Otaku Dictionary A to Z - Most Spoken Words in Anime

Most of us Otaku we always want to learn a little bit of Japanese, or to know the meaning of certain words that they find in anime and manga. Today we leave you a great dictionary with the most heard and used words in anime and sleeves.

This word list below is a simple list, with only one of the meanings of words that can have several. Without any romanization or detailed explanation. Still, I hope you like it.

Otaku words starting with -A-

• Aa, ee, um - yes (informal) "aa" is usually used by men, "um" only by women, and "ee" is used by everyone;
• Abayo – see you later, something like see you later. Depending on the situation, it might sound a little rude;
• Abunai - dangerous; can sometimes be translated as "Watch out!" or "Get down!";
• Aburi – fried tofu;
• Ahou – imbecile, asshole;
• Ai/ aijou- love;
• Aite - opponent;
• Aishiteru - verb to love. Used specifically for romantic love;
• Aisuru – love, dear, heart (in this sense);
• Aite - opponent, literally "the one I must face";
• Akai - red;
• Akari – light;
• Akirameru - surrender;
• Aku - Bad. Samurai Jack's original enemy name;
• Aku soku zan – literally, "eliminate evil instantly" (from Rurouni Kenshin);
• Akuma - demon;
• Ame - rain;
• Anata - you;
• Anata mo - you too;
• Ane - eldest sister. Used when talking about the sister and she is not there; but if you are talking directly to her, or someone else's sister, you use “onee”;
• Anisan , ani- older brother. The same rule applies as for sister, being that when speaking directly with brother the term is “onii”;
• Ano - Huh... Hmm...;
• Ano/sono/kono/dono/ -terms used before noun; mean, respectively: the one, this and which one?
• Ano hi – literally, on this day
• Ano hito - that person
• Ano toki - That time
• Anou - well..;
• Ara, ore – oh, hmm? Ara is used by men and ore by women;
• Atarashii - new
• Arigatou gozaimasu - thank you very much. More formal than "Arigatou", but much less than Doumo Arigatou Gozaimasu;
• Asa - morning
• Asagohan/hirugohan/bangohan/gohan - specifically: breakfast, lunch, dinner, meal. Gohan, as many Dragonball fans may know, is cooked rice, an essential food for the Japanese;
• Atama - head
• Atsui – hot (temperature or heat)

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Japanese words with the letter -B-

• Baka - Idiot
• Baka mitai - You're an ass to hurt!
• Bakayarou - idiot, asshole
• Bakana - impossible, absurd
• Bakemono - monster, haunt – literally, "monstrous thing". A more appropriate term for a monster would be "obake";
• Banzai – shout of encouragement, used in cheers (raises his arms three times while shouting this);
• Be-da - Said while the character sticks his tongue out at someone. More or less the equivalent of "Nana-nana-nooo!"
• bento – the equivalent of "lunch box" or "lunchbox";
• Betsu ni – particularly. Often translated in a negative sense, as "nothing", "not really", etc.;
• Bishounen - handsome guy
• Bishoujo - beautiful girl
  Bijin - beautiful woman (baby)
• Bijutsu - art
• Boku - I (said by man)
• Bouzu – informal and insulting way of referring to a boy; interestingly, it is also a term for “Buddhist monk”;
• Budo – philosophy, guide, moral codes that guide martial arts fighters;
• Bushido – samurai code of honor. One of its fundamental principles is “death rather than dishonor”;
• Busu - ugly woman, witch
• Buta - pig

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Otaku dictionary letter -C-

• Che - irritating sound
• chi - blood
• Chibi - Small
• Chigau - different
• Chikara - strength, power
• Chikusho - exclamation of frustration. Like "mer...!"
• Chikyuu - Planet Earth)
• Chiisai - small, tiny
• Chotto matte! - Wait! Wait a minute! (chotto means, among other things, a little, or a short time)
• Chotto matte kudasai - Please wait;

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Otaku words starting with -D-

