Tell me some funny words in Japanese.?

Question

Words that SOUND funny when you say them in English. And their meaning. Thank you.

Answer 1

hacha mecha mucha kucha

It's slang for very very

Answer 2

tokidoki which is sometimes, umm.. itsutsu which is like if your counting things it would be 5 things

Answer 3

Japanese uses loads of sound symbolism, some of those words can sound kind of funny to english speakers.. eg

shaka-shaka = scraping noise

funka-funka = sniff sniff

bashi bashi = the sound of smacking someone on the head

pocha pocha = splash in water

there are loads more.

I think the animal noises they have are hilarious.. and they think the ones we have are equally hilarious..

kokekokko = cockerel noise

boo-boo = pig noise (my favourite!)

chuu-chuu = mouse noise

hihiin = horse noise

I guess this one is not really a single word, but some japanese sentences create kind of tongue twisters, like..

食べたくなくなった

tabetakunakunatta

(It became that I did not want to eat - hard to translate directly)

Answer 4

There are some interesting statements here:

http://www.mission.net/japan/fukuoka/arc...

But undoubtedly the best one is:  "Sumomo mo momo mo momo no uchi," which means, "Apricots and peaches are both types of peaches."

Oh, and "mushi mushi" is awesome!  They say it as a phone greeting!  Brilliant!

Yeah.