What was the first Japanese Word you learned?

May 27, 2018 05:45 am

Hmm not sure probably baka as well but the one that impacted me more was probably ski desu (I like/ love you).

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Jul 5, 2018 09:43 pm

I remember speaking to my Japanese teacher who wanted us to learn polite Japanese, so I had to repeat the following words over and over again 'O-genki desu ka.' It was funny, because later we had some transfer students over from Japan and my Japanese teacher happen to introduce them to me first. The class was held late in the evening. I looked at my Japanese book I had purchased to help me with my learning. In the wake of trying to impress them and after a short pause I responded Konbanwaaaaaaaaaa. To which my teacher looked puzzled and the transfer students looked on with a confused expression on their faces. Fond memories :)

Love

Jul 5, 2018 09:50 pm

The word for sea; Umi

singing_jayne

Jul 5, 2018 10:02 pm

Mine was "sayonara" with terrible pronunciation and I got it from the original Yours, Mine, and Ours movie starring Lucille Ball and Henry Fonda. When I later figured out the pronunciation I laughing at exactly how bad it is BUT then I remember that most clueless Americans say it that way. LOL. The good news is it actually was used correctly as she never expected to see the guy again (bad blind date :D ).

jekkijang

Jul 7, 2018 03:52 pm

Ohayou , the theme song of my all time fave anime Hunter x Hunter !!! I used to sing this even though the lyrics were incorrect.. somehow now, I am able to sing it correctly, only the chorus though... hahaha

I love dramas

Jul 7, 2018 05:38 pm

Bakaaaaa.... :)

latae

Jul 8, 2018 03:54 pm

aishiteru xD

kindon18

Jul 11, 2018 07:46 pm

arigato = Thank You

Hotsushi-kun

Jul 13, 2018 02:03 pm

Neko = Cat

ADPean

Aug 18, 2019 07:30 am

Moshi Moshi

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russian white bear

Aug 18, 2019 10:02 am

the classic 'baka' lol (or atleast thats how id like to remember it)

on a serious note, when i actually try to remember it was 'sayonara'. there is this child song here that use 'sayonara', and all the kindergarten kids use to sing when going off school, not knowing the meaning of sayonara.

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