Japanese Interjection




Definition: The interjeccion is a word or a group of word that expressing a thought with no need of a subject and a verb,also be inserted within an sentence, separated generally by commas of the rest of the sentence.

English Japanese Romanji
Watch out! あ ぶ な い abunai
Oh, huh あ れ / あ れ are
No い や iya
Ouch い た / い て ita / ite
Hey お い oi
hey, oh, oops お う ou
Hey, yo, yes sir お っ す ossu
Oops お っ と otto
well!, my goodness! お や お や oyaoya
Cheers, bottoms up か ん ぱ い kanpai
Do your best, good luck が ん ば れ ganbare
hang in there, come on が ん ば っ て ganbatte
Here it comes き た kita
eek き ゃ あ kya
yuk げ ge
Farewell ご き げ ん よ う gokigenyou
Hey! こ ら kora
I'm sorry, excuse me し つ れ い sitsurei
Damn it し ま っ た simatta
Bye, see you じ ゃ あ ね ja-ne
Awesome, cool, great す ご い sugoi
sorry!, excuse me! す み ま せ ん sumimasen
Yes, yeah そ う そ う sousou
Exactly, that's right そ の と う り sonotouri
Help! た す け て tasukete
I hate you だ い き ら い daikirai
Shut up だ ま れ damare
Shucks ち ぇ che
Please ど う ぞ douzo
Thanks ど う も doumo
What?, huh? な に nani
I see な る ほ ど naruhodo
Yay や っ た ー yatta
Nothing べ つ に betsuni






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