anime アニメ - cartoons, animation

manga 漫画 - graphic novels (aka comic books)

AMV (abbr.) - anime music video

OVA (abbr.) - original video adaptation

mangaka 漫画家 - an illustrator of mangas

doujinshi 同人誌 - an amateur publication of comics

bishounen 美少年 - pretty boy

bishies - cute, short term for bishounen or biseinen

shounen - boy (yes, as in Shonen Jump)

shoujo - girl (mostly a manga written for girls' is considered "shoujo")

ai - love

chibi ちび - (lit. "kid", "short person") refers to more cute, child-like renditions of a animanga character

seiyuu セイユウ - voice actor

kawaii 可愛い - cute<

senpai - someone with more seniority (i.e a senior student, co-worker)

nani? 何 - what? huh?

ne? ね？ - right? isn't that so?

gomen, sumimasen ごめん、すみません - sorry

baka 馬鹿 - idiot, stupid, fool

otaku オタク - fan, enthusiast

kudasai - please

onegai - please (pleading)

youkai - demon

inu 犬 - dog

neko - cat

shimatta! しまった！- shit!

kuso! くそ！- damn!

sensei 先生 - teacher, master

-san ーさん - honorific suffix indicating "Mr." "Mrs." or "Ms."

-sama ーさま - same as above, but even more polite or honorific

-dono - honorific, even more respectful than the two above suffixes. In modern day Japanese it would be along the lines of "Milord So-and-So"

-chan ーちゃん - suffix that indicates familiarity or affection (used for little children and young girls)

-kun - suffix that indicates familiarity or affection(used mostly among male students and young men who do not like being called "chan")

hai - yes<

dojo - martial arts training hall

okunen - something one always remembers

Kon'nichi wa, minna! 今日は、皆 - Good afternoon, everyone! Hello everyone!

Arigatou! ありがとう - Thanks!

Doumo arigatou gozaimasu! どうも ありがとう ございます！- Thank you very much!

Ja mata! Mata ne! Ja ne! Ja! じゃまった！またね！じゃね！じゃ！- See ya! Later!

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