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Nathan W.
Posted on Wednesday, January 17, 2001 - 05:51 am:   

does anyone know what "uketemoraou" means?
here are some others i cant figure out:

erabareta
shimau
kuimonai
daichi
niiguru
 

info
Posted on Thursday, January 18, 2001 - 01:32 am:   

Dear Sir, here are the answers.

uketemorau --
to let accept (receive) something
shimau --
to put away, to store
kuimonai --
not to regret
daichi --
big earth
niiguru --
this is not a Japanese word!

Kind regards
 

Anonymous
Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 07:38 pm:   

I also need to know what these mean:

shinpaisou
ataemashou
tanomimashita
tanomitosure
joousama
oresama
erabareta
samenain
uchikesu
tokasarete
hanatta
yobiyosemashita
shinmai
ohanashi
yobisemashita
shite

THANK YOU!
 

info
Posted on Sunday, January 28, 2001 - 11:56 pm:   

Here are the answers:
shinpaisou
-- you look anxious
ataemashou
-- I will offer you
tanomimashita
-- I have asked something
tanomitosure
-- If I ask (tanomitosureBA ?)
joousama
-- Queen
oresama
-- me (pretentious)
erabareta
-- selected, elected
samenain
-- remain hot
uchikesu
-- cancel
tokasarete
-- solved, unfreezed, dissolved
hanatta
-- fired (arrow, shell etc.)
yobiyosemashita
-- I have asked to come
shinmai
-- beginner
ohanashi
-- tale
yobisemashita
-- I have recalled (yobisAmashita ?)
shite
-- please do it


Kind regards
 

Anonymous
Posted on Sunday, March 25, 2001 - 05:01 pm:   

one more. what does kanaa mean?
 

info
Posted on Tuesday, March 27, 2001 - 08:04 am:   

Hello,
"Kana" is Japanese phonetic characters in opposition to Chinese "kanji" which is ideograms.
Kind regards.
 

Amy S.
Posted on Tuesday, July 09, 2002 - 07:30 pm:   

what do the words onna and kisama mean?
 

zzz...
Posted on Tuesday, July 16, 2002 - 01:05 am:   

onna \ woman

"Kisama" is the language used when speaking ill of people. But, the origin is an honorific title used for its superiors.
 

christa
Posted on Friday, October 18, 2002 - 08:38 pm:   

what does kawaii mean?
 

info
Posted on Friday, October 25, 2002 - 01:49 am:   

Hello Christa,
"Kawaii" means in Japanese "lovely" or "cute". It is used for human being as well as object.
kind regards,

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