• Da yo ne - It's not like this?
• Daijoubu - It's okay, or I'm fine;
• Daijoubu ou Daijobu ka? - Are you well?
• Daikon - large Japanese radish
• Daimyo – feudal lord, just above the samurai
• Daisho – traditional pair of swords carried by samurai, composed of katana (long sword) and wakizashi (short sword)
• Daisuki desu/da - I love you;
• Dakara – so, therefore
• Damaru - Be still, Silence
• Damare - Shut up!
• Damasu - to deceive
• Damasareru - be tricked
• Dame - bad, no good, or prohibited
• Dame da! - Do not do it! Cut this one! It's useless, give up!
• Dare? - Who?
• Dareka - somebody
• Daremo - nobody
• Daredemo - Worldwide
• Demo/datte - But... (datte is the more formal version)
• Denki - electricity
• Densetsu - legend, legendary
• Denwa - telephone; denwa bangou is phone number
• Dewa - well..., then... (polite form)
• Dim Sum - Chinese stuffed dumplings (Yamcha would be a Japanese corruption of the name)
• Desu - to be
• Doko - Where?
• Dojo – martial arts training room
• Doki doki – onomatopoeia for heartbeat, can be used to express anxiety
• Doko ni? - Where is...?
• Dou iu koto da – what are you talking about?
• Doush'tano? - What's going on?, What's the problem?
• Doush'te - Why?
• Dou Itashimashite - You are welcome;
• Douzo - Here it is;
• Doumo - Thanks;
• Doumo arigatou gozaimasu - Thank you very much (very formal);
• Doushita _ What? What happened? What is the problem?
• Doushite - Because? Why not? How so?, etc.
• Douitashimashite - That nothing, no problem;

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Dictionary Japanese letter -E-

• Ee - Yeah!
• Ebi - shrimp
• Ecchi, etch- pervert
• Edamame - green bean
• Eiga - film
• Eigo – English (language)
• Eki - train station
• Engawa - balcony typical of Japanese houses; it also serves to designate the place where people leave their shoes before entering;
• Enkai - party or banquet
• Erabu – choose, select

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Words starting with -F-

• Fugu – puffer fishfuku - clothes
• Fumetsu no Senshi-tachi - Eternal Warriors
• Fune – boat or ship
• Fushigi - magical, mysterious
• Fureru - touch (someone)
• Furigana - those small letters that are next to the kanji in the manga balloons, and Japanese children's books too. Kind of a guide, they help to pronounce words that you don't know yet
• Furo (or ofurô) _ typical Japanese bath
• Furui - old
• Futari - two people
• Futatsu – two (used when counting things)
• Futon - Japanese sleeping mattress
• Fuu - wind
• Fuzakeru - play around, do silly things

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Japanese words with the letter -G-

• Gaijin – literally, "outsider"; term used to designate foreigners. More polite would be to use "gaikofujin"
• Gaki - young, immature person (can be translated to "Punk" or brat)
• Gakko - school
• Gakusei - student
• Ganbaru, ganbatte ne! - Force! Do the best you can!
• Ganbatte kudasai - Good luck
• Genki – energy, literally. It can be used to designate a cheerful person, full of life;
• Genki da ne - Cheer up, take care
• Genki desu - I am fine
• Getsu - month
• Gyunyu - cow milk
• Gyuniku - steak
• Go - five
• Gochisousama (deshita) – more or less "thanks for the food", used to say that you are satisfied;
• Gomen - Sorry
• Gomen nasai - More polished form of apologize
• Goten - sky

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Otaku words starting with -H-

• Ha - blade or toothHachi - eight
• Hai - Yea
• Hairu - log in
• Hajime - start
• Hajimete mite - it's the first time I've seen this
• Hajimemashite - nice to meet you
• Hayaku - Quickly!
• Han – half, as in hanyou, half-demon
• Hana - flower
• Hanase – imperative form of the verb hanasu, release. Often translated as "let me go", "let me go!"
• Hanashi – history, news
• Hanash'te - Tell me!
• Hane – wing, feather
• Haru – spring
• Hayaku - quickly
• Hasami - scissors
• Hen - weird
• Henshin - physical transformation (word used in Sailor Moon)
• Hentai – literally "weird person", does not necessarily mean "pervert". It seems that the misunderstanding came from the habit born in North America of using the word to designate pornographic Anime.
• Henshin - to transform
• Hikari – light
• Hidari - left
• Hidoi - How horrible!
• Hime - Princess
• Himitsu - secret
• Hiretsukan - Bastard
• Hi - fire, earth (planet) "Hi no Tori" would be Firebird;
• Hito - person (noun)
• Hitokiri - assassin, shredder
• Hitotsu – One (when counting things)
• Honki de - seriously
• Hoshi - star, planet
• Honto? - What?
• Honto ni - Really, truly
• Hontou desu - And truth
• Hontou desu ne - "It's true, isn't it?"
• Hontou ni? - And even?
• Hontou - It's the truth;
• Houshi - priest
• Hoshi - Star

