History UsefulNotes / JapaneseStockPhrases

* He's fast! (早い！, ''hayai!'')

* Here's the final blow! (止めだ！, ''todome da!'')

* Let's go! (いくする！, ''ikusuru!'', いくぞ！, ''iku zo!'')
** There's いくぜ！ (''iku ze!'') too, which means the same, but it's more like compelling your interlocutor to go with you (since the ''ze'' particle has imperative undertones - "you're going with me!"), while not a specific order like いけ！ (''ike!''/ "go!")

* [[HeyThatsMyLine That's my line!]] (私の台詞だ, ''watashi no serifu da'')

* You're (too) naïve (あまいな, ''amai na'')
* Damn!/Shit!/Damn it! (畜生！, ''chiku shou!''; 臭う！, ''kuso!''; or the most reduced form, ち！, ''chi!'' - this last one is pronounced like the English interjection "tch!")

** よろしく（お願いします） (''Yoroshiku (onegai shimasu)''): used in introductions or when starting to work with someone. Often translated as "Nice to meet you". When used together with 初めまして (''hajimemashite''), which also means "Nice to meet you", it is often translated more literally as "Please treat me well".

* Don't joke with me! (ふざけるな！, ''fuzakeru na!'')

* ____, you idiot! (____の馬鹿！, ''____ no {{baka}}!'')

** There's いくぜ！ (''iku ze!'') too, which means the same, but it's more like compelling your interlocutor to go with you (since the ''ze'' particle has imperative undertones - "you're coming with me!"), while not a specific order like いけ！ (''ike!''/ "go!")

* Thank you for waiting / Sorry to make you wait. (お待たせしました, ''Omatase Shimashita'') Omatase is a shortened version, basically meaning "Thanks for waiting."

** Usually happens after an opponent's declaration that they have been underestimated which leads them to pull out all the stops and PowerUp with or without DramaticWind and/or [[ThemeMusicPowerUp Theme Music]] and immediately FlashStep (usually behind the opponent). Generally accompanied by an OhCrap face. This will many times cause the attacker to taunt with a {{TooSlow}} (''osoi!'').

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** Related to the Japanese ideal of perseverance, the speaker encourages the recipient to stand strong in the face of adversity. Conveniently for translators there is a close English cultural equivalent with the same number of syllables: "Go for it!"

* しまった (''Shimatta'') Many ways to translate this since a direct translation would butcher it (The Japanese language is heavily context base). The most common translation is "Shit!" and is often used when a character screws up or makes a major mistake. Could be translated as just "I screwed up" but most English speakers would simply say "Shit!" in the same situation.

** Related to the Japanese ideal of perseverance, the speaker asks that the recipient stand strong in the face of adversity. A western equivalent would be to wish someone 'Good Luck!'. Even if it gets hard, please do your best.

** ただいま (''Tadaima''): it means "I've arrived" (literally, "I am just here now"), used for when you enter your own house. If someone's expecting you in there, expect it to be followed by お帰りなさい (''okaerinasai'') (or simply ''okaeri'' - an acknowledgement of the previous quote), though some people tend to use it even if they live alone.

** ただいま (''Tadaima''): it means "I've arrived", used for when you enter your own house. If someone's expecting you in there, expect it to be followed by お帰りなさい (''okaerinasai'') (or simply ''okaeri'' - an acknowledgement of the previous quote), though some people tend to use it even if they live alone.

** {{Boisterous Bruiser}}s tend to go for よっしゃ！ (''yossha!''), which means the same

When translating anything, you can only make your translation so close to the source text before it, well, stops being an actual language you're translating into (see the quote for {{Woolseyism}}). The people who fansub anime come pretty close to this sometimes.

Sometimes, they create what Amazon.com would call "Statistically Improbable Phrases". Maybe you wouldn't be surprised if someone said them, once, in that particular situation, but if they say it every time, it's a little weird.

