"S" Japanese Words
- -sama~
- lord/lady (a very high form of addression ladened with respect that can be applied to kings, gods, ect. A suffix meaning 'master' usually royalty)
- -san~
- Mr./Ms./Mrs./Miss (a suffix usually for those speaking to those older than they are, people they do not know very well, to be polite and show respect, or merely people you should be polite around.)
- sabishii~
- lonely
- saichu~
- midst
- saidan~
- alter
- saka~
- hill, slope
- sakasa (ma no/ni)
- upside down
- sakasu~
- circus
- sakka~
- writer; novelist
- sakuban~
- last night
- sakubun~
- writing a composition (a theme)
- sakuhin~
- a work (of literature or art)
- sakuin~
- index
- sakura~
- cherry blossom
- samurai~
- warrior
- sanka-sha~
- participant
- sansei~
- approval, support
- Sanzu no Kawa~
- The River of the Dead.
- sayonara~
- good-bye (a very formal way of saying; can be said in the context of "we'll never meet again". *sniff* all of a sudden that strikes me as extremely saaadd!! *CI stand to left with huge sweatdrop*)
- sensei~
- teacher (can be added to a name to mean "doctor"; also an honorific occasionally used instead of "-san" or "-sama")
- senshi~
- star warrior…? (it's a Japanese term for Sailormoon, I prefer to use 'seishi' though… same meaning, I think.)
- seishi~
- star warrior
- seizon~
- existance
- sememasu~
- attack
- setsuna~
- moment; instant
- shakkuri~
- hiccup
- shima~
- island
- shimatta!~
- Damn! (some say it means 'shit!', however in the dictionary it said this so I think it's the literal meaning)
- shinjinai~
- I don't believe it!
- shinju~
- pearl
- shine~
- Die! (Note: this is another one. It's not pronounced like the english "shine" - glittering, so forth. The prononciation is roughly, "she-neh".)
- shiro~
- white
- shochi shimashita~
- Yes, sir/ma[d]am
- shocho~
- symbol
- shojiki (na)
- honest (honestly with the 'na')
- shojo~
- young girl; virgin (female)
- shonen~
- boy, lad, youngster
- shubun~
- autumnal equinox
- shokubutsu~
- a botanical plant
- shokubutsu-en~
- botanical garden
- shugeki~
- an attack
- so-so ii kao mo dekimasen/dekinai~
- I can't be saying yes all the time
- soi~
- difference
- soku~
- thief
- sonna~
- oh, no (it usually means that. When extra words aren't tacked on such as 'sonna baka na!' Keiko repeats this, during Yuusuke's ressurection scene, when she thinks she was too late to help bring him back.)
- sora~
- sky
- sori~
- warp
- sou ka~
- I see
- suki~
- love (A little less potent than "ai" so it's said…)
- suppai~
- acid