What was the first Japanese Word you learned?

cat2dr Author

Oct 17, 2013 06:43 pm

I haven't seen anything else like this and since I'm started to learn Japanese I figured this would be a good thread to start to see what other people started out with. My first Japanese word was Moshi moshi which is used to answer the phone or to get someones attention. My grandma uses it when we talk to her on the phone ^-^ What was your first word? How did you learn it?

FullDex

Oct 17, 2013 10:04 pm

Oh, this sounds fun! For me, the first words I usually pick up on are the way they address others: -san, -kun, -chan, etc. Then after that I usually learn their word/words for I like/love you: daisuki, sukidayo, aishiteru. But now that I think about it, I learned from watching anime. I still think I picked up on how they called each other first, but I think chibi may have been one of my first words I learned from watching Fullmetal Alchemist. XD

PortgasDAce

Oct 18, 2013 12:50 am

I think mine was 'ningen' what's human. The second Death Note OP did it for me.

femmedesneiges

Oct 18, 2013 01:52 am

Other than "konnichiwa" etc. mine were "kokoro" and "itsumo" from a song. I wish I could remember which song it was, but it could be almost any love song ever written in Japanese...

Chucky

Nov 3, 2013 03:48 pm

~ It was probably 'konnichiwa' 'gomenasai' 'baka' 'kawaii' -

Lily_B VIP

Nov 3, 2013 04:25 pm

The first Japanese word I learned was konnichiwa, it was way back in 7th grade. (The father of a boy in my class had a Japanese business partner or something visiting, it was a young man who visited the school one day to tell us things about Japan, but I don't remember most of it.) Over the years I picked up other common words such as arigatou, kawaii and hai, I don't remember the context but I guess TV. The first words I learned after I had started thinking "hey, Japanese seems like an interesting language" was sou desu, ha ha. (Because someone I knew liked to use Japanese when they talked, and explained words to me.) The first word I picked up from watching anime was baka.

Zeppen

Nov 7, 2013 09:24 am

This one's in Okinawan or Uchinaguchi. It's "Haitai" which means Hello. Okinawan is my native language. :) I'm only guessing that it's my first word. haha. I can't remember (of course)

Yozora_Hikari

Nov 7, 2013 10:41 am

I think it's Ganbatte (which means lift up your spirit! / fight!) i really love that words so much.. :) it surely does makes ure happier when u say it.. ^^

Shou

Jan 5, 2014 07:18 pm

I don't remember, but one of them was definitely 'Daijoubu'. At first I thought it was 'daijouvu'..:D Another one was 'hana'..

shambles

Jan 11, 2014 02:26 am

I don't know if you spell it like this so forgive me! The first word I learnt was Itadakimas. I think it means I humbly receive. I see it being said in Japanese dramas and movies before eating.

Judo_Aniki

Jan 12, 2014 02:08 am

Hai!!!! That

Kailakin

Jan 12, 2014 08:10 pm

Considering how much I used to watch I know surprisingly little. First word was probably 'hai' but it could easily have been either 'baka' or 'chibi'. First phase is easier though, being 'mada mada dane'.

zuo

Jan 12, 2014 09:47 pm

arigato

lillith

Jan 12, 2014 10:13 pm

It was probably 'hai' or 'baka' or 'kawaii', that I got from watching anime :) Or maybe arigatou or sayonara, knowing these ones is just common place right?