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It's easy to create Japanese slang. Use a lot of "sound effect" words (I was walking down the alley and Bwa! the place blew up.), and onomatopoeia or mimesis; such as ''Baribari'' (sound of an engine; used when things are running smoothly") ''Ka-ching'' (sound of handcuffs, "be arrested") or ''Bokoboko'' (sound of hitting something hard, used when beating someone up).

Abbreviation is also a good way to make slang. Japanese tend to take one to three letters in a word, maybe combine it with a couple letters of another word, and use that; such as ''Sukebo'' (skateboard), ''pasokon'' (personal computer), and ''rimokom'' (remote control). Also, you can take the first letter of an English word, or the English spelling of a Japanese word, and use that, like ''H'' ('wanna H? Wanna fool around?).

== Slang and Vocab ==
* '''Aho/Do-aho ([[Osaka]]): '''Idiot/Big idiot.
* '''Akan (Osaka):''' Bad, No Good, wrecked.
* '''Anime: '''Hand drawn animation from Japan.
* '''Baka/O-baka:''' Fool/Super-Fool
* '''Cho:''' Super
* '''Choo-bo:''' Junior High School Student.
* '''Dachi/Dachi-ko:''' friend. choombatta
* '''Deka:''' Detective
* '''Dojin-shi:''' Fanzine, underground blackbook.
* '''Etchi:''' Pervert, Have sex.
* '''Gaki:''' Kid, Juves.
* '''Ge-sen:''' Game Center
* '''Hamaru:''' Play a game or braindance fanatically, immobilized, computer crash.
* '''Hameru: '''Attack an enemy's weak points.
* '''Hamewaza:''' Shut out enemy's attacks, Unfair fighting style
* '''Hen na:''' Strange
* '''Idol:''' Young (12 - 20) Corporate entertainer.
* '''Imbeda:''' Very old game, Sucker, Sitting duck.
* '''Keto:''' Foreigner, White (Chambara).
* '''Kubi:''' Get fired from a corp.
* '''Kuso-Ge:''' Shitty Game, boring/awful game.
** '''Kuso:''' Shit.
* '''Muzu/Muzui:''' Difficult (short for "muzukashii")
* '''Manga:''' are comics or graphic novels created in Japan or using the Japanese language and conforming to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century.
* '''Mabu-dachi:''' Best friend.
* '''Nan-A:''' South Africa
* '''Nambei:''' South America
* '''Namban/Namban-jin:''' Euro or Yank
* '''Nikkei-jin:''' Japanese-related foreigners.
* '''OL:''' Office Lady, a female corporate.
* '''Omawari:''' Police.
* '''Onna-gata/Okama:''' Female impersonators.
* '''Otaku:''' Maniac, A fanatic to their hobby, has a deep understanding of anime, manga, or video games.
* '''Pampee:''' Common people, Non-edgerunners, Beavers
* '''Pu/Pu-taro:''' Unemployed, Living off the 'rents.
* '''Ronin:''' Student who failed entrance exams, out of work.
* '''Salaryman:''' Corp.
* '''Satsu:''' Police, Cops.
* '''Sessya:''' I, Me, Myself.
* '''Shimeru!:''' Kill!, Hold on!
* '''Tame:''' Waiting for a chance to attack.
* '''Tansha:''' Motorcycle.
* '''Ure-sen:''' A product that will be a big hit.
* '''Wakka:''' Motorcycle (Bosozoku/Teamer)
* '''Wappa:''' Handcuffs.
* '''Yabai:''' Dangerous.
* '''Yaku:''' Drug.
* '''Yanki Gal/Boy:''' Girls or boyswith colored hair, earings, nail polish (for girls). This word has no relation to Yankii, or Americans.
* '''Zako:''' Weak enemies, low-level Solos.

== [[Yakuza]] Slang ==
* '''Anko:''' A worker, or smuggling "mule".
* '''Bon-naka:''' Gambling den.
* '''Bon-ya:''' Bookie.
* '''Chaka:''' Handgun.
* '''Chimpira:''' Low-level Yakuza, identified by colorful "Big Suit" style.
* '''Deiri:''' War (Between Yakuza families).
* '''Dougu:''' Handgun (tool)
* '''Eda:''' Branch of a Yakuza family.
* '''Garasu-wari:''' To fire guns into an opponents window to scare or warm him.
* '''Gasa-ire:''' A search by police.
* '''Blank-gumi:''' Group (Most [[Yakuza]] clans/corporations are named with the family name + gumi. Example: Yamaguchi-gumi. These are listed on their buildings doorplates, or kamban).
* '''Hine:''' Police.
* '''Kamban-mochi:''' Formal member of a Yakuza family.
* '''Kasuri:''' "Protection money" from shops and bars.
* '''Katagi:''' Common people, non-Yakuza.
* '''Koma-su:''' Win the heart of a woman, then dump her.
* '''Mama:''' Pocket money; common event, thing, or person: easy job, O.K.
* '''Mikajime-ryo:''' "Insurance Fee" from shops and bars.
* '''Mom-mom:''' Tattoos.
* '''Mori:''' Bodyguard.
* '''Niwaba:''' Territory. (Tekiya)
* '''Paku-rareru:''' Be arrested.
* '''Paku-ru:''' Arrest.
* '''Shaba:''' Common world, Outside of jail.
* '''Shima:''' Territory, Also said as Shimamori.
* '''Shinogi:''' Work, life, Income.
* '''Tekiya:''' Street vendor, Stallman (or Ya-shi, "incense seller")
* '''Teppo-dama:''' Hitman.
* '''Tsutomeru:''' To go to jail for the family.
* '''Yaru:''' To kill.

== Korean Streeslang Influence ==
The lower-class, Cyberpunks, and Toseikai (yakuza-style mobsters) use Korean, with Japanese influences, to make it more offensive to listeners, and because many are second or third generation returnees from [[Japan]].
* '''Banchoppari:''' Mixed blood Korean-Japanese.
* '''Cho/Choso:''' Communist, ex-North Korean, Terrorist.
* '''Chongag:''' Bachelor.
* '''Chap-sae:''' Goons, hired muscle, bodyguards.
* '''Enyon:''' Japanese woman (derogatory)
* '''Kyonchari:''' Policemen or Cops.
* '''Noje:''' Slave, lower class, prole.
* '''Paekch'i:''' Idiot, fool.
* '''Pu:''' Money.
* '''Sannomu:''' Idiot.
* '''Sasaenga:''' Bastard, troublemaker.
* '''Tou:''' Money.
* '''Uenomu:''' Japanese man (derogatory)
* '''Yain:''' Barbarian, uncouth person.
* '''Yongsa:''' Hero.

== Reference ==
PASQUARETTE, C. ''Pacific Rim Sourcebook.'' 1st ed. Berkeley CA: R.Talsorian Games, 1994
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