((Ohhhh! Here! I'm going to post up some sayings and words that you can use in Japanese. It's romanized.
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Speak
heart "a" like "ah"
heart "i" like in "image"
heart "u" like in "June"
heart "e" like in "pet"
heart "o" like in "colt"
arrow obasan: aunt
arrow obaasan: grandmother (Remember to stretch the repeating vowels when you speak them.)
arrow ojisan: uncle
arrow ojiisan: grandfather
arrow shujin: husband
arrow shuujin: prisoner
arrow e: picture
arrow ee: yes
arrow mo: also
arrow moo already
ninja When greeting Kakashi-sensei in the morning:
Kakashi-sensei, ohayoo gozaimasu.
ninja When greeting him in the afternoon:
Kakashi-sensei, kon'nichiwa.
ninja When greeting him in the evening:
Kakashi-sensei, kon'ban'wa. (Or you can just shorten it to Sensei or replace whatever name you want in there.)
ninja When you want to tell Kakashi to please close his book
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Hon o tojite kudasai.
idea How are you?/Are you in good health?
Ogen'ki desu ka?
idea Most Japanese people would respond to the above by saying:
Okagesama de (which means something like "I'm good" in English, sort of)
idea How do you do? Pleased to meet you. :
Hajimemashite, doozo yoroshiku.
idea The pleasure is mine. :
Kochira koso.
idea Will you give me a glass of water, please? :
Mizu onegai-shimasu.
idea Where is the bathroom? :
O-tearai wa doko desu ka?
idea Where is a public telephone? :
Koshu-denwa wa doko desu ka?
In a lot of Asian cultures, a good greeting is extremely important. So is a good ending. How you greet a person tells them your social background, your personality, and everything, unlike American culture.
xd Also,
-san is usually added to the ending of the name of a person older than you. It's because Asians like to keep their ranking clear and distinguished.
((Brought to you by my friend, Kakashi Hatake of Dusk.
3nodding ))