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Fanboys - Anime Glossary Category: History and Culture > Anime Date & country: 27/04/2011, USA Words: 139

romanji
the phonetic writing of Japanese words using the Roman alphabet (what we're using here! ^_^)

san
formal honorific suffix used when addressing a person you respect

sama
like 'san', only more respectful. Often translated as 'lord' or 'lady'.

seme
in a gay relationship, the 'dominant' or 'male' role (in yaoi there's ALWAYS a 'man' and a 'woman'...goddamn Japanese gender roles P); from the verb 'semeru'='to attack'

sempai
term used to address a more senior member of one's class or working environment. Loosely, 'upperclassman'

shoujo
young girl

shounen
young boy

shikashi
however; but; nonetheless

shimatta
'dammit' or 'crap', a mild expletive, usually used when something screws up

shi'ne!
'DIE!' Villains scream this a lot.

shounen-ai
literally, boy's love. ^_~

shouta-con
the opposite of loli-con; someone who is sexually attracted to little boys.

sou desu ka/sou ka
is that right?/I see

sore wa himitsu desu
That's a secret.

sugoi
'WOW!'/'cool!'/'neato!'

sumimasen
Formal way to say "I'm sorry"

sukebe
pervert, perverted

suteki
wonderful, amazing, great, etc.

tasukete!
'Help me!'/'Save me!'

taihen
how terrible/oh no

tanoshii
fun, amusing

tomodachi
friend

tonikaku
in any case/anyway

uke
in a gay relationship, the 'sub' or 'female' role; from the verb 'ukeru'='to receive'

ureshii
happy, 'I'm so happy!'

urusai
literally, 'noisy'. When used as an imperative, it means 'Shut up!'

uso
literally, 'a lie'; a shortened version of 'usotsuki'. When used as an expletive it means 'That's not true!' or, as Haruto sez, 'You're shitting me!'

wai!
sort of a Japanese version of 'YAY!'

warui
bad

watashi
I/me

yamete
stop it

yappari
'I knew it'/'As I expected'

yare yare
'my my'/'well well', that kind of thing

yatta
'YAY!' or 'I did it!'. A shortened form of 'yokatta' which means the same thing.

yaoi
refers to male/male situations. The word 'yaoi' is an acronym 'yama nashi, ochi nashi, imi nashi', which means roughly "No climax, no point, no meaning". In general, the yaoi genre tends to focus on sexual or comedic themes and not so much on the relationship or emotional aspects, and often uses existing characters (like in doujinshi). Many westerners tend to use 'yaoi' as a catch-all term...

yoshi
what you say when you're about to start something. Sort of like 'Here I go!' or 'Alrighty then!'

yume
dream

zakennayo!
loosely, 'fuck off!'

zen zen wakarimasen
'I don't understand at all.'