What does "Uwa" mean in Japanese?
normally uwa is a like sound you make when you're surprised, but also is a sound you make when you're amazed, bewildered, excited, that kind of thing, like 'wow'/'ohmygod'/etc.
What does お mean in Japanese?
I'm a Japanese who studies English."お" is a honorific in Japanese. It is used to connect to a noun or a verb.For example, green tea is "茶" in Japanese, and "お茶" ("お"+"茶") is a polite way to say about tea. Similarly, "お返事" ("お"+"返事", "返事" means to reply) is a polite way to say to reply.For your information, you can't connect "お" to all nouns or verbs.
What does "doki doki" mean in Japanese? Does it have more than one meaning?
DOKI DOKI is often used as a reference to heartbeats in Japanese but actually literally translated from English means Keep in earthenware.
What does mainichi mean in Japanese?
Mainichi= everyday. Mai is a counter for "every" Maishuu= every week Mainen= every year Maigetsu= every month Mainichi= everyday. This also can help when determining if a verb needs to be in -te form for a habitual action. Everyday, I wash my face~ Mainichi, kao wo aratte imasu.
What does 'karaoke' mean in Japanese?
Thanks for the A2A. Literally it means empty orchestra, “orchestra” being musical accompaniment. It was originally an insiders’ lingo in the broadcasting industry.kara: から (空) = emptyoke: オケ (short for オーケストラ) = orchestra/musical accompanimentAt radio stations back in the day, when they invited just the singer and no band/backup, they used tapes with instrumental parts only - i.e. no vocal. So karaoke meant “no vocal track with musical accompaniment only”. Among bands, too, they used to call sessions with no vocalists “カラオケ/karaoke”. They might have said things like, “空オケで練習しよう” (karaoke de renshū shiyō = Let’s practice with no vocals).Before then, recording equipment wasn’t great, so they used to broadcast most things live. Introduction of karaoke tapes really cut the production cost.Around 1970 or so, 8-track jukeboxes with mic input became popular, and coin-based karaoke services started for non-professional people. Then it went from cassette tapes -> LaserDiscs -> VHD -> VCD -> DVD -> web streaming.Useless but funny statistic: In 2008 the British government conducted a survey among 2,500 adults, and asked “What electronic equipment do you find to be most important yet most annoying?” “Karaoke” got 22% of the votes and came in 1st, over other things like mobile phones. At least this tells us how international the word is. :D
What does "nani" mean in Japanese?
I guess someone said NANI to you and you want to know what they exactly meant. It can mean different things depending on the person and situation, but here are the four major situation where NANI is used.If its someone who you know said it, it can mean two things; 1. If they are calm, it just means they didn't understand you the first time and they want to hear what your said again. 2. If they look pissed, it means you said something offensive.If its someone who you don't know said it, it can mean two things;1. If they are calm, they didn't understand what you said and they want to hear again to understand you. 2.If they look pissed, it means f**k off.
What do the ー and 〜 mean in Japanese?
A long dash is for long vowels and a wave dash is to show from … to as other people have already answered. The wave dash is read “kara” which means from.Japanese distinguish a short vowel from a long vowel. For example Ono san and Oono san are different person. Some say O’O’NO and some other might pronounce it O-NO san. Oo and Ou are not distinguished. It is bit complicated.For example, Tokyo is pronounced TOUKYOU or TOOKYOO and either one is fine. But if you pronounce it Tokyo with short vowels, it sounds bit strange to native speakers though we understand it somehow.駅名の英語表記についての一考（国会議事堂前駅の例から） - 【訪日外国人誘致＆観光立国＆東京五輪】 もっと世界の東京へ。アジアを代表するカッコイイ世界都市に！Kokkaigijidomae is written KokkaigijidOUmae in hiragana and is pronounced Kokka’i gijidou ma’e.However, hiragana doesn’t use a long dash. So a long dash is used mainly for foreign oriented words such as no-to (for note) and conpu-ta- (for computer) in katakana.
What does "wa" in Japanese mean exactly?
The particle 'wa' is just that; a particle that marks the topic of a sentence. In Japanese, the word order can be switched to either Subject+Object+Verb OR Object+Subject+Verb, though the first is used most often. A particle's purpose is to mark the nouns (Subjects/Direct Objects/Objects of the Prepositions) and thereby convey the purpose of those nouns. For example, compare these two sentences: Watashi wa hon wo yomimasu. (I read a book.) Watashi no heya ni ikkou. (Let's go to my room.) These are the four basic particles. Each serves a different purpose. The particle 'wa' signifies that 'watashi' (I) is the subject, whereas the particle 'wo' marks the word 'hon' (book) as the direct object. (A direct object receives the action of the verb.) Without them, one may be confused and we end up with a sentence like: Watashi wo hon wa yomimasu. This is not correct, and means 'the book reads me'. Not exactly the meaning the author intended, I'm sure. In the second sentence, the particle 'no' shows possession. 'Watashi' (I) own the 'heya' (room). The second particle, 'ni' marks the place where something will happen. 'heya ni ikkou', therefore means 'Let's go to my room." The particle 'ni' can often be translated as the preposition 'to'. Hope that was a good enough example for you. Just remember, the particle's purpose is to mark the subjects and objects so that the listener has an idea of what is happening in the sentence.
What does suita mean in Japanese? And what does it mean when it's added to the end of a word like miesuita?
It's the simple past tense of the verb "suku" meaning roughly, "to be open." Therefore, "suita" by itself could serve as an adjective meaning "opened." "Miesuita" is the past tense of the compound word, "miesuku" meaning "to be transparent/to be obvious." It's a combination of "suku" and "mieru," which means "able to see." Thus, "miesuita" means "obvious" or "transparent" (literally and figuratively). "Suita" can mean other things too, but this is the one you seem to be talking about. Just curious, but why did someone give me a thumbs down? I answered it clearly and correctly.