100 Japanese Words You Often Meet in Manga and Anime

100 Japanese words you often meet in manga and anime
If you love manga and anime, these are the Japanese words for you. Understanding these words helps you understand manga and anime better.

1. 危ない（あぶない）abunai – dangerous

2. 愛（あい）ai – love 愛している （あいしている） to love someone

3. 相手（あいて）aite – opponent, enemy; also used for a partner or the other party.

4. 悪魔（あくま）akuma – a demon. Ugly, devilish: used to describe someone whose character is bad or whose appearance is frightening.

5. 有難う（ありがとう）arigatou – Thank you; you surely know this one

6. 馬鹿（ばか）baka- a word used to insult someone

7. 化け物（ばけもの） bakemono- a monster, a hideous creature.

8. ロジャー roja- Roger, understood. = ryokai

9. 美人（びじん） bijin – a beauty, a pretty girl (very beautiful)

10. 違う（ちがう）chigau – wrong, different, off track

11. 力（ちから）があるね. chikaraga arune to be strong, healthy, full of strength.

12. 畜生（ちくしょう）chikusho: beast = Damn, Shit: a curse when you ruin something or have bad luck.

13.（ちょっと）chotto – a little: it doesn't mean a quantity but is used in situations like: hold
on a moment… wait a second

14. 大丈夫（だいじょうぶ）daijoubu – fine, OK, all right.

15. 黙れ（だまれ）damare – Be quiet

16. 騙す（だます）damasu – to lie, to deceive

17. 駄目（だめ）dame – bad, no good, stop; used for something you don't want to do

18. 誰（だれ）dare – who, someone

19. 何所（どこ）doko – where

20. ふざける fuzakeru – to mess about, used in casual talk. fuzakeruna don't talk rubbish, stop
(saying) that nonsense.

21. 餓鬼（がき） gaki – a hungry ghost (one of the six realms of rebirth); immature, used for a naughty
child, a brat.

22. 頑張る（がんばる） gambaru – to do your best.

23. 早い（はやい） hayai – hurry up, get a move on.

24. 変（へん） hen – strange; also used for a change

25. 変態（へんたい） hentai – pervert, abnormal,

26. 酷い （ひどい） hidoi – awful!, how unpleasant!

27. 姫（ひめ） hime – a princess

28. いい ii good, great

29. 行く （いく）iku – let's go…, clear off, get lost

30. 命 （いのち）inochi – life.

31. 痛い （いたい）itai – painful, pain, injured

32. 地獄（じごく）jigoku – the underworld, hell.

33. 女子高生 （じょしこうせい）joshikousei – a word describing a pretty girl full of character, usually
about girls in high schools, which is where most anime and manga tend to focus
on these characters.

34. 構わない（かまわない）kamawanai it doesn't bother me, it doesn't matter, never mind

35. 神（かみ）kami – a god

36. 必ず（かならず）kanarazu definitely, without fail

37. 彼氏 （かれし）kareshi boyfriend: Kanojo-girlfriend; these are fairly important words for describing relationships.

38. 可愛い（かわい）kawaii – cute

39. けど kedo – but, however

40. 怪我（けが）kega – a wound, a sore spot

41. 警察（けいさつ）keisatsu – police

42. 気 （き） ki – has a great many uses

43. 心（こころ）kokoro – heart, coming from the heart

44. 殺す（ころす）korosu – to kill

45. 怖い（こわい）kowai – frightening

46. 来る（くる）kuru – to come

47. 魔法（まほう）mahou – magic, sorcery

48. 任せる（まかせる）makaseru – to trust, to entrust.

49. 負ける（まける）makeru – to lose, to be defeated …

50. 守る（まもる）mamoru – to protect

51. まさか masaka – surely not, used for a guess.

52. 待つ（まつ）matsu – to wait

53. 勿論（もちろん）mochiron – of course, naturally. no doubt about it

54. もう mou – already, enough..

55. 娘 （むすめ）musume – a daughter

56. 仲 （なか）naka – about a relationship within a family or between people who share a view

57. 何 （なに）nani – what?

58. なるほど naruhodo – so that's it, I see, ah, right, you have a point (used to confirm
what the speaker has said) .

59. 逃げる（にげる）nigeru – to flee, to run away. nigerou : let's run…

60. 人間 （にんげん）ningen – humanity, human beings; used for what belongs to human beings, human nature and habits. ningenha souda – that's people for you.

61. お早う （おはよう）ohayou – a morning greeting. A very common greeting, used from
morning until around 11-12 midday.

62. 怒る（おこる）okoru – to be angry, usually in the form: mou okottayo I'm angry now. okotteruno are you
angry with me? Are you cross with me?

63. お願い（おねがい）onegai – a short form of onegai shimasu, meaning "please"

64. 鬼 （おに）oni – a demon, an ogre.

65. 了解 （りょうかい） Ryoukai! – roger, understood.

66. さあ Saa – an interjection: ah, well, hmm …

67. さすが sasuga – as expected, indeed

68. 先輩（せんぱい）sempai – a senior, used for people with more years in a field
than you.

69. しかし shikashi – even so, but, however.

70. 仕方がない shikata ga nai – there's nothing to be done.

71. 信じる（しんじる）shinjiru – to believe in someone or something.

信じてください shinjite kudasai. Meaning: please believe me.

信じられるか あいつ？shinjirareru ka aitsu. Meaning: can he be trusted?

72. 死ぬ（しぬ）shinu – to die, often used as 死ね shine: drop dead

73. すこい sukoi – hard-hearted, cruel …close in meaning to : ずるい (nasty, mean).

74. 凄い（すごい）sugoi – amazing, incredible, that's really good

75. 好き（すき）suki – to like: it implies having warm feelings for someone of the opposite sex

76. する suru – to do: for example

77. 大変（たいへん）taihen – extremely, terribly; used to describe something dreadful.

78. 助ける（たすける）tasukeru – to save, to help

79. 戦う（たたかう）tatakau – to fight

80. 敵（てき）teki – the enemy…

81. 友達（ともだち）tomodachi – friends

82. とても totemo – very…, used to emphasise something

83. 運命 （うんめい）unmei – destiny, fate

84. 裏切り者 (うらぎりもの) uragirimono – a traitor

85. 嬉しい (うれしい) ureshii! – oh! how happy

86. 五月蠅い (うるさい) urusai – too noisy, be quiet, shut up

87. 嘘 (うそ) uso – to lie, a lie

88. 噂 (うわさ) uwasa – a rumour.

89. 分かる wakaru – to understand; to grasp

90. 罠 わな wana – a trap, a scheme

91. やばい yabai – uh-oh, this is bad, not good

92. 約束 (やくそく) yakusoku – a promise.

93. 辞める (やめる) yameru – to quit, to stop, to cancel

94. やる yaru – to do, to act.:

95. 優しい (やさしい) yasashii – easy-going, kind.

96. やった yatta – I did it, used as a cheer

97. よっし yosshi – all right, yes that's it, I'm done.

98. 妖怪 (ようかい) youkai – the spirit world, monsters.

99. 夢 ( ゆめ) yume – a dream..

100.許す (ゆるす) yurusu – to forgive, said when you want to apologise or have the other person overlook a mistake of

See also:
Japanese Vocabulary for Everyday Household Items
A List of 500 Common Japanese Words