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Japanese words with the letter -I-

• Ichiban – the first, the best, the favoriteie - House
• Ichi - a number)
• Ii - good cool; "Ii ne " means "Nice, isn't it?",
• Iie, iya – No (the second is more informal)
• Iinazuke - groom, bride
• Ika – octopus
• Ikari - fury, wrath
• Ikenai – literally, forbidden, unacceptable. Corresponding to our 'Oh no!'
• Ikiru - to live
• Ikite Iru - alive
• Ikisho/Ikuzo - Let's go!
• Ikimasho - Let's go!
• Ikura desu ka - how much? (ikura is how much)
• Ima - Yes, now
• Ima yamero - Stop right now!
• Ima sugu - Immediately
• Imoto, imouto - younger sister
• Inochi - life
• Inu - puppy
• Iirrashai mase - ¡Bienvenido! Más utilizado en restaurantes y tiendas, para saludar a los clientes;
• Iro - color
• Isogashii - occupied
• Isogu - quickly
• Isoide – literally, "to be in a hurry"
• Itachi - weasel, talkative person. Here I am a little in doubt, because the vocabulary from which I took this word was in English, and there, “weasel”, the English translation of Itachi has these two meanings;
• Itai - There!
• Itooshi - loved
• Ittai dare/nanda ka? - Who/what the hell is this/it?
• Ittemairimasu - I'm going (manner + formal and cultured)
• Ittekimasu - I'm coming (more informal)
• Itte rasshai – "please come back safely", or rather, "see you later." Answer given to itekkimasu;

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Anime words with The Letter -J-

• Jaa – same as "dewa", only more informal
• Already kills / kills in - See you later, bye (casual)
• Ja ne/ ja na – Same as "already kills"
• Janken, or Jan ken pon _ the famous "rock, paper, scissors";
• Jibun – even (myself, himself, etc.)
• Jikai - next time
• Jigoku - Hell
• Jinchuu – Earthly Justice; also translated as "revenge"
• Jinzouningen - Artificial Human, Android
• jin – suffix for person, in the sense of nationality. Exs: Buradirujin = Brazilian, Namekian = Namekian
• Jitsu wa - as a matter of fact
• Joshikousei - women's gym
• Jou-chan – something like "little lady"; corruption of "josei" (woman). Ojousan would be more formal
• Joudan ja nai - Is playing!
• Juu - ten
• Juuhachigou - Number 18
• Juurokugou - Number 16
• Juunanagou – Number 17
• Juunishi –Japanese version of the Chinese Zodiac

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Most spoken words with the letter -K-

