Trying to learn Japanese

**Blue-Fire** · 10-15-2005, 02:50 AM

arigato!
btw---does anyone know what "kagome" means? i know what "inuyasha","sango","miroku","naraku", and "inuyasha" mean. but not "kagome"...(yes, i watch inuyasha)

**Doomie** · 10-15-2005, 02:50 AM

I may be some stick in the butt for saying this, but I say you go buy a book or something.

**Blue-Fire** · 10-15-2005, 02:53 AM

trust me, i've tried. i cant find any

**Marshall Banana** · 10-15-2005, 03:20 AM

kumo - cloud(s)
kimochi - feeling(s)
yuki - snow
ame - rain
subete - all/everything
nanimo - nothing

It might be best to start by memorizing the basics, like numbers, colors, etc., though.

Originally Posted by Blue-Fire

btw---does anyone know what "kagome" means? i know what "inuyasha","sango","miroku","naraku", and "inuyasha" mean. but not "kagome"...(yes, i watch inuyasha)

woven-bamboo pattern? XD
http://www.csse.monash.edu.au/~jwb/c...wwwjdic.cgi?9U is a useful site for looking up Japanese words.

**Blue-Fire** · 10-15-2005, 03:36 AM

arigato. i know up to ten in #s and "cat" and "dog" for animals. i also know baka...^^(my fav. word)

**Tai-Ti** · 10-15-2005, 03:58 AM

i know what Pen is!....Pen! I wanna learn it, cause it would just make so many things easyer! Well, it would in my life.
I wanna know wat Hikari means, I COULD look it up, but.........I'm lazy! I just hear is used quite a bit.

**Calliope** · 10-15-2005, 04:00 AM

Clearly, you want to read all the anime and play all the video games you can get your hands on.

I don't think you want to loiter around the interweb, I think you need to loiter around a bookshop/school/something.

This vaguely makes me want to switch majors back.

**Shlup** · 10-15-2005, 04:01 AM

"Chin chin" means mom.

**Necronopticous** · 10-15-2005, 04:40 AM

The only phrase you will ever need to get around in Japan is "furenchi furai wa tabitaidesu."

Or if you want to be inquisitive: "furenchi furai wa tabitaidesu ka?"

And for the word of the day: chikubi = man brewing fresh coffee

As used in the question "Where is the man brewing fresh coffee?" or "chikubi wa dokodesu ka?"

**Jinpachi Mishima** · 10-15-2005, 04:53 AM

Originally Posted by Necronopticous

The only phrase you will ever need to get around in Japan is "furenchi furai wa tabitaidesu."

Or if you want to be inquisitive: "furenchi furai wa tabitaidesu ka?"

And for the word of the day: chikubi = man brewing fresh coffee

As used in the question "Where is the man brewing fresh coffee?" or "chikubi wa dokodesu ka?"

That, or "Aigogo wakari masu ka?" Do you speak English?