Japanese Grammar: How To Use Interjections (+ Examples)
Ichika
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* |