• Ka - suffix used in interrogation;
• Kaerimashou - Let's go home;
• Kaesu - give back
• Kaketsu – heroic
• Kakkoii - cool!
• Kamawanai - I don't mind!
• Kanai – wife - when you humbly refer to your
• Kanarazu - I swear! or Whatever the cost!
• Kanji - perception, feeling. Also used to designate Chinese characters used in Japanese writing;
• Kanojo - she, girlfriend
• Kanpeki - Perfect
• Kao - face
• Kaori - perfume
• Karasu - Raven
• Kare - he, boyfriend
• Kasa - parasol
• Kasan ou kasaan - mommy
• kawa/gawa - river
• kawaii - cute
• Kaze - wind
• Kazoku - family
• Kega – wound
• Keikan - Police officer
• Keisatsu - police
• Ken - sword
• Kendou - modern Japanese fencing
• Kenshi - swordsman
• Kenshin - "Sword Spirit"
• Keredo/kedo – but, although, nevertheless
• Ketai denwa - cell phone
• Ki - Literally "spiritual essence" or air. also means tree
• Kiero – Sum it up! Get out! (from kieru, disappear)
• Kikai - machine
• Kikouha - ki ball
• Kimi - you
• Kimi wo aishiteru - I love you
• Kimochi – feeling, emotion, pleasure
• Kin - gold
• Kiôdai – giant (remember the Changeman?)
• Kizu - injury, wound
• Ki o tsukete - Be careful;
• Kirei - beautiful
• Kitsune - fox
• Kocchi yo! - Here! It's here, oh!
• Kochira/ sochira/ dochira ( ou kochi, sochi, dochi) – here, there
• Kodomo - child
• Koe – voice
• Koekeishiya – successor
• Koi – various meanings, including "love" and "carp". It is also the imperative form of the verb kuru (come), and in this case it means "come hither!"
• koishii, koibito - beloved, dear
• Kokoro - heart
• Konban wa - Goodnight
• Koneko - kitten
• Konnichi wa - Hello good afternoon
• Kono tabi - this time
• Kono tsugi (no) - next time
• Kono yarou - You fool!
• Korosu - to kill
• Kotae – answer, solution
• Kotaeru - Reply!
• Kotowaru - decline; for example, refusing to fight;
• Kowai - frightened
• kun - suffix added to boy's name;
• Kuso - B..., bost... you understood;
• Kuso Tare - Equivalent to "son of a..."
• Kyuu/ ku - nine

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letter -L-

• Li Kara! - Okay!, in the sense of "okay, you don't need to keep talking at a time like this!"

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letter -M-

• Maa, maa – calm, calm – equivalent to the American "now, now".
• Maa na - I think so, I think so.
• Maboroshi – illusion; figuratively it can mean mystical. For example, the expression "Maboroshi no tsuki" (from Visions of Escaflowne) means "Mystic Moon";
• Machigainai – unquestionable; as an interjection, it can be translated as "I was right", "you can't go wrong", etc;
• Mada - not yet
• Mae – in front of, in front of, in front of
• Mainichi – all day, daily
• Majin - demon
• Majo - witch
• Makeru mon ka – I won't/can't give up!
• Makura - pillow
• Mamonaku – logo
• Mamoru – protect (Sailor Moon's Darien original name)
• Maru - circle
• Masaka - It can not be! Impossible!
• Mata - again
• Matte kudasai - Please wait. more polished form of matte yo;
• Matsu – festival
• Mattaku – Shiiii, gosh, for God's sake!
• Matte yo! - Hang on!
• Me - eye
• Michi – road, street
• Migi – right (to)
• Mimi - ear
• Minna - everyone
• Mirai - future
• Miso – fermented bean paste, often used in soups (misoshiru)
• Mizu - Water
• mo – a suffix; it can mean many things, but mainly "also", "and". Ex: watashi mo = and me, me too
• Mochi - popular Japanese sweet, consisting of mashed rice until it gets the consistency of marshmallow
• Mochiron - it is clear!
• Moko-dono - genre
• Momo - peach
• Mono – thing, object
• Mononoke – vengeful spirit (I read once in an article about Inuyasha that would be the pejorative name given to youkai)
• Mori - forest
• Motsu – various meanings, such as "to carry", "to have", or "to get hold of";
• Moshi-moshi - Hello? (on the phone)
• Mou sukoshi - a little more
• Murasakige - "Purple hair" (who will it be?);)
• Musume - daughter; in Rurouni Kenshin, the expression "itachi musume" would be "gossip girl", "bitch", or, more literally, "daughter of a bitch".
• Muzukashii - difficult

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Words in nihongo with letter -N-

