Twitter Vocabulary in Japanese: The Most Important Words

In this article I share a list of Japanese words related to Twitter, which is now called X. With this list you can switch the app to Japanese, use it day to day and improve your learning through immersion and daily contact with the language.

Many of these words may already be familiar from anime or from Japanese accounts you follow. The list is deliberately practical: for each English term you get the Japanese word that actually appears in the interface and in everyday posts, plus the reading in romaji.

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The most important words at a glance

English	Japanese	Romaji
open	開く	hiraku
add image	画像を追加	gazō o tsuika
add location	位置情報を追加	ichi jōhō o tsuika
app	アプリ	apuri
keyboard shortcut	キーボードショートカット	kībōdo shōtokatto
activity	アクティビティ	akutibiti
bio, profile description	自己紹介	jikoshōkai
block user or report spam	ブロックまたはスパム報告	burokku mata wa supamu hōkoku
header	ヘッダー	heddā
share by email	メールで共有する	mēru de kyōyū suru
language setting	言語設定	gengo settei
settings	設定	settei
popular account	人気のアカウント	ninki no akaunto
account	アカウント	akaunto
view conversation	会話を表示	kaiwa o hyōji
other	その他	sono hoka
settings and help	設定とヘルプ	settei to herupu
delete account	アカウントを削除	akaunto o sakujo
design	デザイン	dezain
discover	見つける	mitsukeru
details	詳細	shōsai
edit profile	プロフィールを編集	purofīru o henshū
post (verb, formerly tweet)	ポストする	posuto suru
find friends	友達を見つける	tomodachi o mitsukeru
like (formerly favorite)	いいね	ii ne
tool	ツール	tsūru
time zone	タイムゾーン	taimuzōn
image	画像	gazō
user information	ユーザー情報	yūzā jōhō
timeline	タイムライン	taimurain
list	リスト	risuto
location	場所	basho
direct message	ダイレクトメッセージ	dairekuto messēji
mobile	モバイル	mobairu
name	名前	namae
web notification	Web通知	web-tsūchi
email notification	メール通知	mēru tsūchi
notification	通知	tsūchi
search	検索	kensaku
home	ホーム	hōmu
reply	返信	henshin
repost (formerly retweet)	リポスト	riposto
log out	ログアウト	roguauto
save	保存する	hozon suru
follower	フォロワー	forowā
follow	フォロー	forō
security and privacy	セキュリティとプライバシー	sekyuriti to puraibashī
password	パスワード	pasuwādo
show translation	翻訳を表示	hon'yaku o hyōji
trends	トレンド	torendo
all	すべて	subete
post (noun, formerly tweet)	ポスト	posuto
X (formerly Twitter)	X（旧ツイッター）	ekkusu
username	ユーザー名	yūzā mei
recommended users	おすすめユーザー	osusume yūzā

What changed when Twitter became X

On 24 July 2023, Twitter was officially renamed X. The new name also changed several Japanese terms in the interface: the “tweet” (ツイート, tsuīto) became the “post” (ポスト, posuto), and the “retweet” (リツイート, ritsuīto) became the “repost” (リポスト, riposto).

In practice you will come across both versions. Older guides, books and even native speakers still use ツイート and リツイート, while the app itself now shows ポスト and リポスト. Knowing both means you can follow most conversations about social media in Japan.

How to learn with this list

Switch the language in the app to Japanese. It is tiring at first, but you see the words every day in the same place, so they stick faster than with a vocabulary list alone.

When you scroll, note down the words you do not know and write them with the context in which they appeared. A word like 通知 (tsūchi, notification) is easier to remember if you also write where it showed up. If you like, use flashcards or an app with spaced repetition.

Follow a few Japanese accounts about topics you enjoy, too. The words from this list appear there constantly, and you pick up the phrases around them at the same time.

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I hope you enjoy this list of Japanese Twitter words. Since this article is just a list, thank you in advance for reading, sharing and commenting. If a word is missing, write it in the comments.