Here are some useful colloquial japanese words.

Wordhow to pronounceMeaning
ii-janE-jun(as "Jungle")cool, pretty good
kawaii!ca-wa-Epretty, cool(for girls)
Genki?gen-Keywhat's up?
Honto?hon-Toh?really?
a-sou?ah-So?u-huh, oh yeah?
Maji? Maji-de?Mar-jee?Are you serious?
Yabaiya-BYEIt's not a good situation.
Dasaida-Si(like "sign")very uncool
ja-mataneja-maTanesee you later
unu-n(very quickly)yeah
uunuu-n(very quickly)nope
douzoDOugh-zoplease
doumoDOugh-mothanks
chou-"cho" like chokevery(adjective) ex. chou-kawaii(very pretty), chou-atsui(very hot)
Pakuru(verb)pack-ruTo copy something with no permission
Ocha-suru(verb) "Ocha"=tea, To go have a cup of coffee.
Chin-suru(verb) "Chin!"=ding!! To heat food up in the microwave
Gohan tabeni iku(verb) Go have a dinner with someone.
Nomini iku(verb) Go have a drink with someone.
Zura(noun)zura(no accent) a wig
Keitai(noun)K-Tie(no accent) cellular phone
Baito(noun)Bye-to(no accent) part-time job
Chapatsu(noun)Cha-pa-tsu(no accent) dyed brown hair
Kuchipaku(noun)Kuchi-packu(no accent) ="Lipsync"
Kuchi="mouth" When the singer is not singing actually, holding the microphone and acting like really singing.


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