• na – negative/imperative meaning suffix. For example, "miruna" means "don't look"
• nai – no, in the sense of "nothing"
• Nakanaide kudasai – Don't cry, please (more formal way; the abbreviated form is nakanai de)
• name - Name
• nan/nani - What?
• nanda or Nan da yo? - What's that? What did you say?
• Nan da kore - What is this?
• Nan demo nai - Is nothing!
• Nande kuso? - Who is this?
• Nan de sute _ What did you say?
• Nande yo? - What the hell was that?
• Nani (yo)? - What?
• Nani ikimashita or Nande-koto-wa? - What happened?
• nanika - something
• Nani mo - Let it go, it doesn't matter
• Nani mono da? - Who are you? (rough way)
• Nani yatten no/nani shitteru no - What are you doing?
• natsu - summer
• naze - Why?
• Negai ga kanaerareru - wish granted
• neko – cat
• nezumi-/-o-nezumi - mouse
• Ni – two (number)
• Nigeru - to escape
• Nihon, Nippon - Japan
• Nihongo - Japanese (language)
• Nihonjin - Japanese (nationality)
• Niku - meat
• Niji - rainbow
• nikui - hateful, detestable (Naruto often refers to Sasuke like that)
• Nikuma – pork dumplings
• nobody – human
• Nioi - smell
• no – term used to express possession or adjective Exs: Hikari no Ken=Sword of Light; watashi no teki - my enemy (literally, enemy of me ^_^)
• Noboru - climb
• Nodoka - calm, peaceful
• Nyaa - meow (that's right)

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Anime words Letter -O-

• Obasan - aunt
• Obaasan - grandmother
• Obaba - great grandmother; can also be used in a pejorative sense, to say "old woman"
• Obake - ghost, monster
• oboeru – remember, memorize, learn
• Obou – monk
• Ochitsuke – Calm down!
• ohayo, Ohayo gozaimasu or Ohayo gozaimas - Good morning
• odoroku - be surprised
• Oisashiburi - How long!
• Oiishii - delicious
• Ojousan – girl, daughter (of someone else)
• Oji-san - uncle; also used as a term of respect for an older man
• Ojii-san - Grandmother; also used as a term of respect for a MUCH older man
• Okaeri (nasai) - welcome! (for someone back home)
• okane - money
• okashii – funny, laughable, or weird
• okashira - commander or chief
• okuru - get up, wake up
• oksan - wife of another
• omae - you; it's kind of offensive, used only with people closest to you or someone you don't like;
• omoi - heavy
• Omoidasu - to remember
• omoidatta - I remember;
• Omoshiroi - interesting
• Onaji - equivalent to, equal to
• onegai - Oh, please, yes?
• ok - older sister (informal: "onee-chan", polite: "onee-san")
• onisan - Big brother, big brother
• omni - Demon or spirit
• Onigirii - rice balls; nickname given to Tohru (from Fruits Basket) by her classmates in childhood
• onna - woman
• Onna no ko no baka - Idiot woman (Vegeta, referring to Bulma)
• know - Well, you dirty...! How dare you!...etc;
• Pray/Pray - I; slang, usually used by young men
• Osanai ningyou - worthless doll
• Ossu! - Hey, what's going on?
• Or - king
• Ouji (sama) – Prince
• Oujou (sama) – Princess
• Ookii - big, wide
• Osoi - afternoon
• Osoku – slowly
• Osuwari – sit down! (command apparently used for dogs... or half-youkais, hehe ;) )
• otaku – although in America it is used to designate Anime/Manga fan, originally it means fan of those obsessed, who cannot speak or think about anything else
• otoko - man
• autumn - adult
• Otou-san- Dad
• Otou-chan – (more informal) –dad
• Otto - husband
• Owari - End; as "The End" in English stories;
• oyaji – old (familiar term and not very respectful)
• Oyasumi (nasai) - goodnight

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Words from the manga Letter -P-

• Paku – sound made by fish in the waterDad - pie
• Pan - bread
• Pinchi - danger
• Piyo - Tweet tweet
• R King - soul, ghost; it also means zero and is the command used for people to bow on formal occasions (school, meetings, etc.)Roku –six
• Rurouni - vagabond, wandering person. In fact, this word does not officially exist in Japanese vocabulary: it was created by the author of Rurouni Kenshin, combining rounin (samurai without a boss) and rurou (vagabond)
• Ryoukai – message received and understood. Exchange!
• Ryu – school or style; for example, a style of fencing;
• Ryuu - Dragon

