I finally finished my first video! Well, the first half anyway. It's on The Top Ten Most Common Japanese Anime Cuss Words!
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Hey my names Ken Cannon and I’m gonna be teaching you guys the top 10 most common Japanese cuss words, with a little help from the popular Japanese anime naruto.
But before I get started I should note that Japanese unlike English is a lot less colorful in its word choices. So most of the words I’m going to be teaching are ones that are when translated to English come out as swear words, but wouldn’t be categorized in Japan as swear words per say.
That being said, if you used these around the house your mama would probably still slap you.
Alright let’s get started,
Cuss word number 1! And the most commonly used cuss word in most anime is
Kuso
Which literately means shit, or feces, or caca, or poopoo booboo whatever you like to call you droppings.
Ill repeat it a few time so you can get the pronunciation down.
(pronunciation guide)
Kuso is also used mainly as an exclamatory. For example...
Kuso! AA no kaigi ni okurechau
Or
kuso! onara shichatta
Or
Kuso! Neko wo Ouben ni wasurechatta
Ect.
Maybe it be better if you saw how it’s used in naruto…
(Naruto clips)
And there you go. However one way kuso is not used is when in subsitution for the word “stuff”
In other words, in English it’s common for us to say things like...
“I left my shit at home” or “that’s some cool shit” but kuso unfortunately carry the same meaning.
Alright now on the cuss word number 2
Chikusho
Chikushou is more or less translated to “Damn It!” or “Fuck!”
(Pronunciation guide)
Chikushou like kuso is also used mainly as an exclamatory. But unlike kuso it carries a stronger connotation. So you’d use it in a more dire situation.
For example...
“Chikushou! Chirigami ga nai!”
Or
“Chikushou! myutsu ga nigeta?!”
Here’s some more useful examples..
(naruto clips)
And that’s that, again though chikushou is only used as an exclamatory. So don’t walk up to your
Girlfriend and ask her if she wants to chikushou.. doesn’t work that. (Actually I hope you don’t do that in English either...)
On to cuss word number 3...
Baka
One of the more popular Japanese words for some reason. Baka means “stupid” or “idiot”
(Pronunciation guide)
You can use baka in pretty much the same way you would in English.
“Baka! Sore wa ringo juusu jai nai!”
On that note...
(Naruto clips)
Alright! Cuss word number 4!
Temee
In actuality “Temee” really is just a severally rude way to say “you” but it is usually translated to “you bastard” or “you bitch” because of its connotation.
(Pronunciation guide)
This phrase is also very popular among angry drunk old dudes for some reason.
But anyway its quiet useful for misunderstandings...
“Temee! Cosmo no koudoku hoshikunai tte ba! “
But it general you can use it whenever you address your bitches or bastards.
“Temmera! Ore ni tsuite koi!”
Temeera is simply the plural version of temee
Remember to use temee only as a pronoun
Cuss word number 5!
Yarou!
Yarou is often translated to “bastard” but unlike “temee” it’s used as a noun not a pronoun
(Pronunciation guide)
Yarou literately means farm hand.. Because you know how those farm hands are all bastards.
heres an example of how it differs from temee
“temee! Omae wa nanto baka yarou da!” (Zoom in on teddy bear)
Now if you were really paying attention you noticed I used the phrase “baka yarou” in that last example
With the word you yarou you can attach other nasty words to make even nastier words.
Such as “baka yarou” and even “kuso yarou”
what song did you use:) did you really just learn japanese from anime? coz i did too, but im not fluent and i know just simple words ^_^
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Oh men what an idiotic person I am....... I'm already saying a word that I don't know the meaning but thanks to this I now know the meaning of what I'm saying like...."baka" and etc...... arigato sensei!!!:)
i was curious as to if this was actually possible or not. judging by this, im assuming it does. thank you for confirming this.