• fuwaa ふわあ = onomatopoeia for yawn
• ahahaha あははは = onomatopoeia for laugh
• hehehehe へへへへ = onomatopoeia for laugh
• da だ = v. to be (simple form)
• dake だけ = only
• ga が = used to mark the subject in sentences
• yori より = more than
• boku ぼく = I
• washi わし = I (used mainly by old males)
• kowasu 壊す = v. to break
• -shita した = verbal desinence, marks a verb as "past tense"
• kowashita 壊した = broke
• arigato ありがとう = Thanks
• hansamu ハンサム = Handsome (from the English word)
• aho あほ = stupid
Japanese Studies
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