When translating anything, you can only make your translation so close to the source text before it, well, stops being an actual language you're translating into (see the quote for {{Woolseyism}}). The people who fansub anime come pretty close to this sometimes.

Specifically, they create what Amazon.com would call "Statistically Improbable Phrases". Maybe you wouldn't be surprised if someone said them, once, in that particular situation, but if they say it every time, it's a little weird.

** This is often used in place of third-person pronouns which are seen as impolite in many situations. Can usually be rendered into English as simply "he" or "she," but [[ProunounTrouble authors sometimes use the phrase to hide a character's gender which creates problems for translators]]. The more informal equivalent would be あいつ (''aitsu'').

** This is often used in place of third-person pronouns which are seen as impolite in many situations. Can usually be rendered into English as simply "he" or "she," but authors sometimes use the phrase to hide a character's gender which creates problems for translators. The more informal equivalent would be あいつ (''aitsu'').

** Which is often just a more natural/polite way to refer to someone and can be translated as simply "he" or "she." The more informal equivalent would be あいつ (''aitsu'').

See also JapaneseProverbs.

-->''"It can't be helped...We'll have to use 'that'."''\\

* Don't decide that on your own! / Decide for yourself! (自分で決めるな！, ''jibun de kimeru na!'')

* Here's the final blow! (止めだ!, ''todome da!'')

* He's Fast (早い！, ''hayai!'')

* Don't joke with me! (ふかぜるな！, ''fuzakeru na!'')

** いらっしゃいませ (''Irasshaimase'') : literally "Someone honored is present", it's a greeting used by employees to customers.

* [[ThatLiarLies That's a lie!]] ([[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi 嘘だ！]], ''uso da!'')

* As expected from- (''sasuga-'')
* [[BringIt Bring it on!]] (''kakatte koi yo!'')
* Don't decide that on your own! / Decide for yourself! (''jibun de kimeru na!'')
* Don't joke with me! (''fuzakeru na!'')
* [[DontSaySuchStupidThings Don't say such stupid things!]] (''baka na koto o iu na!'')
* Do your best! / I'll do my best! (''ganbatte'' / ''ganbarimasu'')

* [[VerbThis Eat this!]] (''kurae!'')
* Even if you say that (''sou itte mo'')
* He's Fast (''hayai!'')

* [[IAmYourOpponent I am your opponent]] (''omae no aite wa ore da'')
* I challenge you! (''shoubu da!'')
* I did it! (''yatta!'' or ''yoshi!'' - no, not [[SuperMarioBros that Yoshi]])
** {{Boisterous Bruiser}}s tend to go for ''yossha!'', which means the same
* [[ItCantBeHelped I guess it can't be helped.]] (''shikata ga nai'')
** More casually ''shouganai''. For the really delinquent, ''shouganee na''.
* [[ThisIsUnforgivable I won't forgive you!]] (''yuru'''''se'''''nai'' (cannot forgive) vs ''yuru'''''sa'''''nai'' (will not forgive))

* I won't let you do it! (''saseru ka!'')
* I won't lose! (''makenai'')
* I'll never give up (''makeru mon ka'')
* I'm at my limit (''mou genkai da'')
* I'm done for (''mou dame'')
* It's useless (''muda da'')
* Is this really okay? / Are you sure you don't mind? (''honto ni ii no?'' or ''honto ni ii n desu ka?'')
* IWillDefinitelyProtectYou! (''Zettai ni mamoru'')
* Let's go! (''ikusuru!'', ''iku zo!'')
** There's ''iku ze!'' too, which means the same, but it's more like compelling your interlocutor to go with you (since the ''ze'' particle has imperative undertones - "you're coming with me!"), while not a specific order like ''ike!'' ("go!")
* Listen to what other people say! (''hito no hanashi wo chanto kike'')
* Never give up (''akiramenai'')
* No, there's still a way (''te ga aru'')
* Talking is useless! / Talk is cheap! / No questions asked! (''mondou muyou'')

