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Ok, here's a list of some Japanese words that have appeared in some of my stories or stories I helped with. 
 
If you know for a fact that any of these are spelled wrong, do not mean what I think they do, or have some where were I can find more words, please E-Mail me:  
 
 
Oh, and if I missed a word from one of my stories, please tell me.  Thank you.
 


Nani? = What?

Aishiteru = I love you

Suki da = I like you

hentai = pervert or perverse

Kimi wa watashi no kokoro = You are my heart

wagakimi = my lord

Honto = Really.

Ore no Gaki = My brat

Hai =Yes.

Ile = No

Chikyuu = Earth

-jinn = the people of (ie: Chikyuu-jinn)

Ningen = Foreign.

-sei = the planet of (ie: Chikyuu-sei)

watashi no okiniiri = My Pet

watashi no guujin = My Puppet

Arigato = Thank you

Kuso = Shit
 
Koi = Love
 
Koibito = Lover
 
Omae o korosu = Roughly "I will kill you."
 
shimada = traditional hair style for the geisha.  There are four major styles:
 
     Taka Shimada = a high chignon (a kind of knot of hair), usually worn by young, single women
 
     Tsubushi shimada = a more flattened chignon generally worn by older women
 
     Uiwata = a chignon that is usually bound up with a piece of color cotton crepe.
 
     and a style that ends up looking like a divided peach, typically worn by maiko.
 

Shamisen = a lute-like instrument made out of redwood with three strings of braided silk attached to the arm by three large ivory pegs. The wooden body is backed with parchment. The instrument is played with an ivory or hardwood plectrum.

 

ko itten = which means "touch of scarlet." The word is used as an affectionate term for women, especially Geisha girls.

 

obi = ornate silk belt of the kimono