Tae Kim JOSHU - Japanese Online Self-Help Utility Introduction Welcome to the Japanese Online Self-Help Utility, or JOSHU for short. In Japanese, JOSHU literally means "assistant", or "tutor", which is what this website attempts to do to anyone interested in learning the Japanese language. JOSHU was first created by Nan Puthaaroon for her creative thesis as one of the Plan II requirements. Various students from UT Austin Japanese Program, including F. Japanizing Your Computer: How to set up your PC/Mac's internet browsers, e-mail programs, fonts, etc. to read and output Japanese. Textbooks and References: Yookoso! learn-hiragana-katakana.com
Japanese Slang Last updated: 8 July 2013 Find a list a common Japanese slang expressions and patois below. Most of these phrases are used extensively in daily life. Note that some of them are very rude. We will continually work on expanding this list. If you happen to know any other colloquial phrases or expressions, please share them with us. Browse the list by clicking the initial letters. Ahō, aho 【あほ】 - An insult along the lines of "stupid" or "idiot". Baba 【ばば】 - An insulting way to say old lady. Chibi-debu - a short fat personChikusho 【ちくしょ】 - A basic Japanese equivalent of "Damn it!". Daijoubu 【大丈夫】 - A normal word but useful for saying anything from "I'm ok." to "I don't need any more food." Ee 【ええ】 (Falling tone) - Used in conversation to acknowledge that you are listening (something important in Japanese conversation). Faito! Gomen ne 【ごめんね】 - An informal way of saying "I am sorry". Ha, Ha 【は、は】 - The older generation's filler. Kai 【かい】 - A colloquial way of saying "desu ka".