pah.. i cant even spell myself.. :P

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

Mine was Kawaii and Baka Both From my GF

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

"Arigato".

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

Mine was BAKA... and all my cuss words came next.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

CHIKUSHO!!! -dammit, i should stop saying damn...

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

hmm... sayonara and mushimushi for me... later i learned stuff like baka and kusoyero (shit head) kissama, and ahou LOL

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

mos definitely baka. it was like the coolest thing to say back in like the 2nd grade when all the new kids came into our school

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

mushi mushi! and den sum others. bakayaroo. 1st cuss i kno in japanese. then came............cant tell u. not appropriate in here.

-- Anonymous, August 18, 2003

sayonara, cuz when i was small i went to this group music lesson thingy n we always had to sing a sayonara song in the end...even tho we're not even japanese. later on came nani?! (lol) and baka.!

-- Anonymous, August 19, 2003

baka^^

-- Anonymous, August 19, 2003

i knew "Sayonara" from when i was 8 or sumthing-it was in an Archie comic book-

the next word i learned from when i 1st watched anime "was Arigato"

but my personal fav. is definatly "BAKA"

-- Anonymous, August 19, 2003

I'm surprised nobody has said it yet, but definately "Nani". And I would always go around yelling "NAAA~NIIIII????!!!!" in school, and people would look at me wierd...Ah, but then I did what 90% of people do when they begin to learn a new language...look up how to say swears in it. And actually my largest source wasn't an online dictionary, but Vegeta from Dragonball Z! "Bakayarou!" "Kusotare!" "Kusuyarou!" and all those lovely things he's constantly spouting at friends and foes alike...

-- Anonymous, October 29, 2003