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Words with letter -S-

• leave – sound with several meanings, in general when the person wants to avoid comments; in this case it could be something like: "I don't know..." "Sa", short like that, means "okay, c'mon".
• sabishii - lonely
• leaves – suffix, used to count years. For example, "nan-sai desu ka" means "how old are you?"
• Saiyan no Ouji - Saiyan Prince (who will it be?);)
• Saji - Spoon
• sakana - fish. Kanassa, the race exterminated by Bardock in the movie "The Father of Goku", comes from this word;
• Sakura - Cherry Blossom
• sama – suffix added to a name, indicating deep respect
• Samui - cold
• san - suffix added to noun, indicating respect, but less than sama. Equivalent to "lord", "mistress", but can also be used between siblings. Also means "3";
• Sanpo - walk
• Saru - monkey
• Sasuga wa – something like "no less than expected"
• satou - sugar
• Satsujinsha, satsuji - assassin
• Know - fault. "Omae no sei da!" = It's your fault!
• know – suffix for planet Ex: Namek-sei or Namek=Planet Namek
• seifuku - uniform
• seigi - justice
• Senpai – oldest student, senior, or any higher in a hierarchical scale
• Sensei - teacher
• Senshi - warrior, soldier
• sit down - squad, battle group
• seiyuu – voice of an actor or actress (obviously referring to dubbing)
• Shakkin – debt (in cash)
• Shi/youn - four
• Shikashi – however, but (polite)
• Shikata ga nai , shou ga nai- There's no way to avoid it
• Shimatta - Damn it!
• Shimasen - Don't do that!
• Shimpai janai, shimpai na - Don't worry;
• Shinanaide - Do not die!
• Shine! - Die! (both forms come from the verb shinu, of obvious meaning)
• Shinjiru / Shinjite - believe
• Shinma – literally "demon-gods", name of Vampire Princess Miyu's supernatural beings
• Shinpai na – Don't worry (shinpai is worry)
• Shinjitsu - truth
• Shiro – castle, white (the color)
• Shishou – old, term sometimes used for "master", in some Japanese art (not necessarily involving fighting)
• Shita - under
• Shitsukoi - persistent, tenacious
• Shitsure shimasu - With very formal permission. Literally "Forgive the offense I am committing."
• Shizuka - calm, peaceful
• Shizuka na! - "Shut up!" or "When I want your opinion, I ask!"
• Shogun - feudal lord
• Shoji - those sliding panels, made with rice paper, from Japanese houses
• Shounen - boy
• shoujo - girl
• Shouyuu - possession
• Sora - sky (firmament)
• sore - that
• Soredemus - but however
• Soro soro – so, it's almost time, it's time to... etc;
• soshite - and then
• I'm from yo na - It's like that, isn't it?
• Am I ka? - And even?
• I'm already nakute – That's not what I meant...;
• I'm in - No! – in the sense "It can't be!" "No way!"
• Am I? - Isn't that right?
• Sou na/Sou da - Yeah, basically;
• Subarashii – amazing, wonderful, magnificent
• subete - all
• Sugoi - Cool! Incredible!
• Suki – like, feel affection (or even love)
• Sukoshi - a little
• Su(m)imasen - Excuse me (formal)
• suna - sand
• Sumanu/sumanai/sumimasen – polite variations of "sorry", "excuse me", "sorry";
• Suteki - great, wonderful
• suzume - sparrow

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Otaku Words with Letter -T-

• Tabemono - foodtaberu - eat
• Tabun - probably
• Tada - only, merely
• Tadaima - I arrived! (at home)
• Taihen da! - It's terrible!
• Takai - high, expensive
• tako – octopus; often used as an insult (as a compliment it couldn't be...;) )
• Taisetsu – important, precious, special
• Taishou- captain, commander
• Tamago - egg
• Tamashii – soul; the Tama, from Shikon no Tama (the Inuyasha's Four Soul Gem) comes from there;
• Tame ni - for the good of someone or something
• tanikoku - anyway..;
• Tanjoubi - birthday
• Tanoshii - fun, pleasant
• Taousu – defeat, win (in battle)
• Tashika ni - It is true..;
• Tasukete kudasai - Help please
• Tatakai - fight, battle
• Tatakau - fight
• Tatte - Raise!
• Te- hand
• you – all verbs ending in te, as well as de, ke, ge or be are in the imperative;
• tegami - Letter
• teki - enemy
• tenchuu - divine justice
• tengoku - Heaven, Paradise
• Tenka Ichi Budoukai - Greatest Tournament Under Heaven
• tenki - time weather)
• tenshi - Angel
• tetsu - iron
• Tetsudau - help
• tobu - fly, jump
• tokatsu – literally special effects, but it is also used to designate live-action series like Jaspion, Ultraman, etc;
• toki – time
• Tokidoki – sometimes, once in a while
• Tomeru – Make him stop! Stop him! (from the verb took, to stop the movement of something)
• Tome (dachi) - friend
• Tonari - next to
• Tonikaku - anyway
• Log - tiger (torah, torah, torah!^_^)
• Toui – far, distant (pronounced tooui)
• tousan - Daddy
• Tsubasa – wings (pair of)
• Tsuchi – earth, ground, soil
• Tsugi - next
• Tsukareta - tired, fatigued, exhausted
• Tsumari - in other words..;
• Tsumetai – cold (on the surface of something, not room temperature)
• Tsunami - seaquake
• tsuyoi - strong, powerful
• Tsuzuki – continuation; "tsuzuku" corresponds to our: "To be continued" at the end of a story chapter, TV episode, etc.;

