History UsefulNotes / JapaneseStockPhrases

** There's 行くぜ! (''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 行け! (''ike!''/ "go!")

* ...Is what I'd like to say, but... (と言いたいところだが, ''To iitai tokoro daga'')

* It's useless (無駄だ, ''muda da'')

* Do your best! / I'll do my best! (がんばって, ''ganbatte'' / がんばります, ''ganbarimasu'')

** 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, literally meaning "please come back in"), though some people tend to use it even if they live alone.

** いらっしゃいませ (''Irasshaimase''): literally an honorific way of saying "come", it's a greeting used by employees to customers.

* Shut up! (黙れ!, ''damare!'')

* Stop it! (やめて！, ''yamete!'' or やめろ!, ''yamero!'')

* Stop it! (やめて！, ''Yamete!'' / やめろ!, ''Yamero!'')

* Stop it! (やめて！, ''Yamete!''/やめろ!, ''Yamero!'')

* Stop it! (やめろ!, ''Yamero!'')

* Stop it! (やめろ!, ''yamero!'')

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

** 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 [[PronounTrouble 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'').
*** Another issue is that using "that person" instead of "him/her" in all but the most informal/joking contexts is mildly impolite ''in English''.

** いただきます (''Itadakimasu'') : literally "I humbly receive this", it figuratively means "Thanks for the meal" and is often translated as this. Normally goes together with that "palms joined" praying gesture.
*** It can also be used in contexts other than dining. In ''MahouSenseiNegima'', Haruna used this phrase before forcing a kiss on (unsuspecting) Negi to create a [[AMagicContractComesWithAKiss magic contract]] with him.
** いってきます (''Ittekimasu'') : literally "I go and come", it means "Goodbye, see you later" when one leaves home for work or school.

** お邪魔します (''Ojama shimasu'') : literally "I am doing an intrusion", it means "Excuse me" specifically for entering someone else's home.
** お先に(失礼します)(''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.
*** [[TearJerker Heartbreakingly]] [[RealLife used]] in [[SatoshiKon Satoshi Kon]]'s [[http://www.makikoitoh.com/journal/satoshi-kons-last-words last words]].
** いらっしゃいませ (''Irasshaimase'') : literally an honorific way of saying "come", it's a greeting used by employees to customers.

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** ''[[GurrenLagann NEVERRR!!!]]''

* The best (最高, ''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."

* Damn!/Shit!/Damn it! (畜生!, ''chikushou!''; クソ!, ''kuso!''; or the most reduced form, ち!, ''chi!'' - this last one is pronounced like the English interjection "tch!")

* IWillDefinitelyProtectYou! (絶対に守る, ''Zettai ni mamoru'')

* [[BringIt Bring it on!]] (かかってこいよ！, ''kakatte koi yo!'')
* Don't decide that on your own/by yourself! (自分で決めるな！, ''jibun de kimeru na!'')
* Don't joke/screw around with me! (ふざけるな！, ''fuzakeru na!'')
* [[DontSaySuchStupidThings Don't say such stupid things!]] (馬鹿なことを言うな！, ''baka na koto o iu na!'')

* [[VerbThis Eat this!]] (食らえ！, ''kurae!'')

* He's fast! (速い！, ''hayai!'')
** 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 (遅い！, ''osoi!'').
* Here's the final blow! (とどめだ！, ''todome da!'')

* I challenge you! (勝負だ！, ''shoubu da!'')
* I did it! (やった！, ''yatta!'' or よし！, ''yoshi!'' - no, not [[SuperMarioBros that Yoshi]])
** {{Boisterous Bruiser}}s and HotBlooded people tend to go for よっしゃ！ (''yossha!''), which means the same

* I won't let you do it! (させるか！''saseru ka!'')

* Is this really okay? / Are you sure you don't mind? (本当にいいの？, ''honto ni ii no?'' or 本当にいいんですか, ''honto ni ii n desu ka?'')

* Let's go! (行くする！, ''ikusuru!'', 行くぞ！, ''iku zo!'')
** There's 行くぜ！ (''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 行け！ (''ike!''/ "go!")

* No way!/You're kidding! (嘘！, ''uso!'')

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

* Wait a minute! (ちょっと待って！, ''chotto matte!'')
* What are you doing? (何やってんだよ？, ''nani yatte n da yo?'')
* What are you saying? (何を言ってるんだ？, ''nani o itterunda?'')
* Where are you looking? (どこに見ている？, ''doko ni mite iru?'')

* Where are you touching me? (どこに触ってるの？, ''doko ni sawatteru no?'')

* ____, you idiot! (____の馬鹿！, ''____ no baka!'')
* [[YearsTooEarly You're a hundred years too early]] for- (百年早いぜ／ぞ／など, ''- hyakunen hayai ze/zo/etc.'')

* Damn!/Shit!/Damn it! (畜生！, ''chikushou!''; クソ！, ''kuso!''; or the most reduced form, ち！, ''chi!'' - this last one is pronounced like the English interjection "tch!")
* What the hell is this?/What the hell? (何だこれ？, ''nanda kore?'') or What the hell is that? (何だそれ？, ''nanda sore?'')

** 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 "しまった、馬鹿に！" (''shimatta, baka ni!,'' "Damnit/Shit/Darn, how stupid!") as a [[TranslationYes caption pops up reading]] "[[CatchPhrase D'oh!]]".

** いただきます (''Itadakimasu'') : literally "I humbly receive this", it figuratively means "Thanks for the meal" and is often translated as this.

** お先に（失礼します）(''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.

** よろしく（お願いします） (''Yoroshiku (onegai shimasu)''): used in introductions or when starting to work with someone (seen frequently in manga and anime scenes where a transferred student introduces him/herself before the class). 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".