Awesome, time for another episode of anime vocabulary, featuring One Piece! At one point the most downloaded anime on the internet. Crazies...
So lets get started!
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| Straw Hat Pirate |
Kaizoku (海賊) - Pirate
This is probably the most obvious word, so I'll start with that. It's used crazy a lot. I mean the main character wants to be the "Kaizoku Ou" (pirate king) and all... I'm actually working on this goal myself, but alas Limewire had to mess up all my plans!
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| Merry sailing the seas |
Umi (海) - Sea
You can't have a pirate show without one of these, "umi" is actually a special word that means both beach and sea. It doesn't actually mean beach but when you would want to say in English... "Hey my homies, let's go to the beach todayz" You would actually use the word "umi", in Japanese.
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| Their first boat- Merry |
Fune (船) - Boat
Another big hitter in this series, and definitely a must for the future pirate king, I mean you can't be a pirate king and drive a Camry, that's just not cool.
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| Rubber Man |
Gomu (ゴム) - Rubber
This word is also short for eraser, "Keshi Gomu"... and yes it is slang for another slightly less reusable "rubber" in Japan as well....
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| Chopper in his reindeer form |
Tonakai (トナカイ) - Reindeer
Probably the most useless word possible outside of this anime, so you know I have to teach it... but also I really like the way it sounds... tonakai... tonakai... yeah baby....
But surprisingly this word is kind of common in the anime, since Chopper is always correcting people that he is not in fact a "tanuki."
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| Zorro's triple swords |
Kenshi (剣士) - Swordsman
Ahhh finally a more useful word in everyday life... but no all jokes aside this word is actually somewhat common in anime in general, so yup good to know.
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| A rocky island |
Shima (島) - Island
Theres definitely a lot of "shima's" in One Piece, not to mention the fact that all of Japan is one big giant "shima".
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| Nami the girl |
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| Nami the wave |
Nami (波) - Wave
The word for wave, and the name of a character! As you know I love killing two stones with one bird. You may also recognize this word as part of the now English word, "tsu-nami" or tidal wave. "Tsu" in this case means harbor. It's a wave that hits harbors! Yay!
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| A Marine ship |
Kaigun (海軍) - Navy/Marine
This word actually just means "navy" or a military's "sea force" where as "marines" is just a portion of the navy. But ah well, its not the first time I've seen a little Engrish in Japan.
This word actually just means "navy" or a military's "sea force" where as "marines" is just a portion of the navy. But ah well, its not the first time I've seen a little Engrish in Japan.
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| The Gomu Gomu Fruit |
Akuma no mi (悪魔の実) - Devil Fruit
Why can't these be part of a healthy, nutritious diet? Pretty simple phrase though, "akuma" means devil... or my grandma... and "mi" means fruit. Although the proper way to say "fruit" in Japanese is "kudamono", "mi" can actually mean fruit, nut or seed.
Why can't these be part of a healthy, nutritious diet? Pretty simple phrase though, "akuma" means devil... or my grandma... and "mi" means fruit. Although the proper way to say "fruit" in Japanese is "kudamono", "mi" can actually mean fruit, nut or seed.
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| The Straw Hat Pirate's Jolly Roger |
Mugi wara (麦藁) - Wheat Straw
This is the word that is often translated as "Straw hat" in the anime.. because it might be a little weird if everybody went around calling Luffy, "wheat straw".... well in English anyway.
This is the word that is often translated as "Straw hat" in the anime.. because it might be a little weird if everybody went around calling Luffy, "wheat straw".... well in English anyway.
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| A 55 million bounty |
Shoukin (賞金) - Bounty
Ignoring the ugly dude in the picture, this is what all those shoukin kasegi's (bounty hunter's) are after in the series. This word can also mean prize money or something of that nature.
Whew, One Piece had a lot. For more anime vocabulary sign up for my newsletter, yarou domo (and yes a captain indeed calls his crew his fellow bastards)!
Ken Cannon
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