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letter -U-

• Uchi – home
• Uchû - universe
• Ude - arm
• Ue –top of something
• One - horse
• One and - plum
• Umeboshi - plum pickle; usually placed inside the onigir (see Onigiri)
• Umi - Sea, beach; Marine's original name (Rayearth)
• Unagi - eel
• unmei - destiny
• uragirimono -traitor
• ureshii - happy; can be used as an interjection to say, "I'm so happy" or "Yoo!"
• Urusai - noisy; used as an exclamation, it means "shut up, be quiet!"
• Usagi - Bunny; Serena's original name (for some mysterious reason, Japanese and Chinese associate the rabbit with the Moon)
• Ushi – cow, buffalo
• Usse –e - see second meaning of urusai
• Usotsuki - liar
• Uso yo! – It's a lie! No way! Other variations: Ussou! I use it!
• Uta - song poem
• utau - sing

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Meaning Words Letter -W-

• Way – there!
• Wakaranai/wakarimasen – I don't understand. (the first is informal, the second is polite)
• wakasa - youth
• wakatta - I understood;
• Wan, wan – Oh, oh!
• wana - trap
• Warau - verb laugh; often used with the meaning of "Don't make me laugh." (villain)
• Wari Wari - Okay, sorry.
• Wasabi, wassabi - strong root
• Watashi – I (standard polite form)
• Watashi na otetsudai - I'm stuck here;
• Watashi wa shinanai - I do not want to die!

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Meaning of Anime Words Letter -Y-

• Yabai – miserable (situation) As an interjection: "Oh-oh" "Okay", etc.
• Yada - No way!
• Yakusoku - Promise;
• Yama - mountain, as in Fujyiama=Mount Fuji;
• Yamero! - Hang on! Stop this! can also be "Yamete!" or "Yamenasai!";
• Yanagi -Willow tree;
• Yare yare – Wow! Ufa! My...etc;
• Yasai – vegetable;
• Yasashii - easy; it can also mean splendid, special. For example, "yasashii seikaku" means "good-natured", and "yasashii hito" means "a great fellow";
• Yasumi – rest, break, vacation;
• Yappari - I knew!
• Yatto – slang for him, she, they, a person, etc.;
• Yatta - I achieved! or We got it, got it, etc;
• Yatto - finally;
• yo – used to emphasize the word. Matte yo, kocchi yo, etc;
• Yokatta- expression of relief; translated as "That's great", "I'm happy", or even "Thank God!"
• Yosh'! - Cool! Jewel! Here I go!
• Yowai - weak;
• Yuki - snow;
• Yume - dream;
• Yumei – famous, notorious;
• Yurusenai – I will not allow it! Or I don't forgive you! (the verb yurusu means both to allow and to forgive);
• Yuurei - ghost;

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letter -Z-

• Zakkenayo! - Get out of my face (something like go to...)
• Zan / San – suffixes to designate mountain. Ex: Fuji-san (see Yama);
• Zankoku – brutal, atrocious;
• Zannen – very bad, unfortunately;
• Zen-zen – never, by any means;
• Zettai – definitely, absolutely;
• Zettai omoidatta - I remember everything;
• Zoku - clan, tribe;
• Zutto – always, all the time;