* [[ThatLiarLies That's a lie!]] (''[[HigurashiNoNakuKoroNi uso da!]]'')
* That person (''ano hito'')
** Which is often just a more natural/polite way to refer to someone and can be translated as simply "he" or "she." The more informal equivalent would be ''aitsu''.
* That child / that girl / that boy (''ano ko'')
* He / she / this thing (''koitsu'')
* (That's) Enough! (''mou ii'')
* [[HeyThatsMyLine That's my line!]] (''watashi no serifu da'')
* The worst (''saitei~'') (an insult. usually said with a tilde, to reinforce the tone by sound elongation)
* The best (''saiko'') (to say something is awesome, not to be confuse to ''ichiban'' which means "number one" or "first" but can also be translated as "the best."
* ThisAndThat (''sorekore'')
* [[ThisCannotBe This is impossible!]] (''sonna bakana'' or ''masaka'')
** The more literal version, ''muri da'', is often translated as "it's useless," though sometimes it is applied in the ThisCannotBe context as well.
* Wait a minute! (''chotto matte!'')
* What are you doing? (''nani yatte n da yo?'')
* What are you saying? (''nani o itterunda?'')
* Where are you looking? (''doko mite iru?'')

* Where are you touching me? (''doko sawatteru no?'')

* ____, you idiot! (''____ no {{baka}}!'')
* [[YearsTooEarly You're a hundred years too early]] for- (''- hyakunen hayai ze/zo/etc.'')
* You're a nuisance! / You're in the way! (''jama da'')
* You're (too) naïve (''amai na'')
* Damn!/Shit!/Damn it! (''chiku shou!'', ''kuso!'' or the most reduced form, ''chi!'' - this last one is pronounced like the English interjection "tch!")
* What the hell is this?/What the hell? (''nanda kore?'') or What the hell is that? (''nanda sore?'')

* (''Shimatta'') Many ways to translate this since a direct translation would butcher it (The Japanese language is heavily context base). The most common translation is "Shit!" and is often used when a character screws up or makes a major mistake. Could be translated as just "I screwed up" but most English speakers would simply say "Shit!" in the same situation.
** Just to give an example of how it works: in ''TheSimpsons'' episode "Thirty Minutes Over Tokyo", after losing the family's last yen bill (turned into an origami crane) to the wind, Homer (who, like Bart, had learned Japanese in prison) says ''shimatta, baka ni!'' ("Damnit/Shit/Darn, how stupid!") as a [[TranslationYes caption pops up reading]] "[[CatchPhrase D'oh!]]".

* Thank you for waiting / Sorry to make you wait. (''Omatase Shimashita'') Omatase is a shortened version, basically meaning "Thanks for waiting."

** ''Itadakimasu'' : literally "I humbly receive this", it figuratively means "Thanks for the meal" and is often translated as this.
** ''Ittekimasu'' : literally "I go and come", it means "Goodbye, see you later" when one leaves home for work or school.
** ''Shitsurei shimasu'': literally "I am being rude", it means "Excuse me" for anything from entering someone's office to walking out of a classroom
** ''Ojama shimasu'' : literally "I am doing an intrusion", it means "Excuse me" specifically for entering someone else's home.
** ''Osaki ni (shitsurei shimasu)'' : literally "I am being rude [by leaving] before you", it points out the cultural imperative to stay at work or school until all the work is done.

** ''Irasshaimase'' : literally "Someone honored is present", it's a greeting used by employees to customers.
** ''Omatase shimashita'' (or just ''Omatase''): "Sorry to have kept you waiting", a polite formula used even when you aren't late.
** ''Matte kudasai'': "Please wait"
** ''Tadaima'': it means "I've arrived", used for when you enter your own house. If someone's expecting you in there, expect it to be followed by ''okaerinasai'' (or simply ''okaeri'' - an acknowledgement of the previous quote), though some people tend to use it even if they live alone.

*** [[WhatDoYouMeanItsNotAwesome What the HELL do you mean IT'S NOT AWESOME?!]]